The cut that always bleeds - materialrolls

part 6

˗ ˏ ˋ "Oh my god." Anna whispered under her breath as she caught sight of the turmoil before her.

Her hand held onto Daniel's as they sighted crowds of petrified teenagers running out from the Taylor's house, clouds of smoke fumed from the roof as one of the flimsy girls let out occasional yells.

They could see Owen leading everyone out of the house, yelling at their frightened souls as the fire alarm went off. Ariana and Will ran out of the house with her heels securely held in her boyfriend's hands whilst Ray and her new lover were nowhere to be seen.

Sydney and Iris screamed as they ran alongside each other, tripping and falling uncontrollably.

"I THINK WE TOOK IT TOO FAR!" Sydney yelled louder than her usual tone as her arms flapped over her head.

"WE SHOULDN'T HAVE BURNED THAT PAPER ON THE STOVE!" Iris yelped with her feet struggling to keep balance.

The two ran towards the house hoping to find more of their friends until Anna spotted Franny sprinting hysterically across the large garden.

"FRANNY!" She yelled as the two of them raced towards her and she stopped with a shaken look plastered on her face.

"Where's Michelle?" Anna asked holding onto her friend's shoulders.

"Uh- she's- uhm inside." Franny stuttered and horror struck through the other two's faces.

"I'll get her." Daniel said almost instantly and dashed towards the burning house. He coughed as he darted inside and saw the living room filled with dry smog, the blue couch now had a burnt patch on its arm and a painting had fallen shattered on the floor.

"HELP!" He heard Michelle's voice coming from the Kitchen and immediately scampered towards her direction.

He saw her wailing in pain as she crumbled motionless under the kitchen table. Michelle's hands were over her head protecting her from any deleterious smoke from entering her body.

"MICHELLE!" Daniel yelled and wrestled through the smog blurring his vision. He could
Feel the smoke go down his throat as he spoke and trap itself in his throat. He coughed when he reached the table and took Michelle into his arms, holding onto her with her back balanced upon grip.

"It's okay, I got you." He muttered and she willingly wrapped her arms around his neck. The two of them rasped as Daniel scurried them out of the kitchen and into the garden.

She struggled to breathe, wheezing irrepressibly and taking long deep breaths to gain back air in her lungs.

Daniel felt comfort as he spotted Anna standing alone waiting for him to show up with her best friend, he staggered up to her as Anna ran towards the two of them.

"Are you okay?" Anna muttered hugging Michelle as her boyfriend put her down.

"Yeah, fine." She breathed and Anna squeezed her tighter.

"Will you be able to get home?" Daniel asked brushing off the ash remains on his shirt.

"Yeah I'll manage, thank you." She smiled and Daniel grinned back.  ˎˊ ˗

♪  'Daniel, what you did back there... that was heroic, to say the least. I didn't know this was possible but I think I love you even more for that', Anna said to Daniel with starry eyes.

'Don't mention it, Anna. Someone needed to save Michelle'.

Michelle was extremely grateful for Daniel's help and thanked him multiple times for his actions. She waved joyfully at him and left for home with Franny.

'I guess it's time I drive you home, then. Come on', Daniel signalled to Anna, still staring at her loved one in a dreamy gaze.

'Oh, of course', she said, snapping out of her trance.

Daniel took Anna's hand and led her to his car. His black SUV gleamed brilliantly in the moonlight and he couldn't help but smile pridefully after it caught his eye.

He opened the car and Anna sat in the
passenger seat beside Daniel. She played a few songs on her phone and they both took turns playing their favourite tracks. Daniel and Anna's music tastes were more diverse than anything; he liked rap and she liked k-pop. One always waited for the other's songs to end to play their own.

Suddenly, Daniel's phone started to ring and Anna couldn't see the contact name but she saw some heart emojis next to it. That was weird, considering he only had those hearts next to her name on his phone. Daniel, seeing Anna noticed the contact, hastily put the phone aside.

"Oh, it's just my mom. I'll call her once I've
dropped you off."

Daniel was fidgeting and nervous while steering into the lane of Anna's house. He parked in front of her house and walked her to her door.

Her mansion was full with Spanish carvings and murals all across its width. Anna's parents were complete art enthusiasts and put most of their time in collecting and displaying art pieces they owned and had created. Unfortunately, this left almost no time for them to spend with Anna, so she was half raised by Disney channel shows, her maid and herself.

Daniel gave her a goodnight kiss and went back to his car. He sighed in relief at being alone and checked his phone for the call that had
repetitively come during his drive.

It was Michelle. ♪