[[Chapter 4: I'm Dancing With Tears In My Eyes]]

"Who the hell are you?" Zach said, venom lacing his voice. I just looked at Bex with an expression that was a mix of anger, shock and resentment. But what they didn't know is that I also felt a glimmer of hope, that maybe, things could go right for once.

"Same to you." The boy nodded at him and walked closer to me. He smiled kindly, as if I wasn't completely insane and just attempted to kill my self. I smiled too, because its impossible not to with this boy.

"Hey Cam. So, I heard you ran into the fire." His eyes were so alive and bright, so anger-free. It was a welcome change from my current sight. He didn't at all sound condescending to me.

"Colby." I breathed. I was so happy to see him I could barely remember why I was even in here. "What? How? Why—?"

"Cam, shhhhh. We'll have plenty of time for that later. But first, why did you run into that fire again?" Colby looked at me quietly, and I knew it was no use trying to get off topic with Colby in the room.

"Well….It really isn't that important." I looked at Zach quickly, and I could tell he did not like that. I smiled slightly. Finally, he gets some of my pain!

"Actually, she's lying." My jaw dropped and eyes narrowed. Oh, so that how he wants to play? I hope he knows two can play this game. " She ran into the fire because I broke up with her."

"Cam? You dated him?" Colby looked disgusted and I laughed. Wow, it felt good. Its been too long.

"Yeah, I know. I think I was temporarily insane."

"I don't think temporarily covers it." Zach glowered at me. Next, two things happened. First of all, before I could respond, the doctor came to discharge me, saying I only had minor burns because Zach pulled me out so quick. Secondly, once we all got outside, Zach decided that he wasn't don't sparring with me.

"I don't know why they discharged you. You ran into a fire. My personal opinion is that you should be institutionalized." Bex smacked him, but he only glared at her.

"Too bad your not the doctor, Zachary." I used his full name because it pisses him off the most.

"Well Cameron, it's a shame I did pull you out of the fire, because if I knew you'd be like this, I would have left you." I was speechless. He would have let me die? Suddenly, I saw Colby punch Zach right in the nose and he feel down hard. Colby whacked him again, but this time Zach moved and punched him instead. The fight grew rapidly out of control, and I knew I had to stop it.

"STOP!" I yelled, running straight into Zach's punch toward Colby, making me the recipient of it. I stumbled back in to Colby's strong arms, my eye hurting like hell.

"Cam? You ok?" Colby stopped, his own face bleeding and bruised. I nodded slowly, taking in every inch of his face and assessing the damage. He picked me up and turned to Bex.

"You'd better make sure he's ok." Colby said quietly, and I looked at her.

"Bex. Tell him I'm sorry." Tears were in my eyes, pleading for her not to be mad at me.

"Cammie. Its not your fault. I mean, sure you said some mean things to him, but he's the one who said the worst." Bex reassured me. I nodded, and Colby carried me toward his car. I couldn't look back. I knew I just lost of a part of my life that I never did want to lose. But that's how life is, losing stuff that you didn't want to lose. On the ride home, we didn't talk at all, until we got to my house.

"Cam. Are you mad at me?" Colby asked quietly.

"Of course not. Why would I be?"

"Well, he was your ex. And I never wanted to hurt you, but he just pushed me to far…"

"Colby. I'm not mad at you. Zach is a jerk and I should have realized that a long time ago. It was sad that I had to run into a fire before I got it."

"Well, in that case…" Colby leaned in a little and so did I. Before I knew it, I was kissing Colby Jacobson, the boy I always loved, but never had the guts to tell him, so we became best friends. Finally, everything was perfect and no one would ruin it. Or so I thought….