Broken Not Free

"yeah, it just shocked me. there must really be something electrical going on.” sure, she was lying out her ass, but what else was she supposed to do in a situation where she was trying not to panic? the truth was, she shouldn’t be down playing the fact that she thought this was a fire if it really was. lying to alexis could only make it more dangerous for her, less on guard if something were to actually happen. but it was part of her very essence to make sure that she protected her sister at all costs. and until she knew for sure what was happening, there was no point in working up her nerves.

                    still, she wasn’t sure how successful she was in keeping                     the shakiness out of her voice. which made her cover                     it up with a nervous laugh, naturally. rose wanted to                     confirm or deny her suspicions immediately, but opening                     the door could make the fire spread faster, assuming                     there was one. “unless i could fly.” rolling her eyes and                     trying to act normal was nearly impossible. it was like                     she was watching herself from above, internal rose                     screaming her head off to get the fuck out of here.                     only she had a hunch, and if her gut was right, there                     was no way out of here.

that’s when adrenaline kicked in as she watched the back of her sister’s head that scoped out the area  outside, and she knew she had to do something. anything. she just didn’t know what. “just——let me——” rose put her hand back on the handle, wincing at the heat as she prepared herself to pull it open just a crack. flaming heat engulfed her face, and it immediately made her cough and flinch back, slamming the door as quickly as possible. she backed away from the door, staring at it with stunned eyes. it took a few seconds for it to hit her. but she was already on her way to the first window she could reach without wasting anymore time. "lex, close the windows. hurry up!" it was almost a snap, the way she yelled it, but she couldn’t help it. she got intense when she was in panic mode.

                     it was already suffocating to breathe no fresh air when                      she knew what was outside the door, but she knew it                      was worse to have windows open when a fire was                      spreading. thank god for all the fire safety seminars                      she had to sit through due to moving schools so often.                      maybe it was good for something, finally.

She freaked out and closed the windows when she was told to. There was no way that they would survive this. There was no way out. They didn't have a working phone to call the fire department, the alarm wasn't going off so no one else would call, they were going to die in that room, and there was nothing they could do about it.