Slip of the Tongue

“Kiss me.”

Just like that. Like I wasn’t already seconds away from self-destruction. Like he wasn’t standing a few feet away from me, burning holes through my very soul with those stupid eyes and that boyish mouth that always looked too close to trouble.

And the moment the words left my mouth, I knew.

Oh my God, I knew.

Time didn’t just pause. It froze. Spun. Did a whole-ass pirouette around m