Darkness surrounded me with only a few flickering street lights lighting the way around me. I was downtown, but the city was quiet enough to hear my own heartbeat in my ears. I didn’t know what I was searching for, but my legs pushed me forwards anyway until I found myself turning down a dark alley as if some part of me was being called there.
The rain poured down around me, my hair matting to my face as it soaked through. What’s going on? What am I doing here? My jeans and sweater were soaked, clinging to my skin and I could only imagine the make-up streaming its way down my face. Ahead of me, a dark figure stood with his back turned to me, focused on the empty street ahead of us. My eyes blurred and I raised my hands to rub them, pushing back my wet hair. Finally, I was able to recogni
