Embers
Ummm
In the present....
The cops burst through the door and surrounded us, clapping handcuffs around our wrists and forcing us through the beaten doors of their tiny squad cars. I tried to battle my way to Allen but they forced my head down and crammed me into the back of a car by myself. Through the dusty windows I could see dad, Aunt Kat and Jack being confined in similar ones.
A police officer climbed into the driver's seat and barked a few words to his colleagues outside who dragging a limp body from the house. They opened the door and pushed Allen carelessly inside with me. One of them climbed in beside the driver and the engine started.
"Allen?" I gasped, propping him up against the seat. His eyes cracked open slightly.
"Dove?" He rasped dryly.
I looked at him in shock. "You're... alive?"
He grinned. "Hi." He rasped again. I scrabbled for my flask of nectar and helped him trickle some into his mouth.
"Better?" I asked, sure I was blushing furiously.
"Better." He said. "Listen, Dove. I, um, I heard what you said."
"Ummm." I said. The floor suddenly became very interesting.
"Look, I, er. Well, what I mean is. Oh gods just..." He stammered. "Don't you dare die either."
"Uhhh." I said. He reached a battered hand over and slipped it into mine. I stole a look at him and he smiled, cracked lips bleeding a little as he did so. If I hadn't been blushing before then I definitely was.
We sat in silence for a very awkward minute. Allen broke the silence, pulling his hand from my lap and running a hand through my hair, his other hand dangling awkwardly in the air, handcuffs clacking. "C- can I kiss you?" He asked.
My eyes shot up from the floor and I stared at him. "Ummm." I said, a smile forcing its way onto my mouth.
He smiled back and leaned down towards me just as the car stopped and we were ripped apart, angry Chinese police officers pulling us from the car in opposite directions.
"Allen!" I screamed.
"Dove!" He replied, his voice already too far away.
The officers pushed my head down and forced me into a dark doorway, tears falling down my cheeks and choking my breaths. "Allen." I whispered.
The cops burst through the door and surrounded us, clapping handcuffs around our wrists and forcing us through the beaten doors of their tiny squad cars. I tried to battle my way to Allen but they forced my head down and crammed me into the back of a car by myself. Through the dusty windows I could see dad, Aunt Kat and Jack being confined in similar ones.
A police officer climbed into the driver's seat and barked a few words to his colleagues outside who dragging a limp body from the house. They opened the door and pushed Allen carelessly inside with me. One of them climbed in beside the driver and the engine started.
"Allen?" I gasped, propping him up against the seat. His eyes cracked open slightly.
"Dove?" He rasped dryly.
I looked at him in shock. "You're... alive?"
He grinned. "Hi." He rasped again. I scrabbled for my flask of nectar and helped him trickle some into his mouth.
"Better?" I asked, sure I was blushing furiously.
"Better." He said. "Listen, Dove. I, um, I heard what you said."
"Ummm." I said. The floor suddenly became very interesting.
"Look, I, er. Well, what I mean is. Oh gods just..." He stammered. "Don't you dare die either."
"Uhhh." I said. He reached a battered hand over and slipped it into mine. I stole a look at him and he smiled, cracked lips bleeding a little as he did so. If I hadn't been blushing before then I definitely was.
We sat in silence for a very awkward minute. Allen broke the silence, pulling his hand from my lap and running a hand through my hair, his other hand dangling awkwardly in the air, handcuffs clacking. "C- can I kiss you?" He asked.
My eyes shot up from the floor and I stared at him. "Ummm." I said, a smile forcing its way onto my mouth.
He smiled back and leaned down towards me just as the car stopped and we were ripped apart, angry Chinese police officers pulling us from the car in opposite directions.
"Allen!" I screamed.
"Dove!" He replied, his voice already too far away.
The officers pushed my head down and forced me into a dark doorway, tears falling down my cheeks and choking my breaths. "Allen." I whispered.
WHAAAAATTTTTTT!!!! LEO IS ALIVE????
9/28/14