11 PM
Everyone in the room was asleep. Everyone except Roryn who had laid awake for hours, waiting for the clock to strike 11. She crept out of her bed and grabbed a small bag of her things which she has stowed away underneath her cot. She took her only pair of shoes out of the bag and quietly slipped them on. She climbed onto her bed to open the window, which was the route of their escape. She peered outside.
"Damn! It's raining." she thought.
Knowing that the rain would pour in through the slightly ajar window and wake the person in the adjacent cot, who just happened to be Corey, the annoying lanky girl that always managed to get them in trouble, she decided to switch to plan B, the back door.
Roryn tip-toed to Mollys cot and woke her up.
"Get up, get your stuff, it's time to go" she whispered.
Molly sleepily nodded and gathered her things and went to help Roryn wake up Kerrie, which was definitely no easy task. Once Kerrie was awake and unstupified, the three girls quietly snuck out of their room.
That was the simple part, the challenging part would be sneaking past Ms. Tiernans room, which was on the way to the door leading to freedom.
"Be very quiet and don't panic." Roryn instructed.
They got down on their hands and knees and one by one the carefully crept by Ms. Tiernans room. Molly was the last one to pass. She was almost in the clear when...
*CREEK*
...She it a loose floor board.
"Whats going on out there?" Ms. Tiernan called.
The lights in her room flickered on.
"Be very quiet, do not panic." Roryn reiterated.
At that moment Ms. Tiernan came out into the hallway and spotted the three girls.
"Girls, there better be a good explanation for this or you're all in BIG TROUBLE!"
Roryn took a deep breath,
"OK.....PANIC!!!"
She and the other two girls ran to the back door and swung it open. They could hear Ms. Tiernan yelling for them to return, but they just kept on running through the dark rainy night. Suddenly something obstructed their path.
"A fence, oh no!" Molly cried.
Kerrie threw her bag over the side.
"Climb it!" she yelled franticly.
They climbed the fence, landing on the other side, the soft mud breaking their falls.
"Eeeew! I'm all dirty!" Kerrie cried.
"There's no time for that!" Roryn grabbed her hand and they darted quickly through the trees.
Molly, being a bit ahead of them suddenly stopped.
"Shit!" she exclaimed.
"What is it?" asked Roryn who appeared beside her, without Kerrie.
"There's a river!!"
"A river?! Do you think we can make it across?" Roryn asked.
"Not in this rain!...Where's Kerrie??"
Kerrie was very behind, after Roryn let go of her she slowed down a bit. Also, not being very coordinated, she fell many a time.
"I'm coming!" she shouted through the blinding rain.
So blinding that she couldn't see a thing, and when she reached the other two, she ran right into Molly, sending her flying down the hill and into the river below.
"Molly!" Roryn cried.
She leaned over and tried to grab Mollys hand, but lost her balance and went toppling into the raging waters.
"Guys? I'm sorry! Please be ok!" She called out to the vast darkness.
An unmistakable voice from behind her silenced her calls.
"Kerrie!" Ms. Tiernan screamed, her voice shrill with fury.
Kerrie screamed and dove into the churning river after her friends.
Everyone in the room was asleep. Everyone except Roryn who had laid awake for hours, waiting for the clock to strike 11. She crept out of her bed and grabbed a small bag of her things which she has stowed away underneath her cot. She took her only pair of shoes out of the bag and quietly slipped them on. She climbed onto her bed to open the window, which was the route of their escape. She peered outside.
"Damn! It's raining." she thought.
Knowing that the rain would pour in through the slightly ajar window and wake the person in the adjacent cot, who just happened to be Corey, the annoying lanky girl that always managed to get them in trouble, she decided to switch to plan B, the back door.
Roryn tip-toed to Mollys cot and woke her up.
"Get up, get your stuff, it's time to go" she whispered.
Molly sleepily nodded and gathered her things and went to help Roryn wake up Kerrie, which was definitely no easy task. Once Kerrie was awake and unstupified, the three girls quietly snuck out of their room.
That was the simple part, the challenging part would be sneaking past Ms. Tiernans room, which was on the way to the door leading to freedom.
"Be very quiet and don't panic." Roryn instructed.
They got down on their hands and knees and one by one the carefully crept by Ms. Tiernans room. Molly was the last one to pass. She was almost in the clear when...
*CREEK*
...She it a loose floor board.
"Whats going on out there?" Ms. Tiernan called.
The lights in her room flickered on.
"Be very quiet, do not panic." Roryn reiterated.
At that moment Ms. Tiernan came out into the hallway and spotted the three girls.
"Girls, there better be a good explanation for this or you're all in BIG TROUBLE!"
Roryn took a deep breath,
"OK.....PANIC!!!"
She and the other two girls ran to the back door and swung it open. They could hear Ms. Tiernan yelling for them to return, but they just kept on running through the dark rainy night. Suddenly something obstructed their path.
"A fence, oh no!" Molly cried.
Kerrie threw her bag over the side.
"Climb it!" she yelled franticly.
They climbed the fence, landing on the other side, the soft mud breaking their falls.
"Eeeew! I'm all dirty!" Kerrie cried.
"There's no time for that!" Roryn grabbed her hand and they darted quickly through the trees.
Molly, being a bit ahead of them suddenly stopped.
"Shit!" she exclaimed.
"What is it?" asked Roryn who appeared beside her, without Kerrie.
"There's a river!!"
"A river?! Do you think we can make it across?" Roryn asked.
"Not in this rain!...Where's Kerrie??"
Kerrie was very behind, after Roryn let go of her she slowed down a bit. Also, not being very coordinated, she fell many a time.
"I'm coming!" she shouted through the blinding rain.
So blinding that she couldn't see a thing, and when she reached the other two, she ran right into Molly, sending her flying down the hill and into the river below.
"Molly!" Roryn cried.
She leaned over and tried to grab Mollys hand, but lost her balance and went toppling into the raging waters.
"Guys? I'm sorry! Please be ok!" She called out to the vast darkness.
An unmistakable voice from behind her silenced her calls.
"Kerrie!" Ms. Tiernan screamed, her voice shrill with fury.
Kerrie screamed and dove into the churning river after her friends.