The bell rings and lets us out for lunch. Before I enter the crowded hallway I look both ways, I can hear them following me. I walk through a sea of leg warmers and sweatbands. I can smell the hairspray and the badly washed perms. Girls with bright colored scrunchies skip side by side. Everyone seems carefree and unworried, it doesn't make any sense. I can sense their close. I feel their panting breathe on my hear. They want my life. Their the predators in this jungle. I am simply prey.
Beads of sweat trickle down my forehead.
My heart beats louder and faster.
The thumping sounds muffle the noise around.
They smell my fear.
I'm going to die.
Adrenaline pulses throughout my veins.
In fast motion I unzip my backpack and pull
Beads of sweat trickle down my forehead.
My heart beats louder and faster.
The thumping sounds muffle the noise around.
They smell my fear.
I'm going to die.
Adrenaline pulses throughout my veins.
In fast motion I unzip my backpack and pull