I had been helping out in Mr. Bender's classroom with none other than Zoey! I was soo happy! I was not happy, though, when one of the weirdest days of my life occurred. Mr. Bender had just left the room to get some coffee when Dean River's voice came booming over the PA system.
"CODE RED! I REPEAT CODE RED!" I looked at Zoey, who looked at me with a horrified look on her face. We were both scared about what could happen.
I ran to the door, locked it, and pulled the shade down over the windows. I then shut off the lights and motioned to Zoey to come sit in the corner away from the door and out of the sight of the windows.
"Chase, I'm scared!" Her face was pale and she looked like she was about to cry, so I had to be strong no matter how scared I actually was.
"I know, Zoe, but don't worry. We'll be ok. I'll take care of you." I put a reassuring arm around her shaking body.
"Thanks. Man, who knew that all that lockdown practice would actually pay off? I never thought that we'd actually be in lockdown! Wait a second...Mr. Bender! He went to get his coffee!"
"Oh yeah! I'm sure he's alright." Yeah. He's probably alright, but what about us? What if we die here and I never get the chance to tell Zoey my secret? Well, now isn't exactly the time to tell her.
"Chase, is something bothering you?"
"Hmm? Oh, no. Nothing's bothering me." I didn't really sound very convincing.
"Right... And I'm the Queen of England."
"You are? And you never told me?" Sarcasm. That may help me in this situation. Well, not really. It's not like I'm going to make a sarcastic remark to the intruder. That will just get me a nice bullet in my chest.
"Ha Ha Ha. You're soo funny Chase."
"I know, aren't I?" Uh-Oh. She just gave me that 'let's be serious' look.
"Let's be serious." What did I tell you? "Now what's bothering you?" Hmm...Maybe I can tell her, but twist it a bit.
"If you really must know..."
"Yes, I must. Now please continue!"
"Yes ma'am!" I saluted her. I'm such a comedian! "Ok. Well you see, the thing is that I have this secret that I want to tell this person, but if I die today, I will never be able to."
"Oh. I see. Well, what is it?" Woah! Didn't expect her to ask that one!
"Oh, umm, I can't tell you. It's a secret."
"Oh come on! We're best friends! We tell each other everything!"
"I don't know..."
"If you can't trust me with this, what can you trust me with?" Jeez. She makes a good argument. Maybe I should just tell her.
"Well, you see, Zoey, the secret is that-" Just then, Dean River's voice came over the PA system for the second time today. Saved by the Dean. Ha. Never thought I'd ever say that.
"Attention everybody. That was just a test to see how well everyone would do. Everyone passed. You may go on about your day."
"Wow! That was surprising...I guess that they get a kick out of getting people scared out of their skin. Oh well. So, you going to finish telling me?"
"Umm, actually, I think that you'll find out sometime soon. See ya'!" I raced out of that room and praised the good Lord. I could hear her behind me calling my name, but I just ignored her. What a close call!
A/N: Hey guys! How did you like my story? Do you think I should continue it? Man, that Dean Rivers is one twisted fellow!