"Abbi, time to get up and get ready for school."
"Mmphh … five more minutes."
"Come on, get up or you'll be late." Abbi's mom said pulling off her covers and walking away.
"Neyahhmmm … fine."
Abbi was so done with school and couldn't wait until exams were over. It had been 9 months of torture in middle school, an she still had high school to go through after summer. After that was college, and after that … well she didn't know. It had been a long time since she had thought about what to do when she grew up. She supposed she could always work at Disney, but right now she could only worry about exams coming next week. Teachers had stressing kids out over the past week by telling them how important and hard they were. In fact, the only thing that got her through the last few days was the thought of the weekend.
Just one more day, and then two full days of relaxation. Abigail thought as she slipped out of bed and walked over to we dresser. Why couldn't t be pajama day? She ended up throwing on jean shorts that went down to her knees, and a purple t-shirt that showed her birthmark that resembled two stars, lying directly above her heart. After pausing to throw her hair into a ponytail, she stumbled down the steps for breakfast.
"Let's see … we have tasteless cereal, sticky granola bars, and leftover, burnt pancakes. Delicious." She said analyzing her food options. After grabbing herself a bowl of cereal, she sat down and chocked down her food in order to get to the computer before her ride came. She finished up her cereal, set the bowl in the sink and grabbed her shoes and backpack. After slipping on long, brown boots, she ran over to the computer and turned it on. Abbi began to check her Facebook page. She uploaded more pictures to it and glanced out the window, looking for her friend and her dad who drive them to the bus stop.
Abigail looked down at the bottom of the screen. It was 7:13. Great, she thought as a white van pulled into the driveway, late again. She grabbed her backpack, ran out the front door and slipped into the back seat.
"Hey Abbi." A girl from the passenger seat called.
"Hi Audrey." Abbi replied with a tone indicating that she didn't want to talk.
The ride to school was the longest10 minutes of her life. First of all, they missed the bus by a mile and had to be driven to school. Secondly, Audrey decided to paint her nails causing an awful odor in the car that made her dad even more infuriated. To top it all off, Audrey's dad kept dropping hints to suggest that it was in fact, Abbi's fault that they missed the bus, even though he was the one who was late.
Abbi had to bite her tongue in order to not yell at them both when they started fighting about the nail polish. In fact, by the time they finally reached the school, she could taste blood.
"Finally," She sighed as she stepped onto the sidewalk and glanced upwards. Oh great it looks like it's going to rain too. My day is going so well. Just then the bell rang, signaling that she had ten minutes to get her things in her locker and rush to class. Crap.
Five minutes later, Abbi sat down next to her friends in first hour, math.
"Hey what took you so long?" A girl with dirty blonde hair asked.
"Nice to see you too Gretchen." Abbi said with a laugh," my ride was late again so we missed the bus."
"Told ya she missed the bus, Emma." A shorter girl with light brown hair said.
"Oh shush it Kinsey." The girl with dark brown hair, Emma, replied," FYI you're so lucky you missed the bus. I heard that a kid three up all over the floor in the front so people had to get out the back."
"Ewwww" the three girls said in unison.
"Well on that note," Kinsey began, "I heard a joke the other day and I wanted to tell you guys. Okay, so what do you call a zoo with only one dog in it?"
"What?"
"A shitzu."
"Nice Kinsey," Said Gretchen, face palming as the other girls laughed.
"It's what I do. Hey Emma? Random question. What came first, the country Turkey, or the bird turkey?"
"Well… " Emma started, " I'm not sure exactly,but I believe that like a lot of other people have done,Turkey named the bird after itself. However, I believe there aren't a ton of turkey there so someone might have named it that just to mock the country, and the name happened to stick."
"I was just looking for a one word answer..." Kinsey mumbled causing Gretchen and Abbi to laugh. A second later, the bell rang, signaling another boring day of school.
"Good morning class." The teacher said upon entering the room.
"Good morning Mrs. Russette." The class echoed.
"Now today you will be finishing up your common review. There will be no need to talk."
I swear she's just a non-pink version of Umbridge. Abbi thought as she pulled out her common review packet and began working.
Forty-five minutes in, an announcement went on over the PA speakers: CODE GREEN. TEACHERS ACTIVATE CODE GREEN. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. ACTIVATE CODE GREEN LOCKDOWN.
Silence. Everybody was frozen in terror, trying to remember how to move. The clock ticked slowly as if it were a bomb countdown to everyone's demise.
Someone is breaking into the school. Abbi thought, Someone. Is breaking. Into. The school... Somebody screamed in a nearby classroom causing everyone to come out of their trance. Abbi grabbed a piece of paper and scribbled something down just in case. Everybody rushed to the corner next to three boys in the class, Conner Doug and Bradley.
The teacher quickly started locking up the room. She killed the lights and locked the doors. She began to close the windows, and Abbi stole a glance out them, and saw a sight that chilled her bones. Silhouettes of full grown men crossed the lawn just as the rain began to pour. Lightening flashed, and Abbi saw a glint of silver in the light. As the curtain closed, only one thought crossed her mind… He's back.
