"I was 7 years old. My parents were out of town on business. That was common for them, still is." She looked at him, and smiled a little before continuing. "I had to cook myself dinner, and I was making oven chips. I went upstairs to read. I must've fallen asleep because I was woken up by the smoke alarm." She laughed to herself. She looked at him, still curious about her story. "I ran downstairs, out the house and to the neighbour who called the fire fighters."
"At least you're ok and didn't get hurt." He smiled at her, but she looked away. He noticed she was looking at her hand, which was a little bit redder than her arm.
"Actually, I did manage to catch my hand on the flames. It looked worse then than it does now." She felt a small tear running down her nose as she continued her story. "The kids at my school used to make horrible comments about it. It wasn't like any of my friends turned on me, because I didn't have any friends to begin with." She sniffled, and Noah passed her a tissue. She wiped her tear on it then continued. "I pretended I didn't feel anything, couldn't get hurt that way. I built up a wall to protect myself from their hurtful words." She felt a pair of arms engulf her that could only belong to Noah. She hugged him tight, enjoying the moment. She felt her heart beat faster than imaginable. Time around her froze as she was embraced in his arms. For that moment, she finally felt like she belonged somewhere. She knew it would end eventually, but she wanted the moment to last for eternity. He eventually pulled away and they continued walking.

They walked for a while longer, making idle conversation. She never cared for it, but Noah was the only exception. She cared for any conversation with him. She would kill someone for an idle conversation with Noah. She already had killed several people, so killing a few more wouldn't matter, right? He paused for a moment, pulling out his phone. She thought he was going to take a photo of the beach, but he instead positioned the phone to take a selfie.
"Come join my selfie." He called her over. She desperately hid her excitement as she walked over to him. She pulled her phone out also to get one. She never took selfies, but this was one of her only chances to get a photo with Noah. He put his arm around her as they both smiled and took their photos.

They walked back to the main beach together. They planned to text the others and invite them out to the beach, but they didn't need to, as they were already there. Fallon's time alone with Noah was over for now. Soon she would have him all to herself forever. She had opened her heart to him, it was only a matter of time before he did the same.