Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Penance: April 24, 2011 - Finals Week: Being the Sky

Prompt: Write the last words that two people say to each other.

Source: None

Original Airdate: Today

Response:

They stood at the edge of the rooftop - just feeling the sun, just feeling the breeze that licked their bodies lasciviously. They stood there for an eternity, the wind turning their fingers cold.

She turned toward him and smiled. Her eyes were the same color as the sky. "I always wondered what it was like to be the sky."

He smiled, about to speak, and then she jumped, clasping his hand so tightly that he stumbled after her. He screamed her name, but she was laughing, and she would not have been able to hear it over the wind anyway.

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