Flights.

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Jack was panting as he dragged his worn out feet up the tenth flight of stairs. Debbie was still pacing ahead.

"Debbie, I've reach my limit..." He took a breath of stale air and looked at Debbie with a pitiful gaze.
As usual, he got ignored.
"Wow... How on earth are you going to last through sex," she chimed playfully.
"HEY! That topic's completely off tangent,"Jack protested."And you'd be the last person I want to talk about this to,"
"We've only got like, a thousand steps to go, Jackie,"
"Only,"
"Yeah, only,"

Jack plunged on with all his might as to prove Debbie wrong, and to Debbie's amazement, he managed to last another two flights of stairs before puncturing, for real this time.

Debbie passed him a bottle of water and reached a out a hand to wipe off large droplets of sweat running down his red temples. Oh God, your face looks fucking red. But Jack jerked his head away from her reach and sulked like a child.

"I'm angry at you,"
"For what? Making you do something that's actually going to benefit you?"
"You know I easily get tired and all... With my problem,"
"Problem? Oh...... I sort of forgotten about that," She took a quick glance at her watch ,"We need to make it to the top in less than half an hour in order to reach our target,"
"There was never an "our", it's just your wish out of me,"

The air within the vertically tight compound turned still.

Debbie merely looked nonchalant as she turned from him and continued to jog up the stairs. She stopped midway up the next flight of stairs when she realised that Jack hadn't moved from his place since stopping. Then, Jack closed his eyes and spoke his heart for the first time:

"Hopes and dreams,
Always out of reach.
I'm tied down by my strings of fate and destiny.

I've seen a swan,
Bold and beautiful.
She danced at my feet, so rare, so exquisite...

She looks at me and gaze,
How I wish I could be just as same,
She bends and pulls me to feet.

I stand but merely stare,
as I look down upon my broken self
and watch you spread your wings......

To take flight."

Once he opened his eyes, he immediately looked up to her.

She looked stunned, but he was certain that she was also crying. Then, the latter finally spoke-

"Screw time, goals, fate, destiny and all......" She ran down to where the fallen star was "There's still hope, I know it,"
Debbie bent down to reach for Jack's sweaty palm.

"There's still enough time for us to reach the top,"

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