Zero

Lockdown

"OLIVIA" a voice yelled in my ear

"Wha" I lifted my head. Did I fall asleep?

"Is my class really that boring" questioned my art teacher Miss Tam "we need to finish the painting by Friday. So please wake up". Giggles filled the room. "Yes Miss Tam I'll get back to work"

I looked at my paper. What was that dream? that poem what was it about?

Nobody I know wears red glasses except me and...

I shook my head to clear my mind and focus on the painting. Before I could do anything the bell rang. "Make sure to grab your water bottles" Miss Tam reminded us

I grabbed my stuff and walked out of the door. Suddenly a someone put their hand on my shoulder. "Ahhh" I yelped in suprise

"When will you not fall for that" my friend Annabelle teased

"Never" I responded "well let's meet TJ and Jack at the lunch table". Annabelle nodded in agreement.

We walked through the yellow hallway and down the slope finally into the cafeteria.

We sat in our usual spot which is the table nearest to the door. Jack was already sitting down.

"Hi Olivia" Jack greeted us "do you think you would survive in a zombie apocalypse?"

"Nah there is no way I'd survive I hate running". I responded

"I think I'd die too" Annabelle agreed

"Same" interjected TJ who had just walked in. He sat down next to me. TJ and Annabelle unpacked their lunches while me and Jack waited to get called up and buy our food.

We sat in silence because the most quiet table gets called up first. I took this time to work on one of my stories.

She landed on the cloud beside the school. No she fluttered down? Nah hmmm she landed gracefully and walked up the front steps. Perfect.

Suddenly a noise broke my thoughts. BEEP BEEP BEEP LOCKDOWN LOCKDOWN LOCKDOWN. This was a lockdown.

"EVERYONE GO UNDER YOUR TABLES THIS IS NOT A DRILL"someone yelled.

My mind stopped. It seemed as if the world slowed down. I should be scared. But I wasn't. I couldn't feel scared.

Just like when he...

I took a deep breath and cleared my mind. The world returned to its normal speed. "Olivia get under the table" Jack whispered. I quickly got under the table.

Under the table was all of my freinds. Jack who looked scared and on the verge of tears. TJ who stared into space. Annabelle who looked calm but I knew was scared.

Finally me who is unable to feels scared.

"Jack don't worry I can protect you with taekwondo" I signed in ASL to Jack

Jack giggled and signed back "you said pillow instead of taekwondo". I smiled I had made the mistake on purpose to distract Jack.

We waited. Every five minutes or so a quick beep would go off. I kept signing to Jack to make him happy even though I was bad at it.

Then the principal came on the loud speaker

"Attention everyone" he sounded panicked like he was in a rush "the intruder seems to be some sort of zombie and has infected several people DONT LET ANYONE I-." The principal was cut off.

Right then people banged at the lunch room doors
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