Im Only Human

Fire and Rain

Mac's POV

I sit on the couch and read my book. I start to get lost in the words written on the page. I start to become the character.

Someone plops down next to me. I want to turn and look at them but I'm paralyzed. I can't move. They take the book out of my hands and I hear pages being ripped from it. I want to scream and tell them to stop but I can't. I'm frozen.

They ball a piece of paper up and they hold it in front of my face. They light a match and set fire to the book page. They drop it to the floor and the fire creates a circle around me and the person on the couch.

The flames touch my feet and a searing pain jolts up my legs. I pull them from the ground and realize that I can move now.

I turn to look at the one responsible for this and see Jackson. He's smiling a smile of pure evil. His eyes rake over me. I feel like I could throw up when I see what I'm wearing. I have on nothing but a bathrobe. It's orange and reaches mid thigh. I don't why I have this on. I don't even own a bathrobe.

Jackson moves closer to me and I try and cover myself with a small pillow. My efforts become useless when the pillow turns into ashes. Jackson is still slowly moving closer. I try pulling down the robe but I can't do that and keep my chest covered too.

I push myself back as far as I can without falling over the arm of the couch. I bring my knees up to my chest and wrap my arms around my legs. The flames lick hungrily at my back as slowly start to catch the couch on fire.

Jackson grabs my ankle and pulls me toward him. His smile gets bigger when I scream. He straddles me and runs his hand downs the side of my face. He leans down and I think he's going to kiss me but instead he whispers,"I love you." Then he does kiss me.

My body heats up and catches fire. The flames dance across my skin, sending pain to every part of my body. I scream and Jackson laughs. He kisses my neck and starts to move lower.

The fire doesn't touch him. He stays unharmed while doing whatever he wants to me. And I can't to anything about it. I've become paralyzed again from the overwhelming amount of pain I feel. Jackson starts to untie the robe when it starts to rain.

Jackson stops his movements and rests his hands on my thighs. A frown takes over his face. The fire slowly fades as the rain continues. My skin is smooth to touch like the fire never touched me.

Jackson stands and looks down at me. I try to stand too but can't. I am no longer paralyzed, but the weight in my chest is too heavy. The fire melted my heart and the rain has cooled it and turned it to stone.

I close my eyes and try with all the force I can muster to sit up. I scream in frustration when I'm unsuccessful. I try again. And again. And again.

"Mckenzie." his voice is a whisper. "Mckenzie." I open my eyes to see a pair of blue eyes. "Wake up."

He came for me. He came for me. He hasn't given up. The weight slowly lifts away from my chest. I sit up and wrap my arms around Niall's neck. I smile.

My smile doesn't last long. Niall is pulled away from me by Jackson. Niall keeps his eyes locked on as he says,"Wake up."

Jackson positions Niall in the center of the room. He walks around him in a circle, looking him up and down. I am confused until Jackson hits Niall.

First in his face and then his stomach. He falls down to the ground. Jackson kicks him. Niall spits up blood and repeats his words from earlier. "Wake up."

Jackson kneels onto the ground and begins to choke him. Niall doesn't move. He just looks at me as if Jackson isn't even there. "Wake up." He repeats.

Niall face begins to turn a pale blue color as he struggles to breathe. He reaches for me. "Please wake up."

Jackson stands with a wicked smile on his face and walks away. Niall is dead. He lies lifeless on the floor in front of me. He's gone forever.

Jackson returns with a gun in his hand. He's already dead, why is going to shoot him? Niall's hand twitches and then reaches for me again. Jackson points the gun at Niall with his finger on the trigger.

I jump up from the couch and run to him. "NIALL!"

Niall's POV

She clutches at my shirt as she cries. The look on her face when she opened her eyes was a look of pure fear. Something scared her. Scared her enough that she's become a trembling and sobbing mess in my arms.

"Niall I'm so sorry for anything I ever said to hurt you. I didn't mean it. I-"

"Calm down Mckenzie. It's fine." I her on the forehead. "I just have one question?"

She nods. I push her away so she is at arms length. She looks down at herself and blushes. "Why the hell am I in you're shirt? And only you're shirt? Where the fuck are my other clothes?"

I stare at her. I'm glad that she back to normal but I dot think she wants to start anything with me at this moment. I saved her fucking life and this is how she shows her appreciation.

"The reason you're in only my shirt and nothing else is because I kept you from dying. I picked you up and brought you here when you thought it was okay to just go and kill your self." She gives me a confused look. "Dammit Mckenzie. Don't you remember?" she shakes her head. "You cut yourself." I hold up her wrists so she can see the bandages with blood seeping through. her eyes widen. "The cuts you made were too deep and you lost a lot of blood." I run my hand through my hair. "Why in the bloody hell would you want to do some shit like that?"

"It felt good." She gives me a sad smile.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?" I scream at her. "You don't realize how good you have it. Others have it so much worse than you. So stop feeling sorry for yourself when you have a life most people would kill for."

"You don't know me." She whispers.

I sigh. "The people that do these things are the kinds of people who feel neglected and not loved. You aren't either one of those things. You have lots of friends and family that would do anything for you. Sure your life isn't perfect but no one can have a perfect life."

She cries. She looks down at her lap. "You don't understand."

"Maybe you're right. Maybe I don't understand." She looks at me. "But next time you decide to do something like this just get it over with and kill yourself so I won't have to worry about you anymore." Her eyes widen and tears start to roll down her face. "If you don't want to listen to me, fine. I've tried explaining to you how I feel. You know I would do anything for you. I love you. But you're just to goddamn selfish to care about anyone else's feelings but yours." Now I'm crying. I can believe I'm saying this to her but I can't help it. She needs to hear this. "Once you stop being such a shallow girl and grow up, give me a call. Until then, leave me the fuck alone and stay out of my life."

And with that said and done, I walk out the door while sending a message to Lou about what just happened.

I've reached my breaking point. I really can't handle this anymore. I've tried everything I could and she just acts as if she doesn't care. I know I said I was done last time but this time I mean it. I am going to stay the fuck away from Mckenzie Adams.