• No regret. That’s how I felt, as I took in a deep breath of fresh Florida air, hoping it would be my last. A cold breeze brushed by me, as if running from its on past. It kissed my sore cheeks, like hands working away to soothe my bruised arms. One glance, with the deep lake beneath me, the clear sky above me and the world as it runs in perfect sync around me. I wonder if I could have ever fit into that priceless sync, but the better of my mind tells me "no". I let out my breath, close my eyes and release my hands from the sturdy bridge, leaping into fate. Splash! The waters cold temperature hugs me like bandages for my hurt skin. My body descending farther and farther into the dark depths of the cold water. The colors of the real world above me start to blur together, and for one quick moment I feel as if I should reach up and fight to reach the top again, not as regret but as wonder. Wondering if there was somewhere in the whole world where I could belong, but the better part of my mind tells me "no" on that one to. Just as the comfort of drowning in the lake relives me, I hear the water splash above me and someone grabbing at my hurting wrist and pulling me to the surface. I let go of all thoughts and let it go black, hoping I would be pronounced dead the second I reach the surface.
    But that’s not my luck, the stranger that insisted on keeping me in this wasteland world, pulled me to the surface and knew exactly how to perform c.p.r . I spit out water and get the faint taste of blood. I don’t want to open my eyes, don’t want to face the new reality of this unfaithful world, but the man pulls me if, and embraces me in a tight hug "I’m so glad your ok Katie, your safe now, what were u thinking." he sound more broken then mad, I leaned in to him, his warmth fixed me from the freezing cold of the water left on my skin and clothes. Did he think that now I was truly safe when he just pulled me from my safety? And there we sat, right above my only escape but right in the middle of mu unfortunate reality. We couldnt have been there long, I caught my breath and had a shaky stand up. He jolted up and stood close as if he wanted to be sure, that if I feel, or ran to jump again, he could catch me. I glanced up at his face and found something so familiar but I just couldn’t place it. But it was his eyes that struck me. The deepest blue that I have ever seen, more amazing then the beaches in Hawaii, none could even begin to comprehend the stunning effect of them and no one could ever explain it. His hair long but curly, the darkest a black could come, and damp, from my supposed rescue. He stood about 6'2" and dressed in black, dripping wet.
    I pulled my eyes away from his and he reached out toward me, but I shifted back and he got the hint, that I wanted nothing to do with anyone, not now not ever. Or at least that’s what I thought. I shifted my glance down toward my wet converse, on a strong bridge and started to walk away, but he followed, "are you ok, you could have drown?" his voice was deeper then I anticipated. I kept walking hoping he would stop and leave me to fend for myself. But he wanted an answer, so I gave it to him, "that was the point," mumbled under my breath. But this guy couldn’t take a hint of any kind, "aren’t you glad I saved you then," he said it so smug like he was a hero and I should be kissing the ground he walked on. I stopped dead in my tracks and turned around quickly on my heel, he stopped in just enough time to avoid any physical contact. I fixed on to his blue eyes and spoke with growing anger, "saved me...u think u SAVED me! No see saving me would be leaving me in the d*mn lake, you didn’t save me, you hurt me by pulling me out!" his faced dropped as if I just killed his puppy dog. With a deep sigh I turned around and continued on my way, but he didn’t move. about seven steps away from him he asked "so you wanted to die?" how dumb could this boy be, I stopped turned my body around again and shouted, "well why the f*ck do you think I jumped into a lake, it sure as h*ll wasn’t for a swim in 35 degree water!" ok now I seriously killed his puppy, laughed about it, then ran over its corpse with a car and left it in his bed. We stood there, neither one of us moving on a dirt road in the middle of nature. He finally spoke, "I’m Ethan." no response from me except a nod, and with that I turned and hit the ground running.