It never rains in the desert...

'Close you eyes!' she told him.

He closed his eyes and let his head fall on her shoulder. Rain had apparently left a big stain on the back side of her shirt. But it never rained in the desert...

'I love you!' she said. A tear slowly fell from the corner of her blue eyes and hit the ground, making a sound far louder then the gunshots in the background. A single tear was all it took to stop time.

'Don't follow.' he thought he heard from her. Any other sound had already been suppressed by the sound of that one innocent tear.

'I have no fear anymore! I love you, and I promise that I'd do anything...' he said.

'Don't follow.' is what she responded.

'Now is the time to prove it. If anything happens to you, I will come to take you back, and take you back I shall. Nothing can stop me, because I love. Everybody knows that love makes wonders...'

'Don't follow.' she kept whispering.

'You always tell me that if I love someone, all will be well. Love makes anything happen, doesn't it?'

'Don't follow.' she interrupted.

'If I love someone, he will not know any pain. My love will protect him from harm, like it protects you, won't it?'

'Don't follow.'

Her tear had made the ground suffer and the skies cry.

'I love you too' he finally managed to speak.

She said nothing.

'Mom?'

He opened his eyes at the very moment that she closed hers.

It started raining... but it never rained in the desert.

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