A/N: Sorry this took so long to come out, :( I've messed up my whole
updating every other day thing, I'm working on it though I was hoping to
have this finished by Christmas because in the fic it ends on Christmas,
this unfortunately is the last chapter that Sandy (Lars and Twister's mom
will be around....) There will also be another death within the next two or
three chapters I won't say who though I will say it wont be pleasant.
Ch. 9: Fire
Reggie: " S...Sandy wha...what are you doing here? "
Sandy: *helping Reggie up* "Well... I... what are you doing here?"
Reggie: " Well.... " She sighs " After you left, me and Lars starting going out, and my dad found out and I ran away and I just saw Lars with another girl. "
Sandy: *sighing* " That's Lars for you. "
Reggie looked at Sandy, confused.
Sandy: "Lars doesn't know I'm here does he?"
Reggie: "No, I told you I ran away."
Sandy: "I know, but you didn't tell him you were coming here."
Reggie: *getting agrovated* "No, that would defeat the purpose of running away." she paused, "Why did you leave?"
Sandy sighed and motioned with her hands for Reggie to follow her into her room, with coincidentally was two doors down from Reggie.
Reggie sat down on one of the wooden chairs at the little round table, it was next to a big window with the shades pulled over.
Reggie: "Well...."
Sandy sat on the other wooden chair across the table from Reggie.
Sandy: "Well, I just needed to get away..."
Reggie: "From Lars...?"
Sandy: *sighing* "Ye... No just from the responsibilities from being a parent."
Reggie: "But you said you might not come back."
Sandy: "I know, that was months ago though, I think I'm ready to come back now."
Reggie: "You can't just walk out of your son's life's and then come back and expect everything to be all right."
-After about 3 minutes of complete silence Reggie spoke again. -
"Well, Its getting late, I'm going to go now."
She got up and stood by the door for a moment and looked back at Sandy who still sat at the table looking down at the floor. She walked out and down the sidewalk into her room.
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Ray saw Lars walking to the shack, with another girl?! Maybe Reggie dumped him, he smiled. Lars walked up to the counter."
Lars: "Ray! Reggie ran away! We have to go look for her!"
Ray: "Nah, don't worry about it, she did this once when she was thirteen, she will come home in a few hours, she's a smart girl she'll be ok."
Ray was right Lars thought he was still worried, but hearing that she had done it before and had came home unharmed made him feel a little better.
Ray: *looking at Melanie* "Who do we have here?"
Lars: "Oh this is Melanie, she's in my alcoholic program I'm just showing her around the neighborhood."
Damn Ray thought he was really hoping it was Lars new girlfriend.
Melanie: "Yeah, but I really should be getting home. Lars will you walk with me?"
Lars: "Sure why not, I can look for Reggie on the way."
Melanie smiled and the two started walking. A half hour later Lars stopped.
Melanie: "Yeah?"
Lars: "Melanie, do you think that you can walk the rest of the way? I smell smoke, and I have a really bad feeling about it."
Melanie: *frowning* "Ok."
Lars ran back the way in which he came, he ran until he needed to stop to catch his breath. The closer back to the shack the stronger the smell of smoke became. He started running again until he saw huge flames in the distance. He stopped but then started running again, he heard sirens, many fire engines were already there, but more were coming. He got to the shack, he could have sworn that it was the building on fire, however it was the hotel next to it that was on fire. -Phew. her though. -
---Meanwhile. ---
Reggie had fallen asleep she was awoken by a thick smoke, she began to cough. She realized that the hotel was on fire and that she needed to get out despite the fact she had just woken up and that she had been breathing in smoke for the past 20 minutes (while she was asleep.) she rolled off the bed and onto the floor and proceeded to crawl to the door just as she reached the door she stopped. - Would dying be all that bad? Lars doesn't care about me anymore, hell nobody does. - she made up her mind, she'd wait there on the floor do die. The smoke burned her eyes, a tear rolled down her cheek, she was unsure if it was because of the smoke or if it was simply because she was upset about seeing Lars with that girl. She laid there helplessly, just as she could feel herself slipping into the sleep that would end it all a fire fighter started hitting the door with an ax. After there was a pretty large hole he stuck his hand in and undid the lock (one of those chain locks that you take the little chain from the door frame and then slide it across the lock thing on the door.) he opened the door and looked around, he saw Reggie on the floor and picked her up he took her outside and laid her on a stretcher, the EMT took the stretcher near the ambulance she wasn't breathing she still had a pulse though, the EMT prepared to give CPR.
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Ray was there, because the fire was so close to the shack. There was a total of thirty-eight people in the hotel. One had already been pronounced dead. Lars was about five yards from Ray when he saw a girl that looked like Reggie on a stretcher. He walked over, he would have ran but he felt although he was about to collapse. He got to where the stretcher and the EMT were the man was giving the girl CPR. It was Reggie! -Oh my god. - He thought, and then collapsed himself.
Greg (EMT): "Hey Nancy, looks like we've got another one."
Nancy (the other EMT): "Ok Greg."
She jumped out of the ambulance. She went immediately to Lars' body she put her index and middle finger on his neck to take a pulse. Then she checked to see if he was breathing, he was.
Nancy: "He just seems shocked."
Greg: "Come on, I got the girl to breathe we need to get her to the hospital we will take the boy with us."
Nancy pulled out another stretcher from the back of the ambulance and then helped Greg put the stretcher with Reggie on it back into the ambulance. Nancy jumped up onto the ambulance and left Greg to put Lars onto the other stretcher, she put a little mask connected to a little pump which would circulate air. Greg got Lars onto the stretcher and Nancy helped him get it into the ambulance. Greg went around to the front and got into the drivers seat. (I know ambulances normally have a driver, the EMT doesn't normally drive...but he does this time.) He then went down the road towards the hospital with its red flashing lights on.
A/N: Whoa that was a long chapter I'm happy with the way it turned out though :)
Ch. 9: Fire
Reggie: " S...Sandy wha...what are you doing here? "
Sandy: *helping Reggie up* "Well... I... what are you doing here?"
Reggie: " Well.... " She sighs " After you left, me and Lars starting going out, and my dad found out and I ran away and I just saw Lars with another girl. "
Sandy: *sighing* " That's Lars for you. "
Reggie looked at Sandy, confused.
Sandy: "Lars doesn't know I'm here does he?"
Reggie: "No, I told you I ran away."
Sandy: "I know, but you didn't tell him you were coming here."
Reggie: *getting agrovated* "No, that would defeat the purpose of running away." she paused, "Why did you leave?"
Sandy sighed and motioned with her hands for Reggie to follow her into her room, with coincidentally was two doors down from Reggie.
Reggie sat down on one of the wooden chairs at the little round table, it was next to a big window with the shades pulled over.
Reggie: "Well...."
Sandy sat on the other wooden chair across the table from Reggie.
Sandy: "Well, I just needed to get away..."
Reggie: "From Lars...?"
Sandy: *sighing* "Ye... No just from the responsibilities from being a parent."
Reggie: "But you said you might not come back."
Sandy: "I know, that was months ago though, I think I'm ready to come back now."
Reggie: "You can't just walk out of your son's life's and then come back and expect everything to be all right."
-After about 3 minutes of complete silence Reggie spoke again. -
"Well, Its getting late, I'm going to go now."
She got up and stood by the door for a moment and looked back at Sandy who still sat at the table looking down at the floor. She walked out and down the sidewalk into her room.
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Ray saw Lars walking to the shack, with another girl?! Maybe Reggie dumped him, he smiled. Lars walked up to the counter."
Lars: "Ray! Reggie ran away! We have to go look for her!"
Ray: "Nah, don't worry about it, she did this once when she was thirteen, she will come home in a few hours, she's a smart girl she'll be ok."
Ray was right Lars thought he was still worried, but hearing that she had done it before and had came home unharmed made him feel a little better.
Ray: *looking at Melanie* "Who do we have here?"
Lars: "Oh this is Melanie, she's in my alcoholic program I'm just showing her around the neighborhood."
Damn Ray thought he was really hoping it was Lars new girlfriend.
Melanie: "Yeah, but I really should be getting home. Lars will you walk with me?"
Lars: "Sure why not, I can look for Reggie on the way."
Melanie smiled and the two started walking. A half hour later Lars stopped.
Melanie: "Yeah?"
Lars: "Melanie, do you think that you can walk the rest of the way? I smell smoke, and I have a really bad feeling about it."
Melanie: *frowning* "Ok."
Lars ran back the way in which he came, he ran until he needed to stop to catch his breath. The closer back to the shack the stronger the smell of smoke became. He started running again until he saw huge flames in the distance. He stopped but then started running again, he heard sirens, many fire engines were already there, but more were coming. He got to the shack, he could have sworn that it was the building on fire, however it was the hotel next to it that was on fire. -Phew. her though. -
---Meanwhile. ---
Reggie had fallen asleep she was awoken by a thick smoke, she began to cough. She realized that the hotel was on fire and that she needed to get out despite the fact she had just woken up and that she had been breathing in smoke for the past 20 minutes (while she was asleep.) she rolled off the bed and onto the floor and proceeded to crawl to the door just as she reached the door she stopped. - Would dying be all that bad? Lars doesn't care about me anymore, hell nobody does. - she made up her mind, she'd wait there on the floor do die. The smoke burned her eyes, a tear rolled down her cheek, she was unsure if it was because of the smoke or if it was simply because she was upset about seeing Lars with that girl. She laid there helplessly, just as she could feel herself slipping into the sleep that would end it all a fire fighter started hitting the door with an ax. After there was a pretty large hole he stuck his hand in and undid the lock (one of those chain locks that you take the little chain from the door frame and then slide it across the lock thing on the door.) he opened the door and looked around, he saw Reggie on the floor and picked her up he took her outside and laid her on a stretcher, the EMT took the stretcher near the ambulance she wasn't breathing she still had a pulse though, the EMT prepared to give CPR.
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Ray was there, because the fire was so close to the shack. There was a total of thirty-eight people in the hotel. One had already been pronounced dead. Lars was about five yards from Ray when he saw a girl that looked like Reggie on a stretcher. He walked over, he would have ran but he felt although he was about to collapse. He got to where the stretcher and the EMT were the man was giving the girl CPR. It was Reggie! -Oh my god. - He thought, and then collapsed himself.
Greg (EMT): "Hey Nancy, looks like we've got another one."
Nancy (the other EMT): "Ok Greg."
She jumped out of the ambulance. She went immediately to Lars' body she put her index and middle finger on his neck to take a pulse. Then she checked to see if he was breathing, he was.
Nancy: "He just seems shocked."
Greg: "Come on, I got the girl to breathe we need to get her to the hospital we will take the boy with us."
Nancy pulled out another stretcher from the back of the ambulance and then helped Greg put the stretcher with Reggie on it back into the ambulance. Nancy jumped up onto the ambulance and left Greg to put Lars onto the other stretcher, she put a little mask connected to a little pump which would circulate air. Greg got Lars onto the stretcher and Nancy helped him get it into the ambulance. Greg went around to the front and got into the drivers seat. (I know ambulances normally have a driver, the EMT doesn't normally drive...but he does this time.) He then went down the road towards the hospital with its red flashing lights on.
A/N: Whoa that was a long chapter I'm happy with the way it turned out though :)
