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"you pretend to be blind and i'll lead you" she whispered in the night.
i put my hand on her elbow and followed her movements and voice through the park and trees at the side. we walked, it felt, straight for ever, through trees and bushes and tall grass and short grass. slowly my hand slipped down until we were walking hand in hand, me with my eyes closed; she telling me where we were going and what it looked like.
"lets trade" she said, taking my elbow. i felt half saddened and half relieved that she didnt take my hand.
we went past jesus rock, and down this thin trail that over looked the bend in the river. i stopped and explained it to her in hushed tones. soon enough her eyes were open and we were sitting and talking on the shore.
standing up, she closed her eyes and took my elbow again. we walked to the concrete slab in the middle of the stand of trees, her hand slowly falling down my arm. soon our fingers were entwined and our thumbs gently caressed the other's hand. that's the best part of holding hands, when the fingers explore the other's hand.
we sat on the concrete slab and played the hand drum, trading a joint back and forth talking about her summer and my summer and our beliefs, which overlap quite well. i felt as if i was with my best friend, though i don't have one and have only seen this girl three times before last night, all in early may.
we stood up after the joint was roached, quite high and not really feeling the beer we had at the bar or in my apartment. i led her, blind, all the way to the house where we were to meet a friend. i knocked on the door after we tried both door bells, and a sleepy looking twenty year old answered.
"hello?"
"erm, hi... we were invited here for a jam by some guys from the bayou"
"yeah, sorry dudes, we all crashed out.. next monday maybe? i just am going to go sleep.."
we found out that our friend was there with a guy who we both, independantly decided gave off really bad vibes and i was, for my part liking this girl, slightly worried. but then i felt silly with that worrying and it faded more into a shallow retreat. the retreat is like a pulling back of emotions, in preparation for a broken heart.
we left the house and made our way to a school. we played in the sand around the jungle gym for an indefinable amount of time, until she came over and whispered "do you hear a violin?"
"no" i said "but i do hear an air conditioner"
"hmmm" she said.
we both got up ( i was under the jungle gym ) and started spinning. after we stopped, i stumbled a bit and found myself on the ground. she ran over to me and grabbed my face, giving me a one way kiss. "talk to you tomorrow!" she said as she ran off into the night
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