Crash!
Again!? Really!?
Avalon rubbed her nose. She had just run into yet another wall.
"You okay?" a male voice asked from next to her.
"Yeah. Just getting acquainted with the walls."
He laughed and kept walking. She followed him, careful to go through the doorway this time.
"This is what flashlights are for, genius." Avalon muttered.
"What?"
"I'm coaching myself on how not to run into everything."
He chuckled, "Maybe I should just carry you."
She laughed nervously, "Maybe that would- Oof!"
This time she had tripped on a part of the wood floor that was sticking up. But fortunately she had caught herself.
"Whoa, Avy. You sure you're alright?" he sounded more concerned this time and turned his flashlight beam on her.
She tried to control the red tide coming into her face and smiled, "I'm fine. Really. My only problem is that I'm a klutz."
Because I'm so dang nervous! And thank goodness the night vision on the cameras doesn't show color!
The brunette got up and brushed herself off, "You know what, I think I'll sit down. That's probably the safest thing I can do."
She picked a nice looking old chair and proceeded to sit down.
Crunch!
The chair fell apart and left her sitting on the floor. There was a moment of silence before Avalon's laughter pierced the air, soon to be joined by her companion.
"Oh boy." the young woman wiped her eyes, "You'd think this was a comedy show."
"You're making it a comedy show. We usually don't have this many funny things happen in one night." the young man chuckled, then suddenly exclaimed, "Not that you getting hurt is funny!"
"I'm not hurt." she shrugged and smiled, "But I wouldn't mind a hand up."
"Oh! Of course." he reached out and grasped her hand firmly, pulling her back up into a standing position.
"Thanks." she was glad his flashlight wasn't on her face this time, so he didn't see how red it was.
"No problem." he tried to sound nonchalant, but there was a touch of shyness to his voice.
She smiled and they continued out of the room.