Chapter 18

Laughter bubbled up inside me, and I slapped a palm over my mouth, so I wouldn’t disturb the butterflies. Just then, a butterfly landed on my arm and I froze.

“Look,” Levi whispered. “It’s BB8.”

“Who?” I asked behind my hand, afraid to move and scare the creature away.

“BB8,” he repeated. “The cute little robot from Star Wars.”

“Did you just compare this beautiful butterfly to a movie robot?” My words were muffled behind my palm, but the crinkles at the corners of his eyes told me he’d heard me.

“It’s the colors,” he explained. “BB8 is white with orange circles, like your friend there.”

I moved my head slowly in its direction to get a better look. “It hasn’t got circles. The tips of its wings are orange, but I don’t see circles.”

“But it’s the same colors.” He pulled out his phone and tapped on it for a while before he turned the screen toward me, so I could see what he was looking at.