As the three approached, the fire seemed as if it was about to go out, which made Sally sigh happily. She wouldn't have to run through fire for those webbed fools.

That is… Until a perfect fire feeding breeze blew past and the wooden doors caught on fire.

"FUCK!" she shouted as the carpet behind the door quickly caught ablaze and spread like light.

Screams were quickly heard from the upstairs and Sally sighed.

Eva looked at her, "You really aren't gonna rescue them, are you?"

"In order to keep the guys from going to jail, yeah. I kind of have to… Step back." she told them, stepping back a little. "Find a hose, douse the flames!" she said before running at full speed towards the weakened door.

Her shoulder hit it and she drove herself to the marble floor and rolled what ever flames had caught on her letterman jacket.

Standing, she waved out of the door to Eva and Johnny to show she was fine before bolting for the stairs.

Johnny's eyes widened, "Aw hell no! Hell no!" he looked at Eva, "Why'd you let her run in there alone?!"

"I gotta get the hose, remember? You wanna dance in the fire with her, be my guest!" Eva shouted back, then turned, jogging around Harrington House, looking for the hose.

Johnny made a noise like a snarl as he left- glaring at Eva then turned and mimicked what she'd done. He ran up the steps after her.

Sally was breathing through her tee shirt and squinting around, listening for the screams and squeels.

"HELP!!!" "I DON'T WANT TO DIE!" "I'M TOO RICH TO DIE!" it was coming from all over, so she ran to the first door and kicked it in, sending blazing splinters into the room.

No one was in it, she even glanced under the bed.

Stepping out of the room, she found Johnny coughing, "Johnny!? What the fuck're you doing in here?!"

"Helpin' you!" he snapped, "They're not on this floor- they're only on the third floor, tha's where they hang out." he exclaimed "Come on!"

She stopped him and pulled his shirt over his nose, then nodded for him to lead the way.

The smoke really stung her eyes and she blinked a lot as they watered.

Johnny covered his mouth and nose with one sleeve of his jacket and made his way down the hall and to the stairs.

As they made it to the third floor landing, Sally pointed to Johnny, then the doors closest to the stairs, "Get those. I'll take the others." she ordered, and quickly turned before he could argue.

Groaning he dragged himself into the room and snatched up the Preps- grabbing an arm of a random one and barking at him to grab hold of each other so he could lead them out. They did as they were told being frightened, spoiled rich kids.

Sally found Derby and Pinky, cowering in the second room, away from the others and she blinked, "Well!? Get the fuck up! Time to go! Come on! Come on! Let's move it! Run for the front door, if the fire's still there, run through it, don't stop, then roll on the ground to put the fire out! GO!"

The two nodded and began a lock legged walk, which aggravated Sally, "GO GOD DAMNIT!" and they bolted. "Stupid asses." she grumbled to herself under her shirt and moved to the next door, crouching low.

Johnny had barked at his group to follow her and came rushing up to Sally, "It's getting' crazy let's get outta here!" he exclaimed to her- grabbing her arm.

Coughing, Sally ran with Johnny, hoping to have gotten every one. Luckily, the main entrance was being hosed down by Eva, who would occasionally spray a whining Prep. Or a burning one…

Eva smiled as the two jogged out, "Thank God! It's just kept getting worse, and worse!"

"That's what happens when a bunch of snobs use up wood from an area that actually needs it for their stupid little spoiled club house." Sally attempted to growl out, but coughed a few times instead.

Johnny touched her shoulder lightly, "Stop barkin' already" he told her firmly, "Jus' breathe." he was mildly annoyed she'd risk herself for those damn preps.

She slapped his hand away, "I'll bark if I damn well please…" she then cleared her throat and grabbed the hose and walked up to Derby, hosing him down.

"What the hell, wench?!" Derby shouted.

"A fire starts and you fucking hide in your room!?! And you team up with SMITH?!" she coughed a bit.

"If you despise our actions so much, why'd you pull us out?" He coughed back.

"Because I'm a better person than you are. Eva? C'mon! We gotta find Jimmy. See what's happening in the dorms." Sally croaked out, quite soot covered.

"How about a rest, first?" Eva offered.

Johnny was not in a docile mood- usually he'd give up and let Sally go on pushing herself but not today.

Nope. He grabbed her arm and tugged her back, "Fuck! You still on about Smith?! Who gives a flying fuck what he's up to?! You're fuckin' breathin' wrong- covered in soot- just stop for a damn minute!" he snapped at her.

"FUCK YOU! Your opinion no longer matters, remember? You dropped me! So just fuck off! If Smith isn't stopped, he'll wreak havoc all over town!" She shouted, voice cracking slightly every now and then.

"Trouble in paradise?" Derby asked coyly, earning a swift knock out punch in the face from Sally.

"I don't need some ex boyfriend telling' me what I should and should not care about, Vincent. Now, if you don't mind…" she stepped away, "I have work to do." and she walked away, not even caring if Eva stayed with Johnny or followed her.

"FINE!" he screamed, eyes narrowed, "FUCK OFF! TAKE THE GANG! TAKE FUCKIN' EVA!!" he shouted breathing heavily with anger- turning and kicking Derby over and over in his bruised ribs until his anger had smoldered a little bit.

And he stomped off in the other direction.

Back at the boy's dorm everyone was relaxing like nothing had happened.

Sally burst through the doors, dirty looking and frowned, "Harrington House is burning down. Got those inbred insects out of it before they burned t'death." she growled slightly, pacing a little, still pissed at Johnny.

Eva came in and frowned at her, "You didn't have to yell at him like that, Sal."

"Not now, Eva." Sally growled again.

"What happened?" Peanut asked.

Jimmy cut across any explanation, "Ted and Juri locked Smith in the room down the hall. Go do whatever it is ya' wanna do with 'em. Costantinos has photographs of his plans so we can turn 'em to Happy Volts."

Sally smirked, "I love how you deliver, Jimmy." she said, before moving to pass Eva who grabbed her arm.

"Sal… Don't go down a path that's hard to get away from." he sounded remorseful, "This isn't the first time you've lost control of your anger… I've seen what you can do and it ain't pretty. I hid it from you last time, but I won't do it this time."

She yanked away, "I'm a big girl, Evan. I can handle myself and my affairs. And I know what I've done because I've done it."

"And do you regret it?" Eva asked solemnly.

"Not a chance." she said lowly before walking towards the door.

Eva sighed and rubbed his face with a large groan… It was not happening again! Not again! She'd lost her control before… Hoboy, those were bad times…

Peanut looked at Eva, "What happened?" he asked.

Glancing downwards, Eva set his back against the wall and slid down to sit on the floor, "She was focusing on defeating Smith… And Johnny not-so-politely suggested she stop and rest a while… After I tried to convince her the same. Well. She didn't take too kindly and said some…" he looked a little lost in his thoughts, "pretty unkind things to Johnny and it ended with both of them screaming at one another and walking away."

"...so they ain't ever gettin' back t'gether, huh?" Hal asked, a little sadly.

Peanut sighed heavily, "That... that's not cool..."

Vance shank down to sit next to Eva, "The hell'd she say t'him?" he asked, blinking.

Eva scratched through his blond hair before replying, ""Fuck you… Your opinion no longer matters, remember… You dropped me! So just fuck off! If Smith isn't stopped, he'll wreak havoc all over town!" and "I don't need some ex boyfriend telling' me what I should and should not care about, Vincent. Now, if you don't mind…" and finished with, "I have work to do."" he said…

Vance's eyes widened, "Th- that ain't fair!" he exclaimed, "Why'd she say that? What the fuck he do t-piss her off?" he asked getting defensive over Johnny.

"Man… Don't ask me! I don't have a connection into her head." Eva groaned, hating having to relay hateful words of a broken relationship to the guys who looked to Sally and Johnny as parent types. "I'm guessing she was just lashing out because she was hurt, still."

"What Johnny say?" Peanut asked, "Did he snap at her?" he asked.

"Probably- Johnny's an idiot!" Norton replied calmly.

Eva scoffed, "Technically, they both are. They tried to do things for each other, like keep and eye on people and stay away from the other to protect them, when they really didn't and don't need to. I guess you can say they both kind of unintentionally wounded each other."

"They're both idiots." Vance sighed and put his head in his hands, "Both of 'em. So damn stupid. The rest'a us knew it was okay.."

Eva smiled sadly and wrapped an arm around Vance, "It only works if they see it… Because it's their relationship. Not yours."

Vance leaned against him and sighed, "Can we beat 'em 'til they see it?" he asked.

Eva laughed lightly, shaking his head, "If you really wanna try your luck at hurting Sally in a physical manner, more power to yuh… I'll be waiting with the first aid kit when she's done."

Vance nodded, "Okay... then... you know her good... how?"

"The term is I know her well… And no, lover. This is not something we can fix for them… We can't beat any sense into either of them… Johnny's staying away from Sally because he doesn't want to hurt her… Sally's fulfilling her promise to protect Johnny by interacting with Smith… They won't realize that they personally, by hand, sabotaged their relationship." Eva explained… And he could swear he had told them this before.

Vance sighed again, "But I wanna fix it" he said, "I wanna make sure they're... happy."

Peanut nodded, "Johnny ain't never liked a broad so much. He obsessed over Lola but he didn' love her like how he loves Sally."

Eva nodded himself, "Johnny seems to have tied Sally down quite well… She was never so docile, as you guys had come to know her… Haven't we had these conversations, or am I losing my mind?" he looked at Vance for confirmation either way.

Vance laughed a bit, "Yeah we have... but we ain't fixed it yet so we ain't gonna stop havin' this conversation."

Eva rolled his eyes playfully, "Oh, God… Shoot me now!"

Vance made his fingers into a gun and held them to Eva's temple, "Bang." he said playfully, grinning.

Norton rolled his eyes at him.

Eva rolled his eyes into the back of his head, then fell to the side and didn't move for a while.

Vance poked him, "Hey... That's not funny.." he mumbled.

Eva still didn't move…

Vance pouted, "It's not funnyyyy."

Eva had to resist the urge to laugh, had to stay still, and he did.

Vance thought a moment then climbed on top of him and sat on his side- making sure it was uncomfortable for Eva. "Stop." he demanded.

Eva, without much effort, sat up quite quickly, "Sit on me, huh?! Do I look like a couch, young man?" he smirked, poking Vance in the sides playfully, then crossing his arms sternly.

Vance smirked, "Yup, ya' do." he said matter-of-factly, not getting up.

"That's not what you said last night…" Eva trailed off with an evil smirk.

Vance resisted the blush, he turned his head away pompously, "I can't recall that incident."

His speech had gotten much better since he and Eva started going together.

"Shall I retell it, then, so that every one can hear, Vance dear?" Eva said coyly, motioning towards the guys all watching.

Vance blushed, "That ain't funny." he mumbled.

"Wanna bet?" and Eva took a breath, as if to explain what goes on behind Eva's door at night.

Vance immediately slapped a hand over his mouth, "No." he said firmly.

Eva chuckled, then licked at Vance's palm slowly, attempting to gross him out.

Vance shivered but kept his hand there firmly.

Eva looked towards the guys with a shrug, as if saying, "I tried."

Norton smirked, "Tell us what ya' two did" he said wanting to make Vance squirm and he jerked the smaller boy up sharply away from Eva.

Eva smirked, "Well… Y'gotta set a mood, right? Like dim lighting, good music to get you in the mood… Perhaps some leather apparel and silk sheets…"

Vance blushed but Norton had a hand over his mouth to keep him from protesting. They all sat, not really caring about their relationship but eager to see Vance blush and whine and squirm, as always.