The Fate of the Sky

Chapter 2

  "Alright class. Now grab your last test tube and pour it in with the rest of the ingredients in the beaker." Mr Peters says. I grab the last test tube and look at Oliver.
  "What do you think the point of this experiment is?" I laugh softly. He laughs.
  "I don't know. Maybe make it overflow like a volcano?" He asks with a laugh. I laugh and nod.
  "That would be cool." I laugh. We watch as the other students experiments do exactly that. He smiles and watches me as I go to pour the last vile. As I begin pouring his eyes widen and his eyes snap to me.
  "EVERYONE DOWN!" He yells as I pour it in. Next thing I know everyone hits the floor and Oliver tackles me to the floor again covering my body with his. Our beaker explodes and sprays everywhere. I scream as some of it lands on places of my body that isn't covered by Oliver. Tears instantly burst from my eyes.
  "Oliver!" I cry out as he hisses in pain. He wraps his arm under my neck and buries my face into his chest. I bury myself into him as we lay there for a minute till everything calms down.
  "Oliver!!! Alya!!!!" Mr. Peters yells running over to us. "No one move! Stay where you are!" He yells. "Someone call 911!" He says. I hear water turn on. "I gotta get it off of you guys or it's gonna eat you up!" He says. Then I feel him start to spray Oliver and I. I cry out and hold onto Oliver tighter as the tears fall harder. Oliver hugs me tighter.
"Hold on. It's okay." He says. "I got you. It's okay." He says. I nod into him and I hear a few students talking on their phones. Mr. Peters gets us all cleaned up. He soaks us down and cleans up the mess before we can move. Oliver lifts his head and looks down at me. I gulp and look up at him breathing heavily as he sees my tears.
"Are you okay? You took most of the explosion how burnt are you?" I whimper running my hand through his hair as he helps me sit up.
"I'm not bad love. Most of it missed me. I'm good." He says then looks at my forearm and I see how burnt it is on my wrist. I wince and cry out as he gently takes it and looks at it. Then I feel a little bit on my collarbone as well. He gently pushes my shirt to the side to look at it. "Come on. Let's get you to the ambulance love." He says. He wraps my arm around his neck and slips his arm under my legs and around my back carrying me bridal style as he stands up and hurries me out of the room.
I hear the sirens as he runs outside. They pull up and he opens the back and quickly gets us inside. He lays me on the stretcher in there and I let him go. I hiss in pain as I lay on my back. Some of the chemical that landed on the ground had made its way under my body when it exploded. I grab his hand and make him sit next to me. I make him turn his back to me and I gasp.
"Oliver..." I whisper as I see his shirt is burnt to shreds but there is minimal damage. He turns back to me.
"See. I told you love. I'm gonna be fine. It mostly hit my shirt and then stopped there. Only a little got my skin. I'm fine love." He says. I bite my lip and nod a little. He smiles at me and rubs my hand gently with his thumb. The medics have me sit up and they get to work on my burns. A few other students come out with minimal burns as well. Then the rest of the school makes their way out as well.
"ALYA!!!!" Jake's voice yells. I look up and see my brother, Ryan and Mia running toward us. I look at Oliver sitting next to me and he squeezes my hand a little then let's it go. "What happened?!?" Jake yells coming up to me. He cups my cheeks and looks at me. "Are you guys okay?!" He asks. I use my good arm to gently grab his hands.
"Hey... breathe. Calm down. So I can explain this." He gulps as he sees the burns on my collar bone, forearm and the medic finishing bandaging up my back. He takes a deep breath and nods slowly calming down. "We were in class doing an experiment and everyone's worked good. But... as I started pouring the last chemical, Oliver I guess... sensed it was wrong or something cuz he yelled for everyone to get down and tackled me and covered me with his body to protect me before it ever exploded. Oliver saved me. He should be the one hurt the worst but he is barely burnt... his shirt just got burnt to shreds for the most part..." I say kinda confused as I look at Oliver.
"I'm just lucky I guess. Idk how I wasn't hurt worse." He says. I bite my lip and nod as I look back at Jake, Ryan and Mia. They gulp and look at my burns and Oliver's.
"Why did it explode?" Mia asks. I shrug.
"I have no idea." I say softly.
  "It wasn't right... i don't know what it was but the chemical it was supposed to be must have gotten switched out or something. It was the wrong chemical." Oliver says. Mia nods.
"Does peters have something against either of you?" Mia asks. I furrow my eyebrows.
"No... not that I know of. And Oliver just got here." I say. Mia nods in confusion.
"Then why would it be the wrong chemical for the formula?" She asks. Oliver and I both shrug.
"We have no idea." I say.
  "That's it. That's enough drama for today. Let's go home. Let's all just ditch and go relax at home. Please." Jake says cupping my cheek and looking me dead in the eye. "Please Alya." He says. I search his eyes and then lace my fingers with his on my face. I nod.
  "Okay... okay let's go." I say softly nodding at Jake as he wraps his arms around me in a hug. I bury myself into him and ignore the pain it causes as he holds me tightly into him.
  "You gotta stop almost dying on me baby girl." He says softly. I pull back and run my hands through his hair and cup his cheeks.
  "I swear I'm not trying to die." I say. He can't help the laugh they comes out of him. The others laugh too and I smile at him kissing his forehead. "Come on. Let's go." I say he nods and hugs me into him. We quickly run off campus.
  We spend the rest of the day out in Jake and I's backyard.