Cici had only asked for Jonas number because she knew and could tell Blaire was okay. She didn’t mean to seem heartless. However, when Jonas spoke to her… that it hit her how it seemed. She was so ashamed and embarrassed. How could she have possibly been so stupid to ask him for his number in a moment like this. He had luckily whispered to her. Right before she was about to respond to him a man grabbed his shoulder and spoke to him. Saying that he and Arelya called him a cab to go to a nearby hotel. The man then nodded his head at her before pulling Jonas by the arm as they walked away. She stood there a little shell shocked. Then some lady walked up to her and asked her where Jonas was during the fire. Cici looked at her and smiled “Jonas was giving me a tour of the house. We were upstairs in an office when the lady came in saying a fire was happening.” She said to the lady being honest, just leaving out the part where they did things.
While running around, trying to find the way out of the building, he had somehow lost hold of Camilas’ hand in his. He found himself in an empty hallway, smoke thick and he could barely see anything. Coughing, he crouched down close to the ground like they had taught kids to do back in elementary school. “Ca-Camila, I think we should…” He looked back and realized she was no were in sight.
He frantically looked around him as if she would appear before him out of thin air. “CAMILA!? BABY IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, SHOUT!” He hollered while fighting the urge to cough up a lunge.
He stretched his arms out in front of him as he slowly moved forward, feeling for any obstacle that may be in his way as he moved forward, staying as close to the ground as possible.
Breathing was starting to be painful as he continued searching for Camila. “CAMILA!!! WHERE ARE YOU LOVE?!!” He managed to scream out as he crawled towards a door. He continued to cough as he placed his hand against the door. It felt cold. Without thinking, he opened the door and crawled out.
The cold air outside hit him, sending a chill throughout him. Desperately trying to fill his lunges with the fresh air while he continued to cough.
“I enjoy myself a good Kinder Chocolate. What about you, my love?” He smiled as he walked around the small candy store.
Piper - @ChayChay05
He was dressed in the suit and tie that they had provided for him. But outside of that, he had no real clue what was going on. Not that he bothered to remember anything important. This was just another B.S. event that his adoptive family seem to do so often. He really didn’t like being this close to people who claim to care for him as if they were his flesh and blood.
He let out an annoyance groan while he was just standing around, just waiting for whatever it was that he was here for, to be over. He wanted to be back in the sweet loving arms of Jade.
Pulling out his phone, he noticed he got a text notification from Piper. He wondered what she was up to and decided to open up the text.
Hey… When we both get back we need to have a serious talk.
Are you available now? I have a few minutes to chat. What is up, lov?
Piper - @ChayChay05 Texted back
Mentioned: Jade
Clarissa nodded her head and adjusted her brown coat. It was getting more and more chilly and she could see the smoke from the cold air coming out of her mouth.
“okay, well, but why would you guys be in the office during…” She stopped herself in the middle of her sentence. “Nevermind.” She knew what kids got up to during parties and didn’t need to paint the picture for herself, although she wondered why Jonas would do that during a family Christmas party of all places. Still, there was a possibility that she was covering for him. She still suspected that Jonas started the fire because he was angry about the Elena situation and how everyone took her side. “Did Jonas go anywhere before you two went to the office? I know he was sitting next to you.”
@ChayChay05 - Cici
@Kate - Elena Mentioned
Jonas was staring at his phone with a smile, waiting for her to answer when finally, he saw a new text message from her. He quickly replied.
Chloe: Hey hotshot. Hmmm wouldn't you like to know
but who say's im wearing anything 😝
I'm sorry to hear that, do you want to talk about it?
Jonas: Well not really,
I just wanted to distract
myself haha.
So you're not wearing anything? 😏 😈
Are you still with Lorenzo?
Or whatever his name was.
Jonas sent the text message with a smile and then put his phone down on the desk in front of him as he thought about the first time they were intimate.
Flashback
Summer Escpades
They were neighbors and Jonas was staying at his parents vacation home. She happened to be his neighbor. He couldn’t help but to notice her slick jet black hair and tan long legs from beyond the fence. He had tried to seduce her by spraying water on himself and it ended up working. They were flirting as the days passed by talking to each other over the fence. He wanted to tease her and figure out who she was before the grand finale. Finally, the day before he was due to go back home, he snuck out of his bedroom window and went over to her house because her parents weren’t there. That was what they had planned, and it resulted in the best shower s3x of his life.
Jonas blinked. He was getting lost in the feeling of her skin in the shower. They slept together later on when she was dating Lorenzo but he couldn’t remember that time because they were both drunk. He was hoping to finish where they left off one day.
@Kate - Chloe
@ChayChay05 - Lorenzo Mentioned
As Ana got to the door about to open it and go in she saw Landon. “Oh my god there you are Landon. Are you ok? Where is Camila?” She asked while helping Landon up and getting him with everyone else and away from the house. “I am going to go in and find Camila.”
Camila was laying on the ground trying to army crawl out the house. The smoke from the fire was slowly taking over her lungs. She was coughing and as the smoke took over she faintly heard Landon say her name. She laid in the hall on the floor, passed out.
She thought about her favorite candy. “My favorite would have to be skittles. I love tasting the rainbow.” She said with a smile as they looked around. Piper felt her phone go off in her pocket. She pulled it out and glanced at it, seeing it was from Ian. She pressed the button to turn the screen off and slide it back in her pocket. She was busy at the moment so she decided to ignore the text for the time being.
The lady started to ask why they were in the office then said nevermind. Then the lady asked if Jonas went anywhere before they went to the office. “No ma’am. We got up from the table and walked straight to the staircase and started the tour.” She said being honest.
He was so focused on getting the fresh air in his lunges that he hadn’t realized he was outside until Camila’s mom was helping him up on his feet and away from the building. “Are you ok? Where is Camila? I am going to go in and find Camila.”
He looked at her like she was insane, but deep down he understood the need to go back in there since Camila was still there. Realizing he couldn’t let her run in there on a s-ic-de mission, he pointed towards the side of the house, “I see Camila over there.” When she looked over, he took off running back into the house to look for Camila.
He covered his nose and mouth with his arm as he quickly ran around in search of her. Every now and again he would call out her name, in hopes she would answer. But all he could hear were the flames eating away at everything.
The flames were starting to nip at him while he searched. Losing his way inside of the house. “CAMILA!!!” He shouted while keeping his nose and mouth covered by his arm. He continued to walk until he tripped over something, causing him to fall to the ground with an “Oof!”
Pushing himself up onto his hands, he looked back to see what he had tripped on… It was a body. Crawling closer to the body, he gently rolled them over to see their face. Feeling a sense of mix emotions when he realized it was Camila who he had tripped over. Not bothered by the flames, he was now on a new mission. Getting her out of here.
He lifted her up in his arms, bridle style, he began to rush the way he came. Only to get lost once more. After a few wrong turns, did he managed to find the exit. The back door. He kicked the door open and rushed outside. Getting some distance between them and the house fire. Out of breath and exhausted, he clasped onto his knees. “Ba-by.. I got you…” He huffed out in between breaths. His adrenalin finally crashing down, the effects of his action catching up to him. His entire body felt like it was on fire and overheating. Gently he placed Camila on the ground before checking her for any burns or injures. Thankfully she was unharmed.
He turned and was about to get up when his body completely gave out on him. Causing him to fall on the ground. Exhaustion finally taking its hold on him.
“My favorite would have to be skittles. I love tasting the rainbow.” He chuckled a little. “Skittles… Are those the little colorful M&M things?” He rounded the corner of another isle and browsed the shelves.
Piper - @ChayChay05
Location: The Lockhart Mansion
While lurking around the property, Bria rounded the corner in her large black jeep and saw that the Lockhart’s mansion was on fire. “Geez…” She was able to move her jeep a bit closer to the scene and saw that someone was getting put in an ambulance. She caught sight of Elena standing far apart from others because her mom Rachel was focused on whoever was getting put in the ambulance. Bria was already trying to figure out how to get revenge on Elena and her lips curved into a slight smirk when she finally thought of one.
“I have to do this fast…” She drove the jeep full speed, then she quickly opened the door and grabbed Elena. It was a struggle because well, she basically had to pull her in the drivers seat with her. “Come on!” Elena ended up getting knocked out by hitting her head on the car. So now it was easier for her to go in the car. It happened in a split second and she drove off into the night, to one of the hideouts the gang had.
@Kate - Elena
To be Continued…
As Ana was helping Landon, he pointed to the side of the house and said he saw Camila over there and when she looked over to see where he was pointing, Landon got out of her grasp and ran back into the house again to go look for Camila. “D*mn it Landon” She said to herself and then ran in the house after him. She could not let anything happen to Landon or her daughter. She was just happy Joy was safe and not in the house either but felt bad because she is not right next to her. As she got in the house it was very smokey and you could hear the fire alarms still going off. She started to cough a bit, and covered her nose and mouth to try to not breath in the smoke as much. She cold not really see anything though besides her hand but she was running through the house yelling “LANDON! CAMILA! PLEASE RESPOND BACK IF YOU CAN HEAR ME.” No one answered her and she was getting more nervous but knows she needs to stay calm that way she wouldn’t pass out or let the fire get to her. She kept searching for what seemed like a few minutes calling out when it really was maybe a minute or two. She could hear the firefighters pouring on the water and trying to stop the fire. She knew she needed to get out in the next few seconds as she was getting hotter and hotter and was having a hard time breathing.
As she was walking she was losing her balance getting a little light headed and dizzy but she knew she had t muster through but she started to crying because she couldn’t find them and she was running out of hope and she knows she shouldn’t and of course wants Landon and Camila to be ok and out but what if they didn’t and where in the house knocked out. As she was crying she saw a door to the back door and she knew she needed to get out there to take a breath for a minute before going in again and as she made it out she was able to breath but coughed and put her hands on her knees and bent over. As she caught her breath she looked up and saw 2 figures that were dark in the grass and had a feeling that had to be them. She took one more breath then sprinted to them which she had no more energy as she used all her might and saw them both there. She decided to check them both over before trying to say anything to them or getting them to an ambulance. Luckily they both seemed ok with no injuries that she could tell. They were all covered in soot though from the fire. Then a few firefighters came in the back to help with the fire and one of them saw the 3 of them and they helped her bring the kid to the front of the house by going by the side of the house where the fire was more contained and not as dangerous and they went to the ambulance. She looked at both kids and wasn’t sure if they would hear her or not but she decided to speak like she was speaking to them and looked at them “You kids are going to be the death of me I swear.” She said and was breathing more heavily know since she was out of breath but was ok.
There was so much commotion going on with the fall, then realizing that Camila was in the house and all the different conversations that Areyla and everyone moved around or was jsut talking in a group and Elena just stayed where she was which ended up her being a little away from the family standing by herself but she and the family could still see each other pretty much and as she was in her own world looking at the house and thinking about when she and Bekah were younger and having to get there mom out of the house because she was ODing from the drugs or at least passed out because of them, that she did not realize until it was too late that someone grabbed her.
Once she realized someone grabbed her and not in a nice or family way like she was being kidnapped she was fighting with them. Unfortunately the person was pretty strong so when they grabbed her, her back was towards them so she could not turn around to face them or anything. She ended up elbowing the person hard quite a few times but that did not help and as the struggle continues she heard the voice and it was Bria. Before Elena could say anything she ended up hitting her head on the door since it was open and Bria was trying to get her in that they did not notice how close she was to the door and then everything went black for her and her body was limp.
Piper was in tow with Albert as they walked around the store. However, she laughed when he asked if they were M&Ms. “Babe, M&M’s are chocolate. skittles are not. They are just a hard little candy with lemon, lime, cherry, and orange flavors depending on the color.” She giggled.
Camila was not sure what was happening. It felt like she was dreaming. She felt herself getting picked up. She felt light and airy. She felt herself being placed on the ground. Then picked up again and carried somewhere. Then she felt hands on her.
Joy was watching everything and everyone. She watched her woman run inside to find Camila. She didn’t blame her one bit. If it was Madi in there she would have done the same thing. She just hoped that her woman would make it out okay. She watched and waited.
Then finally some fireman came around the corner with Ana, Landon and Camila. This made Joy’s heart happy. She glanced around and she didn’t see Elena anymore. She had wondered where she went. However, she did notice Elena’s phone on the ground. She just stood there confused.
Lorenzo came out the bathroom. He had seen that Chloe had just got done texting someone. While things had been good between them lately… Part of him wondered if it was Taylor. As he got back in the bed her phone went off again. He glanced over and saw the name Jonas. He wondered who that was.
Then he read the text. How could Chloe tell this douchebag that she wasn’t wearing anything. Then the guy asked if they were still together. Lorenzo’s blood was starting to boil. Lorenzo looked at Chloe.
“CHLOE… WHAT THE F^CK! WHO IS THIS JOANS PERSON? WHY ARE YOU TELLING THEM YOU AREN’T WEARING ANYTHING? WHY ARE THEY ASKING UP ME? Did you cheat on me again? Like since we have been back together this time?”
He was mad and being a little louder in the beginning. However, you could hear the heartbreak in his voice at the end. His voice even cracked some why asking her if she cheated on him again. He didn’t want to think she did or anything, but this was some damaging evidence.
Once Chloe was done texting back Lorenzo came out of the bathroom and got back in the bed and Chloe smiled and kissed him. As she kissed him her phone went off again and she grabbed it and saw it was Jonas again and she decided to open it to read it, and figured she would either respond in a bit or tomorrow. She ad nothing to hide she just wanted to be with her man since when they are at school they don’t get any privacy really and if they do it’s not for too long. As she read it she saw Lorenzo look at her and then he was being loud in the beginning and then quieted down a little since I think he realized he was being loud and would wake my parents up but she could tell he was still fuming and mad. She sat up in her bed and looked down at him looking directly in his face. “okay first that was loud and you could have woken my parents up! And second Jonas is a family friend okay. My dad works for his grandparents who own the law firm and they are the ones that made my dad the head of the West Coast firm.”
She looked at him at his expression for a minute before continuing on and answering his next questions. “I never said I was not wearing anything Lorenzo I just said who said I was but that doesn’t give him an answer if I really am naked or not, it was meant to be a joke. Listen Lorenzo, Jonas knows of you ok, i’ve talked to him about you, and he knows we have been in an on again and off again relationship. Baby how can you think I cheated on you since we have bee together huh? We see each other everyday and hangout everyday almost after classes unless we have practice or a game. I learned from our breakup and what happened with Taylor and I told you and promised you and myself that I would never cheat on you again Lorenzo.” She was not lying when she and Jonas talked in the summer, she did tell him that she was single as her ex broke up with her, so when they hooked up she was single at the time. She knows there was a time that she cheated on Lorenzo again around the same time she cheated n him with Taylor but she did not remember who the guy was or what his name was or what he looked like she was hammered. She just remembered waking up naked in some random bed and when the guy was using the bathroom she quickly got dressed and walked out of the house and walked around the town. She just doesn’t feel like she needs to tell Lorenzo that after they broke up she ended up hooking up with Jonas since she didn’t cheat on him and she was single so she did nothing wrong.
Chloe opened up her phone again and said look what I am going to message back ok
Chloe: Never confirmed if I was or was not wearing anything
and you will never know. Yes I am still with Lorenzo, Jonas.
we have been together since school started and I came to St. Andrew's
She then showed her phone to Lorenzo so she can see what she typed and sent it
@ChayChay05
@Kbail - Jonas mentioned
Jonas sighed and leaned back in his chair when he saw Chloe’s new text message. He was sure that Lorenzo came in and she was scared that he was going to see it or something. Jonas started biting his nails, trying to figure out how to respond.
Jonas: Sweetheart, I know
All of those things already.
I just wanted it to be confirmed.
Jonas: So you don't remember the
shower sex we had in California?
You can't tell me that you don't.
And we did have sex another time
at the beginning of the year but we
were both drunk
So there's no memory
of that. But I still have memories
Of the first time we did
Lorenzo watched her text the guy back. Of course after trying to defend herself. She said it was just a family friend. She told him she learned from their break up and that she hadn’t cheated on him since. He sighed as he thought about it all. Then her phone went off again. The text this time were worse. The guy said something about them have $3x in Cali. Then that they did it another time but were both too drunk. Lorenzo was getting more pissed with every text.
“So… He was just a family friend I thought? We are engaged and you lie to me? That’s f^cked up. I don’t care if it was in the past. When I asked who he was you should have told me. By you not telling me Chloe… It makes it look like you were trying to hide that from me. I’m gonna go. If I stay it’s just gonna cause us to fight.” He said as he got out of her bed and got dressed. Then he walked over to her and leaned down kissing her cheek. “I love you baby.” He said as he started to walk away.
Lorenzo saw what Jonas got back and she knew he would be upset with her, and would probably would lose trust in her which is not what she wanted but at the same time she did not cheat on him this time. He was clearly upset and hurt but he was not breaking up with her…yet… She knew she needed to just tell him the truth which technically she never lied to him. She knew that there was a chance there would be a fight but if they can’t work it out and talk things over, then how can they have a successful marriage. Also if he walked away that is not good either. “Wait Lorenzo, we need to talk about this. I don’t care if we fight, but if we can’t talk about things like our feelings or events that happen, or you walk away instead of talking our future marriage will not work.”
She looked at him for a minute and continued again before he walked out, she just needed to tell him and if he walks away after then he does and if he doesn’t then great and hopefully they will talk. “Listen love he really is a family friend and my dad’s bosses I do have to be nice and be friendly wit him to make sure nothing happens for my dad. If you look at our messages before this you would see we have not texted in months. And the reason why I did not tell you was because the first time he and I hooked up I did not know it was him at all. It was around the time I hooked up with Taylor. I was extremely drunk to the point that I don’t remember that night at all or who it was. I woke up the next day in a room that was not mine and I was naked. The guy that I guess ended up being Jonas was in the bathroom, so I did not see him. I got dressed and walked out of the house and went for a walk to clear my head. And the second time we hooked up was this summer when we were broken up. I didn’t think I needed to tell you that since we were not together and as long as we are single it shouldn’t matter if we hooked up with people or not. I bet you hooked up with girls after our breakup and you never told me. So why does it matter if I did not tell you about him since I was single, and the first time I don’t even remember the night at all it is all black to me.”
He looked over at her. “I’m pretty sure that is called an M&M.” Reached out and picked up a Kinderchocolate bar. “You should give this a try, its like… white chocolate covered in milk chocolate, but much richer in flavor.” Handing her the small bar of chocolate.
Piper
He laid there on the ground, motionless. Exhaustion hitting him hard as he fought the urge to pass out. In the distance he could barely make out a few silhouettes making their way over to them. “You kids are going to be the death of me, I swear.” He recognized the voice. It was none other than the Goddess herself. A small smile appeared on his face as relief filled him before his eyes closed and the rest was left to fate.
Ana - @Kate
Camila - @ChayChay05
Anna, who Booker thought was related to Blaire, decided to involve him in helping Blaire and asked him to help pick her up. He gladly did so and put her on the stretcher as her father answered his question. Booker thought it might’ve been a grease fire if it started in the kitchen, which means it’s too dangerous at this size for him to do anything about it, but hope everybody is out. He was coming to terms with the fact Blaire’s fall wasn’t directly his fault, but then Eric, her father, asked him. “Why did Blaire get up on the balcony? Do you know?” And Booker went silent. Her grandfather was looking for him and mentioned that others were also looking for him. Was she also looking for him? Was the fact he went for a smoke and tol her nothing because he was a bit hurt the reason she looked for him in the balcony and fell down? If it is so, then it’s definitely his fault, no denying it. At least, that’s how he felt.
Booker felt ashamed, as if he was the cause of his girlfriend getting hurt. The feeling of being isolated by her family now seems like nothing compared to Blaire’s sistuation, and he felt as if he was being punished for being such a crybaby to leave like that and tell nobody, leading to this. However, he was the only one that was punishing himself, even though the family might resent him for that in the future, none of them could ever be so cruel to claim it’s his fault or that he caused it, like he tells himself.
Booker could think nothing but self-depricating thoughs and the worst oucomes after he realized the only reaosn she was up there was because she was looking for him. Everything around him turned into a blur but his eyes were fixed on one focus point. Blaire being put on the stretcher while her parents looked over her, hugging and crying. His eyes were glossy and a few tears dropped down his cheeks, but he didn’t notice that he was teary eyed even as the tears filling up his eyes were blurring his vision. He was in a trance, thinking how he basically just killed his girlfriend or at least was the indirect cause of it. He already assumed the worst would happen, and although his eyes didn’t display as many tears as her parents’, his heart was breaking.
For a while he was just observing, not caring about doing anything or moving, until he heard a cry that brought him out of his paralizing fear of losing Blaire. It was Anna, the nurse who helped Blaire, crying out for somebody. He turned around and realized that somebody might still be inside. He was now getting a new wind, a redemption as he saw it. Although Anna also went in there, he followed her. Good luck that he did follow her in there because as soon as he stepped inside he noticed a beam overhead about to give way. Although it was sizzling hot, he stretched out as far as he could and held it with his hand to support it and stop it, at least for a short while, from toppling over all of them.
The smell of his skin being burned was horrid to him, but he didn’t feel it, because his body was shooting with adrenaline, masking the pain. “Get them out! Don’t worry about me.” He said as Anna turned around and noticed him there. Anna was very quick in leading all of them out, and to his surprise, there were two people still being rescued. As soon all three were safely out of the house, he dropped the beam and quickly stepped back to not be hit by it. Although he told himself he accepted death, in a situation like this he naturally stepped back, realizing he’s not quite as ready to die as he though, but he’s more at peace with it than most people would be, consiering he knows it’ll be sooner than the average life expectancy. Much sooner in his case. The adrenaline was leaving his body, leaving pain and discomfort in it’s midst. As he was walking towards the door, seeing the moonlight, he started couching and realized smoke already filled his lungs too much. He kept on going towards the door even as it turned blurry, unclear and as he started seeing tit as two objects, one a ghostly aparition but both moving about weirdly … Then he only saw darkness and felt his body hit the floor. The sound of footsteps from the rescued party as they hurriedly walked out into the night was the last thing he heard. He assumed those footsteps was somebody leaving, and not somebody coming for him, because he assumed nobody would come back for him until it was too late.
@Kbail - Blaire, Erica, Clarissa (is Clarissa her mom or?) - mentioned
@ChayChay05 - Camilla
@Kate - Anna - mentioned
@SotaForgotten - Landon - i don’t know if I mention him, but I think it concerns him, plus I’m hoping he might pull the two of them out of the fire with some help or might encourage others to look for them?
ORP: I know … I finally make a post amirite? But just fyi that for a bit of time expect a lesser amount of posts from me as I navigate through something, hope you’ll all be here ony my return though as I DO plan to return as happy and as creative as I once was 
Love you all