3 Mistakes

My lungs were burning and I was only a mile or so from the club. I glanced behind me and the dark shadow was still right behind me and gaining. I wouldn't make it across the bridge without him catching me. I took a sharp turn and went to the edge carefully but quickly climbing over the thick stone rail with my high heels on.   1 1

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I turned around facing the black water my hands held onto the stone behind me. My breathing was heavy, but not enough to cover the sound of footsteps as they got closer and slowed down. 4

"... What...What are you doing?" I could hear strain in his voice through his own heavy breathing. "I'm not doing this anymore... I just... I can't be around you so much and not... Not be able to..." I choked back a couple of tears, but the rest pushed their way through. They ran their own trail down my cheeks and fell down below into the water. The small black dress was clinging to my skin as though it was attempting to get out of the rain, and my hair dripped into my face trying to hide the newly formed tears. "I know... I know how it feels, it hurts, and I..." I felt him getting closer, but his words felt so far away. I tried quickly turning so I could face him.   2 5

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My right foot slipped off and I felt my other shoe break, but a strong hand grabbed mine and pulled me forwards back to safety. I quickly grabbed the rail and yanked my other hand from him. 7

"No you don't. You don't know what it's like. Or how much it hurts, maybe it did at first but now... Its like your dead to me." I spat out. I quickly clasped my hand over my mouth realizing what I had said. 8

His eyes darkened. I'd gone too far with that line. "I-I didn't..." I released my mouth, "I just meant," His hand came up and smacked me. In the 15 years that we had known each other, he had never hit a girl. I released the stone railing to flinch and hold my face.   9

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I felt myself falling back, but it felt like a dream with everything happening in slow motion. His face went from anger to shock within a second as he realized what was happening. His arms stretched out for me only too barely brush his fingers against mine and clasp onto nothing but air. 12

He was screaming my name as his face turned into a pained expression. I knew my face remained the same shocked position. I didn't know how to react. The wind rushed past my ears pushing my hair up and whipping it all over. My eyes stayed with him and watched as he got smaller with his arms still stretched out to nothing, and his voice still screaming for me. I finally closed my eyes. I had meant to hurt him...but not this much... Not like...       13

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