The alarm sounds to start the morning, you reach for your phone 5.15 it says as you hit dismiss. You sit up and stretch, mornings are not your favourite time or the day but your new routine is doing wonders for your physical health. You get up and get dressed, running shoes on and headphones in you head out the door.
The morning is cold and I can see my breath, there’s layer of for slightly below the street light you stand under as you use it to stretch, your muscles taking longer to wake up today so a slow jog to start with is the plan. You wonder if you’ll see her this time.
You start your jog, down the street and onto the trail. Your usual route will take you through the forest, it’s so peaceful there and this early there is usually only a couple people on the trail with you. You hope she’ll be one of them, I’ll say something this time you think to yourself.
The fog is below the trees, it’s quiet under here with only the sound of your footsteps hitting the dirt path. Suddenly you hear more steps in the distance, it’s hard to see but you can hear. They match yours, could it be her? You keep going then the sound stops, your heart drops.