The hole itself - technically a sinkhole, but with a couple of small springs feeding into it - is only about 30 or 40 feet wide, but 140 feet deep. Hospital Hole is at one of the river’s widest points, I’d guess maybe 150 feet from bank to bank. It’s also shallow, four or five feet on average, twelve where the current has carved a deep groove or pocket. The Weeki Wachee is a very narrow river, usually not more than thirty feet across and often only twenty. The ghost of a chaste kiss was sweeping over his bottom lip but was quickly interrupted by a tap on his shoulder. It was too late to escape the memory now, allowing himself to feel the warmth of the growing midday again and try not to crack a smile over thinking of who he was with, mop of messy brown curls rolling in laughter on the plaid blanket beside him. The smell of dewey leaves in the late morning sun suddenly filled his nose and the taste of lemonade after several bites of a bologna sandwich washing over his tongue and gums as if they were just there. He adored all the people he had met at university, especially those he was still in contact with, but there was a void in his heart that hadn’t been filled since the summer after finishing his A-levels.
But, he admitted to himself, it was his own fault for being lonely enough to listen. If he hadn't listened to his friends, he wouldn’t be here right now. You’ll finally have time for dating after uni, they said, you should join Tinder to hook up with people, they said.
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