tears drip from her dark eyes as the flames consume us. she looks as hopeless as i feel, but i can never let it show. if i give up, me the strong one, the stubborn one, the one that wont let even death kill me, if i gave up earlier she would already be six feet under, next to all the other people we have lost for nothing. the flames dance around my boot heels, catching fire to my skirts, but we cant die like this. she looks at me so hopeless, knowing we have no way out of this. i help her hand tight, and i wasn’t ever letting go.