Fire

New Rose

The school day ends, and you run out of class positively, shoving your stuff in your bag as you go. You hadn't done enough recon at this point to know Eddie's schedule, so you plan to try to spy him in the main hallway, but it's too crowded.

A wave of impulsivity crashes over you. You pull yourself up a little using the top of the nearest locker as a makeshift pull-up ledge and try to clamber on top of them.

You finally get to a seated position and swing your legs off the edge.

Whilst looking up and down the hall, completely ignoring everyone else, until you hear a voice below you, "Hey, some idiot is on my locker", and they grab your leg and try to pull you down.

You hear Eddie screech down the hallway, "HEY, DONT YOU FUCKING DARE!!" The guy below you freezes as Eddie runs at him, stopping below and opening his arms up for you to drop into. He calmly says to the guy, "This is my idiot, so I'd appreciate it if you kept your hands to yourself!!"

You slide off the locker into Eddie's arms, but his one arm catches you under the legs, so you hold on by squeezing your legs around his waist and your arms around his neck.

Eddie holds up a finger to the guy that owns the locker, reverses you into it and kisses you passionately. You squeeze him tighter with excitement, in the background hearing, "Oh my god, gross." Which makes you laugh against Eddie's mouth. You open your eyes and catch a glimpse of Dawn looking anywhere but at you and Joe looking annoyed.

"Sorry, My Lord, I believe our peers disapprove of my antics. Let us leave this place." You say in a horrible posh British accent at Eddie. Which does nothing but make Eddie smile more expansive, and gaze at you, so you add in your normal voice, "So you can put me down, and we can get out of here?" You translate. He feigns sadness and gently places you on the ground, holding your hand as you land.

A couple of hellfire are looking over, slightly weirded out. Eddie shrugs and says, "Groupies....they just love me" this makes it much more acceptable for them to stomach, and they return to what they were doing.

As you get out of the doors, you whisper to Eddie, "Sorry if I embarrassed you in there. I just...well...I felt like it at the time. I blame you, really. I was very reserved before all this."

Eddie laughs and shakes his head, "Embarrassing? HA! Flattered more like. I don't think I've ever had someone climb the lockers just so they could see me. Also, I don't think this impulsivity has anything to do with me. I think it's always been in there, but clearly, this match," he points between the two of you, "let it out of its cage."

He gets lost in his thoughts for a few seconds, "So, you know it's hellfire club tomorrow." You nod, "so I can't miss that."

"Why should you ever miss out on that?" You say, puzzled.

"Er...well", he looks you up and down with his eyes.

"It's just one night!" You laugh.

"I know one whole night, right?!" He pretends to cry.

"Where is this conversation going?" You ask, laughing at his silliness.

"Oh yeah, the point being we should do something tonight, right?" He mumbles, looking at you from the side of his eyes for your reaction.

"That sounds great! What are we gonna do?" You say excitedly

"Well, I thought maybe we could drop your car at home, and we could go on a drive, see where the night takes us, or if you have any suggestions, that's cool too?" He asks

"No owl farms, though, right?" You say concerned.

"No, absolutely no owl farms or streams", he says definitely.