Petrified

"What are you afraid of?" Alicia asks and it echoes in the silence of the room.

You look down from the ceiling and still when her green eyes pierce you to the bed.

"You."

Alicia shakes her head and you swallow hard.

"I would never hurt you."

The earnestness, the vehemence in her words makes our heart stop for one painful moment.

"Not on purpose," you rasp mouth dry. "But you will."