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Mar. 29th, 2012 10:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
everyone_takesKate's done feeling sorry for herself.
That's a total lie, but she's determined to try and if trying means that she has to lie to herself and others, then that's what she's going to do. She is not above lying in order to feel better. At this point, she isn't sure if it's helping at all, but she thinks it might be. She's out, anyway, out of the hut. There's a towel slung over her shoulder and she has a bathing suit on under her shorts and tank top, lunch and a book in her little bag.
She looks like a totally normal girl ready for a day at the beach. But that isn't where she's going. As she got ready that morning, that had been the original plan, but now that she's actually outside, she's found herself walking toward the waterfall instead. It's big and it's loud when she gets right up close and there's a little part of her that wants to try jumping off the top. Other people have done it, it can't be that dangerous, but it feels a little less normal than going to the beach.
She might be done feeling sorry for herself, but she isn't ready for normal.
"Hey," she says when she sees Harley on the boardwalk up ahead, then hurries to catch up with him. "Hey, come to the waterfall with me, okay?"
That's a total lie, but she's determined to try and if trying means that she has to lie to herself and others, then that's what she's going to do. She is not above lying in order to feel better. At this point, she isn't sure if it's helping at all, but she thinks it might be. She's out, anyway, out of the hut. There's a towel slung over her shoulder and she has a bathing suit on under her shorts and tank top, lunch and a book in her little bag.
She looks like a totally normal girl ready for a day at the beach. But that isn't where she's going. As she got ready that morning, that had been the original plan, but now that she's actually outside, she's found herself walking toward the waterfall instead. It's big and it's loud when she gets right up close and there's a little part of her that wants to try jumping off the top. Other people have done it, it can't be that dangerous, but it feels a little less normal than going to the beach.
She might be done feeling sorry for herself, but she isn't ready for normal.
"Hey," she says when she sees Harley on the boardwalk up ahead, then hurries to catch up with him. "Hey, come to the waterfall with me, okay?"
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Date: 2012-04-26 09:59 pm (UTC)I cut myself off, feeling like an idiot. She's not worried. If anything, she's worried about me, and I don't want her to be, and I can't help thinking of home either. It wasn't a burglar that fucked everything up there.
"Just make sure he teaches you soon."
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Date: 2012-04-27 02:04 am (UTC)"I will," she says and rather than looping her arm through Harley's this time, she reaches out and takes his hand. Just for a second, just long enough to squeeze lightly and climb up onto the top of the path, hearing the rumble of the water getting closer by the second. "Thanks."
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Date: 2012-04-29 01:02 am (UTC)"Come on, right up through here," I say, pushing past some brush so that we come out near the edge. It looks a lot higher from up here.
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Date: 2012-04-29 01:59 pm (UTC)Still, she looks over at Harley and grins. "Ready?" she asks. They've come all the way up here, even if it doesn't feel as necessary as it did down there, she isn't going to let this opportunity go by. She might never feel the need to do this again. "Count of three?"
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Date: 2012-04-30 08:33 pm (UTC)"Count of three," I echo, looking over at her. If she's up here, dangerous or not, I'd rather it be with me anyway. "Three, two, one."
I jump.