CORRIE

The music fills my ears as I moved towards the rhythm, dancing with Emmette. I held him close, my forehead buried in his chest while my hands wrapped tightly around his neck. We were both dancing slowly to the music playing, and something about this calmed me down, pulling me out of the reality that I had created for myself, and I found myself wishing this could last forever. Emmette had his hands wrapped around my waist as I listened to the sound of his heartbeat as it comforted me.

I tilted my head to the side, my ear pressed against Emmette's, to see Penny and Herald dancing as...