Each others salvation

Dont do it

-ugh, what a boring party .

Partys wont ever really my thing i came by just because my friends insisted that it was going to be fun, it obviously wasnt, so i sneaked out didnt even say goodbye to my friends who invited me, most were pretty drunk already so what matteres i thought , and so i left, my apartment was not quite far from where the party went on, it was just crossing the main bridge and 2 blocks away after crossing it , but something different went on from how things usaully went on my way back,  there was a boy on the other side of it, it seemes like he was gonna jump, it was quite late in the night so no one was in the bridge apart from me, i couldnt let him do it, i didnt want to just stand by so i called out him.

- ummm hey .

the boy turned around with a suprised looked on his face.

-Please come down, dont do it, you look so young, i know it may sound cliche but this is only a permanent solution to a temporary problem, dont do it,  please dont jump.

-whats it to you?  you dont even know me, you wouldnt fucking understand.

- i know you dont know me, but i cant just stand by.

i slowly moved closer to him making sure not to startle him.

-DONT COME ANY CLOSER- he yelled.

- Please listen to me, im Genevieve, whats your name? , how about we get to know eachother maybe i can help you in any way, please.

tears started to drip down my face, it reminded me of him, i couldnt stand it, i know,  who was i to cry right but i couldnt help thinking about it.

-STOP CRYING. Please JUST LEAVE ME ALONE .

-I WONT LEAVE, until you come down.

I began sobbing uncontrolaby maybe part of the reason was the few drinks i had already had i usually get so sensitive when i drink but part of it was the feeling of hopelessness, like what if i couldnt save him toight and he actaully jumped, i couldnt stand it, not again, i would never forgive myself.

- please, please, come down, if you dont ill never forgive myself , please dont scare me anymore.

the boy had such a confused look on his face, almost like he also wanted to cry and sudenly my feet moved on their own i began running towards him, he took a step forward but just before he let go of the railing on the bridge  i hugged his body he was so thin much more than i expected     (he had a pretty karge hoody on) and i had so much  strenghth out of no where so i pulled half his body back , with that , we both fell with my back to the floor his back on top of me, with tears now rolling down his angry and confuse face he screamed:

-WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU 

I couldnt even hear his cussing i was so lost in my thoughts unable to process what had just happened and i began crying again he was also crying. Honestly the whole  scene was quite ridiculous in retrospect , to grown ass people crying in the middle of the night on top of a brigde like scared little kids BUT  once i stared gaining coninuity  again, some words finally left my mouth:

-Do you have a place to go?  i cant leave you alone.

- WHY SHOULD I TELL YOU

I suddenly began getting so angry , maybe frustrated would be a better word ,of what i began feeling at that moment.

- IF YOU DONT TELL ME I LL STAY WITH YOU ALL NIGHT IF I HAVE TO, I WONT LEAVE YOU ALONE DO YOU UNDERSTAND.

his face looked like the one of a kid who had just been scolded it , well i did scold him after all. He made a face that made it look like he wanted to say something but couldnt even speak up and after a long while of silence he looked up to me and mumbled

- I dont really want to go home 

A milion questions  jumped to my head after hearing him say that, why didnt he wanna go home? or was it that he couldnt ?, how was his life? how did he come to the conclusion that this was his only solution? but questioning it wouldnt help so i decided to let him sleep at my place:

- Ok then you can come with me 

I said much more calmly than before. 

- I have an apartment near by, you can sleep there.

Ha , I really am stupid arent i, looking back,  it was very gullible of me to just casually a stranger into my place where i lived alone, but neither the less i did.

-Really -he said .

I nodded in yes

-Thank you . My name is Jaden by the way, you had asked before.

i smiled, i was happy to hear him speak and not scream at me, it felt calmer then before

- I think its a nice name , i like it, If you didnt catch mine, im Genevieve, nice to meet you.

I held out my hand to greet him, he hesitantly greeted me and once again mumbled in a little anoyed tone

-sure

I guess he wasnt all that happy to had met me but at least he had spoken to me, kinda.

i helped him get of the concrete floor of the bridge and led him the way to my apartment, not letting go of his hand.