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That dread was overwhelming. She knew the effect of it, she knew how it worked but that didn't stop those niggling insecurities and the lethargy; that falling feeling from moving in. She wondered if it was a bad idea, if she really did just make a mistake. Did Hayley not feel the same? She felt eyes. For the first time in a long time she felt a stare. She saw someone else. She was about to call out and greet the face that looked at her, those burning pupils - but it was gone. And Hayley was still there. She squeezed her hand again in something of a reassurance for both of them. Though it was also her first kiss, she generally didn't put much stock in things like that. You were going to get around to do them so why would the first time matter anymore than the second, or even the last?

She opened her mouth, and she was glad that she managed to get words to come out in between the hammering of her heart in her chest and the feeling of dread setting itself into her. [color=a187be]"I did."[/color] Not exactly the most insightful of statements but she wasn't replying to the most astute observation, either. [color=a187be]"Are you alright...?"[/color] She left the question vague. She didn't know what to do beyond what the spur of the moment pushed and prodded and suggested. It'd shut up the minute she kissed her and left her on her own to fend for herself, wondering what she should exactly be doing. The pause for that reply was elongated by the aura, the silence between her words and Hayley's felt like an age. An age of judgement and unwanted surprise. Her self-awareness helped little, she was doubting herself enough as it was.

[i]Please let this be the right path.[/i]
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