Unapologetically Artistic

this.” She demonstrated for him and Thomas wondered how crazy
she must be to not be scared at this moment.
“Come on,” Jane coaxed. “I promise it’s not that bad.”
Thomas allowed himself to listen to her soothing words,
gently leaned his head against the glass, and looked down.
Everything looked so small; the people walking on the street
couldn’t have been any bigger than ants.
“It kind of reminds me how small we all are,” Jane started
explaining. “If you think about it, no one looks any bigger than a
speck of dust. Imagine what we all look like from the edge of the
universe.”
This kind of thinking had always scared Thomas, and it still
scared him; the last thing anyone really wants to do is think about
what is going to happen to them after they die.
He wasn’t sure how long they stayed in the elevator, but by
the time they finally had their feet planted on the ground, Thomas
realized how relieved he was that he was standing on what seemed
to be midair. Then, for what seemed like the hundredth time that
day, Jane ushered him into another Uber, saying they had one last
stop to make before he could finally be rid of her.
“Why are you so insistent on taking me to all these places?”
Thomas finally had to ask, having wondered the entire day why
one stranger would do this for another.
“Well, we are friends, aren’t we? Of course I’d have to share
my city with a friend,” she explained, making Thomas wonder
what she thought a friend was. Then, realizing how much he had
learned with her that day, he figured that the experiences they had
gone through were enough to deem them friends.
“Here we are,” The driver said, stopping the car.
Thomas stepped out right into the view of one of the most
beautiful sunsets he had ever seen, complete with a view of Los
Angeles and more.
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