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~chapter 17: Left to die~

He smiled sheepishly at me and nodded.

I stared at him. "You. Set. My. House. On. fire!" I repeated. He took a step back from and held his hands up in defense.

"Look I'm sorry I didn't think it would spread this fast!" he argued.

I scoffed "It's fire you idiot! Of course it spreads fast!" I yelled.

"Stop yelling at me" he groaned.

I rolled my eyes "You're insane! Completely over the top mental! I can't believe you set my house on fire. Fuckin' fire. Why couldn't you just do something normal? Why fire?!" I screamed.

He shrugged "It means you have nowhere to live." he replied.

I gritted my teeth "It wasn't exactly the best house anyway." I spat.

He nodded "Yeah. It was pretty crappy" he mumbled.

"And I suppose fire makes it look a lot prettier, huh?" I asked sarcastically.

He glanced behind me "Not really, no" he answered.

I sighed "That was rhetorical. Seriously there's a huge fire behind me, spreading like, well like, Fire! And we're yelling at each other like a married couple. How in the hell do we get out of here?" I asked.

He shrugged "I don't know, I thought I'd be outta' here by now" he admitted.

I raised a brow "So not only were you planning on destroying my house, but you also were going to leave me in the building to burn to death?" he nodded sheepishly

"What a nice way to go" I mumbled.

"Why hasn't someone called 911 yet?" he asked.

I huffed "If you haven't noticed, my house hasn't got many neighbors. It's up to us, now, have you got a phone on you?" I asked.

He shook his head "Have you?" he asked.

I laughed dryly "Have you seen how I live? Do you honestly think I can afford a freakin' phone?" I screamed.

"Whoa, no need to flip out on me, it's not my fault-" he was cut of by a loud crash.

I froze, terrified to look behind me. "What's going on?" I asked.

He didn't move, his gaze still held on the fire behind me.

"Dallas, what's happening?" I asked.

He looked at me. "The buildings collapsing...really fast. It looks like it's going to come completely down in next 5 minutes." he replied.

I went onto statue mode. Completely. And there were 3 very good reasons why that was a bad idea:

1. Dallas could easily leave me here alone, even though the fire was blocking the back door, so luckily the smoke was heading outside due to the fact my 'back door' was just a huge hole in the wall now, also the front door was jammed shut and impossible to open and has been since I moved in here.

2. The fire was spreading super fast. And my 'house' was collapsing, probably on top of us soon enough.

3. There was a huge, hot, dangerous fire behind me.

I blinked repeatedly, trying to find the ability to move again. I managed to shuffle on each foot and looked up at Dallas.

"Holy hell Dallas, what are we gonna do?" I clutched onto my throat as I felt the wind finally blow the smoke into the house, causing a black cloud so surround us. I broke out into a coughing fit, as Dallas gasped for air.

"Still think this was a good idea, ass hole?" I choked out.

The smoke disappeared outside again after a few moments, still leaving my airways blocked up and burning.

"Ally, we have to get out" Dallas stressed.

I coughed again "Really? Wow, I was actually going to stay here and tan!" I replied sarcastically.

"Wow you're in a pissy mood" he snapped.

I decided not to answer and save my breath. I finally turned around and gasped.

The heat hit my face insatiably, causing my eyes to burn and snap shut. I hissed and covered my face with my hands. The heat was unbearable, feeling like tiny pieces of glass shattering into your skin. I managed to open my eyes for a few seconds, seeing a small gap between the fire and the door. It was only a few minutes before the fire would swallow it though.

I turned back to Dallas "There's a gap! We have to jump it" I told him.

He stared at me with a 'no way am I doing that' look. I sighed and grabbed his hand.

As much as a hate him at the moment plus he caused the fire, I couldn't exactly live with myself if I got free while he burnt to death.

I dragged him towards the fire. "Ally! Stop, you're going to kill us both" he stressed, as he tried to get out of my grasp.

I groaned and pulled him towards "Look here you fire starting, long-haired, idiotic prick, it's either jumping through that gap, and maybe getting out of this fire. Or you can stay here and feel your flesh burn while you scream for help!" I snapped, wincing as the image of what I just described finding its way into my mind.

He stared at me wide-eyed. He took a deep breath "If we don't make it, I'm really sorry about all this, you're actually, sorta' okay" he mumbled.

I rolled my eyes at him "Nice time to choose to apologise. Now let's go." I clung onto his hand as I bit my lip, debating whether to:

Jump and pull him with me, hoping for the best or Push him out of the opening and follow after him.

I decided to go for the latter. I took a deep breath and brought Dallas in front of me.

"When I count to 3, you jump, got it?" I asked. He nodded hesitantly.

I gulped "One" I whispered, shutting my eyes.

"Two" I continued.

I let go of his hand and moved them both to his back "Three" I yelled and pushed him. I kept my eyes shut. There was moment of silence, then a loud piercing yell.

Holy shit, I killed Dallas. I freakin' killed him.

"I'm out!" he yelled. I frowned and opened my eyes and sighed with relief. I didn't kill him, obviously.

"C'mon Ally" he yelled.

I blinked away the burning in my eyes from facing the fire again. "I'm coming" I mumbled.

I stood there for a while longer. I sighed and ran a hand through my hair.

"Dallas. I can't I'm too scared" I yelled.

"Ally, you have to jump, The whole buildings going to collapse any moment now, the fire has already spread to the rest of the house" he stressed.

He was right, the fire was now out of control, ushering its way around me to the rest of the building.

I sighed and walked a step towards the fire, gasping as the heat increased. I felt my knees begin to shake.

"Ally! Fuckin' jump" Dallas yelled.

"I-I-I" I stammered.

I didn't want to admit it out loud. But, truth be told, I desperately wanted Austin.

I wanted to go back to normal. I don't care if he didn't know how I lived. At least I'd be happy. And I wouldn't about to be risking my life by jumping into a fire.

I shut my eyes tightly and let out gasps of air. "Ally, you have to jump right now, I can see it collapsing" he yelled.

I opened my eyes and looked at Dallas "I can't! I really can't!" I cried. I felt weak and helpless. I knew I had to jump, but I couldn't bring myself to do. If this was movie, by now my knight in shining armour would come and save me. But, no, I'm stuck with Dallas, the idiot who started the fire.

I sighed "Come on Ally" I whispered to myself.

I took a step back "I'm gonna' jump" I yelled, making it sound like I was about to commit suicide.

Dallas smiled a little. "You can do it, just jump!" he yelled.

I nodded and took a few more steps back. I bit my lip and shut my eyes. I began to run up to the gap, and fire. I stopped mid-run as another crash rang through the house.

"Ally!" I heard a voice scream before I felt my body hit the ground.

I blacked out for a second, before opening my eyes again. I felt a heavy weight on my legs and looked down to see rubble and bricks covering my body, waist down. I then felt the shooting pain hit me, and I screamed in pain.

"Ally?" Dallas asked hesitantly.

I looked up "I can't move! There's all this crap on me, oh god it hurts so much" I screamed.

He tried to look in as the fire covered more of the gap. "Dallas, help me, please" I begged.

He sighed and looked to me, then to the open, then back at me. "I'm so sorry Ally" he replied before running off.

I think I'll leave it there:D Mwhaha! Seriously guys I can't write drama for shit so I'm sorry if this was really crappy...