The light is shining on her face. It’s a deep pink from the sunset, tinting her skin rosy. She looks up at him and smiles as the stars start to appear twinkling in the distance. The breeze rustles her hair moving it ever so slightly so as to show life. The days have been getting unseasonably warm sooner than they used to be so she drops her sweater off of her shoulders and it falls to the ground. It is quiet out here, far away from the noise of the house. Again the breeze comes, this time moving the grass around her feet causing her to smile because of the tickle. She realizes she is smiling and her mouth breaks open even wider showing her teeth to her non-present audience for his sake. It is like swimming underwater, her weightless feeling at that moment. She looks down over the cliff as if to take a dive but something holds her back. All of a sudden she feels so tired. Weight seems to push her into the ground. The dogs’ barks break her out of her spell. They were bringing in the sheep. It was that time of day.
She looked down again, the vast expanse of nothing but water and air spread out where the cliffs came to an abrupt end as if they were drowning.
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