YOU JUMP AND FALL

BLADE

Next time I should rethink my ideas thoroughly before putting them to action because when I looked over my shoulder. She suddenly stepped her foot on the bar railings and recklessly started to climb over it. My heart was hammering in my chest in pure terror. Waves of profanities spewed out of my mouth. I rushed towards her.

She stood up on the concrete ledge big enough for her feet to step on and her hands gripped on the railing on either side of her. She fearlessly looked down below and inching her body towards the edge that almost gave me a heartattack. I was in a complete state of panic while she was calmly risking her life for a tacky umbrella.

When she saw getting near her she yelled, "Don't come near me!" Her icy stare froze me in place. I swallowed hard. I stepped forward.

"I said don't come near me! I hate you! You're bad!"

"Like you're not to tell!" I snapped. I know I should be trying to calmly persuade her to come back over the railings but my emotions get the best of my ideas. "You're planning to jump over a building! It's okay if you hate me I don't really give a damn but if you try to drag me with your problems that's out of the line! So get back here this instant!"

Is this girl really crazy!? When I mean fetch I didn't mean to suddenly decide to jump over a building! If something happens to her I'll be held accountable. If she dies it would be my fault! I'll be haunted with guilt like this was the least of my never ending string of problems. Just thinking of all the possible trouble this might cause me is already giving me a hell of throbbing headache.

"Hey! I said get back over here!" I yelled.

She stubbornly turned her head away from me. She wasn't listening to me. It's like she had her ears shut down. Her head looked downward. "Would I be able to get the umbrella back if I jump from here?" she mumbled.

"WHAT?! Are you crazy!? You'll die if you jump from here! Now climb back over here!" I shouted. Still no response. I stepped a few steps forward. "Hey! Aren't you listening?! Get back here!"

She looked at me. "I'll get back there if you help me search for that umbrella."

"What?!"

She gave me a serious gaze that was telling me that she wasn't joking.

"You're gonna jump off a building for that stupid umbrella!"

"THAT WAS NOT JUST ANY UMBRELLA!" she yelled. Her already bloodshot eyes swelled with tears. "It was more than just an umbrella to me! It was everything to me that's why I need to get it back!"

"You know that jumping off the building isn't gonna get you that umbrella! You know that yet you're still insisting on this!" I could see the tension of her grip on the railing loosen. This is not good.

Her mouth curved into a smile. "If it's for that person it's worth it." Everything went into slow motion with her hands slowly loosen from her grip of the railings until she let it go completely.

"NO!"

I ran the distance between us and reached my hand down. I was able to grab hold of her right hand before she would fall to her certain death. I tried to pull her upwards but my gripped would loosen from single handedly taking up her weight. Tears fell like rainfall on her eyes as she watch me trying to pull her back up. I felt the pain in my arm like it's ripping apart from me. My hand shook from the pressure. I outstretched my free hand to her.

"Give me your other hand!"

"No! I need to get my umbrella!" she insisted.

My jaw clenched. "This is not the time to act all stupid and crazy! If you want that stupid umbrella I'll help you look for it, okay?! So now, give me your other hand! Hurry!" I could feel my grip slowly slipping from holding her.

"You promise?" she asked.

"Yes! I promise! Now hurry!" I shouted.

She struggled to give me her left hand and with all my strength I pulled her upwards until she was over the railings. She landed on me that made me lost my balance and we both landed on the concrete floor with a loud thud.

Before I realize it my hands were holding her. I was face to face with the mysterious girl who almost killed herself. My eyes were glued to her beautiful light brown eyes that intensely gaze down on me. And before I get hypnotize by her eyes I quickly pushed her away from me making her fall sideways.

"Ouch!"

I quickly stood up and looked away from her. I cleared my throat. "Y-You should go now," I said, feeling the unpleasant vibes on my body.

"W-What? But you said you're gonna—"

"I know what I said!" I shouted facing her. "But I'm taking it back. Now that you're safe I am not to blame for your attempt of suicide. And if you try doing that again do it without an audience, idiot. Much better to don't do it at all. Don't drag other people with your f.cking problems."

I don't want to affiliate more with this lunatic of a girl. She smells of trouble. It would be better if she never talks to me or even go near a five meter radius of me.

"But you promised!"

"Men cannot be trusted with promises, chihuahua. And besides I don't want anything to do with a crazy girl like you."

Her eyes widen at my response but her expression instantly turn into grim.

SLAP!

I felt a sharp sting from one side of my cheek and the static sound that is stuck in my ear. My hand move unconsciously to my cheek in which she slapped. My wide and surprise eyes meet her eyes flaring with anger.

"I hate you! I wish you weren't the guy I met that day!" she yelled.

Suddenly her words are like venom to me. I could feel a twinge of pain inside my heart like I've been pierced by a thousand needles. I was too distracted that I let her stormed out through the door without making a comeback for slapping me. She slammed the door shut. I was trying to collect my thoughts when sudden visions crossed my mind.

"I don't want you so you should stay here."

"Blade, I hate you! I don't want to be with you anymore!"

I grab hold of the railings for leverage. I laugh sarcastically and I held my chest hardly. "Why do I feel pain? Shouldn't I be used to this by now?"

I propped both my hands on the metal railings with my back leaning to it. I raise my head upward and I watch as those fluffy clouds like white cotton candies are moving ever so slowly as the mild wind blew it.

"No one loves me." I mumbled with a bitter smile.