The Boarding School | h.s

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Anna's POV

The day of the fire was very traumatising for everyone at Hudson. It was supposed to be a happy day, with the horse competition and all, but it ended in horror and disaster. Lucy asked me to go and get Summer before she left. I knew exactly where she was, she told me she would be going to the community room. For my surprise, she wasn't there when I entered the empty room. Seconds later, Lucy came rushing inside the room saying that I should go outside immediately. The fire department was invading the school and everyone was panicking. I had no idea what was going on, but I had a terrible feeling it had to do with Summer.

Lucy and I ran after the equipped men, and in the distance near the forest, a dense and black cloud was rising through the treetops. I instantly knew what had happened: the stables were on fire. The teachers tried to send everyone inside, but failed miserably. Everyone rushed down the hill to go and see what was going on.

Once we reached the stables, I saw a lot of familiar faces: Anthony, Lottie, Amanda, even Bud was there, but no sign of Summer.

I was starting to get worried out of my mind, but I couldn't do anything. That was when I heard a deep, manly voice say "There are two kids inside!".

First they brought out Summer and my heart fell on the floor. She was pale, immobilised, lifeless. I ran to her but someone caught my hand. It was Anthony.

"Don't!" he said firmly. I tried to kick him, to free my hands but he didn't give in. Was she dead? Was she going to be okay? I had no idea but I prayed to God that she was fine.

That was when they brought Harry out. Harry fucking Edwards?! What was he doing there?! He was also passed out, but was gaining consciousness and didn't look half as bad as Summer did.

I swear, in that moment, I only saw red. Anger was boiling inside me, and almost like magic, I gained much more strength and pushed Anthony. He tumbled and lost hold of my hands.

I approached Harry who was being carried by a fireman and I almost jumped on top of him in an attempt to kill him. Yeah, that was exactly what I wanted to do, kill him.

"You tried to kill her you son of a..." I screamed on top of my lungs to make sure he heard it clearly.

Instantly after, even before I managed to finish my sentence, another fireman wrapped his arms around me and lifted me like I was a potato sack, dragging me out of there while I was kicking, slapping, screaming, insulting. It was no use, the strong man wouldn't put me down.

Everyone was watching the whole scene. I must've looked like a mad woman, but I didn't care one bit. It must have been a scandal: everybody thought I was an angel that couldn't harm a fly, so that was kind of a shock for everyone to see me act like that.

When it came to defending a friend, I had no limits.

The fireman eventually put me down near the staircase of the entrance of the main building and told me to take some deep breaths. He left shortly after and headed back to the burning building.

My mind was running at one thousand miles per hour. I wasn't used to that, at all. I always thought in an organised, systematic way, but what was happening was too much for my brain to process.

There was nothing more I could do. Obviously Summer and Harry had been sent to the infirmary and obviously they wouldn't allow me in. The only thing I could do was wait for news.

So that was what I did. The wait for her recovery was long, but now it was the end of the day and Summer was already happy and smiling with us again. But there was something that didn't make much sense, something was just not right.