Between the Trees
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  • Parts 7
  • Time 37m
  • Reads 181
  • Votes 19
  • Parts 7
  • Time 37m
Ongoing, First published Jul 22, 2014
Falling...
 Falling...
 Hitting every branch possible, cutting up every inch of my body.
 Suddenly my body stopped falling. My hand made contact with something that felt squishy to the touch. My back crashed onto something with a lot of cushion. I couldn't help thinking that pine needles felt a lot like... Like..
 I realized I hadn't landed on pine needles. Afraid to open my eyes I began to feel around what I had landed on. My hand came into contact with..flesh. Warm, guy flesh. I gasped and scrambled to get up. Unfortunately that required moving my body, which was already unbearably sore already. Trying my best I managed to swing my leg enough to roll off of the guy that was underneath me. Just my luck, I accidentally kicked the poor man underneath me right in the ol' family jewels. He groaned and hunched over, covering his, well, you know.
 "Oh!.. Oh my!.. I a-am so sorry! I.. Sorry."
"It's.." He busted into a fit of laughter. "It is really okay, please just quit apologizing"
 I felt my jaw drop and my eyes widen to the size of saucers. This guy, who I landed on after just falling out of a tree, was.. laughing at me. I would expect anger, or hurt, or even a "what the hell!" to come from his mouth. But as usual I was utterly and completely wrong. What a surprise!
 "You should close your mouth before you catch any bugs."
I snapped my jaw shut blinking multiple times. Oblivious of what to say or do next, I managed to stutter out, "A-are you okay?"
 "Well its not every day a pretty girl falls on me from out of a tree." He smirked a devilish smirk and a wink. Oh jesus.
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