this morning #1317.

this morning, it felt like we were fated to stumble across a secret. you & i sneaking around the grounds behind the mall in the pre-dawn hours. explorers searching for nothing in particular. no one around to hassle us. the only sounds coming from cars whizzing past on the highway. i can’t believe we’ve never done this before. maybe we’ll find something other than these discarded beer bottles. maybe we’ll find something crazy like a gun or some money. while i flipped over rocks to see what i’d find, you saw a dark clearing off in the distance. ran toward it & into the woods, yelling for me to follow you as you did. for some reason, i suddenly got scared. what if someone was in there? i froze. didn’t dare.