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Myles' POV
"Myles, I love you." Briar whispers into my ear, this is the first time she's said I love you and I'm not sure if  I should day it back because I don't know how I feel. I know I should but we've only been dating for two months and I'm still not sure I'm ready to say I love you yet. But do I love her? Yes, of course I do but for some reason I don't like commitment and if I say I love you back to her then I'll be committed to her and I don't know if I can handle that yet. So I say nothing, I pretend I didn't hear her say it and hope she understands. She doesn't say anything so I assume she's fine with me and that she gets that I'm just not ready to say I love you quite yet.

We've been in Suable for a few days and we've only got a couple of days left, it's been pretty perfect. We've been on the beach everyday and everyone's been having a bit too much fun. Right now I'm in the sea just bobbing around, then I feel two arms wrap around my weight and a body attach itself to my back
"Briar, I'm going to sink!" I shriek as soon as I've figured out who it is, which didn't take long seeing as she's done this everyday we've been here
"Fineeee." she groans before getting off, I turn around to speak to her but she's already swimming in the opposite direction, back to shore, she's not done that before. Ah well, I'm guessing she was getting cold. I shrug off Briar's strange behaviour and swim further out to sea, joining Devon and Isaac
"I'm guessing you and Briar have fallen out." Devon says, like it's obvious
"Ermm, no." I say slightly confused, I don't think we have
"Then why did she just swim away from you?" he asks
"She was cold  and I told her  couldn't swim with her on my back because we'd drown." I say, Devon just shakes his head
"Trust me bro, she's clearly upset about something." I just shake my head
"Nah, she's probably just hormonal or something." I say, there's no reason for her to be annoyed at me
"Yeah yeah." he said clearly not believing me, all of a sudden the idea of swimming in the sea with everyone else became unpleasant and I just wanted to go and lie I my room, so I swam away from everyone else, hoping they wouldn't notice.
Once I get back to the hotel I decide to check in on Briar, I walk up to the room she's sharing with Jessy and knock on the door
"Who is it?" I hear Briar's familiar voice ask
"Myles. I want to talk" I say, hoping she'd be up for a chat about her slightly odd behaviour
"I'm kinda busy, can we talk later?" she says, what can she possibly be doing that would mean I couldn't sit in her room and talk to her?
"It's kind of important." I say, trying not to sound controlling or aggressive
"Fine." she says, after a few second the door opens and I see the most beautiful girl stood there, but it looks like she's been crying
"What's up B?" I ask her, at those words I see her face crumble
"do you really not love me?" she asks in a shaky voice, so that's what it's all about
"B, look at me," I say as I lift her chin up with my fingers "I don't know how I feel, you of all people know that I don't like commitment and even though I like you a lot I don't know if I'm ready to tell you that I love you." I say honestly, hoping she'll understand
"Myles, I love you too much but if you're not mature enough for our relationship then I'm done with it." she says as she shuts the door. As the door shuts I realise just how much I do love her and I'm not ready to loose her
"No, Briar open the door," here goes nothing "I love you too much." I say at the piece of wood that's stopping me from seeing the most amazing girl in the world "Please, just open the door." I plead, I can feel tears welling up at the thought of her not opening the door and then all of a sudden there's a small crack in the door and I see Briar's beautiful face
"Myles, I love you too." she says and steps out of the room, as soon as I can I grab her back and pull her closer to me, I attach my lips to hers
"I love you." I mumble against her lips

"So, I'm forgiven?" I check, I look down at Briar who's curled up to me
"Obviously." I say making me laugh, then we both fall silent, just looking at the beautiful flames of the fire in front of us
"You know what would make this even better?" I ask her
"What?" she mumbles into my side
"A photo for Instagram." I say, she elbows me in the ribs
"Really? I thought you were going to say something cute and romantic but I guess a photo would be alright." she says whilst sitting up a bit more so I can get her face on camera. Once I've taken the photo Briar leans back into my side, I feel her breathing slow down until I know she's asleep. I smile to myself, what a perfect ending to a not so perfect day.