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“Emerald, I named the star Emerald Notorialis, after you. I know I can ramble on about stuff, but
what I’ve been trying to say all along is that I love you. I know it’s not possible for us to be together
but I just didn’t want you to go without you knowing how much I care about you.”
She began to smile. She turned the photograph over and I thought that nothing I had said, had many
any difference to what she had to do. But she took a pen out and scribbled something on the back
and handed it back to me. I looked into those beautiful emerald green eyes as she leaned forward
slowly. She kissed me gently on the cheek and suddenly my heart felt full. A warm, sweet feeling
swept through me and I felt over the moon.
Then she disappeared. And the happiness leeched out of me faster than the cold air spiralling out of
my mouth into the night. I felt like I had lost everything until I turned the photograph over and saw
the message.
Find me again when all this is over...
At this moment, a shooting star shot across the Milky Way and I knew exactly what to wish for.