I collapse onto my bed, exhausted, when my phone goes off. I pick it up. "Imy! My little brother's concert has finished and I'm coming now. You'll be fine! Don't worry!" Emma says as soon as I answer.
"What are you on about?" I ask her, very confused.
"Oh, you don't know? Well, there's a fire in the woods by your house and I know that your parents aren't there, so I thought I'd come and help you. Y'know keep you distracted from the fire." she explains.
"No! You don't ha-" I start.
"Yes I do, I'm leaving now." she cuts me off before hanging up. Then I remember that I was about to tell her a while ago but stopped myself and changed it to "I have a fear of fire", she must've believed me... Oops.
The edges of my vision start to blacken and I feel myself fall back on to my bed before the darkness engulfs me.
I'm shaken awake by a horrified looking Emma and a shocked Liam stands behind her. I'm confused as to why they look so horrified until I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror. Oh dear. I'm covered in soot and ash, I smell heavily of smoke, my hair singed and my clothes are slightly burned and to top it all, I have tear tracks down my face. Overall, I look absolutely terrible. Well. How do I explain this? 'With the truth' says a little voice in my head. I sigh. "You want an explanation?" I ask, feeling resigned, this was not going to go well.
"Of course," Emma and Liam reply at the same time. So I tell them.
[I almost left it there bc cliffhanger but I'm nice so...]
It's got to be the worst experience ever. Watching your only friends recoil and their faces turn even more horrified than before as you tell them your story.
When I finish, I look down and tell them that I understand if they don't want to know me anymore.
Nothing happens for a minute or two but then I feel a hand on my shoulder and someone sits next to me. I look up into a pair of blue eyes.
Emma smiles cautiously.
I turn to face the weight next to me. Liam smiles a small smile.
"Y-you're still here?" I ask, completely baffled.
"Yeah, we are, this doesn't make the person you are any different. You're still the same person I made friends with," says Liam, still smiling softly. Emma nods to my other side.
"Really? You're not terrified of what I could do? You're not going to leave?" I question.
"Nope," Emma says popping the 'p', "You're going to have to do more than that to get rid of us!" she tries to joke. When I realise that they aren't kidding and that they really mean it, I start to grin massively.
"This means The Presence can leave me alone now!" I stand up and run to find it. It's hovering around in the garden when I find it, "They've accepted me! You can't follow me anymore! They've accepted me!" I try to look angry and commanding but a smile keeps breaking through. The air gets a bit warmer and The Presence turns and leaves. I jump around happily.
"Are you okay?!" Liam and Emma are standing in the entrance to the garden, "You were yelling."
"I'm more than okay! I was just making The Presence leave, I'm free now!" I grin, skipping over to them, "Thank you. Thank you so, so much." I say quietly into each of their ears while hugging both of them.
"Well, that's brilliant. Buuut, you need parents." Emma says, serious all of a sudden. My smile disappears and I frown.
"No, I don't."
"Yes, you do. I get that your parents have been sending you stuff but you need someone to always be there for you, to support you." she reasons.
"You can't just spring something like that on her after all these years. She needs time to think." Liam speaks up. I smile gratefully at him and lean into him a little. I really didn't want to think about that right now.
"Of course! Sorry, Imy." Emma says, looking regretful.
But the thing that's grabbing my attention is Liam's hand that's wrapped itself around my waist. I blush and smile slightly.
Whatever happens now, I know that I will always have Liam. As a friend or as... as more.
A/N
Awe. I thought that was a really cute ending to put on there :)
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Acceptance of Fire
Fantasy--SHORT STORY-- Imy has been overlooked and ignored for her entire life. She NEEDS to be accepted by someone but at the moment it doesn't look very good for her. Will the new boy's persistence help her? Or is it too late and she is doomed? [guys I'm...
