Hope lost

by Sjeherazade

When Spinelli comes up with the idea to cycle to the caves after school everyone agrees. But as their parents wouldn’t like it that much they “forget” to ask for permission. Later that evening the cave collapses and no one knows were they are…

1. Day 1

Disclaimer: Recess does not belong to me

Hope Lost

Day 1.

TJ glared at the clock for the twentieth time in the same minute. It was ten minutes left of Friday's last lesion and the clock seemed dead. Gretchen was the only one who was listening to the teacher. TJ looked down on his finished drawing again. The drawing portrayed Miss Finster standing like a dog peeing on a fire hydrant.

TJ giggled and added Randall who made faces with his fingers on his nose. Then he looked at the clock again, only two minutes had passed. TJ turned his head to look at Vince, who had fallen asleep. This wasn't possible, the sun was shining and it was a really beautiful day and they were trapped in a classroom as Miss Finster's and principal Prickly's prisoners. Miss Grotke had told then about Hitler and his internment camps in Poland for too long, TJ actually began to find some similarities.

Spinelli opened her desk and pretended to take her eraser out, but really, she put it away, looked at the clock and ticked off the day on her list and closed the desk again. That gave TJ an even more perfect picture of a prisoner from the movie Grotke had shown them, one more day, only a million to go.

One minute left, all of the children, except Gretchen stared at the clock, Vince had waked up again. After a very long minute the bell rang and everyone ran out. Miss Grotke and Gretchen sighed but Gretchen picked her things and ran out with her friends anyway.

It was a very beautiful day, TJ and his friends stayed at the playground until Finster told them to go home. It was when they walked out of there Spinelli got her brilliant idea.

"Hey, can't we cycle down to the deadly pool of mud?"

"We should ask our parents first" Gretchen interrupted and then everyone cycled home to get some snacks and ask permission.

TJ didn't care asking his parents. They would say no if he did, as he had spoiled his t-shirt last time he had been there. He stole some food and sneaked back to the place they had decided to meet on. And then they cycled away.

They arrived at the deadly pool of mud and her surrounding caves at six. Gus had borrowed a military blanket which they all had space to sit on. They pulled it out, sat there and ate what they had.

Fifteen minutes later the whether got worse so they cleaned up to go back home, but when they had finished the rain was over them. They placed all they had on Gus's blanket and carried it into the biggest cave to wait for the rain to stop.

After two hours it was still raining. Mikey ate a block of chocolate while he watched the rain. Actually everyone enjoyed this.

Then the thunder began. It was quite fun to hide under the giant blanket and watch the lightnings. They huddled in the back of the cave and had forgotten about time.

Vince and Gretchen sat back to back and dozed when the lightning hit the cave from above. There was a strange sound in the cave and everyone rose. Gretchen started to shiver when she looked above her.

"I think it's time to go home now!" the others could hear the panic in her voice. Then the lightnings stroke the cave again. It was a big lightning which made the friends fall to the ground, and then the cave collapsed in front of their eyes.