Our footsteps landed heavily against the ground in the now abandoned park. We weren't supposed to be here now; the gigantic sign at the opening of the park that declared 'Park Closed After Sunset - No Visitors After That Time' made that clear enough. But we were here now, walking just like we had been doing for hours.

I was concentrating on everything but you: the ugly twisted shadows of the chain-link fence, the broken swing, and the huge tree littered with initials surrounded by a heart to show their never-ending love for each other. I bet over half of those relationships are dead by now.

You stopped suddenly, surprising me slightly, and sighed faintly. You fumbled for something to say, something that I hoped could make everything so utterly perfect.

"Things aren't working out," you said, your voice so much quieter and gentler than it normally was.

The silence hung heavy in the air and I rubbed my thumb against the inside of my palm, something I tend to do when I'm nervous or unsure of something. I tried to pay attention only to the rosy blotch forming on my palm.

"It's true," you repeated, as if I hadn't heard you the first time. "Things just seem to be falling apart."

Communication never seemed to be one of the strong points in our relationship, unless the words were loud and full of anger. Maybe that's another reason why we're here after hours of pointless wandering, just standing in a park when we shouldn't be, finally facing the truth that we've been trying to hide for so long that something's wrong.

"I guess so. But what can we do?" I said. I hadn't intended to answer like that at first.

"I think you already know the answer to that," You replied and then let out a short laugh, the same laugh that I hated so much because it made me always feel so small, so stupid.

"So this is it?" I said, trying to keep my temper under control. I was too short tempered and so were you. Another reason why we here having this conversation.

You nodded slightly to answer my question and waited for me to say something, but I didn't. Instead, I walked towards the huge tree in the park and ran my finger along the bark until I found what I was looking for crudely carved onto the surface. There glaring back at me were our initials and a heart surrounding them bringing back memories of when we were younger and more foolish and sure, just like everyone else, we believed that we were soulmates and that our love would last forever. And just like most of the others, everything came down to an end.

I went back to your side and we started to walk in silence again while the engraving on the tree laughed at and mocked our slowly retreating forms.