Stay: WHY?!!?

She'd done it, she'd shot herself in the foot. Countless, through countless conversations she'd played it cool--perfect for once, for the first time in her life, actually. 

And then she pointed the gun down. 

She should have stopped then. She could have stopped; it wouldn't have been abnormal. 

She could have walked away with the gun pointed towards the ground. 

Awkward?? Maybe. The better choice??

Absolutely.

Instead? Instead she stood there, and smiling all the while, she pulled the trigger.

Limping, she walked away hitting her head against her own embarrassment. She'd been doing so well. Maybe he hadn't noticed. Maybe he didn't see the blood or hear the shot.

Not likely.