My World: On Fire (A Black Veil Brides Fan-Fiction)

10. Fire and Rain

Cait -

She is acting weird. I’m pretty good at telling when she’s not feeling her best. Mostly, because she hugs me a lot more than usual. She isn’t hugging me this time, but I can tell something’s up. I won’t ask her what’s wrong. If she wants to tell me, she will. Plus, I’m so awkward I would probably make whatever it is worse. I tie up my shoelaces very slowly. Why was it my dad who taught me? Why did he teach me to tie them so strangely? I take ages! Eventually, my TARDIS blue converse are on and I’m following Aniissa out of the hotel. I’m almost staggering. God, I’m so tired! As soon as we get outside, my ankle collapses underneath me and I fall on my butt. Aniissa snorts and I give her a thumbs up. My butt hurts, but I’m so used to falling over that I only just notice the dull ache in my ankle. I unconsciously check for holes in the back of my blue jeans as I grab Aniissa’s hand and pull myself to my feet. We walk in silence for a little while, just taking in our surroundings.

“God, I love it here,” Aniissa says quietly.

“Yeah, if I could somehow transport my whole house here, I could stay forever,” I say back and she nods.

“I don’t even need my house... I just need my room.”

We don’t even know where we are going and it’s likely that we’ll get lost, but I don’t think that really matters. Aniissa obviously had a bad dream or something and just wants to wander around aimlessly. After walking around, just talking for an hour or two, we find ourselves in a rather nice park. We plonk ourselves down on a patch of soft, green grass and continue to talk about random stuff. I like it when we just talk. I can tell her so many things that no one else would get. I can be the weirdest person around Aniissa and she’ll just go along with it.

“I wonder whether Taylah is any different now that she doesn’t know us.” I say, staring up at the cloudy sky.

“I don’t think she’d be any different... I mean, it’s not like she was never friends with us... She’d still act the same wouldn’t she?”

I’m not just thinking about Taylah. I’m thinking about all our friends. I’m thinking about Maddie, Sophie, Nathan, Jeremy, Morgan and my other friends who I hardly hang out with. I find it difficult to imagine them acting the same as they always have. I suppose, part of me likes to think that being friends with me has affected them all in some way.

It’s getting kind of windy and I flip the hood of my jacket up to stop my hair from flying everywhere. Even though I can get it to look neat again very easily, it annoys me when it won’t stay still. I think I’m going to redye it again soon. The copper colour has mostly washed out, leaving my hair a slightly red-ish blond colour. I want it back to the bright orange colour it was to start off with.

“Want to play with fire?” I ask, suddenly having the urge to burn stuff. Usually it’s Aniissa who wants to set stuff on fire. But the only things we can use to burn stuff are Taylah’s glasses and Aniissa’s lighter, but she doesn’t carry it around with her that much anymore.

Aniissa smiles enthusiastically and gets together a pile of dry leaves. We sit so that we are blocking the wind and I concentrate on starting the fire. There’s a tiny little pop as the leaves starts burning. The flame is a slightly odd colour. A little brighter than the fire I’m used to seeing. It sort of shines... That is the only way I can explain it. I think I might try to put it out. Before he had freaked out and imploded, Russian Dude had told me that I can localise the rain. I can make it pour over one little spot, or I can make it rain everywhere. I guess the larger the area, the more of my time I use up. After a few minutes of watching the leaves burn, Aniissa decides to pull up some shadows around us to stop the wind. I thank her gratefully, it’s a good thing she can make shadows become solids. My back was getting very cold. I get a little carried away and make the fire move onto the green grass. Somehow, it still manages to burn. I think its time to put the fire out. I think about something sad. Nothing real, but something that makes me feel very emotional. The episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ‘The Body’ always makes me cry. Especially when Anya starts crying and talking about how she doesn’t understand why people can’t just hop back in their bodies. God... So depressing! Also, completely geeky. I concentrate on forming a little rain cloud over the fire. Aniissa is watching curiously and when it starts to rain over the tiny patch of grass, I can hear or gasp quietly. I have to admit, it is pretty damn awesome.