Tangled Love

I sniffle before signalling for the tissue box. Ivory grabs a tissue, wiping her own eyes before passing it to me.

"It's just so sad, you know?" I sniffle, watching Rose pleading for Jack to wake up. He's clearly dead, his whole body turning blue and icicles forming on the strands of his hair.

"What a waste of a beautiful human," Ivory mumbles, blowing into her tissue. She turns towards me —

"I can't believe you've never watched the Titanic before Emily, it gets me every time."

We're both laying on the couch in our pyjama's, staring up at the TV where the movie is almost coming to an end. The door creaks open, revealing Jake and Tobias watching us with an amused expression.

"Really girls?" Tobias asks, shaking his head and chuckling at us both. He lunges forward and snatches the remote from Ivory's hand, causing her to shriek loudly.

"Tobias! No! It's almost the end!"

She runs at him, knocking over a vase of flowers on the coffee table. I sniffle again and wipe my eyes, looking up to find Jake standing over me holding back a laugh.

"Really Emily?" He grins down at me, his hands inside his jacket pockets.

"Shut up Melvin," I mumble at him, reaching for another spoonful of Nutella. I have to drown my sorrows in something. Before I have the chance to devour it, Jake plucks it out of my hands in one swift move.

cry over chick flicks. Ivory is rubbing off on you."

shake my head protesting and lunge for the nutella spoon again. Jake is quicker than me and suddenly I'm flung in the air with Jake's back as my only view. My mouth hangs open in

yell at him, slapping his back. He ignores my screams of protest and instead carries me effortlessly out of the living room, heading up the

me as he chuckles and I huff unhappily. I find myself suddenly being flung down onto the

his eyes and pins me down onto the bed, his body over mine.

"Jake! You're too strong, you'll squash me like

head back as the joyous sound fills

tells me, blue eyes sparkling brightly. Warmth spreads through my chest and I giggle back at him before he

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is causing me to go insane.

hear the birds. I pull on my trainers and clip the dogs lead onto her

stay locked up in fear forever. The local park

I instruct Boe who's barking at another dog a few feet away.

dog trails. I take the chance to enjoy the atmosphere, it's so calm and peaceful. The sun is shining through the stands of the tree's and I inhale deeply, loving the benefits Mother Nature has to offer. A

immediately only to find the branches

mind and begin to jog ahead of the dog, smiling as she follows me. We both weave our way through the trails, getting lost in a sea of trees and bushes. Wherever I go, the dog is right behind me.

small pathway, my muscles loosening the further I go. When I glance down, Boe isn't with me. I immediately stop and turn, scanning the area. . . She's nowhere to be

to re-trace my steps and turn the corner, colliding into a hard