Wishes were for children. Wishes don’t come true - not in the way you ever hope they would.

Filled with desperation and despair she held onto a small shred of hope and wished.

She wished on stars. Wished on cloudy, moonless nights. Wished on Tony’s birthday candles.

Wishes may come true but perhaps not in the way you thought they would.

The sound of gentle waves against the sand, the scent of seawater and his hand, real and secure, in hers.

A single heart beating.

Wishes do come true...for them both.

Why, why, why did she have to come to this party. She hated partying, and now she wanted to leave. She knew no one here, and was so glad to see Evan. They had been friends for years, so when she saw him she basically ran over to him. "Thank god you're here. I've been so bloody bored!" She dragged him inside with a big smile on her lips. She was a little tipsy by this point because she needed to somehow keep herself occupied.

trying to escape the present.

We remember the past,

and use our memories

to get away from where we are.

We look toward the future,

and plan for it,

leaving the now.

Every thought,

every preoccupation,

is taken up with a time

that isn't the moment we're in.

Because no matter who you are,

or what your life is like,

the present is something

Sakura took a deep breath. She didn’t know why she was so… scared. But then again, she did know. It was Sasuke. He tried to kill her! And she was scared. She almost hated leaving her apartment. It was that bad.

She shook her head and pushed open her door. She had a shift at the hospital today and she couldn’t waste her time wondering if Sasuke was lurking in her path.

It took a lot more energy than she had expected to descend from Asgard to Midgard without the use of the Bifrost. Her entire body was shaking when she materialized on the snow covered pavement. The silks she wore did little to protect her from the icy chill of winter and she shuddered.

She closed her eyes and let out a shaky breath, she needed to find Loki. The spell she cast should have landed her somewhere close to his current location, although she’d never been very skilled when it came to magic and it was a wonder that she actually made it here in one piece.