High School for the Freaks CHAPTER 10

(Blaze's POV):

Many things are going through my head right now. I'm scared of the future. What will happen when I go back home? I can't just stay at Shadow's all the time, even though he lives by himself. Staying at a guys house isn't going to help my case any anyways…

"Here," Shadow pulls up to the apartment complex.

Silver grabs my hand as soon as I'm out of the car. He squeezes it tight, as if he will never let go. And I wish he never would.

I shouldn't be this disoriented… I mean this is my fault, and I should be accepting my punishment instead of running from it. But is it okay to run, since my dad was acting the way he did?

"Blaze!" Rouge jolts me out of my thoughts.

"Sorry," I study the room. I've never been inside Shadow's place before. Surprisingly, it looks like Shadow actually cleans after himself. There's no pile of dishes in the sink, no clothes all over the floor-

"You okay?" Rouge hugs me. "You scared me when you said your dad was about to hit you, I'm sorry but I sent Shadow to get you."

"Don't be, its good to know you'll all be there for me." I plaster a smile on my face.

"Well Blaze you can stay here as long as you need to," Shadow says a little hesitantly when he sits on his small couch. I'm honestly surprised he's giving me this hospitality, and Silver's okay with it. Well, we all know Shadow isn't very "warmed up" anyone except Rouge. Just doing it for Silver, I know, because he's the only one with no parents. No one to scream at him for anything he does stupidly. Maybe that's why he acts like the father figure towards everyone?

"Yeah, Blaze, we've got ya' covered." Silver smiles at me and gives me a thumbs-up.

I stare into Silver's eyes. He seems happy. I know he's worried, he's scared, and who knows what other mixed emotions he's feeling. I know he won't leave me, oh god I hope he doesn't, but I can't help but worry, I mean anything's possible, right?

All of the sudden, I feel a little dizzy. My legs go wobbly, and I fall over, still holding Silver's hand. He comes down with me, landing on top of me.

"Blaze!" Everyone, except Shadow, shouts.

My vision is getting blurry, and now I can barely tell Silver form Rouge. I feel like I'm about to throw up.

Now all I see is black.

(Silver's POV):

"Blaze!" I scream and shake her. What the hell just happened!?

"Should we take her to the hospital?" Rouge grabs Blaze's hand –the one not holding mine- and places two fingers on her wrist. Probably feeling for a pulse?

"Guys!" Shadow runs toward us and pulls me off the ground.

(Blaze's POV):

I wake up in Shadow's bed. My head is throbbing. And now Amy is here?

"Blaze!" Amy jumps when she notices my eyes are open.

"Amy?" I ask. "What are you doing here?"

"I came to see you, silly!" Amy gives me a thumbs-up, and a cheesy smile.

"Okay," I giggle.

"What happened, Blaze?" Rouge looks at me with a serious expression.

"I-I don't know, I just kinda, blacked out." I shrug my shoulders, unsure what explanation to give. I look down at myself, seeing I'm wearing an oversized shirt. I also notice Silver isn't wearing a shirt, so I guess I'm wearing his. "What's with my clothes?"

"Well when you blacked out I figured we should get you into something comfortable," Silver shrugs.

"Well I'm just confused, has this ever happened to you before?" Rouge keeps on with the subject.

"Well yeah, but a long time ago, like when I was, I don't know, 12?"

"Well you need to be careful," Amy jumps on the bed next to me, and cuddles up to me.

AT BLAZE'S HOUSE… (Ember's POV):

"I can't believe her!" Dad throws his hands in the air, him and mom are on the couch, and I'm on the floor, just watching. "My daughter! My daughter! Why my daughter! I didn't know my daughter would turn out to be, a, a," Dad searches for the right word to say. "Slut!" That was not the right word.

"What!" I stand abruptly, and raise my hand, god I want to hit him! I can't let myself do it though, not in front of mom.

But, she already did that for me.

"Don't call my daughter a slut!" She stomps her foot, her face is red with rage. She raises her hand to slap him again, but I grab her arm.

Dad just looks up at us. "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I just- didn't know what to say!" His eyes shift on me. "I'm sorry."

"Don't be sorry! You stupid man! You can't take back what you just said! God, you are a horrible excuse of a man!" I hold a flame in my hand; I want to throw it at him! Then again, it might set the house on fire…

"Ember!" Mom shrieks at me, grabbing my flame-holding hand. "Don't speak that way to your father!"

"A horrible excuse of a man?" Dad stands, and slowly steps toward me. "A horrible excuse of a man! How could you defend Blaze like this! You know what she did was wrong! We can't afford another child! She gave her innocence away!"

"That was her choice!" I push him when he gets too close. "You know you did a lot worse at that age, and I know she didn't mean to get pregnant! And really, you guys were only like, what, a year older than she is right now when you got mom pregnant!? Don't be such a fucking hypocrite!"

"Ember! Stop!" Mom grabs my arm, and gives me an angered look. One of those listen-to-me-or-you're-dead looks. "Go to your room, now! I can't believe you right now!"

"I can't believe any of you!" I stomp on the way up the stairs. I stop to say: "And dad, don't ever call Blaze another name like that again! Or-or," I hold another flame in my hand, knowing dad doesn't have these powers it does serve as a reasonable threat. "I will fucking throw this at you!" And I storm up the stairs before they can shout another word at me.

(Normal POV):

"What is going on with my kids!? All of the sudden they think they can rebel against their father!? And Blaze, running off like that!? God, I don't know what to do!" Kaito holds his head in his hands.

"Well that kid kinda came and took her,"

"I don't care! She shouldn't have let them take her!" Kaito smacks his knee.

"Kaito, let's just calm down, and go to bed, okay?"

"if I can even sleep…"

So thinking of skipping a few months ahead after this whole "spur" is over… see how Silver acts toward the baby tummy X) tell me what you think :P