Fire

Why was her teacher doing this?

Assigning the one person she detested besides Jenny and her group to be her partner.

Did her teacher hate her or something?

Did she do something wrong to have encouraged him to pair them up?

She didn't know but since everyone except Chloe and Daniel were now getting up to go their assigned partners in order to get their projects started.

Daniel then soon stood up from his seat since Chloe was not moving from hers any time soon and her expression showed that she was not planning to get up.

Taking a deep breath he walked towards the seat beside her at the table and placed his bag by his foot after he sat down.

"So? Partners?" He asked almost sounding peppy as he spoke.

His eyes showed mirth even though it was weak given that the situation between them wasn't all that good due to the recent events.

Chloe on the other hand nearly scowled as she glared balefully at him.

Oh how she hated this!

'Just kill me now!' she cried weakly as she almost hit her head on the table in frustration.

She leered at him weakly not believing that this was actually happening.

How could this happen though?

She didn't want him working with her and if anything she'd rather work alone, it didn't hinder her before since that meant more work and research only compared to her classmates she didn't complain.

Sadly now it seemed like her luck and mood had now turned bad given that he never stopped bothering her since he showed up, and now he was her partner.

Was someone trying to tell her something?

She didn't know but the voices on the other hand were silent again to her confusion.

Was something making them go quiet?

Did something spook them?

If anything she'd rather know about that then work with this guy any day, however if she had by some complete rotten luck got partnered with Jenny.

It would just mean either the black-haired girl would get bullied and pushed aside while Jenny gets the work done while taking the credit.

However the second thing that could have happened instead would be that Chloe would have to do the work and then Jenny once it's done swoops in and takes all the credit.

Knowing this however left her thinking who was worse to work with- Jenny or heaven forbid Daniel?

Suddenly a loud scream caught her attention and snapped her out of her thoughts.

Immediately she shot her head up from the table to see where the scream was located and why they had screamed.

What greeted her line of vision was a lamp that was between the window and the teacher's desk which had somehow combusted into flames.

Before anyone could process what had happened the fire quickly latched onto the curtains much to Chloe's shock while everyone soon started to go pale and quiet, not believing what they were seeing since this never happened before.

"Okay no worries calm down" Mr. Williams said with a shocked look as he took out the fire extinguisher which was located by the door.

As he fired at the flames they created a mini explosion forcing him to move back to avoid getting hit by the flames, Chloe gasped as she stared at him in worry.

As Chloe stood up and was about to help the teacher she was halted to the spot as soon as she felt Daniel's hand grab hers causing her to look at his unusually calm eyes in shock.

What was going on?!

Why did that fire start?

Was there a technical problem with the wires or something?

And why was he stopping her from helping the teacher?

"Is everyone okay?" Mr Williams asked while coughing and grunting as he batted the excess fire that latched onto his left arm from the mini explosion.

Soon after doing that the sprinklers went off while the wailing sound of the fire alarm filled their ears.

Soon the silent class erupted into loud screams of panic the moment the water from the sprinklers hit them.

"Everyone out the door okay! Single file! No pushing!" Mr. Williams yelled as he made sure everyone was out.

Even if they were wasting time getting their bags and pushing the other just to escape the room which was now on fire.

Chloe was stunned as she got her bag, she continued to look at the lamp, not believing what she was witnessed before she walked out slowly to avoid getting injured by the others.

Who thanks to the turn of events were not shy of stepping on people just to make it to safety, how and why did that happen?

Once they were out the room did Mr. Williams shut the door to prevent the fire from spreading before walking with his group, making sure they all were safe and in his line of sight just in case something were to happen.

They soon left the college and made their way to the entrance of the school along with the students who were left baffled while some were coughing from the smell of smoke.

Some even conversed with the others on what could have happened and why.

"Are you okay?" Daniel asked as he placed his hand on Chloe's shoulder causing her to look at him sharply.

"Didn't inhale too much smoke?" he asked as he looked at her with a worried expression, Chloe frowned.

"No" she replied bluntly.

"I'm fine" the next thing she knew was that he was sighing with relief in his steel-like eyes.

"That's good" he commented while his shoulders went slack from not having to worry.

Soon the sounds of approaching fire engines entered their ears causing them to turn, some didn't complain as the window to a few classrooms shattered from the intense flames causing the teachers to keep the students all away so the firemen could get the situation under control.

"Do you think everything is going to be okay-" Suddenly the ground shook as the sound of an explosion hit their ears causing all the students to fall to the ground.

Chloe's ears as a result were completely muffled until the sound of faint ringing filled a bit of the noise.