Eye See You: Dina pt. 7

Amy has pages of more about this thing
Well, its victims anyway…

Next was her laundry.
“While I am here you will not live in a rats nest.”
“Jokes on you.”

I'm higher on the list.
We laughed.
We know we shouldn't have,
but what else can you do?

"Break time?"
“Please.”
“Pizza?”
“Sounds good.”

We sit in silence and I finally take her in.
We've been neighbors for over a year,
but we'd never talked.

She's cute,
and smart.
I suddenly feel a desperate need.

A need to stay alive.
A need to keep her alive.
If she dies…
I'm alone.

Funny
that never used to scare me