"I'm not the one who has to get back to his job tasting fancy chocolates," Alex teases, falling easily into step beside him. The zoo sounds amazing. She hasn't been to one of those since she was a little girl either, and she didn't know there was one in this park.

She walks quickly, but still can't help staring around at her surroundings. In the distance, she spots a partially frozen fountain, dusted with snow. Just like the bridge, it looks more like a picture book than something she could really walk down the street and find. "It almost doesn't look real."