“The hanging light fixtures bring a lot of warmth to this experience,” Reggie murmurs from beside me. I look up at him and smile. For some reason, I’m only now noticing how much my brother has aged. Reggie has always had softer features that made him look much younger than he was. Yet tonight, under the warm glow of candlelights and a starry sky, Reggie looked manly.

“I think you and Sabrina bring most of it yourselves” I respond. I watch as Sabrina, soon to be sister in law dances around the forest bare feet with her friends. She looked like a forest nymph from a fantasy novel.

“Listen, thanks for doing this. I didn’t expect it to be so beautiful. Who knew you were creative?” He joked.

“I’m a graphic designer, being creative is my job,” I say, rolling my eyes playfully. Reggie laughs.

“And besides, that’s what best friends are for” I continued.

Reggie lifts his eyebrows in confusion, “I’m your brother.”

“Same thing,” I say.