One day after school, Annie went looking for me with a group of friends. I was at the library hanging out with my friends, Harper and Justin. I saw the girls coming toward our direction, and my instincts told me to get up and hide. I lied to my friends that I was going to seek for some books to read in order to make a little escape.
At the library, there were rows of bookshelves, and I decided to pretend to hide there. I heard Annie’s and her friend’s footsteps. They were also chattering my name.
At that moment, I remember she said, “Weimin, Where is he?”
Through the book shelves, I saw a glimpse of Annie and her groups of friends making their way toward the section of bookshelves I was hiding at. My friends must have told them I went to grab some books. My heart was beating rapidly, and I begin to sweat a little in my palms. …show more content…
So, I grabbed a random book from the shelves and took a route to avoid the girls.
If you want to avoid a girl, and you are a male, the best place to hide would be the boy’s bathroom. No girls in right mind would enter there.
I hid in the bathroom for a few minutes, carrying a heavy book. I forgot what the title of the book was, but I am pretty sure I did not have ability to comprehend it. That book was not meant for a third grader to read, maybe a college student.
My mind rushed with curiosity as I stared blankly at the mirror, I began to think. Why was Annie looking for me? If I am right, something big was going to happen. How did she figure out I was at the library? Is this a set up?
The bathroom was very unsanitized and smelled like urine mixed with rotten fish. Five minutes in a public bathroom would make you want to throw up. Some old man probably in his 50’s had entered the bathroom and decided to take the number two. It was my time for me to exit my hiding