Chapter 2: Flames of Stupidity
"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong".
- Edward Aloysius Murphy Jr.
Chapter 2: Flames of stupidity
Red... when this words pops in your head or was being mention by someone, one word would always connects with it.. Blood. And you also know that blood isn't the only red in this world, there's also fruits such a tomato and apple. Flames, flames has the color of red, deep red, amber and burning, we are afraid of fire but there are some who are attracted to fire ... do you wonder why?.. here's why..
Fire is hot when you touch it but when you step far away from it you would see the beauty it possesses, the way the flame dances and paired up with its sparks, the smoke that would appear and twirl around it before going upwards is a very enchanting view.
they are many people that would appreciate the view of a dancing flame, and peyton was once one of them, yes she was, but now she isn't.
Because this beautiful element was the reason she doesn't have any family anymore, and will be the reason she would perish in this world.
peyton stared at the hallway of their school building, the once white and grey theme was now starting to turn into black, the cool temperature of their hallway became warm, no warm is not the best description to what she's feeling right now, it was beyond warm, it was hot, she was burning, her skin is starting to feel the hotness of the element and she wonders how hadley feels because hadley was inside the building since the start of this accident.
covering her nose using her forearm, she struggles to cross the burning obstacles that would land in front of her, she sharpens her ears to try searching for a very familiar voice. and she succeed
"Peyton! help me please!" peyton without hesitation followed the voice and she stops in front of the art class,
Peyton was about to enter the room when a hand grasp her wrist, startled she turns around and was greeted by a face she never thought she'll see again.
it belong's to the man that distracted the cashier, ah right, she was right it is him. he was the reason why she needed to kiss the dry lips of the cashier lady.
"are you insane? the room is impossible to enter!" his voice was cold but a hint of concern could be detected and peyton didn't know why he cares, for all she knows there's only one person that she ever interacted with.
"peyton? are you there? pleaseeee help me" peyton turned her attention towards the room.
and closes her eyes thinking possibilities and consequences that might happen to her once she decided to choose one.
"peyton lets get out of here" she opened her eyes and stared at the man, the once cold eyes turned into desperation, peyton was confuse and she could not deny that she felt happy hearing someone else shows such emotion that hinted towards her.
but....
"peyton please it hurts"
"i'm sorry" she isn't a genius like how everyone describes her.
"peyton no!" she pulled his hand off her wrist and entered the room, a sharp burning pain immediately greeted her, but she doesn't care.
what hurt her the most was the cries of the only person she love.
"hadley" peyton called and roam her eyes around, woods that had been burned were laying on the floor yet still engulf in fire, the curtains are were already burned and the statues are now blacken because oft the flames.
one figure immediately attracted her attention.
"hadley" she said in a alarmed tone, half of hadley's face were red and bubbles were starting the appear and hr skin is beginning to tear, she looks horrible but peyton didn't say anything and blankly rushes towards her
"i am not pretty anymore" she heard her mumble, peyton took a deep exhale and carefully hugs her,
"peyton, why... why are you pettier than me?... why are you smarter than me?... why are you so perfect?"
peyton didn't answer and remained hugging her immobile body, she knows she could not get her out of the room anymore, and so she remains by her side... like how she stayed beside her when her parents died in the fire.
"Why... why why?"
peyton wanted to answer her question, she wanted to say she doesn't have any choice. she's the only kallid left in the family tree, she studies to finish school, she need to remain at the top spot to ensure her scholarship, she isn't pretty she's broken, and because of her she's not broken beyond repair, because of her she could keep going. but she knows hadley won't believe her so she stayed silent and hugged her.
suddenly a burning pain came in contact on her back, she releases a loud scream and immediately cease it when she heard the girl beside her whimpers.
"i love you"
"i hate you"
peyton could not help but chuckle but didn't retorted anything, she stared at the girl and bares the pain that slowly rushes in her system it's very painful, so painful yet the hate that hadley shows towards her pained her the most.
if only she could turn back time, where everything was okay, no fire and hadley was still pretending that she loves her.
she's really stupid isn't she?
sometimes she wonders if her life was already written and it was just waiting for her to take the step forward to start the first chapter of her story, if the life of the people around her were just nothing but just a passerby character in their life and her to them...
just like what's happening to her right now.
i wonder if things actually goes like this...
a young man that studies in Quincy academy was on his way to the garden when he decided to smoke but forgotten his lighter so he went back inside the building and search for a person that would help him,
and a student of home economics happens to have one,so she lent the lighter to him, while the pair was doing their business in front of a classroom a young lady carrying a bunch of books happen to pass by, while the young woman was walking and preparing to enter the classroom a student in home economics turned the stove on but forgotten the pot of curry soup in the sink and so he went to get it.
and here where everything goes wrong, the student council president was walking to his classroom and saw the student holding a cigarette and is lighting it, and everyone knows it's against rules so he scream madly, startling the student carrying a pot of soup and walking near the door causing him to slip, he tried to maintain his balance but accidentally touches the hot part of the pot causing him to throw it outside the room.
the soup was thrown on the floor the lady carrying the books didn't notice the soup and slips causing him to bump toward the lady and the lady accidentally bump towards the young man who's holding the lightened cigarette while arguing with the president.
when the young man received the sharp blow he was pinned painfully on the wall causing him to throw his cigarette and lighter towards the home economics room, here's what happened next... the male student who slipped stood up and unintentionally hits the lighter and cigarette using the top of his head causing the two objects to be thrown again towards the turned on stove.
and if only one of the situation in this scene didn't happen, if only the young woman was careful on walking, or if only the president didn't catch the young man's intention of smoking or if only the young man didn't forgot his lighter... no explosion would happen.
this situation really describes Murphy's law.
but it didn't change the fact of her stupidity,
if only... if only she could turn the time back, and return to where she was still ignorant of the world.
"peyton!" that voice... she seems to be familiar with that voice.
"you are so stupid... if only i met you earlier"
a smile carves in her mouth and she mouthed two words that made the person held her hands tightly.
'me too'
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at exactly 1:30 in the afternoon of September 21, 2020 , inside the art room of a flaming building lies three bodies burned into a horrifying degree, they face were beyond recognition but they were identified as...
'Hadley Smith'
'Peyton Kallid'
and 'Nicholas Sawyer'
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"If only God would pardon me for... one.. last.. desire"
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[Very well i shall grant you one wish]
"I... i haven't finish .. the priestess yet"
"just.. once... i want to be smart..."
"her... i just want her"
[hmm.. as... you wish]
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