1. Are you a day or night person?
(Do you play nice with the sun only to keep the moon as your mistress and expect her to keep all your secrets?)
2. Are you going to find it strange that I still like to slow dance even when it’s an uptempo song?
(Are you going to expect me to apologize for wanting to be close to your heartbeat?)
3. Dogs or cats? (Do you need something to love you blindly, unconditionally. Or do you want something that enjoys the chase but once it has you, it sinks it’s claws in and won’t let go without a fight.)
4. Can you handle blood and needles?
(If I put my bleeding heart in your hands, is your stomach going to turn? Are you going to throw it out in the dumpster behind your place, place it up in a glass cage for everybody to gawk at, donate it straight to science and let them poke and prod their utensils at, or are you going to keep it locked up in a puzzle box that only you and I know how to get into.)
5. How good are you at keeping a secret?
(Will you keep the things I mumble drunkenly late at night just between us, but still hold my hand proudly in front of all your friends?)
6. What’s number one on your travel list?
(What if I want to travel the world and I want you by my side in every new city?)
7. And your bucket list?
(Can you be the reason I put a check mark next to ‘epic romance’?)
8. Where do you stand on skydiving?
(How do you handle butterflies taking flight in your stomach and multiplying every time you blink.)
9. Favorite color?
(Is it too cliche to say mine’s the color of your eyes?)
10. Favorite season?
(Are you going to be okay that when summer comes I’ll start missing the cold but when winter sinks it’s teeth in I’ll start craving the sun.)
11. What super power have you always wanted?
(Is there a superhero with the capability to read minds at times like this and also with the ability to zap myself to your side whenever you need it?)
12. What did you want to be when you were growing up?
(Would you believe me if I said all I ever wanted to be was happy and I think you’ve bottled up and injected lightning straight into my veins?)
13. What’s your biggest fear?
(Is it falling, is it crashing, is it burning, while the person who was supposed to catch you is looking in the wrong direction.)
14. Are you afraid of heights?
(Or are you okay with wanting to taste the sky?)
15. If you could meet anybody in the world, who would it be?
(Does it sound insane when I say that I can recall you from every single one of my past lives?)
16. What do you consider a perfect day?
(What if I used to have some elaborate speech for this but since you all I can think about is your lazy smile and heavy eyes when we watch bad movies all day?)
17. What do you look for in a friendship?
(Is it too simple to say all I want is to shake the fear of an exposed back every time I walk away?)
18. How good are you at good-byes?
(How easy is it for you to leave, even if it’s just for the night?)
19. What’s your zodiac sign?
(Are you going to laugh when I spend the day telling you how compatible we are and kissing you after every negative thing it says about us not working because I refuse to believe even the stars have a say in how great we could be.)
20. Are you scared of falling in love
(What if I told you that, right now, I’m terrified.)
20 questions (when trying to figure out where you stand) // a.l.
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