Backwards

“A hot tub always feels so good after skiing,”
I said moving deeper in the tub.

“That it does,” he said leaning back, laying his
arms on the edge of the tub.

I couldn’t help but look at them. He caught me again
and smiled.

“I’m afraid about going home,” I said.

“Afraid?” he asked.

            “I came up here
for the adventure of it. The adventure of moving away, being a ski bum, not
waking up one day and wondering why I never did anything spontaneous, risky. You’ve
done risky. You left home early, moved around, experienced things,” I said.

“You did what you set out to do. Seems you’ve
had a good winter. So why the fear?” he asked.
“I’m afraid of going
back, falling back into the same routine. I wanted to move forward, change
something, and now I feel like I’m going backwards."





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