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Chapter 4: The Escape
"Well, this is the part of the plan that kinda dropped down, literally," Ruthie again looked down at the ground at least twenty-five feet below them. "Usually in movies and stuff, they climb down the wooden fence things on the side of the house."
"Well, unfortunately, we don't have those," Lucy snapped her sister out of TV world and back into reality.
"What about the sheets from our beds?" Ruthie asked.
"Another TV stereotype," Lucy replied stripping the beds of their comforters and bundling up the sheets, "but it's worth a try. What other choice do we have?"
Still aware of the fire banging at their door, the sisters straightened out the sheets they had gathered and began knotting them together.
"These are the times I wish I had done girl scouts," Ruthie stated, jerking the blankets, trying to tighten her freshly mad knot.
Lucy gathered the heap into her arms and thrashed one end out the window while Ruthie held the other. Watching the sheets tumble down the side of the house, Lucy beckoned Ruthie over to her.
"Come on! We need to get out of here! Now I'll go first. We don't know if it works and I don't want you to fall," Lucy said securing the string of sheets to the bed frame.
"Are you sure, Luce?" Ruthie asked looking down at Lucy's injured arm covered with a now blood-soaked rag.
"Yea, I'm sure," she replied slowly crawling over the window frame. Grasping the sheets tightly with her right hand and her feet against the wall, Lucy cautiously lowered herself down towards the ground. One step at a time, she told herself, not particularly afraid of heights, but her situation wouldn't be very appealing to anyone.
Finally, after what seemed like forever, Lucy felt the soft ground beneath her feet. She breathed a sigh of relief although still fearing for her sister's safety.
"Lucy!" Ruthie screamed from above her. "You ok?"
"Come on!" Lucy replied making sure their escape was still secure. Lucy then watched Ruthie crawl out the window, grab hold of the rope, and push her weight against the brick wall. Half way down, her foot suddenly slipped, dragging her body against the rough brick. She clutched to the sheets for dear-life as her screams echoed down the street.
"Lucy!" Ben called as he ran towards her.
"Ben!?" Lucy replied, a bit confused about what he was doing there, but thankful. "Hurry! Ruthie's stuck!"
Ben looked up to see Ruthie hanging for her life, blood trickling down her leg.
"OK, Ruthie! You're going to have to let go! I'll catch you!" Ben yelled up at her, trying to sound calm.
Trusting Ben and her gut, Ruthie released the sheets. She fell two floors, landing safely in Ben's arms.
"Let's get you to the paramedics," Ben said inspecting her torn leg. He rushed Ruthie up to the trucks lined along the street. As Lucy slowly followed them, she looked back at the window they had just escaped through. Flames could now be seen emerging from inside while smoke was still bellowing out.
"Lucy!" She looked away from the window at the sound of her name. Kevin was running towards her.
"Kevin," she breathed a sigh as she collapsed in his warm embrace. She buried her ash-spotted face into her jacket. Knowing her sister was safe, Lucy realized the piercing pain in her arm she had been ignoring since her escape. She cringed and let out a small shriek. Worried, Kevin released his wife, noticing the blood-soaked towel. Pulling back the wrap, Kevin looked up to see a pain-stricken expression on Lucy's face.
After replacing the rags gently, Kevin said softly, "You're going to be ok now, Luce." He knew that at any moment, his wife would faint. Wanting her to be on a bed when this happened, he allowed her to relax her body against his and kissed her forehead. He guided her towards the screaming sirens. Then it dawned on her.
"Did they get my parents and the boys out?" Lucy asked, feeling as if a bunch of bricks had just fallen on her shoulders.
"I don't know, Luce," Kevin replied looking back at the place his wife had called home nearly all of her life. He paused before he said, "I haven't seen them."
~~~
Meanwhile.
"Simon?" a voice sounded from Simon Camden's dorm room as he unlocked the door and walked in.
"Hey," he replied setting his books on her computer desk. He approached his girlfriend who was sitting at a table, the surface covered with her study materials. Simon leaned over and kissed her.
"I hope you don't mind. The girls in my dorm wouldn't keep the music down, so I had to crash somewhere. Was that ok?" Caitlin Felton asked her boyfriend looking up from her studies.
"Yea, it's fine," he replied taking a seat next to her. Noticing a saddened expression across her face, he brushed her long, auburn hair out of her face and asked, "Are you ok?"
"Yea, I guess. I was just thinking," she started.
"What?" he asked, placing his fingers beneath her chin and turning her face towards his. She stared at him with her piercing azure-blue eyes that always captured everyone's attention.
"What if." Caitlin paused looking away. "What if your family doesn't like me?" Simon smiled at her.
"They are going to love you! I know I do," he replied taking her hand in his. Catching Simon's gaze, she couldn't help but smile back.
"I love you too." Caitlin slowly wrapped her arms around Simon's neck and kissed him passionately.
"I mean, I feel like I already know and love them because you talk about them all the time. Not to mention all the other people who hang around," she smiled, her arms still wrapped around him. "I just don't want to be disappointed. I don't want them to be disappointed in your choice of girlfriends. I don't want you to be disappointed in their reaction," Caitlin paused, replaying what she had just said in her head. She began to laugh at herself. "Call me strange, but I'm not a big fan of disappointment."
"Don't worry. I understand," Simon said smiling.
"And what about this?" Caitlin asked displaying the silver band around the ring finger of her left hand.
"It's just a promise ring." He stared at it with a confused look on her face.
"What!" she laughed, slapping his arm playfully. "Do you give every girl you date a promise ring?"
He stared at her silent before a slow smirk spread across his face.
"Simon!" she yelled. Caitlin snatched a pillow from his bed and whacked him on the side of his head.
"OK! OK!" he surrendered protecting his head from the blows of the pillow. "Of course not!
"Just to clear that up," she smiled tossing the pillow back on the bed.
"As long as we are not engaged or married yet, my parents will love you!" he smiled.
"Yet?" Caitlin replied noticing Simon's emphasis of the word.
"Yes, yet," he replied calmly. "You can't rush these things. Personally, I love taking things slow." Simon slowly reached his hand under her chin and met her lips with his.
Once they released, Caitlin said, "I like taking things slow too." Again they kissed and continued doing so until Caitlin caught a look at her watch. "Oh, I got to go!" she said giving Simon one last kiss.
"Ok. I'll see you tomorrow morning right here," he said as she gathered her books into her arms.
"Yep! I'll be here! Bye!" she called to him as she scurried out of the room.
"Bye," he whispered staring down the hallway after the woman he loved.
A/N: See April and sarah! I didn't kill Lucy or Kevin because, yes they are the perfect couple! So Simon's got a new girl. I was never a huge Simon/Cecilia fan. Plus if she can go out, so can he. Anyways, I will write more later. Reviews please! Just tell me what you think and I will really appreciate it!
Chapter 4: The Escape
"Well, this is the part of the plan that kinda dropped down, literally," Ruthie again looked down at the ground at least twenty-five feet below them. "Usually in movies and stuff, they climb down the wooden fence things on the side of the house."
"Well, unfortunately, we don't have those," Lucy snapped her sister out of TV world and back into reality.
"What about the sheets from our beds?" Ruthie asked.
"Another TV stereotype," Lucy replied stripping the beds of their comforters and bundling up the sheets, "but it's worth a try. What other choice do we have?"
Still aware of the fire banging at their door, the sisters straightened out the sheets they had gathered and began knotting them together.
"These are the times I wish I had done girl scouts," Ruthie stated, jerking the blankets, trying to tighten her freshly mad knot.
Lucy gathered the heap into her arms and thrashed one end out the window while Ruthie held the other. Watching the sheets tumble down the side of the house, Lucy beckoned Ruthie over to her.
"Come on! We need to get out of here! Now I'll go first. We don't know if it works and I don't want you to fall," Lucy said securing the string of sheets to the bed frame.
"Are you sure, Luce?" Ruthie asked looking down at Lucy's injured arm covered with a now blood-soaked rag.
"Yea, I'm sure," she replied slowly crawling over the window frame. Grasping the sheets tightly with her right hand and her feet against the wall, Lucy cautiously lowered herself down towards the ground. One step at a time, she told herself, not particularly afraid of heights, but her situation wouldn't be very appealing to anyone.
Finally, after what seemed like forever, Lucy felt the soft ground beneath her feet. She breathed a sigh of relief although still fearing for her sister's safety.
"Lucy!" Ruthie screamed from above her. "You ok?"
"Come on!" Lucy replied making sure their escape was still secure. Lucy then watched Ruthie crawl out the window, grab hold of the rope, and push her weight against the brick wall. Half way down, her foot suddenly slipped, dragging her body against the rough brick. She clutched to the sheets for dear-life as her screams echoed down the street.
"Lucy!" Ben called as he ran towards her.
"Ben!?" Lucy replied, a bit confused about what he was doing there, but thankful. "Hurry! Ruthie's stuck!"
Ben looked up to see Ruthie hanging for her life, blood trickling down her leg.
"OK, Ruthie! You're going to have to let go! I'll catch you!" Ben yelled up at her, trying to sound calm.
Trusting Ben and her gut, Ruthie released the sheets. She fell two floors, landing safely in Ben's arms.
"Let's get you to the paramedics," Ben said inspecting her torn leg. He rushed Ruthie up to the trucks lined along the street. As Lucy slowly followed them, she looked back at the window they had just escaped through. Flames could now be seen emerging from inside while smoke was still bellowing out.
"Lucy!" She looked away from the window at the sound of her name. Kevin was running towards her.
"Kevin," she breathed a sigh as she collapsed in his warm embrace. She buried her ash-spotted face into her jacket. Knowing her sister was safe, Lucy realized the piercing pain in her arm she had been ignoring since her escape. She cringed and let out a small shriek. Worried, Kevin released his wife, noticing the blood-soaked towel. Pulling back the wrap, Kevin looked up to see a pain-stricken expression on Lucy's face.
After replacing the rags gently, Kevin said softly, "You're going to be ok now, Luce." He knew that at any moment, his wife would faint. Wanting her to be on a bed when this happened, he allowed her to relax her body against his and kissed her forehead. He guided her towards the screaming sirens. Then it dawned on her.
"Did they get my parents and the boys out?" Lucy asked, feeling as if a bunch of bricks had just fallen on her shoulders.
"I don't know, Luce," Kevin replied looking back at the place his wife had called home nearly all of her life. He paused before he said, "I haven't seen them."
~~~
Meanwhile.
"Simon?" a voice sounded from Simon Camden's dorm room as he unlocked the door and walked in.
"Hey," he replied setting his books on her computer desk. He approached his girlfriend who was sitting at a table, the surface covered with her study materials. Simon leaned over and kissed her.
"I hope you don't mind. The girls in my dorm wouldn't keep the music down, so I had to crash somewhere. Was that ok?" Caitlin Felton asked her boyfriend looking up from her studies.
"Yea, it's fine," he replied taking a seat next to her. Noticing a saddened expression across her face, he brushed her long, auburn hair out of her face and asked, "Are you ok?"
"Yea, I guess. I was just thinking," she started.
"What?" he asked, placing his fingers beneath her chin and turning her face towards his. She stared at him with her piercing azure-blue eyes that always captured everyone's attention.
"What if." Caitlin paused looking away. "What if your family doesn't like me?" Simon smiled at her.
"They are going to love you! I know I do," he replied taking her hand in his. Catching Simon's gaze, she couldn't help but smile back.
"I love you too." Caitlin slowly wrapped her arms around Simon's neck and kissed him passionately.
"I mean, I feel like I already know and love them because you talk about them all the time. Not to mention all the other people who hang around," she smiled, her arms still wrapped around him. "I just don't want to be disappointed. I don't want them to be disappointed in your choice of girlfriends. I don't want you to be disappointed in their reaction," Caitlin paused, replaying what she had just said in her head. She began to laugh at herself. "Call me strange, but I'm not a big fan of disappointment."
"Don't worry. I understand," Simon said smiling.
"And what about this?" Caitlin asked displaying the silver band around the ring finger of her left hand.
"It's just a promise ring." He stared at it with a confused look on her face.
"What!" she laughed, slapping his arm playfully. "Do you give every girl you date a promise ring?"
He stared at her silent before a slow smirk spread across his face.
"Simon!" she yelled. Caitlin snatched a pillow from his bed and whacked him on the side of his head.
"OK! OK!" he surrendered protecting his head from the blows of the pillow. "Of course not!
"Just to clear that up," she smiled tossing the pillow back on the bed.
"As long as we are not engaged or married yet, my parents will love you!" he smiled.
"Yet?" Caitlin replied noticing Simon's emphasis of the word.
"Yes, yet," he replied calmly. "You can't rush these things. Personally, I love taking things slow." Simon slowly reached his hand under her chin and met her lips with his.
Once they released, Caitlin said, "I like taking things slow too." Again they kissed and continued doing so until Caitlin caught a look at her watch. "Oh, I got to go!" she said giving Simon one last kiss.
"Ok. I'll see you tomorrow morning right here," he said as she gathered her books into her arms.
"Yep! I'll be here! Bye!" she called to him as she scurried out of the room.
"Bye," he whispered staring down the hallway after the woman he loved.
A/N: See April and sarah! I didn't kill Lucy or Kevin because, yes they are the perfect couple! So Simon's got a new girl. I was never a huge Simon/Cecilia fan. Plus if she can go out, so can he. Anyways, I will write more later. Reviews please! Just tell me what you think and I will really appreciate it!