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He looked at me still standing his ground.
“Why don’t you want me to go in?” I saw him clench and unclench his teeth as I talked
to him.
He said nothing and walked inside I was hurt, so I walked in with him, without much thought. I also cared for her, and he had no right to take that away from me. I took a step forward he pushed me back with more force than I could ever think of.
“I said, stay. Away. From. Her!” He growled, he looked like he was barely keeping it in. I blinked once, unable to believe what he just did.
“Wh.. ho…” I blinked, not able to make up any words.
“I want you far away from her, it’s all your faith’s mess that happened to her.” He said a little frustrated as he looked at me. “it should have been you, you were the one the cake was meant for! You should have been in her place!” (1
I felt my eyes start to water as he said those things. “how could you say that” I whispered because I feared that if I raised my voice any higher then I was going to cry. “how could you say such a horrible thing!”
“Stay away from her,” he said not sounding even the least bit apologetic. “it should have been you.” His eyes held in a scary rage. I stayed back as I watched him enter, slamming the door behind him. The tears finally fell as he walked in.
I was tired, hurt but most of all, I felt like a second option. He was right, it was my fault, but saying it in that manner like he wouldn’t have hesitated to watch me die in her place If the need ever arises.
I gulped, sitting on the floor. The weight of everything started weighing down on me. I felt trapped.
No one wanted me around. Yet I couldn’t leave. I took in a deep breath to steady my breath. The walls seemed to be closing in on me. I could hardly breathe. I did it again, then again and-
I tore my eyes open. I smelt it, I smelt him.
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looked around. There was no one here. Peppermint, orange and rosemary. I looked round again to be sure.
looked around and I could see a trail. It was like air coming from the other side. I stood,
ollowing the trail because it had the scent.
was stopped by someone, but I side stepped the person. It was as though I was compelled to follow it, I could not help myself.
found myself going to the pond, walking faster than ever.
I stopped at a distance. The trail was very much more strong around the person at the
pond.
I watched from afar as the person deepened themselves in the river, coming out with such a grace I didn’t expect a person to have. I walked forward like I was approaching an
animal I didn’t another to scare away.
The person a little up close started to seem a little more familiar, but I couldn’t place where I had seen the person before.
A little closer, a little more and there. I was as close as I could be without seeming like a creep who watched people bathe.
“The water is fine, you know you can come in right?” the man, I could tell he was from the tone of his voice said. He looked a little feminine, but masculine at the same time, it sounded crazy but it was. He had the jaw that looked like it could cut through anything then his eyes were the softest. He had the most defined features ever.
I could have sworn I had seen him somewhere before. But I couldn’t place where.
“You don’t seem to be from around here,” I said walking up to him but still giving him enough space so I wasn’t termed a creep.
“Neither do you,” he said looking at me a little more intently, like he was studying me, like how you would an alien.
I eyed him, not understanding what that meant. “You are right, I am not from around here” the way he spoke. His voice. I swear I could listen to it forever.
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“You seem familiar,” I said instead.
“Hmmph,” he said nothing as he continued bathing himself, or this time, playing with the
water.
“Fascinating, isn’t it? The water, “I looked at him weirdly. It was just water.
