Hell Fire (Wild Fire: 2) (FINISHED)

9 - Alice is going to murder me

Ember sat on the bench right next to the fountain for what felt like ages.

Alice was going to kill her, but she just... she just needed to see him again.

Max was dangerous, yes, but in a good way.

If that sounded relatively possible.

She kicked out her legs while staring off into the distance, glancing down at her cellphone to find it was 1:57.

She sighed and put her phone down.

God... this place was close to her house, and she went here often...

She hoped Alice wouldn't track her down before Max got here.

Ember seriously wondered if Alice found out she had left yet.

She hadn't gotten any texts from her yet, and doing this...? Being here without her permission and meeting up with Max who Alice forbade Ember from seeing?

It gave her chills... Bad, dangerous chills.

She was going to get murdered by Alice, she knew.

She stared back up at the fountain, watching the water rain down on kids who were playing in it.

They weren't really supposed to do that, but no one really cared.

There was no public worker watching it all day, anyway.

She sighed and glanced down at her phone.

2:00.

She gazed up.

Where was he? He usually wasn't late.

But she stilled when she felt a sudden hot breath on her neck, and a quiet whisper, "I'm right here."

She spun around at an instant, finding Max behind her, smiling slyly as he leaned over the bench from behind.

"You scared me!" she uttered. "Jesus...."

He chuckled, but said nothing, just stepped around the bench and settled next to her.

Max could read minds. Ember had to try really hard not to think of certain things that she didn't want him to find out.

"How are you?" Max said then.

"Great," Ember uttered sarcastically, "my sister's pissed, I'm grounded, and she's going to kill me if she finds out that I'm here."

Max was silent, eyeing her curiously. "There's something else. Something you're not telling me."

She sighed and put her face in her hands, shaking her head in disbelief and pulled away, staring off into the distance. "Alice doesn't want me to be with you anymore. In fact, she forbids it. She doesn't understand what's going on, Max, and I can't tell her because it'll make her vulnerable to our world."

He sighed and leaned back against the bench, crossing his arms over his chest as he processed the information.

"If... if I can't be with you," Ember said then, rubbing her temples, "how will I know what's coming? What should I do, Max?"

"It's alright," he said then, making her glance up curiously.

He gave her one of his smiles; one that was kind, but there was a subtle darkness behind it.

"It's alright, Ember," he said then, leaning his arms on his knees while regarding her form. "This happens all the time. Especially with guys like me." His smile darkened, and she felt her heart start pounding. "We'll just have to hide for a while," he told her.