Pants on Fire

He said "I did" and she smiled.She smiled because he could not lie. He could not lie because he knows she deserves nothing else. She deserves nothing else because she was everything. She was reason. She was solution. She was the pain and she too was his medication.

"Are you OK?" he asked
"Yes," she said smiling.
"No you're not," he said.
"I'm smiling," she replied.
"You forget, I know you,"
"That's my line,"

He looked into her eyes. She stared back, still smiling that incomprehensible smile. A smile that fitted her face but felt so wrong.

"Lets go," she said.

And he followed her, still wondering if he was off the hook or if she was contemplating the proper punishment.