7. FIRE

Hello all my readers, it's been some time hasn't it. Another chapter is up for ya all to read. Please enjoy, it's humorous and hurt/comfort. Please remember to read and review!

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Disclaimer: I don't own Darren Shan characters, only Raina and Kai.


-Raina-

Drying off my drenched body. I looked through the stack of clothes Kai had picked out for me.

"To pink, to much show, not enough show." I murmured till I came across denim skinny-legged jeans and a white top.
"It's alright." I sighed, still having to get use to wearing Kai's clothes.
Slipping it on, I posed and looked at myself in the body mirror. It's not half bad I guess. The jeans hugged my hips and showed off my curves. And the top was V-neck, making my boobs pop. I added my eagle feather, as it's my prize possession.

Sliding down the railing along the staircase. Kai was sitting alone on the couch.
"Where are Vancha and Larten?" I asked while looking around for them.
"They went out hun-shopping."
I knitted my brows together. I detected a lie in there, but I shrugged it off and sat down next to her.

"Hey, wanna have a spa day." Kai gleamed with joy.
"I don't know what a spa is but I'm in." I confessed.


Kai whipped up us a facial mask. I rested on the couch as she coated my face in mud. She had already did herself.
"Where mud mummies!" I screech in delight. Kai giggled, then set the bowl of mud down. She brought out the nail polish and painted my nails a bright blue. My body was in full relax mode and I was actually enjoying myself.

"I feel like I'm in paradise." I mumbled.
"No this feels like paradise." she snort, then rubbed my temples. I moaned in enjoyment.
"Don't stop." I moaned. The feeling was enchanting, I don't feel stressed out any more.

"Hey what is the deal with you and Vancha?" Kai asked, starting a conversion.
"We're friends, nothing more." I replied. When I peered up at her she was smiling down on me.
"What?"
"Nothing, I just thought you were together." she snickered. I rolled my eyes the hit her with a cushion.

Springing up my elbow knocked over a bottle of nail polish remover. I mouth the word "opps". Picking it up I set it back on the coffee table, luckily Kai never noticed.

"Now you have to massage my temples." she smirked. I sulked by went ahead and did it. She took my place in the couch. When I finish her she brought out white candles. Kai tried lighting the candle but the lighter was giving her some trouble.

"Here let me help." I sighed.
"No I can do it." Ignoring her I stepped up to her.
"Just let me!" I growled, while trying to pry the candle from her hands. But it ended up as a tug a war game.

"Let go!"
"No you let go!"
"I had it first!"
"But your doing it wrong!"

Kai got the lighter working and lit the candle. She released her grip making me fly back. I dropped the candle and fell over the armrest of the couch. My back collided onto the floor.

"Raina, oh my God!" she screeched, and ran to my aid.
"Geez Kai." I groaned when she pulled me back on my feet. "You managed to knock Vancha and me off our feet." I joked. Kai laughed then apologized.

Kai looked over my shoulder and screamed. I jolt and spun around to a flaming fire. It crackled and roared. I screamed then started to panic.
"Smother it!" I yelled. We both began throw cushion and blankets on top of it.
"It is not working!" Kai yelped in a panicky voice. She was right, all the cushion and blankets blow up in flames. We just made it all worse. I ruffled my hair nervously.

"Fire extinguisher!" Kai wisecracked. I nodded my head then darted into the kitchen. I rushed back out with it in my hands. Tossing it onto the fire Kai turned and glared at me.

"You were not support to throw it on the fire you idiot!" she yelled.
"Well you should have told me that earlier!" I spook in annoyance.
"Never mind, just grab what is yours." She shout as she sprinted up the stairs.

I grasped hold of my guitar I slung it on my back.
"Hurry Kai!" I hollered up the staircase. Instantly she stumbled down the stairs. Linking arms we jogged out the house yelling "FIRE!" Hoping someone would hear our cries.

"To my black Mercedes!" Kai chanted.
"What's a Mercedes?" I asked dumbly.
"Never mind, I will tell you some other time." she opened a car door and leaped in, I followed her example. We sped off far away from her hut and never looked back.


Pulling up into a dirt driveway, it was dead silent. A little to silent. An owl hooted in the distance, send shivers down my spine. But Kai didn't reacted by it at all. The car stopped and we sat there for sometime. I cleared my throat waking Kai out of a trace. We stepped out and entered a new hut. It wasn't as big as the first one, but still enormous.

I sat on the couch. Kai wasn't speaking, I won't blame her. This is my entire fault. I had this terrible gut feeling.
"How will Vancha and Larten know we're here?" I asked.
"I do not know." She mumbled.

An hour or so later the door open and Larten and Vancha walked in. A lump formed in my throat. Both Kai and I stood up.
"Ah why is the house burnt down?" Vancha asked. I looked away in shame. And stumbled out of the room, I walked into someone's bedroom and slammed the door behind me.


-Vancha-

Everyone stared at the door Rai went in. I blinked confused. Kai relayed what happen. I was surprised at what happen. Larten sat next to her.
"Are you two all right?" The typical Larten asked. Kai nodded her head.

I stepped away from them and entered the room that Rai was in. Quietly I opened the door. Raina sat on the bed with her legs hanging over the side. She flinched and dried her eyes my way.

"V-Vancha..." she quickly wiped her tears. Why was she crying? Planting myself next to her, I held her hand. Rubbing my thumb over her baby soft hand. Her eyes fixed on mine, they were red and puffy.
"I did something really bad Vancha." She muttered, as her bottom lip trembled.
"Shh, it's okay." I said as I pulled her into my lap. She cried her eyes out into my chest.

Minutes later when she calmed herself down some; she rested her forehead in the corner of my chest. I heard her sniff then she sat up straight.
"Oh, sorry for making your pelt wet." she said as she wiped her tears. I glanced down and noticed a moist spot.

"It's alright, it'll dry." I replied calmly. I didn't want her to cry again, I hated seeing someone so innocent cry.

"I'm the reason why Kai's hut burnt down." she stared at me. Tears trickled down her cheeks. I blinked my eyes shocked.
"What, but how?" I asked. She spilled the beans. Rai covered her face with her hands weeping.

"No, Rai. It's not your fault." I rapped my arms around her.
She continued sobbing into my chest. I could only imagine how she felt. I rubbed her back trying to settle her down.

"Hey, I thought angels had wings." I flirted.
She giggled and pulled back and stare into my eyes. A smiled curved at the ends of her lips. A single tear rolled down her left check then onto her lips.
"If I were a tear drop I would be born in your eyes, live on your cheeks, and die on your lips." I smiled.

"Vancha, you always find a way to make my smile. Thank you." she grinned.
Taking hold of her hands I led her out the door.

Kai ran up and embraced Rai in hug.
"I'm so sorry Kai." Rai apologized. "I spilled the nail polish remover, that's how the fire started."
"What, no. It is my fault I should had let you light the candle." she sighed.
"Nah, it's both our fault, we're a couple of (1) onhandige eendje." Rai giggled. Is she speaking Dutch?
"I am not a whatever you said." Kai nudged Rai slightly. I smiled to myself knowing everything is going to be okay.


When everything was back in order. Rai explored (like always) the trailer till she crashed on the dinning room table. She was a hilarious but very cute site. Everyone had to a least take one look at her.

Larten and Kai were already in bed. I sneaked over to the sleeping figure of Rai. Gently picking her up I stabilized her over my shoulder. I tiptoed out of the dinning area and into her new bedroom. Peeling back the violet bed sheets I laid her in. Her chest raised and fell, she slept so peacefully.
Just as I was about to leave her in peace I heard a groggy voice.

"Vancha..."
Turning around I saw Rai rubbing her eyes. I cursed under my breath for waking her up.
"Can you sleep with me tonight." She asked. I normally preferred to sleep on the ground but if she really wants me too.

"Why not." I mumbled, and then slipped under the sheets next to her. She laid her head down on my chest, and then fell into a deep sleep again. I smiled down at her.
"Night, beautiful." I mumbled. As a wave of exhaustion washed over me, and I instantly fell asleep.

(1) Onhandige eendje means clumsy duckling, and yes Raina speaks Dutch.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Their was a little spark between Raina and Vancha. I just love romance, and OC. Anyway please please please review!