"Jessie!" Adam felt his heart stop. He saw her foot land on something irregular on the floor and knew immediately that she was in trouble. "Don't move!"
Angell froze in place, her body tensing up. "Adam, what's going on?"
"I think you stepped on a pressure sensitive trigger. Just don't move." He stepped carefully and moved around in front of her. "I'm gonna go get the bomb guys outside and they're gonna fix this." His voice was shaking slightly but his eyes never left hers while he spoke. "Just try not to panic, okay."
She rolled her eyes at him as she did her best to stay still.
"Yeah, okay, sorry." He squeezed her hand and turned to leave. "I'll be right back."
The bomb squad worked for half an hour as she stood carefully in place, never swaying once. She could feel her body going numb from standing in one place so tensed up for so long, but still, she never moved at all.
When they finally decided it was time to pull her foot off the trigger, her leg was asleep and she was too scared.
"Jessie," Adam whispered. "Please, just move."
Slowly, she lifted her foot from the floor, and made her way to Adam, letting herself collapse in his arms.
