dollface ❁ larina

xvii | fire

Lana's POV

"Hey Marina, I'm just going out for I bit" I told her, leaving my cigarette butt on the counter.

"Yeah sure, take your time" she said "Love you."

"Love you too dollface" I smiled.

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Marina's POV

I sat on the couch and I rang Dua.

"How are you babygirl?" she said when she answered.

"Great oh my god so Lana came and helped me last night when I was scared of the storm and she stayed the night and she told me she loves me" I started to cry "No one has ever told me they loved me before."

"Awww baby that's amazing! I'm so happy you two worked through your differences"

"Me too I-" I sniffed the air "Hey, I smell smoke."

"What?"

"I said I smell-" Suddenly, the shrill ring of the fire alarm ripped through the air.

I gasped and turned around and then I shrieked.

Lana forgot to extinguish the cigarette butt and it set the magazine on the counter alight.

"Marina? Marina?? MARINA?!" Dua shouted down the phone.

The fire caught the wooded cabinets and set them on fire.

I screamed and screamed and screamed, frozen to the spot she stood in. My legs couldn't move, I couldn't run, I couldn't hide from the flames.

I found courage deep inside my and grasped it in both hands and ran for the door. But the fire had reached the end of the cabinets and had set my wooden table on fire.

I screeched again.

The smoke was all around the room and each time I screamed, I inhaled smoke.

"I love you Lana" I cried before slumping to the ground.

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Lana's POV

I was walking back home from getting Marina some flowers and I saw smoke coming from her apartment through the balcony doors. I froze.

Maybe it wasn't Marina's place? It couldn't be Marina's place. It wasn't. Right?

Then, I heard Marina scream.

I dropped the flowers and ran into the building, running past the people running out, running towards the fire.

I ran up the stairs, up to Marina's apartment and threw open the door.