Happiness can come as a message in a bottle

"Happiness" by Linda Frances

Willow had been wandering around for several months awaiting an important message regarding Tito's future. The waiting made her both irritable and nervous, as it's a common fact that patience is not a strong virtue of hers... Tito did his best to calm her down by telling her everything would be all right. All they could do was to wait, as the decisions were entirely up to other persons. Walking down the seashore to one of Willow's favourite places, she saw something green floating in the sea. Driven by an incurable curiosity, she approached the green item. It was a green bottle like the ones her mother used to put homemade blackberry juice in. The bottle had no label, but at a closer look, Willow noticed a piece of paper stuck inside of it. Pulling out the cork, she managed to get the paper out. Unfolding it, she saw that it was a letter. A letter written to her. Reading it three times over, she could no longer hold back a sensation of overwhelming happiness. Tito had finally got the long awaited news, and they were exactly as good as the young couple had hoped for. Having no one to share her joy with, Willow ran up to the lighthouse. There she used the light to send signals of happiness to Tito, so that he would see she had received his message.