Igniting

Chapter III: Put It Out

James' POV

"James likes Kim!" Carlos sang as soon as she was out of earshot.

"No I don't!" I protested.

"So why were you on top of her in your underwear? Huh?" Carlos asked smiling.

"It was an accident!" I clarified.

"Sure, that's why it took you a billion ages to get off her." Carlos said under his breath.

I pretended not to hear him and tried to draw the attention to something else, "Doing a song with Kim sounds like fun."

"Yeah, she's a great artist. Everyone who had a song written by her made it to the top of the charts." Kendall said.

"That's just the kind of thing we need for Big Time Rush." Logan alleged. The guys started talking about practically being celebrities now since the tour ended. I was off thinking about the way Kim stared at me when I fell on her and the way she put her hand on my forehead, the way she looked in the darkness.

Eventually the guys fell asleep. I lied on my back and stared at the ceiling, wondering if there may be a chance for me and Kim. I didn't tell Kendall that I was going to make a move on her tomorrow or the next day, or the week after, whenever the time was right.

The storm was getting progressively getting louder. I saw Logan wake up a few times but went right back to sleep. Some more lightning flashed, it must have been close to sunrise because the sky was a little brighter than it was before. I turned over, figuring I should get some sleep for the interview in a few hours. Precipitously, the light got brighter and brighter while the sky was still dim. I sat up in place to see what it was. Over the window ledge I saw a roaring fire, coming at the speed of light towards the house, "Fire!" I screamed. I shook Logan, Carlos and Kendall awake, "Fire! Fire! Get up!" They all rose and quickly stood up when they heard the panic in my voice.

"What's going on?" Kendall rubbed his eyes, as he did, the entire wall burst into flames and was quickly spreading, "Everyone out!"

"I got to get Kim and Gustavo!" I screamed over the crackling and churning fire.

"I'll get Gustavo, you get Kim!" Kendall said back. I nodded, we split up and I ran down the hall to Kim's room. The fire was right on my heels. The bottom of the door was quickly turning to ash. I broke down the door and scared Kim out of her sleep.

"Come on! We need to get out of here!" I grabbed her wrist and dragged her to the door. We got out of her room but the rest of the hallway was in flames and was impossible to get through.

"What do we do?" She cried. I looked to her and saw that she was only wearing a big shirt and shorts. Her eyes were full of fear and panic, guessing mine were too, "Stand back." I pushed her to the side of the wall as I got closer to the end of the hallway, seeing if I could break down the already weary wood sides of the walls so the flames would dull down for a millisecond so Kim could get through.

A piece of wood fell in the backround, "Ahh!" I heard her shriek from behind me, I turned around to face a horror that my mind was in shock but my body reacted. Kim's left arm caught on fire from the wood falling on it.

"Kim!" I ran to her and pushed her to the floor, sitting on her, patting her hard so the fire would die. It did but I could see the burn marks. She was moaning in pain, I put her on my back and looked around quickly.

"The bathroom!" She said with a cracking voice. The bathroom door was half on fire but enough room to pass through. We got in and I climbed over the shower and opened the window, the fire started creeping under the door, soon enough the carpet was on fire. I broke the window open and took Kim off my back and pushed her through. She fell on the grass. I felt the heat of the flames coming closer. I put myself through the window, glass went into my sides and I yelped. I wasn't fitting and I heard the ceiling above me coming down, "Come on!" Kim grabbed my hand with her good arm. She was pulling me to the other side.

"Ahh!" A flaming ceiling board landed on my back. Kim pulled me through as more glass shard dug into my skin. Kim rolled me around on the grass, putting the flames out. They vanished; I could feel the seeping pain going throughout my body. All I could think was that: we were both outside, both safe, both okay…I think, "How's your arm?" She coughed a few times.

"Fine," She said quickly, "Is your back okay?" She examined. She seemed out of breath.

"I'm fine. We need to get away from the house before the grass goes up in flames too." I helped her to her feet, she was wobbly, "Kim, are you okay?"

She didn't say anything, "Kim? Answer me!" Her legs gave out and her eyes slowly closed, I caught her. I put my ear against her chest. Heart's beating, I took a deep breath and tried to block out the soaring pain and get us both to the front of the house. I heard fire truck sirens and followed the noise.

"James!" Kendall screamed as he was the first one to see me coming from the backyard. He ran over to me and his eyes got wider as her realized who I was carrying, "Is she okay?" He was on the verge of tears.

"No, but she's breathing. We need to get her to the hospital." I tried to stay strong and not think of the fact that Kim might not be okay.

Two ambulance men came over and put her on a gurney, "What happened?" One of them asked as he put an air mask on her face, Kendall right behind me.

"Her arm's badly burnt from a crashing ceiling board that was on fire." I explained.

"And you?" He asked as the other ambulance man looked at her arm.

"Um my back's pretty messed up." I said. It was burning with pain but I was more focused on Kim. We reached the car and they told me to lay down on the other gurney beside Kim, Kendall also coming in the ambulance truck. They hooked up an IV pole to her arm, "She's going to be okay, right?" I asked one of the men.

He gave me a solemn look, "We'll try our best."

I looked to Kendall, "She can't die. I love her."