Rylee was watching a DVRed Fourth at the Capitol that he had recorded. The fourth of July weekend was bittersweet for Rylee in his adult life. As a child and teenager the first weekend of July was spent at the Gettysburg reenactment while the fourth was always a toss of a coin. If the reenactments landed close to the fourth then he and his father would watch fireworks in DC but if the fourth wasn't close by the reenactments it was spent at home with his mother and Charlie. Then his father died when Rylee was a senior and his fourths suddenly became something that made his stomach twist.
Charlie's text came as a surprise and Rylee didn't think twice before slipping on his running shoes and heading down to the lobby where he looked for Charlie, only to see her in the parking lot. "Charlie?" He called out as he walked towards her in the warm summer evening. "What do you think you're doin'? Isn't it illegal to shoot these off?"