She sighs and does so, tears still all over her face as she pulls back and stares into mine, tucking an imaginary strand of my hair back behind my ear. "It really is incredible, little girl. What you've always been capable of. We've always known you were special and fierce and capable of great things and this is just the beginning."

"Mom," I say, my own eyes again filling with tears. "Geeze it was...just a bonfire."

"Oh, and she's humble," mom murmurs, hugging me again and rocking me back and forth.

“Um, I think I am getting far too little credit and attention!" Jesse calls, even though his own mother is crying and hugging him too. "I did the cool part!"