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Nobody Else (part 2)

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She has developed an interesting habit.
Max was able to notice; as Roxanne pointed at the first tire. Actually, though recognizing her - he wasn't sure that she -
"...so my mom thought I was spending wayyy too much time with daddy - though she didn't exactly hang around too long - while I was growing up, y'know?"
Rambling on when she was nervous; much as they had when -
"So when the other girls in the club wanted to go on a bike ride - though I can hardly balence on a triycycle..."
That's when Max noticed the second flat.
"And when the Junior Elite, Royal Knighthood of..."
Roxanne looked deflated. Max joined her on the side of the road. She tucked her knees close to get body.
"There wasn't any room for me on the bus, not with thier bikes, thier new boyfriends -"
She exhaled sadly.
"They ...left me too..."
If he had another layer he'd offer her the scarlet sweatshirt he was wearing. But the pitiful under shirt would have canceled out any chivalry points -
Roxanne looked at him, with large tears in her opalescent hazel eyes.
"Why doesn't anyone want to be with me?"
Max wanted to tell her he understood. That maybe before it had been her father which scared off some. That later, he'd been a coward and not even tried to reach out and try to contact her again.
Reaching out -
Had he set the break when he got out of the car?
The feeble moan was between gravity and a stubborn insistance to hold on. Somehow - neither of them recalled or knew of the roads history of claiming negligent cars.
Not now.
Not today.
Never again...
Hold on!

The gravel cut into his feet as his pace it was more frantic. He did not think of anything else except..
Wow - she's beautiful ...
Roxanne and Max scrambled after the teetering transpiration - she was stronger than she looked...
Considering...
Maybe I could -
She smiled at him as if no time had passed. Just like that summer ...
If we get out of this intact perhaps -
They just bearly catching up with it and linking hands over the frame.
I'll DO it!!!
And all three went over the edge.
Taking the plunge.
Again.
Together.
[link] from the talented and generous, hopefully I'm keeping the pace better now.
Do y'all want the third part?
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IZZY-CHAN13's avatar
The choppiness is intentional, right? :o
Like poetry or prose?

As far as I can telll Roxanne seems down and out reminiscing of better times and then some bad times, brushing them off as if they were no big deal but her body language speaks otherwise. It's as if they were sitting at a nearby bench and then Max's/Goofy's car begins to slide down the road again--they're trying to catch it.

Then they fall with the car "into the abyss", holding hands.