Jade
It's been a few weeks since Dinah's party, I was currently at work and unfortunately guess who had to join me....that's right the whole clan. Fuck my life.
"So Thirlwall you been talking to Perrie much?" I groaned.
"Lauren we are on a call out to a major fire and your asking me about my love life? How did you even become a firefighter?" She rolled her eyes and shoved my shoulder.
"She's not wrong you know Jauregui your so unfit I swear you just fake the tests we take." Dinah pitched in with a laugh.
"Fuck off" she grumbled
"Really though Jade how's things with Perrie?" Normai called from the front seat
"What the hell Mani not you too? You're supposed to tell them to shut it." She didn't even get the chance to say anything before Lauren butted in.
"Normani won't be telling Dinah to shut anything, including her legs." She said that last bit as a whisper so only me and Dinah heard. Dinah went tomato red and I busted out laughing as Normani and Lauren started their usual bickering about what she said this time. Luke and Ashton who were also in the front gave all they could to stop them but it was no use. Ha who would have thought?
'I definitely won't be informing them of our first date tonight then' i thought to myself. I really needed this to be a quick in and out but as we pulled up to the scene that was definitely not the case.
We all gasped at the sight. An entire block of flats had caught fire, people hung out of windows screaming for help and the roof looked on the verge of falling through. It was at this exact point that I remembered why I would put my life in the hands of these people. Instantly we went into fire mode, jumping out of the car and getting ready to save these people. Luke, Normani and Dinah stayed at he truck starting up the hose and getting the ladder up. This was no small job.
"You ready Thirlwall, Jauregui?" Ashton shouted over at us. We had to go in and save the people.
"Jauregui with me third floor after that we move down. Erwin take the second and move down to the first." And with that we ran Lauren on my heels as we sprinted through the burning block.
Three flights of stairs later we arrived at the first flats I looked at her as if to say 'see you on the other side?' She nodded as we clapped our hands together and took one flat each.
I instantly ran to a girl lay across the kitchen area obviously passed out. I checked her pulse.
Alive. Thank god.
I lifted her to my shoulder and began to run to the window. With luck Dinah had hoisted the ladder up and was waiting for us to get people through. She was uncontious to I had to pass her through to Dinah. Luckily she was young so wasn't that heavy and the ladder was sturdily close to the window. The first move was successful. Now for the rest.
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Lauren
This block was a nightmare it hadn't been long but the place was falling apart and we were on the second floor. We'd got everyone out who we saw but there's no telling.
"Thirlwall the ceiling gunna go lets go!" I screamed at my best friend who was frantically looking around she stopped on a little boy who was curled up in one of the other rooms. It was about to collapse.
"No Thirlwall come on you can't risk that"
"LAUREN I FUCKING HAVE TO!" She shouted back running forward. I couldn't help but run after her but we were too late the ceiling was caving so we did what we knew best and covered the boy with our own bodies and let the ceiling fall.
It fell fast and all at once.
Then there was black.
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I awoke to someone prodding my neck, and just as I was about to slap their hand away with a show of the finger just for good measure I was cut short with an unfarmiliar voice saying "ahh glad you could join us again miss Jauregui" my eyes slowly opened and I was met with the farmiliar station ceiling and the faces of 6 people: Normani, Dinah, Luke, Ashton and the paramedic. How the hell did I get back here I swear I just got crushed by a falling bit of roof.
"How? Why? What?" I was extremely confused and my throat hurt so in my dazed state that's all I could say.
"Dinah you wanna explain what happened?" Luke pushed Dinah's shoulder
"This should be good" I voiced quietly
"Where do you want me to start?" I was getting annoyed now.
"Dinah I don't care. Just tell me how the fuck I got here, why there's a paramedic prodding my neck, and where the little boy is" She looked at me blankly "THE FUCKING ROOF FALLING IN DINAH YOU PLANK! Start with the bloody roof falling on me and...Jade." Realisation hit me, Jade wasn't here. "And can someone please have the courtesy of telling me where the shit balls my best friend is."
"Ok maybe I suggest a little less stress." The paramedic but in "how about you recount it instead." He pointed at Ashton.
"Ok so after the roof fell on you and Jade you were knocked out. fortunately Jade was still here so she grabbed the toddler and put him over her shoulder whilst dragging you down two flights of stairs via the scruff of your uniform."
"Wait she did it all at once?" Dinah spoke up. We all glared at her and she put her head down, I motioned for Ashton to carry on.
"Yes she did. Anyway the boy is absolutely fine and after initial checks you were brought back here with a paramedic, still unconscious of course, and Jade was taken to have check ups."
"Oh thank god" I breathed out air I didn't even know I was holding in.
She was ok.
Jade
Im late. That's all I could think about as they poked and prodded at my dislocated shoulder and my majorly bruised leg and face. This day was not supposed to go like this, I was supposed to have my first date with a girl I really fucking like and it all goes perfect and she likes me too. Guess what it didn't go like that. My smart arse got smacked in the shoulder with a ceiling which proceeded to throw itself at my face creating lovely big bruises, and don't even get me started on Lauren. She was instantly knocked out and fell onto my leg so her and the ceiling weight bruised all up my leg as well. Speaking of Lauren I haven't got the call to say she's woken up yet, I wonder if she's ok it would kill me if she wasn't we've been friends since my first day at the station. We were only nineteen and let me tell you we had no idea what we were getting into...
Flashback
"This is kind of shit isn't it?" Some girl whispered from my side.
"I think it's great" another on my right this time chimed in
"I don't know it's fun but it's getting a little boring I just want to start you know?" I whispered back to apparently the both of them.
"I agree" the girl one down on my right who had decided to put her two cents in too spoke up.
"Lauren" the raven haired girl on my left added with a hand out and a look at me up and down through her piercing green eyes.
"Well hello planet green eyes I'm Jade" I shook her hand. She laughed and rolled her eyes "like I haven't heard 'planet green eyes' before" I giggled in return. Wow I think this isn't going to be so bad.
I later found out that the nerd on my right was Normani and to her right drooling over her was Dinah. My best friends. People I put my life on the line for everyday, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
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After some more invasive testing I was finally released and boy was I ready to go. First I had to call Lauren's phone and to my delight (not that I told her that) she answered.
"Hey"
"God is that really you?"
"Yeh"
"Damn I was hoping the ceiling would hit you harder" she laughed
"Why thank you I was hoping not to hear from you for a while either" I giggled back, this was our little 'I'm actually glad you're okay'
"Okay then listen I'll come and visit your house tomorrow as they're not letting us back to work for a week."
"Ok see you Jed" I smiled at the nickname. When I first introduced myself to Lauren she couldn't pronounce my name so it came out as 'jed' instead of 'jade'.
"Bye Lozza"
I put the phone down; I was glad she was ok. Now on to the next person, I started my car and began to drive about 20 minutes down the road. Suddenly, as I pulled up to where I wanted to go my phone started going mad. Apparently it took a minute to get all of my texts and calls through.
6 missed calls from: Perrie 😊
5:50pm
Perrie 😊: hey jade, just checking that I got the time right. We said at my place for 6 right? Xx
6:15pm
Perrie 😊: it's okay if you're a little late you know? X
7:00
Perrie 😊:jade?
7:30
Perrie 😊: are you still coming?
8:30
Perrie 😊: I saw a block of flats on the news? Said that the local fire department went out to help? Hope you okay xxx
I smiled when I read the last one, she was so nice and caring and I'd put her through 3 hours of waiting just for me, if she'd even waited. It was currently 9 and I was parked outside her house checking all the texts I got from her.
I decided it was time to go in, or at lest knock and explain. So I shut my car door and walked up to the door.
I knocked twice and instantly heard shuffling around behind it, she was home. The door opened a crack to reveal Perrie in sweats holding a baseball bat.
"Umm Your not going to hit me with that are you? I've already got a few bruises today." She just froze staring at my few injuries "oh my god" she breathed grabbing me in for a tight hug. I whimpered a little under the touch on my shoulder and she pulled back immediately. "What the hell happened to you?" I let out a slight chuckle before realising we were still in her doorway. "I would love to tell you but my leg really bloody kills and we're still standing in your door way in the middle of your dodgy neighbourhood." She chuckled too and lead me through the house into the living room where she sat facing me on her sofa which was situated in the middle of the room.
I explained the story of everything that had happened smiling as she took my hand half way through and just held it until I was done "wow" was all she could say "I know" I said leaning back into the sofa. We sat in a confertable scilence for a few minutes just watching the tv which was playing on a low volume in the back round. "Jade?" I turned my head toward her "I was really worried about you. They said that that there were a few casualties, I was really scared." I looked her dead in the eyes.
"Look at me Pez, I'm here, I'm breathing. I may be a little bruised but guess what I'm still here. And I'm not even worried about that, I'm more sorry about missing our date." She rolled her eyes at my statement "Jade Thirlwall I don't think you've got your priorities straight" I laughed and moved closer to her
"I don't think any thing about me is straight to be fair." She threw her head back in laughter, thank god some of the tension had be relieved.
"Jade? Could we just like cuddle and watch tv please?"
"Why did you even ask of course I want to do that" she moved closer to me as she was on my right so it was okay. She rested her head on my shoulder and I put my arm around her.
"Is this crazy?" She whispered "we've only just met" I sighed and thought it threw
"I feel like I've known you forever" I settled on saying. She smiled and just nuzzled further into me. Damn I really needed this.