"Daphne, hurry up!"

Bent over, hands on her knees, at the top of the hill, Lily stopped to catch her breathe and wait for her hiking companion to catch up. There was sweat on her brow from where she had run up the trail; Lily wiped it off with one hand and then rubbed the side of her hand against her brown jean capris.

With a sigh, she took off her backpack and set it on the ground next to her feet. Underneath a dark purple tank top she wore a lilac camisole. Her hair was pulled up into a bun on the back of her head; to her dismay, by this time in the day, there were curly tendrils escaping from the bun.

She adjusted her glasses and then waved to Daphne.

"I think I see something over the tree tops!"