Valla returned Tommy's smile. The air between them had been so heavy just moments before, now it was as if a weight had been lifted from both of them. Valla swooshed her arm slowly in the water, a pent-up energy gesture as she continued to look at Tommy in a way she never had previously.<br/><br/>"I'm glad you did," she said softly.<br/><br/>Even though there was only a foot of water between their bodies, it seemed like a gulf. Valla's lips still tingled with the sense memory of contact with Tommy. She longed to do it again, but she waited.