Lost in the Flames

School

"Brian, meet Avory and Danielle. My new room mates," I say. Ugh, why did I mention him to them. Just the thought of him becoming best friends with them makes me cringe.

It'll start slow at first; going to the movies and "forgetting" to invite me. Then it'll escalate to completely leaving me out of the equation. He won't do that to you, I tell myself. Who am I kidding, everyone does..

"Nice to meet you," he says. I can obviously tell he has eyes for Avory. The way he smiles at her and blushes slightly. God, why is he so nice to everyone? "You guys are obviously twins."

"No..." Avory trails off. She's a great actress. It actually feels like she was offended by Brian's accusations.

"I-I am so sorry," he is putty in their hands. It's actually kind of funny to see him all stuttery and helpless.

"Got ya!" Danni yells high-fiving Avory.

I clap slowly and bow my head. They must have so much fun making jokes with their twinning powers.

Brian places his hand on his heart as if he was just shot.

"That hurt," he smiles.

We all burst out laughing.

"Let's go, school's about to start," I suggest as we all climb into Brian's car.

...

"They seem nice," Brian says as we walk through the empty hallway to my locker.

"Ya." I don't want to talk about this.

"Do you know why they're.. At the orphanage?" WOOP there it is.

"Did you hear that Katherine got asked to prom already?!" I try and dodge his question. "Classic popular's," I fake laugh.

"Ally," he stops walking. "Is there something you're not telling me?"

"Of course not," I lie.

He gives me a 'ya right' look and I bite the inside of my cheek.

I take in a deep breath. "Their parents died the same way my parents died. You can't say that, that's a coincidence. They just happen to be brought to the orphanage I live in and in the same room I sleep in. Brian, there is something going on and I plan on finding out."

"What could possibly be going on? So, their parents passed the same way yours did, that doesn't mean anything," he says grabbing my wrists.

I yank my wrists from his grip. "I don't know! I just know that Danni and Avory are here for a reason. I don't know what it is yet but, I will," I argue.

"What are you gonna do? Ally, there is nothing you can do. You've been telling me your whole life that your parents death wasn't accidental and I've had to put up with it. Have you ever done research? 65% of deaths are caused from fires that were set accidentally," he argues back. "Your parents weren't murdered!"

I take a step backwards. "You didn't," tears are threatening to leave my eyes.

"Ally, I-"

"Don't," I cut him off. "You're right. You just know everything there is to know about being alone. Your parents died and you've had to go through life knowing that the police never found how the fire started. I'm sorry I doubted you," I say turning and running down the hallway. I'll show him. What does he know?

...

I walk into my final period of the day. Finally! I wish I was out of this place once I walked in.

I take a seat and immediately notice Harry sitting three rows across from me. Great. Avoid. Don't make eye contact.

"Hey there beautiful," Well that failed.

Harry and I had every single last class together in elementary school and quickly became close friends in middle school. Over summer, he become a "bad boy" and completely stopped calling me. I liked him a lot and he knew that very well. Now that we're in high school, he uses my past against me. He's dating Jasmine: Katherine's little side kick. Why is school so typical?

"What do you want Harold?" I ask.

"First name basis now huh? Well, Alessandra I wanted to tell you that I liked you," he smirks.

I choke on air and begin to laugh. Why is this so funny?

"Sure," I retort.

"What?" He asks, his famous smirk plastered on his lips.

"Is that why you forgot about me over the summer? Became something you're not," I shoot at him. Today is on my top 10 list of worst days.

"Last chance hunny." He loves playing games. He's sick.

"For what? To get my heart broken again by you? No thanks." I shoo him away just as the teacher walks through the door.

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