3. [WP] You have discovered your ability to stop time at the most opportune moment.

[WP] You have discovered your ability to stop time at the most opportune moment.

    Shocked, enraged, glum, and utterly heartbroken. Those were the first words that came to my mind as I stood in front of a beautiful young woman who was now my "ex". I waited for the end of her breakup before things seemed... a tad too quiet. Forcing my head up from the view of my timid legs, she seemed stunned, frozen. Was this some kind of joke? I could still hear my ancient Bob Crosby CD playing, the sprinklers glazing over the bright green grass, the wind whistling through the dull brown curtains, but she, she seemed... "Suspended in time". Peering out the window, sure enough, a biker was stopped dead in his place. Under my breath I whispered "My god... I can do anything".

    Quickly pacing back into the room with my ex, I stared in her eyes for what seemed to be all of eternity before plopping down on my beaten couch. "I could kill her" I thought. "Nobody would know". "I could touch her, just like the old times...". But the more I looked, the more I saw it. She was just as distressed as I was about our break up, and there was no changing that. The held back tears, sweat on her forehead, the letter behind her back... 

    I snatched the letter quickly, snapping back into my enraged thoughts. Skimming through the letter, it wasn't for me, it was for her. An acceptance letter to USC, her dream college. This breakup wasn't her choice, but she just didn't seem to have the words to tell that side of the story. She never was good with words. Why she held the letter yet refused to say anything had me astonished, but I understood. I knew this was the end for both of us, and there was nothing I could do in this moment. I only wish I appreciated our time together more.

    The more I accepted our end though, the more time seemed to... Turn back. It started out slow, but it progressively sped up, and up, and up and up and up until... There I was. Staring into her beautiful eyes again, surrounded by men and women slow dancing beside us, I was stunned. As time resumed, she spoke. "I feel like I've known you for years!". "Yeah, me too." I said with a grin.
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