Okay guys; so a few people were writing reviews saying things like 'it doesn't snow in California.' I know it doesn't snow in California; this is just a story, it's not real! Just thought I'd clear the air :)) Review, favourite, love ya! xo
Jade's POV
"No-one panic! We'll just ring Principal Eikner and tell him we're stuck in the school and he'll send someone to come and get us." Sikowitz suggested. We all nodded enthusiastically, pulling out our phones. I scoffed and everyone looked at me.
"Does anyone even have Principal Eikner's phone number?" I asked, everyone groaned; obviously we didn't, he was our principal; that would be super weird. "What about you Sikowitz, you're a teacher; do you have the Principal's number?"
"If I had a phone I would; but I don't so, no." He replied, I threw my head back in exasperation. Andre spoke up then, "Guys, I don't even have any signal, all youse are on F-Mobile, I'm not and I always have more coverage than youse. So we can't call anyone. We really are trapped."
Just when we thought it couldn't get any worse, the lights flickered then turned off; the power was out.
"Oh great," Groaned Tori. Cat started freaking out and Andre was trying to calm her down. Rex was calling Robbie a 'Weenie' because he was afraid of the dark. I sat cuddled up to Beck; my head on his shoulder, his arm around my waist. My stomach grumbled and I realised that we hadn't even eaten dinner before we'd left Beck's to come here. It wasn't until I thought about not having eaten that I became really hungry. I didn't say anything about it because I knew that if I mentioned my need to eat, then everyone would discover theirs; and since we are trapped in a school, we don't have any food.
Cat was calming down now, gradually. Robbie had adjusted to the darkness that had swallowed our surroundings and I was trying to avoid thoughts that would increase my desire to eat. I had repositioned myself; my head was now in Beck's lap. He was playing with the hair around my ear, it felt nice. He'd twist a curl around his finger; let it spring back into place and then repeat the process. We moved from the hallway into the rec room – there were couches in there. When the power had went out, so had the heating and the temperature inside the building had began to drop. It wasn't long before we all started to shiver and the only sound that filled the room was the chattering of our teeth. I sat on Beck's lap in one of the orange arm chairs, he held me tight and rubbed my arms; trying to warm me up. It was working, his body heat radiated all around me and I even began to feel dizzy. I wasn't quite sure why; it could have been from the warmth Beck was emitting or from the lack of food in my system. I let the giddy feeling take over and with my head buried in his neck, I drifted off to sleep.
. . .
When I woke up the next morning Beck and I were the only two still in the rec room. Since this room was on the ground level, snow piled up almost to the very top of the windows. A few rays streamed in through the gaps, just enough for me to view my surroundings without having to strain my eyes. I wondered where the others had gotten to and decided I'd better go look for them. But I couldn't leave Beck here by himself; if he woke up and became conscious of my absence he would start to freak out. I shook him awake, gave him a quick kiss and then jumped to my feet, pulling him with me. We walked hand in hand, quietly out into the hallway and all throughout the ground floor; our friends were nowhere to be seen. When we approached the stairs we heard a banging noise and cautiously began to ascend to the upper floor. We peeked our heads around the corner at the top of the stairs, the gang were there banging on the windows, we quickly rushed towards them, curiosity sweeping over me.
"What are you guys doing?" Beck said groggily, rubbing his eyes. I felt bad for waking him up; I knew how much he hated that.
"Trying to get Principal Eikner's attention!" Tori shouted, banging on the window harder. I looked through the glass down to the parking lot; sure enough there was our principal, standing in the parking lot, surveying the huge pile of snow that covered the front door. Beck and I simultaneously began banging on the window with the others, but it was no use. Eikner made a call, stood talking for a few minutes, walked back to his car, got inside and drove off. We all groaned, if the stupid windows opened we would've been able to yell down to him, announce that we were stuck and then he would've called for help. But no, the windows weren't really even windows; just walls of glass. Useless really.
"Great! Fantastic! So what are we supposed to do now?" Tori whined. I hated it when she complained, her voice was so annoying. Heck, I hated her all the time. I'd felt that way ever since she'd kissed Beck on her second day at Hollywood Arts.
"Oh shut up, Vega." I snapped back at her. I couldn't stand to listen to her; especially early in the morning when I'd just woken up and hadn't even had a coffee. "Nobody wants to hear you complain; we've been stuck here for about 12 hours and who knows how much longer we'll be trapped for! Save it for later!"
I stormed off down the hallway, unsure of where I was headed. I was so hungry and I had to find something to eat. That's when an idea hit me. Festus had moved all his supplies inside – which hopefully meant there was some food in the Home Economics classroom. I ran the rest of the way; down the stairs, through the winding corridors to the classroom where I had purposely set something on fire in my freshman year.
"Jade West!" the teacher shrieked; flames licking around the piece of paper I was holding. I stared at them in wonder. Such a beautiful thing fire; yet so deadly – well, that just made them more fascinating.
"Yes?" I didn't take my eyes off the paper, I watched as the white turned to black, colours of orange and yellow danced around; moving closer and closer to the tips of my fingers each second.
"I insist you stop messing around right now and put that piece of paper in the sink!" She sounded scared out of her skin. "If you get hurt, I lose my job! Please! Put the paper in the sink!"
"Uhh! Fine!" I gave in and threw the charred piece of paper into the sink full of water beside my stove. I then stomped back to my seat in disappointment and plonked myself in the chair, kicking my feet up onto the desk in front of me. The teacher sighed in relief and looked at my position disapprovingly. She may have won with the fire, but I was comfortable and had no intention of moving.
I chuckled darkly at the memory. But didn't dwell for long, I was starving and had to find something to eat. I moved to the nearest freezer and found a heap of pizzas, fries, burger patties and sandwich ingredients. SCORE! Now to find the coffee beans...
That was when I heard Beck calling out my name in the hallway. I poked my head out and gestured him inside the room. I showed him the stash of food I'd found and he was very pleased. Turns out I wasn't the only one that was becoming ravenous. However, I wasn't only starving for food. I was starving for Beck now too.
I kissed him fiercely and he got the message; picking me up and sitting me on a nearby counter. Our kissed turned rapacious. His tongue explored my mouth and I fought for dominance, but I knew he wasn't going to give up easily. I got his shirt off and wrapped my legs around his waist. He was taken aback by my choice of position, and broke the kiss long enough to raise an eyebrow at me. I smiled, he shrugged and our lips met once more.