Chapter 6. The Flame of Love

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"Layla? What are you doing here?" Warren asked as he answered the door of his apartment.

"Just wanted to say hi. Where's Chris?" Layla asked as she walked in.

"I think she's at the gym. Ok, what do ya want?" Warren grinned.

"What? Nothing! Why would you think there was a special reason for me to come over? Ok sit down and I'll tell you." Layla said after some knowing looks from Warren. She couldn't figure out why but he had a weird way of making her say what was on her mind. She often wondered if his dad was like that.

"Well first, thanks for sticking up for me earlier today." Layla began.

"No problem." Warren said grinning.

"So, the mane reason I came over is..."

"Yeah?"

"I've never seen you flame up your whole body like that! I never even knew you could!" Layla finally blurted out.

"You know what? I never knew I could do it either. I guess I was just so worried about you and so mad at Will, that I just ,like, supercharged or something!" Warren said looking at the ground.

"Well, thanks for caring. Even though it's not like you at all." Layla said taking Warren's hand in her own.

As Warren looked up at Layla he saw that their faces were surprisingly close. For the first time he noticed how cool and earthy her skin was, and she discovered his skin was like a river of molten lava that overcomes you. Their faces inched closer even though they weren't thinking about it at the time. Finally their lips touched and for the first time in both of their lives, they felt truly loved.

"Hey guys! How's it going? Hope I didn't disrupt anything." Chris said walking in the door.

"No. No. It's ok." They answered almost in unison.

"Ok. Cool." Chris said walking into the kitchen.

"Well I guess I'd better be getting home!" Layla said getting up and walking to the door.

"I'll walk you home." Warren said also getting up.

"Thanks." Layla said walking out the door.

After Warren told Chris they were going out they made their way down the dark street in the direction of Layla's house.

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"Bye, Warren. Thanks for walking me home." Layla said once they got to her house.

"Your welcome. Just try not to spread it around school that I did it." Warren whispered.

"I won't." Layla giggled. Just as Warren was about to walk away Layla pulled him back over and gave him a quick goodnight kiss.

"See ya at school." Layla said walking inside. As soon as she was inside she ran over to the window and peeked out the curtains just in time to see Warren jumping around and doing some kind of dance. She giggled to herself as she pulled the curtains closed again and preceded to lock up for the night. Just as she was about to go upstairs the phone rang. Since her mom was out late, she figured it was her saying she was on her way home.

"Hello?" Layla said into the phone.

"Stop hanging out with Peace." The voice on the other end said.

"Who is this? Will? Is that you?" Layla asked frantically into the phone.

"I said, stop hanging out with Peace. Or you will pay." The voice said before hanging up.

As Layla hung up she fingered the necklace Chris had given her just that morning. She felt hesitant to use it. For fear of waking Chris up. But then a noise at the back door finally pushed her to blow it. Before you could say Batman five times Chris and Warren were there at her front door.

"What is it? What's the matter? They asked.

"As Layla started she broke down in tears and collapsed into Warren's arms.

"It's ok. It's ok, Layla. We're here for you." Warren said as he lowered the sobbing Layla onto the couch.

After she calmed down she was able to tell the whole story of the happenings that night.

As soon as Chris had walked the grounds and made sure they were safe, she went off to follow a trail she had picked up. Only to have it come out a dead end. Since Layla had fallen asleep on the couch Chris carried her up to her bed and waited for her mom to get home. Once she did they headed of to their apartment to get some rest.