Wait

"Wait!"

She willed her legs to run faster. She had to catch up to him.

"Wait up!"

Her voice was hoarse and broken, tired from crying out every few seconds. She cleared her throat and tried again.

"Wait up! Please!"

But he couldn't hear her calls.

She continued to run after him, but it was useless. With every stride she took, he only got farther and farther away.

"Wait!"

Her clumsiness made its appearance and she stumbled across the asphalt before falling onto the roadway. She groaned, lifted her head off the ground and looked ahead.

He never even turned around.

She was pitiful. A pathetic child chasing after a grown man who didn't give a damn about her. She was pining for a man who didn't even know she existed. She was wasting her time on someone who would never love her the way that she loved him.

But was it love? Did she love him? She wasn't sure.

She watched him as he got smaller and smaller on the horizon. Then, she rested her forehead against the asphalt as the tears began to fall.

"Please," she whispered. "Don't give up on me."