Ari continuously dug his slender fingers into the sandy beach, building up on the already made castle. Out of habit, his tongue peeked out of the corner of his mouth, obviously determined to make, possibly, the best sand castle ever. His eyes glanced over to Dylan, who seemed to be thinking, “What are you thinking about?” He asked her, finally building up on a large enough base. He should have to carefully make every pillar and tower perfect, like he imagined in the back of his mind. He could see it already—it would look fantastic.

For a second Dylan almost didn't hear Ari since she was so focused on her pleasant daydream. "Huh," she said blinking in bewilderment as she came back to reality. Dylan couldn't help but giggle at her state of mind, "Just thinking about how it will look like when it's done." She watched him build off the base of the castle now, his fingers carefully putting each grain of sand in its place. "You're good at making a castle," she stated honestly with a smile.

Ari grinned, “It’s going to look real good.” He laughed—thinking back on his adventures as a child when he would take a trip every now and then to the beach with his two siblings. Him and Stan would always make these big castles while little Annie would be frolicking in the water, calling out for the boys to come play with her in the water. But the castles were always so big--he was determined to make it even bigger than before. “Oh, thanks.” He chuckled, continuously working. Sooner or later, he made this big ol’ sand castle which was definitely large in scale and he grinned triumphantly, “Well, what do you think?” He asked, moving over next to her, “Should we add shells to it?”

The castle was perfect, one-hundred percent wonderful to Dylan. It was huge compared to the little sand mounds Dylan could build--she never had been good at building things, whether it was a tree house or a sand castle. Yet, despite her lack of talent she loved to build castles in the sand as a little girl. "It looks great Ari," Dylan said. She thought it'd look great without shells or with them, but adding the shells had always been her favorite part of building the castle. She excitedly nodded yes while giggling, "Of coarse!"