The rain fell off my jacket in uneven patterns, pit patting down my legs and onto the ground. Looking up at her and I saw the droplets crashing around her head and creating almost a ring of specs in the air. She pulls her lips to a smile and asks "what are you thinking about?" I couldn't answer fairly, because she was the only thing consuming my mind. Of course the look on her face told me that she already knew this and my telling her would only be redundant. "I thinking about how the water would all look, if right this very moment as the rain splashes into puddles and flows down the street, what would it all look like to be frozen; right now, ice everywhere?"
"I suppose it'd be something out of a novel."
"I suppose anything could be out of a novel" she smirked at my smart remark and in that moment it was like everything did freeze. My time with her wasn't time at all. Reality shifted and bent, time passed quickly enough but also dragged its heels. The world kept turning but it was as if the clocks didn't keep ticking. Yet somehow in this paradox of a purgatory, it was my time to leave. "I know you're going to hate this next word but, Goodnight." Goodnight, the time specific way of saying goodbye, and the very word that meant our days adventure together had come to a close. I really did hate that word, because after mulling it over for several seconds I came to an researched conclusion- there was no good way to say goodbye. "I know" she said, answering the thought I had expressed aloud. "Find me next time," she turned and walked off, the water on the ground freezing where it landed in her wake. She faded into the mist of the dark night, and I could feel myself being pulled closer to reality. I didn't want to leave, but the repetition of distorted beeps kept me from staying any longer. With much difficulty I flung my arm on top of my alarm clock and opened my eyes. It would be upwards of another fourteen to fifteen hours before I could go back, find her and have time free fall yet again as she and I create a life with no goodbyes.
