Kellan Vahn (brokenvoices) wrote in we_coexist, @ 2015-03-25 10:44:00 |
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Entry tags: | ariel, zz:status complete |
Bravery (Narrative)
Ariel had been standing in front of Steve's door for....well, she hadn't been noting the time. She knew it had been long enough for her feet and legs to ache from being immobile. But she couldn't bring herself to get any closer to the door. The door that was keeping her from the hallway, which in turn blocked her from the outside. The sun was out there and she wanted to be in it. The water was out there and she wished to see it. But she just couldn't. Her body shook every time she approached the door.
But today...today she was going go make herself open it. She would overcome this. She had before. Ariel knew she couldn't stay here forever, she had to be free. She was still a daughter of the sea no matter if she had a fin or legs. Ariel was not going to allow some man to keep her from what she wanted in her heart. And right now all she wanted was to have the courage to open the door.
A breath escaped her. Ariel didn't realize that her hand and arm were shaking as she lifted the limb up and outward. When her fingers felt the cool metal of the knob, her eyes closed tight. Another breath. She took one step forward, then another, pausing when she was close enough that she could feel the presence of the large piece of oak standing between her and the hallway.
Slowly her eyes opened and she stared hard at the door. I can do this. She repeated it to herself in her mind over and over, biting at her bottom lip. Her fingers gripped and knob and her wrist pivoted, twisting it slowly. Finally getting the knob to turn all the way, Ariel stepped back, bringing the door to the hallway back with her. It swung open lazily, and she breathed out hard.
Her eyes swept back and forth and her fingers released the knob. A few steps and she was at the threshold, peering into the hallway. She stuck her head out first, looking from the left and then to the right, to make sure the hall was clear. It was. A glance over her shoulder at the apartment, no sign of James or Steve. She returned her attention to the hallway, stepped forward and sighed in relief. She had done it. She was out of the apartment and free. She wouldn't be gone long, she wanted to be out in the sun rather than just look at it through a pane of glass.
The door closed behind her and she rushed down the hallway, descended the stairs and burst out of the lobby doors to the outside. She smiled as she stopped, letting the sun warm her face and she basked. Truly basked. This was going to be a good day indeed.