Like Birds.

-----Zachary Merrick knew from the minute his eyes met Tessa Barber’s, he was in for it. Maybe it was just the way that the light was hitting her, or the way her eyes were just so bright blue that it was damn near breathtaking. It might have been nothing more than the intimacy of the moment, or perhaps even the way their eyes met at the exact same moment. Any of these explanations were plausible, and all more than likely probable. Except it was for none of these reasons that the two of them fell in love with each other.

-----It was for absolutely no reason at all. That’s all that can be said. It was meant to be; nothing more, and nothing less than that. Some things don’t need a reason or rhyme, they just are. That’s what this romance was based on: unsystematic defenses.

-----And that was it.