6:02pm

"It's been half an hour, Andy where are they!?" Laura was talking hurriedly in a loud whisper. I was nervous too. I was scared, worried. The two of us were now hiding out in the school change rooms. No sign of Shaun or Jade. No Alex or Bailey. No nothing. There wasn't even any noise echoing down the hallways, it was just us.

"Look maybe we should just leave. Maybe they found a way to get out and are out there waiting for us!" I said to her quietly. She considered this for a moment before sighing.

"You think so?" she asked. I nodded furiously, trying to get her to agree so we could leave quickly.

"Why else wouldn't they have come back?" I asked. She shrugged and bit her lip, staring at the floor. I waited impatiently for her reply when suddenly she jumped up from the bench.

"Okay, let's go! I don't want to leave them or Bradie or anyone waiting any longer," she said and headed for the door. I bit my lip and felt guilty as I followed her. I had completely forgotten about Bradie and everyone else that wasn't in this school right now. To me it seemed like we were the only ones left.

We sneaked out to the gym doors where I had to pull her back before she ran out into the hallway.

"Don't!" I whispered. She nodded and shrugged but moved aside to let me peek out into the hallway. I looked both ways in a second and pulled myself back into the gym, "There's no one out there. But I think we should go to the front office. There we can just quickly sneak out through the front doors," I told her. She stared at me. Her eyes were huge and watery like she was going to cry. And I silently begged her not to cry, not just now.

"Okay. We'll quickly go to the front office," she said, her voice crackling. I smiled at her before opening the door, sticking my head out to make sure no one was coming and ran the few metres down the hall to the office. I tried my best to get there quickly and quietly as possible. And it must've worked because Laura joined me in the office a second later and there were still no sound from the others in the hallways.

My breathing was fast but I was sort of used to it by now. This was all giving me a huge adrenaline rush that I loved.

"How will we get out?" Laura asked. I looked to the doors of the office that lead outside. Because the doors were all glass they were covered in black paper too, though the light of the sun set outside was seeping in through random cracks at the bottom of the doors.

I didn't answer her but walked up to the doors and tried to open them. But of course they were locked. Why wouldn't they be. We all could've escaped by now if these doors weren't locker. And for just a moment I wondered if the rest of our class had gotten out okay. Laura snapped me out of my thoughts.

"What will we do?" she asked, "Maybe we should take the paper off and someone will see us and come save us," she said, picking at a piece of tape holding up the black pieces of paper.
I shook my head and hit her hand away.

"Too dangerous. Max or Harry or anyone could see the light come in and come kill us before anyone saves us," I told her. Her face fell and I immediately wanted to take back what I had just said, "I'm sorry but-"

"No, it's okay. It's the truth," she smiled at me, trying to be brave, "Now how will we get out, quickly," she added. I looked around the room. I needed something to unlock the door. Or break the doors down. I spotted the tiny coffee table sitting between two of the small benches where I'd had to sit a number of times when I'd been sent to see the principal. I smiled and went to pick it up. It wasn't very heavy as I carried it over to the doors.

"Stand back. As soon as I break the door run," I told Laura. She nodded and I turned back to the doors. I held the small table out so the legs were facing the doors and I shut my eyes as I forced the legs of the table into the glass doors. I could hear the cracks happen but nothing else. I tried again and this time I heard something, louder. The cracks and breaking of the glass and footsteps in the hallway.

"Hurry! We're not gonna make it. They're coming," Laura said, trying to be quiet but wanting to yell at the same time. I panicked and kept hitting the table into the door.

Suddenly both the doors shattered into pieces right in front of me. The sun piereced my eyes and I was sure it would blind me. But for some reasons I didn't worry about it. I turned around and dropped the table. Laura was standing there still crying but stunned at what had just happened. I grabbed her arm and pulled her towards me, I pushed her towards the broken doors and down the steps of the building. I watched as she hurried down the steps, keeping her head down to block out the light and I could still hear her whimpers. But they were suddenly covered by the yelling and hard footsteps of two boys. I heard them gasp when they saw what we had done but that didn't stop them from grabbing my arms before I could take a step out the door and pulling me back.

"Laura!" I yelled, hoping someone would hear that I was still alive and come get me. The boys didn't say anything as they pulled me away from the light, out of sight of all those out there. They pulled me around the corner as I struggled to break free. If I could just get a step out onto the grass I could save everyone here.

"Stop! Stop, now!" I heard a man yell as there were more hard footsteps on the ground and cracking noises. I sighed and started to cry, thinking it was more of Max and Harry's friends coming to kill me. Just do it quick I thought. But when I raised my head and quit struggling free from their grip I saw the big letters on their tshirt. POLICE.

I stopped struggling as the two boys loosened their grip on me and I stumbled forward. There were now three police men staring at us, not exactly sure what to do. But one spoke up.

"You," he pointed to me, "Come along," he held his hand out and motioned to the front doors of the school. I ran past him out the doors into freedom.

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