A/N: You can decide who is talking. It would fit either Alex or Olivia.
Three Point Five
Almost 3 and a half minutes.
3 minutes 18 seconds.
198 seconds.
It doesn't seem like that long of a time. But if you have ever sat and watched a second hand make a full rotation on a clock, it seems like forever.
Like waiting for the end of a school day, when we were young.
Three rotations plus some, that is how long I watched.
The fastest runners in the world can run 100 meters in less than 10 seconds.
I can size up perps in 5 seconds.
It takes a jury under 20 seconds to read a verdict.
That is how long I waited.
I can say 'I love you' in about 2 seconds. Something I have never said to anyone not related to me by blood. But I want to say it you. Please let me be able to say it to you.
It takes about 3 minutes to make your toast; light with butter and strawberry jam.
That is how long I prayed.
I don't think I've ever prayed before. Not really anyway. It's hard to believe in, and converse with, high powers with the horribleness that we witness day in and day out.
A normal healthy heart will beat about 60 times a minute. I promise you mine is doing far more than that. It's picking up the slack.
Regret can last as little as a fraction of 1 second or an entire lifetime.
Pleaseā¦
198 seconds.
That is how long your heart stopped beating.
That is how long you left me.
