Jorge: Hurry! We’re going to be late!

Me: Coming! I ran towards the front door. Grabbing my tuxedo jacket and keys on the way out.

Jorge was already in the car reading something on their phone.

Jorge: Just checking the route. There isn’t too much traffic so we should be good on time.

Me: Thanks for checking and for being on it.

Jorge: What would you do without me?

We both laugh and lean in ...

It took a lot of taped up balls to leave when I did as well as taking everything in me to not fall apart. After all, it was the right thing to do and there was no time to second guess myself or to draw out the inevitable. It had to be done.

I will need to learn to forget about it. Put it behind me. But how exactly did I learn to love it? That really caught me off guard. One moment I'm living a ca...

They couldn't help but ponder about the events that led them there as they sat there anxiously waiting for the test timer to begin. But none of that mattered right now. What matters is that they must focus and pass their exam.

But how could they focus now? At this moment? They decided to take a quick glance to see who else made it to the final exam. That's when they noticed Salma didn't make it....

Waiting.

Always waiting.

Waiting for what?

The silence in waiting is deafening.

It's eerily quiet. Too quiet to think.

Quietly, waiting.

The pain of waiting is consuming you.

Until the pain almost drives you insane.

So you painfully wait.

The pain in waiting almost consumed you.

But when the truth finally came to light.

Sweet release....

It wasn't until they heard their own screaming that they were brought back to reality. The reality they were quickly reminded of when they finally opened up their eyes.

Their vision blurred by all the tears shed finally coming into focus as a loud "bang!" echoed in the distance of the dark cavern they had just fallen into. it was too dark to make out their surroundings, but it wasn't the darkness...

Life without you would be like a cold and gloomy July.

It'd be like waiting in a long line only to realize you don't have enough tickets for the ride.

Like going to your favorite restaurant and they don't have your favorite dish.

But the most terrifying thing about a life without you would be to live without you.

To have no one get our inside jokes or make me laugh the way you do. To no longe...