As the gates of Westbridge disappeared behind us, Zara nudged my shoulder and laughed about something I can't even remember now.
But I laughed too.
And somehow...
That felt like the perfect ending...
But not as strangers either.
And somewhere along the way, I finally understood something.
Leonard was never the story.
The story was friendship.
The story was growth.
The story was learning that people can change without completely losing each other.