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The doors to the elevator closed and opened, then closed again, we rode wherever we were going to ride until it took us to the top of the building.
“Why are you here?” I finally asked, gripping her hand tighter like my body knew that I needed something other than air. I needed touch. I needed something.
She looked down at her tattered shoes. “I’ve done seventy job interviews in the last year, I’m here to eat.”
“I like food.” I said after a minute. It wasn’t a lie. I did like food, it always filled me the way I wanted. Physically, emotionally, it did its job until it was done and it felt complete. Food was basically one of the only things that never truly let you down.
“Me too.” She sniffled. “I think I really, really need that right now. I need…” She paused as a tear slid down her porcelain cheek. “I need to feel something.”
“Feeling is important because it makes you feel whole, but don’t for one second think that it’s going to make everything okay.”
“I know that better than anyone,”” she whispered. “I’m assuming you do too.”
“Yeah.”
I refused to admit she was pretty with her long lashes and full pink lips.
“Ok.” I nodded. “Ok. Let’s go outside and eat.”
The elevator doors opened to the rooftop restaurant, and I did the most insane thing I could have ever done in my life.
Maybe I was tired.
Maybe it was the stain on my suit.
Maybe it was just life.
But I turned and pulled her against me and whispered, “Can I kiss you?”
Her frown was brief before she wrapped her arms around my neck, her fingers were warm to the touch, my skin rapidly started heating up as she massaged me. “Yes. Whatever you want to do. Yes. I’ll give you a day of my life just make it good. I’m sad. I’m broke. I’m—“ tears poured down her face. “I’m everything I never wanted to be, so yes, if this is it—”
“It?” I interrupted. “What’s it?”
“I was coming up here to jump, not eat. I lied…”
“No jumping,” I said. “Only standing allowed, it’s in the rules.”
She took a deep breath, it shuddered against her chest like it was hard to actually follow through with inhaling and exhaling. “Then kiss me like there’s no tomorrow.”
“Cheesy.” I nodded, her posture wasn’t as stiff as before. “Very cheesy.”
“Necessary.” Her answer. “So very necessary.”
“Okay.” I leaned in, could smell the air around us whirling, firing. “But you have to promise me you don’t attempt to jump ever, there’s always a way out, even if it’s a sad-looking guy telling it to your face.”
Her smile didn’t falter, she just grinned bigger. “You’re beautiful, though I’ll admit you have Bambi eyes.”
“You’re beautiful too, minus the Bambi eyes.” I added. “Is this the point where I take you on a date and create an insane meet-cute and marry you later?”
“Maybe.”
“Cool. Now step off that mental ledge and let me feed you.”
She gripped my hand softly. “Did you forget about the kiss offer?”
“Never.” I started pulling her toward the rooftop restaurant. “I just think it should be perfect and right now I can hear your stomach growling and I’m a bit terrified that if someone as amazing as myself kisses you, you’ll think that it’s totally fine to just die in peace.”
“Depressing.”
