My face is warm as the sun beams down on it. I’m reluctant to open my eyes. The rhythm of the car’s engine hums me into a trance-like state. I smile peacefully to myself. Eventually, I peek through my lashes at the road rushing by my window, only it’s not road, but water. Water for almost as far as the eye can see. I yawn and sit up as to take in my surroundings. “It’s alive,” Sebastian says in jest while raising his eyebrows in mock horror. He ends his statement with a quiet chuckle. I stretch and rub my aching neck muscles. “Yes, I am. Was I asleep long?” He snorts. “You could say that. You missed almost the entire state of Florida.” “Where are we?” I survey the scenery around us and note, with a bit of awe, that we’re on a very long bridge. “And how long is this bridge?” “I’m not sure, but it seems to go on forever, doesn’t it?” he says, seemingly just as amazed as I am. Our conversation falls silent as we both stare out at the never ending body of water.
