Runaway H.S ( A Vampire Love Story )

The disaster

a/n : My name is Nehal I'm 18 and this is my first  book ever so please show some love..I hope you all like it :)

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I was lying asleep when I heard my mum yell 
" Elle wake up "
I groaned, asking her for a few more mins.
S she shakes me aggressively.
I shoot up and look at her face which was pale as if she was seeing death right before her. ''Mum what's wrong ?"
she hurriedly said
" There's an electric shock circuit down our apartment on the ground floor, hurry we need to get out of the building immediately" .

I rushed myself out of my house only to come in contact with a thick grey smoke. Everywhere. Apparently the shock circuit had taken place on the ground floor.
I lived in an old building which had wooden stairs which caught fire and we lived on the first floor. My brain was paralyzed, I didn't know what to do,I couldn't find my mum in the thick smoke before me nor could I breath normally,I was suffocating almost on the verge to pass out when I felt my body being pulled forcefully by a hand.
My friend Starla who lived in the apartment next to me, it was her mum. The apartment in which I lived had a wide balcony but it was grilled so there was no way we could get out through it but my neighbor's balcony wasn't because they had a small sized balcony compared to ours, so we did have a chance to escape. Yes, but how ? If we jump from the first floor to the ground I'm sure as hell we'd end up breaking all 206 bones in our bodies not to exaggerate but we'd be half dead.
We were panicking very hard, you could hear the people in our building screaming for help which led the people around the streets to  gather, one of them saw us and got a big ladder from the Zoroastrian fire temple I guess they had it in there and they were ready to help. The man who got the ladder leaned it against the balcony where me my mum and Starla's mum were sobbing both in fear and panic, My friend starla was lucky she didn't experience this because she had early school and so she was off to it before this happened. After the ladder was set I was the first to climb out of the balcony and climb down the ladder, then my mum followed by Starla's mum. We were safe. I looked around to see my dad and my grandparents. they were safe too. The whole building slowly caught fire and I heard the gas tanks explode as fire wilded further in the building. I saw a lady with her almost 1 year old baby on the third floor crying and screaming for help.
We did call the fire brigade but they were not yet here. The lady screamed in utter pain and cried for help, the fire furling upwards through the wooden stairs. She couldn't go up nor could she get down.
She then came upto her open balcony and decided to throw her baby out the balcony. It was so unexpected but the men down watching grabbed the baby as it fell down. Now it was her who was crying continuously in fear of what would happen to her .
I could see it in her eyes she begged for help, she cried but nothing happened she felt the heat of the fire coming close to her. The only thought that came to her mind was to jump out of the balcony. She stood there for a second or two, shut her eyes, the people down there were shouting and screaming to the thought of her jumping down but she gave in. She jumped out of the balcony the people tried to catch her but they couldn't. She was massively and deeply injured after a few moments the fire brigade came along with the ambulance which someone would've called when she was contemplating her decision. The ambulance took her away and other injured people.
I saw this, I saw it all.
My house the memories which I shared from it the things I wished to cherish all my life. My guitar, my first ipod which dad had gifted to me, my pictures from the childhood. Everything from cash to furniture all down in flames. Nothing could be worse I thought to myself with tears running down my pale cheeks to my lips. I could feel my lips taste salty which was probably my tears but I was too sad,too shook to move, to talk, to just do anything at all and suddenly I heard the gas tanks blast one after the other and with a loud thud the whole building collapsed.
I broke, down on my knees. All the people who live in that building were in tears, immense sorrows in their eyes, feeling of homelessness fearing before them. Everything just came to all of us.

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Two weeks passed by since the incident and I had my finals around the corner, I didn't have any books to study with and currently my family was living with my mom's parents in their house. I didn't speak after that incident, I barely talked
" dad I don't know if I'll be able to make it this time " I spoke softly breaking out the silence to him
" it's gonna be alright darling we'll make it through this, you can go study with cara for your finals, I'm sure you'll make me proud" he says pecking my forehead and I smiled faintly in response.

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" Elle"
Cara gasped as she saw me at her door and pulled me into a warm tight hug. It felt nice for once and I hugged her back lightly and gave her a small smile.
" I'm so sorry "
she said, I felt the sadness in her voice, after all we've been best friends since we were in the primary school. I nod at her words and she asks if I'd like to eat something but I refuse.
I sit on her bed silently, letting my thoughts come at me all over again. But there was a strange thing that happened..very strange, almost unrealistic. When I was out of my house in the dark,thick, grey smoke of the fire I felt somebody touch my waist, I felt like someone was present there with me like I wasn't alone. maybe I was imagining things at that moment
"Elle"  cara shrieked
  I snapped out of my thoughts and looked at her, my wide widening at the scene before me. she brought me two pizzas, some coke and fries
" you didn't have to babe-"

" Oh shut up, tell me which movie do you want to see?"
she smirked and asked smiling proudly.
" Aren't I here for studying?"
  I questioned raising my brow
" yes you are but looking at you right now I feel like whatever I'll teach you will go in one ear of yours and come right out of the other "
I smirked at her words and she smiled warmly
" I know it's tough but you're strong, I know you and I'm right here always. " she said holding my arm
" thank you " I replied hugging her
" now the movie ?"
"yes!" I smiled.

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A/n : Tadaaaaa my first chap is here and I'm so happy! I never thought I'd write a story but here I am yay, let me know if you guys liked it xx.
All the love, N.