I would like to thank anyone who has put up with the story for this long. You are the true heroes. Anyway this is also a short one, but again it is an important one…that's all I really have to say…well, I guess you can…I dunno…read the chapter
Chapter five
This Never Leaves the Room
'C'mon Mandy, pick dare' Billy pleaded as he sat against the wall next to Mandy
'No' Mandy simply replied, getting slightly aggravated
'But why not?' Billy whined
'Because every time I pick dare you make me sniff my own butt, and I'm getting sick of it. Its weird' she replied with an angry stare in his direction 'so pick the question quickly already before we skip it entirely'. Billy sighed and a thick jet of mist shot outward
'Fine' he agreed. Mandy pulled her jacket as tight as she could; it seemed to be just getting colder and colder.
'Would you…' Billy stopped to think of his question '…would you have slow danced with me at the dance tonight?'. Mandy looked at him, a little taken back by his question, but she answered it none the less.
'Billy, I don't dance, yet alone slow dance' she stated. Billy let out a slightly surprised "oh yeah" that made Mandy feel slightly guilty, so she continued.
'well, I guess if the situation called for it…say it was slow dance or sit at the geek table, then yes Billy, I would have slow danced'.
'I thought so' Billy giggled. Mandy sighed at his idiocy, and then started Giggling with him. But their giggling was cut short as the building started to creak once more. They both fell silent and watched the roof as it moaned out its twisted metal scream. Mandy swallowed her butterflies and placed her hand on her chest, her heart was beating a hundred miles an hour. The creaking stopped and they both stopped holding their breaths. Mandy felt her teeth start to chatter, so she started to rub her hands together to try and get warm, but she was so cold. She felt herself slowly move closer to Billy and strangely enough, she felt Billy move closer to her. They did this until they were leaning against each other. Mandy nearly jumped as she felt Billy's arm wrap around her, but she knew that she needed to do this just to stay warm. So she swallowed her pride…and put her hand across Billy's stomach.
And so there she was, snuggling with her best friend in order to stay warm. Something about this made Mandy feel slightly sick, but something else in her liked it. She looked straight forward and spoke.
'This never leaves the gym' she said bluntly
'Agreed' Billy replied quickly. And they sat their, completely silent as the large building started to creak once more. Mandy felt herself involuntarily grab Billy tighter as the creaking stopped. The silence ran out across the echoing hall. The only sound was the sound of the ticking clock that had managed to survive the incident. Mandy started at it.
"Its been two hours now…where is everyone?" she wondered to herself. And it was true. The time had ticked by and it was almost five o'clock now.
"In an hour people would have started to turn up here for the dance. Grim would have dropped Billy and me off and we would have watched Irwin magnetically attract all the girls". She felt a smile unfold on her face as she thought of how stupid Billy would have looked in his little suit and red tie. She would have worn a simple red dress that didn't stand out in the crowd, but still matched Billy's tie so that people new that they were there together and they wouldn't condemn her to the geek table. It would have all gone exactly to plan, which was the way Mandy liked things to unfold. She sat there watching her breath and listening to Billy's breath as well. And she prayed that someone was out there, trying to get to them.
And there it is folks. It sure seems like that gym roof isn't very stable. And who knows what people do when faced with crippling cold…lol
I added that last little bit where Mandy was thinking of how the dance would unfold to show that Mandy was still…you know, a Girl. If I've noticed anything its that all girls seemed to have everything planned out. It's really eerie.