Hi.

I'm bored.

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The two friends

Sitting at the edge

The camera stops filming

The endless maps and the ukulele sit on a rock

Content

The boy is content where they are

But the girl

Frowns

She grumbles

Puts her head in her hands

The boy asks what's wrong

She says she's bored

He suggests filming something

She just shakes her head

And doesn't respond

He thinks

Are you ok?

No response

You've been acting weird

Nothing

Just silence

The winds picks up

She hugs her knees

Empty

Then she looks at him

I have an idea, she mumbles

She takes his hand

And walks towards the far edge

Of the cliff

The boy hides his fear

For her

They jump off again

They surface

Well

He surfaces

The girl sinks

The boy's face goes pale

He dives underneath

To see her swimming down

He goes after her

He grabs her arm

She yanks it away

Just let me drown, she says angrily

Her face turns red and she points to the surface

He shakes his head

No

She balls up her fists

Go

He grabs her arm again

What's wrong?

Then he sees it

Violet smears on her arm

From her stained sleeve

He gasps

A sudden wave from the navy sea knocks them both back

Salt-water fills their heads

Fogs their vision

She hits her head

She's ok

But she's angrier

She pulls on her hair

Face scrunched up

Filled with hate

Turning red

He grabs her arm and desperately swims to the surface

They both gasp loudly

She glares at him

Without a word

Starts swimming back

He begs her as pebbles float against the lime sea foam sky

Please, tell me what's wrong

She gets to the surface

He follows her

She sighs

And turns around

The purple smear remains

He suddenly notices her face

Tired and pale

Her eyes are fading

I'm not strong enough, something happened to me

She balls up her fists once again

I've always wanted to protect you

But I can't

I can't be weak

You know that

I hate not being able to protect you

Because you're my best friend, and

He stops her

And just hugs her

She's shocked

Wants to push him away

Wants to scream a thousand words

Of being useless

Pale

Fading

She wants to scream until her voice goes numb

But instead

Frozen to the spot

Tears spill from her widened eyes

She hugs him back

The two stay in the silence

As calm salty sea water

Laps at their feet

The two go back to the surface

Tears stain her face

Thanks, she mumbles

He blushes

His face turns red

No problem

They sit on the rock

Where the endless maps

And goggles

And ukulele

And camera recorder are

Why didn't you tell me

She looks down

I need to fight, but I can't

Because of this stupid sickness

I want to protect you

But I can't

I feel so...

useless

Silence.

The boy looks at her

Well, he says, at least you have me

She looks at him

Solemn 

Then her expression softens

She smiles slightly

Yeah, I guess so.

He turns the camera recorder on

He plays the ukulele

She paints flowers in the sea-foam sky

He cartwheels for her

The two try dancing

Slower this time

He goes to get something

She looks over

And sees a note by a navy map

She looks at it

Just wishes

Words that spill over each-other

Like origami folds washing into the sea

Her eyes widen

As she realizes something

The boy comes back

They continue talking and recording

They make weird faces into the camera

He holds up a journal

She snickers and shoves him

The stare out into the sea

And dance

Even though they hate dancing

So instead they pretend to beat-box

They laugh

He assures her that she'll get better

She wants to believe him

So she doesn't reply

She laughs and he blushes again

They put on giant cozy sweaters

And shiver as the crisp wind picks up

But they don't mind

She gets them both hot cocoa

And the girl notices

He likes her

And somewhere along the way

She realized she felt the same

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