Fires Collided

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Next thing I know I was being slammed to the wall with a special flame knife on my throat by Phoenix."Any last words?"I nodded.I touched the bracelet and slowly chant the communication spell and talked to Ralph in my mind."If any chance you're at school I need help.Normally I wouldn't ask but...it's your father with a flame knife on my neck.If you're asleep I am begging you wake up!"

"Yeah you lost your chance."He started cutting but it wasn't too deep that I would die but it definitely hurt like hell."AGH!!!"Then he came."STOP!"He dropped me onto the floor and honestly that's the last thing I remember.

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"What are you doing here dad?Isn't it enough that you abuse me at every chance you get?!"He laughed at me."You're gaining a soft spot for her.This is not just getting rid of the Monroes anymore.This is getting rid of your soft spot!No wonder you can't kill her.Weak!Coward!I raised a fucking coward."I scoffed."Get the hell out of here before I call headmaster Lyre!"He walked away and I rushed to her side.I chanted a spell so she can recover the loss of blood.Then ı found the first aid kit and started stiching her neck.I cleaned it then patched it.I brushed her hair out of her face."Rose?Wake up."

"W-What's happening?""Shh...Everything is going to be just fine."I picked her up and snuck into the girls bedroom and placed her on her bed and placed a scarf around her neck.Since no one was coming back until tomorrow late morning I stayed with her."I'm sorry I couldn't hold my promise to you and let you get hurt."I couldn't sleep that night.Not even a bit.All I could see was her neck.Cut.Bleeding.By my father.I promised to her whether she remembers or not.I promised her I wouldn't let her get hurt.And I did.I was always a horrible person but I can't be when I'M around her.But one thing that my father is right about is that I have a soft spot for her.

This can't go on.I was deep in thought when her hand dropped on my head.I was just going to put it back on the bed I saw the ring I sent.And the bracelet I gave her.Together.She's wearing them both.Now that I think about it I have never seen her without this bracelet.But I don't have time for theories.She could be wearing it because she likes it not because she actually sees me as a nice person.I'm horrible.Besides...she has a boyfriend.

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Following morning I woke up with a pain around my neck.And with the fear I jumped out of the bed remembering the events of last night.Out of breath.Scared.Cold sweat.Tears.The whole package."Hey."When I saw Ralph getting up from my bedside I jumped out of the bed and got to the other side of it.He walked slowly to my side."What happened?"He sighed."You're fine.My father left."I chuckled out of disbelief."Honestly I think we're both dead and some demons will fetch us for our punishment at any moment now."He laughed."No.You're really fine."

It was hot and I needed to get this scarf off of me."Yeah you might want to keep that there."I saw the huge scar on my neck."What the fuck?!""Learned it last summer.After my father stabbed me I learned it.I preformed it on myself.Then I stiched myself up and used another spell which I used on you.It was the only way with minimum attention."I sighed."Thank God there is a thing called make-up."I turned my face from the mirror to Ralph."I don't know what really happened but I was just going to sit in front of the fire place.I was going to sit on the couch but then I saw you sleeping on the couch.I softly tried to wake you up in case you're put a curse on me out of reflex.But then the glamour left and it was your father.If I could've just walked away and went to my bed things could've been a lot more different.I'm sorry I woke you up.I just didn't want to die.And hoped you actually came back early or never left."

He took a deep breath."I'm going to leave before girls come and find me here.We can't have Marigold almost killing you again."Then he left.I stayed for a few seconds if I heard it wrong or right.And yes.I heard it right.So I ran after him."Uh...Marigold almost killing me again?Wanna explain Fern?"He stopped walking.He slowly turned around."What?I never said that.I don't even know what you're talking about."I chuckled.I'm not hearing things.I'm not that crazy yet.

"You said and I quote 'we can't have Marigold almost killing you again'.Explain Fern."He looked clueless and confused.But I touched the flamekeeper at my back.He knows what I'm talking about.He's relieved that I ate it.Ok.I'll play your game."I-I-I'm sorry.I think it's just my medication.I must've made it up."Then I turned around and went back to my bedroom.

I'm going to kill him one day.I will.But I need to be calmed because he has my flame.I'm an idiot.Why didn't I take it back?I gave it to Baron because I love him and I trust him.I hate Ralph but...I think I trust him.Even though he had never given me a reason to besides last night.So...that's confusing.

Weeks went by and it was winter holiday.I had sent my letter to Peter about him coming tomorrow and me leaving to come tomorrow.I was so excited.I haven't seen him in a long time and we are actually making it work.Something happens everyday in both of our school so we have a lot to talk about.Sometime we actually have converstations.

After dinner I started packing my stuff to get ready for tomorrow."So...you and Peter are reuniting tomorrow."I nodded agressively."You really like him don't you?"I nodded again."I missed him a lot.You know how he is.I told you about him."Silver's face changed."Yeah.Once!I asked you about him thousand times and you only told me once.You even gethered us around so you wouldn't have to explain it seperately!"I rolled my eyes."Fine.He's so charming and he is very forward.And he respects that I have my...own stuff.I respect him.He knows that I'm...bi."Whisper the last part since not everybody knows and I don't want them to know.

"He respects it and finds it facinating that I am able to pull both genders."We laughed."That's one way to look at it.He's positive."I nodded."And he's so cute,handsome and a gentleman.He's kind.And his favorite color is red just like me."I told her a löittle more about Peter while we were packing and next thing I know I am at the front door of my grandparents's manor.