You Called For This
(From Ella's Perspective)
"Good. Come on now and don't ask any questions," he said and backed away. I did not like the way he was sometimes getting near me and in the next moment, he was backing away.
"Just do one thing whatever you do. Come near and don't go. And if you want to go, then don't come near in the first place. Stop playing with my mind and body. It's confusing."
But I could not tell him that. How could I? Or he would think that I liked him. It was true that I did. But I was not sure if he did too. And I did not want this kind of thing to be one-sided.
We walked more into the forest, taking so many turns that I lose track, but he seemed to know exactly where we were going.
"It's not a road."
"Of course, it's not a road. It's a forest," he said.
"No, I mean, how are you so sure that you're going the right away? Everything here seems the same. Look at the trees. Do you find any difference?"