Fun-Go-Round

She had her hand out, a huge smile on her face. She was having fun, and wanted him to come up on the wheel with her. He just sat there looking at her, with voices in his head. He thought he just learned that it wasn’t that fun up there, but he sure wasn’t happy down here. How would he even get on, the thing’s spinning so fast? No, must be some kind of trick.
Had she just put her hand out? She pulled it back. She could do nothing but blame herself, she had chosen to stay on this thing. She thought she saw someone who would want to play, but he just stared at her. She watched as he faded from view, and the motion of the wheel started to make her dizzy. The surroundings were zooming by too fast to make any sense. How do you stop this thing?

He went back to the park. Nobody was on the wheel, it was the first time he’d seen it not moving. Alright he thought, let’s try this thing. As he stepped up with one foot and started to push with the other, he caught site of a girl on the teeter totter. It was her. She told her friend to stop for a second and walked over to the wheel. As she walked she could feel the scrapes on her knees. He held out his hand.