nearly dying

so last night khadija and i laid down in the middle of an intersection to watch the lights change. we were in robinson, which is normally a very very very busy shopping center near my house. d and i had been sitting in steak n shake discussing some things that we're dealing with lately, and finally we realized that it was quarter after one. we decided to leave. when we walked outside, it was so quiet (except for some apparently nocturnal birds) that we just stood still to listen to this anomaly. there was nobody out, because nobody actually LIVES in robinson... it's all malls. so, we decided to do what we would never be able to do there in broad daylight: lay down in the middle of the street. it was just like the notebook, but far less romantic, as khadija and i are not romantically interested in each other. nothing happened, and we didn't nearly die or anything. but now when we're eighty, we can say, "remember that time we laid in the intersection to watch the lights change in robinson?" and then we will laugh.