SCARLET'S POV

When we get to school the next day, everyone keeps staring at me. I can also hear whispering. When I get to my locker, dash is there. When he sees me, he straitens up and starts to come my way. "Hey fire freak, is it true that you burned down a building and killed people?" he yelled. I could feel the blood draining out of my face.

Then Michael came out from behind me and dash took a step backward. "No, she didn't burn down the building. She wasn't even home at the time. No, she didn't cause the deaths of those people. In fact, she was about to go running into that burning building to try to save those people when she was stopped by some firefighters and had to be physically held down to keep her from going in. then when the building collapsed, she was one of the ones who screamed the loudest, only she didn't scream because her house was on fire or her things got burnt. No, she screamed because she knew that there was still people inside when that building went down. She didn't cry because she knew them. She cried because they died and she couldn't save them. She has nightmares practically every night. Nightmares that she wakes up screaming from. And you dare to talk about it. You dare to make fun of her and accuse her of things she didn't do. How dare you!" By the end of it, he was screaming at the people who were laughing.

I felt someone put their hands on my shoulders and turned to see sam standing there. Danny went up to Michael and got him to calm down and meditate so that he didn't hurt anyone. Then Mr. Lancer came and told everyone to get to class. Somehow by the end of first period, a video of the encounter had circulated around the entire school. Everyone still stared and there was still some whispers but the majority of them had been stopped.