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The wind hugged her body. The rain pounded unto her skin. It was just her and the air around her. And the cliff. Her sweet end to all of this. Keeping her eyes closed, picturing Joe's face...poor Joe. She was smiling, ready to see him again. He had told him she would be with him soon, and that was a week ago. A week was soon, right? Soon enough for her. She missed him so much. So much that she felt his hand on her waistband, the place his hand always went to.
MS took a step closer to the edge, to a new beginning for her. Her foot was still on the cliff, but her toes were resting on air, just like her body would be soon. This wind would be nothing compared to the whooshing sound that was about to greet her with just one more step...
One more step.
'Don't jump."
The sound was quiet, fragile. Then there was a hand on her shoulder, and MS turned around, her eyes opening quickly. "Get away from here. You could die." She said, grabbing the boy and pulling him away from the edge. Seeing that stranger so near the edge, the very edge she was about to put herself over, kicked her protective side into gear. For being one so ready to end her own life, she couldn't put someone else's life to risk. If he went over because of him, that would be the second person she would blame herself for. Poor MS.
"You shouldn't be out so late." MS said, letting go of this stranger the instant they were far enough away from the cliffs. "You'll catch a cold."
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