Chapter 3. The fire within
John stared down at the girl in front of him. Even though he had seen her on the battle field, this was the first time he had seen her off it. he had to admit she was beautiful with her olive colored skin, dark brown eyes, and hair so dark it was almost black. He realized what he was thinking and snapped out of it. he was not going to ogle a this young girl.
Amara sat still just staring up at Pyro, just hoping he did not want to cause any trouble. She locked her eyes with his, determine to show him that she was not afraid of him, even if he was taller than her, stronger than her, and probably more powerful than her.
"well?", she said , trying her best to stair him down.
"Well, what?", John asked, crocking an eyebrow
"Are you going to fight me, or just stair at me?", she asked, hopeing he did not actually want to fight.
"Well the way I see it is..", he paused to come and stand beside her, leaning on the side of the oak tree, "This is my time off, so I can't really be bothered to put up a fight with such a pretty thing as yourself".
Amara blushed slightly at being called pretty. John noticed and decided that she looked even more beautiful when she blushed. 'I have to make the Sheila do that more often', he thought . John looked down at her again, as she had goon silent after his remark, and noticed the book sitting in her lap. "The fire within", he read out loud.
"What?", Amara said, looking up at him now that she had managed to drain her face of the excess colour.
"The fire within", John repeated pointing at the book in her lap.
"Oh, that's just a book I write in sometimes", she said trying to stuff it behind her back.
this action intrigued John, and in one fluid movement he swiped the book from out of her hands. "Hay, that's personal!", Amara protested.
"Is it now", Pyro said, as he flipped it open.
"Give it back now!". She stood up and launched herself at John, but John just held the book higher.
"Now, now Sheila I just want to take a squiz"
with that said he placed his hand on her head, and pushed back, so that she was an arms length away from him.
"I will not be treated like a child!", she protested, trying to launch herself at John, only to be prevented, as held his arm further out.
Using his thumb he turned the front page of the book, to find a diary entry. Not finding that overly interesting he turned the page. Now this was more interesting, John found himself look at a page full of flames, scribbled with a heavy lead pencil. Using his thumb he turned another page to find another diary entry. He decided it would be best to flip to a more recent page, so this time he turned a clump of the pages, and was delighted with what he saw. Pictures of camp fires, volcanoes, and various burning objects. Smiling he dropped his hand from it position of holding her back.
"If I didn't know better I would say that you are more obsessed with fire than me"
free from his hold, Amara launched herself at him again, surprised when he held the book, and grabbed her around the waist pulling her closer. He locked his eyes with hers.
"Not so fast Sheila, I have proposition to make with you", he smiled, his best seductive smile.
"I don't make propositions with the enemy", she growled at him.
"That hurts luv, but since you don't seem interested", he let go of her waist and backed off, pulling his lighter from his pocket, "I'll just burn your book 'ere".
"NO", she said racing forward.
"Un arr", he said lighting the lighter, making her stop in her tracks. He then held the lighter up to the book.
"STOP!,", she yelled, "Ok, I'll listen"
"You want to hear my proposition?", he asked, pausing.
"Yes"
"well it's very simple, in exchange for this book here, you help me write my book"
"What, I can't do that, it's cheating"
"No, it's not if I just read what I've written to you, and you tell me where I can improve on it, nuthin' hard, I'm sure you could manage it"
"Well..."
"Well", Pyro repeated, holding the lighter closer.
"Ok, ok, I'l help you right you book", she said, sighing in defeat.
"Good, met me back her tomorrow at one", he said, turning to leave.
"Wait!, what about my book?"
Smiling, Pyro turned back around to face her, holding the book up, "My insurance"
"Wait!, that's not fair!", but before she protest more Pyro had picked up his laptop and left, leaving a fuming Magma in the park.
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AN: ok, that was good right?, any way. I would like to state to the people out there that I will not be mixing this romance by having other couples get together as well, this is purely Amara and St. John's time. It's a pity that there is not much Amyro around, but I can fix that. I am going away for a week soon so there will be no updates for a while, but bare with me, this story is just starting to get interesting, and I plan to take it further.