If All Else Fails

Welcome to the Jungle

As Holly and Hugo headed back to their town, the cool autumn air seemed to sting the pale skin of their faces. Shivering, Holly was grateful for the sun, peaking out behind grey clouds that had once lined the sky like a blanket across a bed and caused a chill to join the air, along with the ever looming threat of rain that never seemed to come when needed.
"Hol, are you alright? I'm sorry that I, you know... I guess I just figured that if I was feeling like this you deserve to know how I feel. I hate it because I know you never can love me. Ever. Its just, I guess, for you, I'd allow myself this pain. This longing. This hurt. This need and a gaping hole that will NEVER be filled with anyone else's love. By no one else. I know its cruel and selfish but..." Hugo said softly.
"No. Hugo, its not selfish or cruel but you know I can't love you that way. I've tried. I really have. But I can't. I'm sorry..." Holly replied fixing her hair, sadness radiating from her.
"They say we always want what we can't have. So I sometimes wonder, if I could have you, would I still want you? Would my feelings still be as strong as this? But I guess I'll never know the answer to that because you can't ever give me a chance." Hugo slipped under the fence, Holly at his heels, then before she could reply, he took off.
"Hugh! Wait!" Holly tried to sprint up to him, her bow and arrows weighed her down. Feet pounding on the ground, she burst into The Jungle. The Jungle was the town they lived in. Worn out and tiresome. The buildings were broken and one story high wothout basements usually. There seemed to always be a fine layer of ash that lay in the roads and towering trees with thick roots, ran along the road side and on the outskirts of The Jungle, where she was, they ran thick and immovable. Their roots overpowering and crusing everything else that strived in the forest. Weaving between the trees towards The Jungle's main town hall and center, Holly tripped several times, and yet found herself still pursuing Hugo. Holly finally tripped for what felt like the hundredth time and this time, stayed down. The ground welcoming as it seemed to wrap her in a warm embrace. And for once in her life, she let the world win.