[ WP ] You just had a very close near death experience . You are shaken up—not because of what happened , but what you saw before you were brought back .

Lisa sat on the edge of the world, her legs dangling down, and kicking dents into the ground that cut straight down. White clouds passed the sky above us, and flew out into space when they reached the edge. Her eyes were lowered down to her knees. 
 
 I still remember the day of her accident. Late in October, on an icy road, two blocks away from her house, before she had set a foot out of town, or see even seen the beach. Her parents kept her on life support for three months, but her mother couldn ’ t handle it much longer than that. 
 
 Nothing surrounded us but fields of tall, dried grass, and the sound of a flowing river that I could not see. 
 
 “ I think I ’ m ready now, ” she said without a sliver of emotion. “ I mean... I ’ m gone, right? I ’ m already gone... ” 
 
 I said nothing, but sat down next to her and crossed my legs. 
 
 She brought her fingers up to her mouth, and bit down on the long nail of her index finger. “ The others just jumped, ” she turned to look at me, her green eyes brightened by the red veins that filled them, “ and I thought since I didn ’ t, maybe there was a reason—turns out, I ’ m just a coward. ” 
 
 “ What ’ s on the other side? ” I asked. 
 
 She nodded, and inclined her shoulder to look over it. “ We ’ re literally on a block of earth, ” she said. “ There ’ s a sort of river in the middle, but you can ’ t do anything with it. I could run over it without getting my feet wet. No one has spoken to me before, you know? ” She gave me a tired glance and looked ahead of her. “ This sucks, Tim. Just sucks. ” 
 
 “ I know, ” I said, pursing my lips and thinking of what my parents were going through. I don ’ t know how she could handle staying here for so long. My fingers tapped against the damp grass, I pulled at a strand, and it slid out, revealing a light green stem. I stuck it into my mouth, and bit down, tasting the sweet liquid. “ Should we just do it? ” I asked. 
 
 “ Take my hand. ” She held her hand out, palm up, and took a deep breath. “ Five... four— ” I jumped and pulled her down. My stomach sank, and her piercing scream cut through my eardrums. 
 
 ***** 
 
 “ Oh, thank God! ” I heard my mother draw a long sigh of relief. “ Tim, sweetheart, it ’ s mum. ” 
 
 I closed my eyes, and drew my hand up to cover my mouth. Lisa ’ s voice still echoed in my ears, and the green of her eyes burned into my own. *If you only jumped! Oh God, Lisa! * I sat up in bed, and felt hands drag me back down. 
 
 “ No, no! You have to rest, honey. ” 
 
 ***** 
 
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