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and as you heft the shovel over your shoulder your wrist twinges and you <<if $blood is 1>>stagger,<<else>>clench your teeth,<<endif>> but you can do this, come on, of course you can [[do it|dig]]

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and yeah, yeah, you are, and as you try and open a pack of <<cyclinglink $packet "candy" "cigarettes" "gum">> your fingers are numb and clammy and they [[slip]]

and she doesn't get it at first\n\nand then it's: "but <<if $blood is 1>>it was to protect you<<else>>it was you who did it<<endif>>" and "I can't believe-" and "you're just going? Like that?"\n\nand your mouth tastes like blood and the moonlight's turning your vision grey but at least you'll be free and won't get in this scene again, you won't, you won't, you won't\n\n<center>[[+++|end]]</center>

and her grin glistens in the moonlight.\n\n<<if $feet is "cold">><<if $blood is 1>>"What, you're getting cold feet now? After he punched you in the face? Come on."<<else>>"I can't believe you're getting cold feet now. Come on."<<endif>>\n\n<<display "stars">><<elseif $feet is "warm">>"You got it. Come on, then."\n\n<<display "stars">><<elseif $feet is "mid">>"How? Us," she says, "we're a team, come on."\n\n<<display "stars">><<endif>>

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[[stay]]\n\n[[walk]]

[[catch]]\n\n[[drop]]

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and there's this <<replace>>look in her eyes<<becomes>> look in her eyes as she drags the body <<if $blood is 1>>she killed<<endif>><<if $blood is 2>>you killed<<endif>> that tingles all up your spine because she could punch you or kiss you or eat you and which one do you want anyway?<<endreplace>>\n\nand of course you won't be the same, <<replace>>but<<becomes>>but you could walk away, pretend this never happened and <<if $feet is "cold">>admit<<elseif $feet is "warm">>pretend<<elseif $feet is "mid">>recognise<<endif>> this whole thing wasn't your scene, you just got swept up in it all and you could tell <<if $feet is "cold">>her<<elseif $feet is "warm">>yourself<<elseif $feet is "mid">>someone, anyone,<<endif>> you didn't want this<<endreplace>>\n\n[[did you want this?|divides]]

car door slam. you <<if $packet is "candy">>slide the sticky candy wrapper into your pocket<<endif>><<if $packet is "cigarettes">>grind the cigarette butt under your heel<<endif>><<if $packet is "gum">>spit the wad of gum onto the sand<<endif>>.\n\njust take a moment to [[breathe.|breathe]]

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and she's wrong, you're fine, you're fine, of course you're fine, and as you open your packet of <<cyclinglink $packet "candy" "cigarettes" "gum">> she must have bumped something in the road becuase your fingers [[slip]]

and she fixes you with her sharp stare. "What? What is it? <<if $feet is "warm">>I thought you wanted to get this over with.<<endif>><<if $feet is "cold">>You can't be chickening out again now. Get over yourself.<<endif>><<if $feet is "mid">>You're still freaked out, we need to get out of here.<<endif>>"\n\nyou can't remember if you spoke out loud or not\n\nand there's her and there's the road, and here's where tonight [[divides.|divides2]]

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she [[stops.|engine]]

and maybe she caught the moment of decision or maybe she's just looking at your face because she's hungry, but she wipes her mouth and rocks back on her heels\n\nthere's a promise in her face and you can see the whole night, all these nights, stretching ahead of you, sparking in the desert air\n\n"Let's get lost," she says, grabs your hand, and pulls.\n\n<center>[[+++|end]]</center>

and she's hefting the gun and wiping it down. <<display "bones">>

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swept up

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that's how to do it, right?\n\nshe's hefting the shovel and digging a pit. <<display "bones">>

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and it's heavy in your hand and there'll be incriminating fingerprints all over the thing\n\n[[wipe]] it with your sleeve

and here you are and she's driving through the night and the car engine rumbles in your chest and your mouth tastes of bruise and blood and gravel and your tooth <<replace>>feels -<<becomes>>feels - ah -<<becomes>>feels - ah - no, it's still in<<endreplace>>\n\nand your sleeves are soaked and you're pretty sure it's <<cyclinglink $blood "your blood" "not your blood">> but it's hard to tell\n\nshe [[swerves|swerve]]

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Hannah Powell-Smith

and maybe you [[are|shakingyes]] and maybe you're [[not|shakingno]]

and she's drumming her fingers on the wheel and watching you sideways, gaze flickering back-forth-back like she doesn't know if she wants to punch you or kiss you or eat you\n\nand let's be honest, you don't know what you'd prefer because there's a gun on the dash and your mouth tastes of blood and, now, <<if $packet is "candy">>smooth sticky candy<<endif>><<if $packet is "cigarettes">>dry sour smoke<<endif>><<if $packet is "gum">>clean plastic mint<<endif>> and you didn't use to be [[this kind of girl|kind]]

there's no cars or lights for miles this far into the desert but that doesn't mean she couldn't steer you [[off the road|road2]]