Soon we left the city and crossed the bridge into Virginia. We didn't talk too much during the drive, but every so often I would catch her stealing gl...mpses of me. The same way I was stealing glimpses of her. Finally I couldn't hold back anymore. "Are you...I mean, do you..." Do I like girls?"I nodded."I thought that after my last girlfriend broke my heart that I wouldn't anymore. But then I met this really cute girl at the museum."I blushed. "Do you like her?" I do,” she said, smiling. “She is. Then I looked at the package. She sipped some coffee, looking into my eyes, then looked to the package too. She placed her cup on the counter and slowly pulled the box across to her. She grabbed a pair of scissors from the side, and began opening the box."Bet you're wondering what this is." she laughed, a little nervously.I shrugged, as she pulled a pack of baby wipes toward her from the edge of the counter. The tape cut, she opened the box and withdrew the contents. Another box, this one with. The woman said, "You new to these parts?" I came through here with my family a year of so ago. I got permission for a camping trip on my own and thought of starting in Vockner then go north to Bracebridge." Quite a hike for a young boy with a big pack. Bracebridge is not close either." I figure I can do it in ten days."A car came up the intersecting road in a cloud of dust. The rains had stopped and the bright sun dried the road quickly.The woman said, "You said you are starting in Vockner?". She jumped and wiped her eyes as she realized that Ken was standing across from her."Ken, hi, I didn't see you there," she said."You okay?" he asked as he walked toward her."Uh, yeah. Fine. Just allergies," she lied. "But it's such a beautiful garden I couldn't resist. I don't remember it being quite like this the last time I was here. I can't decide what's changed though."If only you knew, thought Ken, how very much has changed. He could see the faintly glowing Circle, but knew that Joan could.