"Because you shouldn't have to hide what you're really feeling for fear that it might disappoint someone."
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Luke stepped forward and, cupping a hand around his mouth, yelled, "Luke loves Julie!"
The sound bounced off the canyon walls, reverberated, slid into the ravines, and finally evaporated into the air. Julie smiled at him, stepped closer to the rim, and shouted, "Julie loves Luke!"
Again, the words ricocheted back, rolling waves of sound on a river of win. "Jully and Luke forever!" Luke yelled. The words leaped back toward them, loud, then soft, then softer and softer before fading away.
"One more time, together?" Luke asked, taking her hand.
They lifted their arms and shouted "I love you" in unison, blending their voices and words until the two became as one. And they listened as their words returned to them, until the echoes of their words became as embedded in the memory of the cayon as the colors of the sun.
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How beautiful.