the fire starter

The match burned in her hands. She staired as the flame flikered back and forth, the warm orange glow pushed and pulled by the wind's breath. As the fire spread across the wooden stick, her mind began to wonder,towards visions of the burning buildings. She'd seen the pictures, watched the vidios and could imagen herself stood amoung the burning papers and flameing files. She could practicly see the flames, gobbling papers, pens, books, eating the tables, chairs, cupboards and their digusting innards. She could imagen the smell of burning plastic. The visionary feums filled her mouth and lungs, the taste nothing new to her. The rush of feelings filled her head. Enthusiasm, adrenaline, excitment, anxiaty, thrill, the usual feelings. The sene was more real to her than the world she stood in, then the flame licked at her fingers and she dropped the match. It hit a puddle, the sizzle of life leaving sounded. She pulled her hood over her already damp head.

Alex Sammy Lee had been osesed with fire from a very younge age. Her parents and older brother, Craige, oftern reterned home to find her sat on the floor in the kitchen, burnt out matches beside her. They had started with councilling, thearapy, but nothing changed. As she grew older, Alex began to hide the used matches and their boxes, keeping her obsetion to herself. her parents thought she had grown out of the habit, but Craige new the truth. He never told any one, afterall, she never harmed anyone. Alex had never burned anything other than the match itself.

Alex turned into her small, urban garden and pushed open the front door, suprised to find it unlocked. Mum was at work, a teacher in the local primary school, and dad was away on a busness trip. Craige was in then, and Alex soon found he'd brought company.

Alex heard her before she saw her. She heard the shrieks of laughter, then a complaint, a wish to be let go. A brown haired girl with blonde streaks burst into the hallway, laughing, then her brother entered too, also laughing. He turned and noticed her, stoppinglaughing and coughing an introduction.

“This is my younger sister, Alex” he said awkadly