And as she cried he held her. He felt it was his duty not to move until the tidal waves of tears stopped crashing against his shoulder and her sadness faded, even just momentarily. As she wept softly in hi arm he seemed sad, the girl he loved was breaking in front of him and it seemed there was nothing he could do. He held her for over half an hour in silence before deciding finally upon something to say 'it's going to be okay, I love you, I'm going to make it okay,' he promised her and squeezed her gently in his arms. He heard her sniffle as the tears seemed to have stopped. She lifted her head and silently just planted the softest kisses on his lips before lying against him and closing her eyes, wanting to sleep with him, disappear from reality for a while and feel his arms protecting her from nightmares, to leave the sadness behind.
