[ WP ] `` Please , run '' `` why ? '' `` Because I do n't want to hurt you ''

`` Please, run.'' 
 
 The park was dimly lit by streetlamps and the occasional passing car, the moon missing from the sky. Two figures stood facing each other on a cracked and broken pathway. 
 
 `` Why?'' she asked, breathing heavily, bending over to rest her arms on her knees. Her shirt was soaked through with sweat, her white sneakers scuffed and dirty. Her trainer loomed over him, arms crossed. 
 
 `` Because I do n't want to hurt you.'' He smiled at his student, `` You'll cramp up if you do n't keep moving, especially in this cool air.'' 
 
 She sighed, breathing easier now, and stood back up. Flipping her teacher the finger, she spun around to jog another lap around the park.
