Watch me fall
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Last published Thu, Jul 2, 2015
"You're a little close." I whisper. He's just not a little close. He's super close. He's too close.
"I'm well aware." He informs me with his signature smirk on his face.
He's right in front of me. Barley a breaths width of space between us. I didn't know it was humanly possible to be this close to someone, but to actually not be touching them. The rain that came out of nowhere is pounding on the roof of the old wooden bridge that we ducked into seconds ago and honestly i don't trust it to not come crashing down on us. I can see the mist of rain from the bridge entrance. I knew this was a bad idea. I even said that it was. Multiple times. No one will notice we left he said. We'll only be out for a minute he said. People will notice once we're buried alive! And ooh my job. I'm going to loose my job. I'm fired. Done for. It doesn't matter though. We-no I am trapped. If i move even a fraction of an inch i will no doubt close the minuscule amount of space between us. And I can't let that happen. I should do something. I should say something, I clear my throat awkwardly.
"So..umh are you just going to stand there, or are you going to do something?"
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