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Cole. Cole has decided it would be good to let herself have a good cry before he talks to her. He listens not to far away in case something happens.
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Em's running. She leaps off the cliff after Jay. She sees him falling. But now, he's Cole again. She's confused. Then she sees Cole hit the ground. She looks again. It's not Cole, it's Jay. He hits the ground, his scars bleeding. The image flashes between Jay and Cole. She doesn't understand. Then she hits the ground.
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Em sits up and cries. She saw the incident clear in her head. Jay hitting the ground, multiple times with blood all over him. The image hurt. She could almost have relived it. There was something though, at the back of her mind that she couldn't figure out. Right now though, it didn't matter. She just starts crying again. The sun is just beginning to rise above the horizon.
"Em? Em?" Cole walks up behind her. Em doesn't even listen. She just keeps crying. "Em, I...." he's cut off by Em.
"Look Cole, I don't love you. I loved Jay and only Jay. I didn't realize that at the time, but I know now. I will never be able to love again. I don't have a heart to love with anymore."
Em ignores Cole and continues. "I yell at Drew. I can see I hurt him with what I say, but I don't care at the moment. I just turn and walk away. It starts to rain as I run. I run to the top of the mountain that you found me on. I lay there. Crying out my pain. I killed Jay, and there's nothing I can do about it."
"Em, it's okay."
"No! It's not okay! You're just like Drew! You're so consumed with how much you love me you don't care that I love someone else!" Em turns and runs. She runs all the way to the pond. There she lets herself cry again. She lets herself cry all the tears she was holding in for the past few days.
As the sun goes down, Em cries herself to sleep. She doesn't even think of Cole. Cole has decided it would be good to let herself have a good cry before he talks to her. He listens not to far away in case something happens.
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Em's running. She leaps off the cliff after Jay. She sees him falling. But now, he's Cole again. She's confused. Then she sees Cole hit the ground. She looks again. It's not Cole, it's Jay. He hits the ground, his scars bleeding. The image flashes between Jay and Cole. She doesn't understand. Then she hits the ground.
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Em sits up and cries. She saw the incident clear in her head. Jay hitting the ground, multiple times with blood all over him. The image hurt. She could almost have relived it. There was something though, at the back of her mind that she couldn't figure out. Right now though, it didn't matter. She just starts crying again. The sun is just beginning to rise above the horizon.
"Em? Em?" Cole walks up behind her. Em doesn't even listen. She just keeps crying. "Em, I...." he's cut off by Em.
align="left"> "Em, you don't understand. I...." He's cut off again."Well look'ee here boys."
Cole turns around to see a whole pack of hyenas. There are enough to kill him and Em if they try. He sees this, but tries to keep them from knowing. He just stands if front of Em. He's not going to lose her. Not now. He needs to tell her the truth. "Back off. Go kill yourself some antelope."
"There aren't anymore antelope. The herd has left. A band of lions chased them away. You are the only good source of food around." The hyena chuckles as the pack moves in. "We haven't had a good meal in three days. There's been a shortage of antelope because of two certain lions."
"Leave us alone. You have no idea who you're messing with." Cole doesn't move. He's ready to fight for Em again. This time, he won't lose.
"Come on. Don't make this more difficult than it has to be. Tell ya what. If you don't put up a fight, we might let your girl go." The hyena licks it's lips.
"I won't take a chance on a might." Cole turns to Em. When he turns around, he sees her standing up. She has no sign of tears on her face. She turns and takes her place beside Cole.
"Don't hold back. Go right ahead."
Cole's shocked. She's giving them her life! She's letting them kill her! No! This isn't right. She can't die this way. But before he can react, hyenas have already leapt at her. He starts to fight them away. Then he realizes she was fighting back. It was a trick!
Em fights the hyenas. She may not love Cole, but he doesn't deserve to die. No one does. She kicks and bites and hits until she's backed up to the pond. Before she can get away, two hyenas leap and push her into the water. She tries to swim but the hyenas hold her down. She can't breath.
Meanwhile, Cole is pushing back they hyenas. When he hears a splash, he figures it's one of they hyenas. When he hears another little splash, he realizes it was smaller than the first. When he doesn't see Em, he knows. He turns and jumps into the water, not caring about his secret anymore.
Em is losing time. She can't breath. She breathes in water in her panic. She chokes. The hyenas swim up. Em sinks. She doesn't care if she dies. She might as well die now. She doesn't even think of Cole. Her heart has never grown back. She just doesn't care.
Cole swims down to her. He can see her. The hyenas let go. She's still sinking. He keeps going down to get her. He's losing air. His lungs are contracting. He pushes away the burning sensation and keeps going down. Deeper, deeper, deeper, then,
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