Worthwhile

She leans in for the big secret.
Her head swooning with fear and excitement,
Her feet, they're barely touching the ground.
Fear.
Excitement.
Thrill.

Fearful of the unknown.
More, more, more excitement
All about the untold.
Thrill in every step she took.
Inching deeper and deeper.
Her eyes are closed
Her hands over them.
'What is it?'

In her mind it gets swirlier.
Maybe it was the lack of sleep.
Maybe the alcohol.
She thinks.
She barely knows this guy.

'Who would dare
Claim to know

The greatest mysteries of this Earth?'

She barely knows anyone here.
Then again,
Who would she consider
Someone she really knew?

A jolt hits her from behind.
She screams.
She falls.
Her eyes instantly opens.
Fear.
She catches her breath in time.

Splash

She screams.
Still shocked.
She screams.
Laughing.
'How dare he?'
She stops thinking.
Starts feeling.
Feeling her fingers and her arms,
Like it's the first time in a long time.

She swims out of the pool.
He runs laughing too.
She jumps.
He lets her drag him in with
Her
Weight.

They fall.
They laugh.

Everyone else,
They laughed.
They envy.
Acted like they wouldn't understand.
It was too --
What's that word?
Ridiculous.
Unsightly.

He didn't care.
It was what she needed.
From someone
She'd never see again.
Someone
She'd never love.

Soaking wet.
Drenched from
Head
To
Toe.
That night,
Her head was in the clouds.

All that mattered was that it stayed.
Stayed right there,
For awhile.

Fear and Excitement.

That was what he gave her.
She fell in love with what he gave her.