Untamed Love

Chapter 1 - Tess

Chapter 1 - Tess

"You get on and I push" said my best friend Niall

"Okay. But not too high!"

He chuckled to himself and started pushing. "AHH!! Niall!! Too high!" I let go and i was flying through the air before i made contact with the rough concrete pavement. "TESS!" My best friend ran to my side. "Are you okay?"

"I-I- Ugh" I started to cry. Blood was pouring out of my knees, elbows, lip and cheek. My vision was blinded by tears as i was brought into a comforting hug from my best friend. Niall looked at me with his concern filled eyes. I weakly smiled and kissed his forehead. Niall was the best friend anyone could have. Even though we were 6 years old, i loved him. Not the boyfriend/girlfriend love, but the friendship love. Niall was caring, funny and considerate.

I was still bleeding when Niall helped me limp home. When my mother opened the door she looked at me with sympathy and carried me in. Niall helped clean up my cuts. I could tell he was sad. "What's wrong?" i asked.

"Oh... Well. I'm sorry i pushed you so high on the swing. This is all my fault."

"Don't feel bad Niall. I'm fine", I said in an attempt to make hime feel better but he just nodded and walked away.

1 WEEK LATER

My cuts have started to scab over and Niall still hasn't forgiven himself for pushing me too high. Today was our birthday and we were turning 7. Niall and I have a tradition where we join up our birthdays in our backyard (we were neighbours and our backyards were joined up). The party was going great. It was a small party but we didn't care how many people came as long as we could celebrate our birthdays together. Niall would give me a present and I would return the favour. This year he brought out his guitar and said "this song is dedicated to you Tess. You mean the world to me and I'm sorry about last week". He started to play and sing.

I'm gonna pick up the pieces,

And build a Lego house

If things go wrong we can knock it down

My three words have two meanings,

There's one thing on my mind

It's all for you

And it's dark in a cold December, but I've got you to keep me warm

If you're broken I will mend you and I'll keep you sheltered from the storm that's raging on now

I'm out of touch, I'm out of love

I'll pick you up when you're getting down

And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now

I'm out of sight, I'm out of mind

I'll do it all for you in time

And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now

I had tears in my eyes by the time he finished. "Thankyou Niall! And I've already forgiven you for last week". I kissed him on the cheek and our parents all awwed. I brought Niall his present. When he opened up the box his mouth hung down in awe and looked at me with sparkling eyes.

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