what walks in the shadows

chapter 26

Jack

After jack and Elizabeth had run into Reyna many hours passed till the party officially started. As Henry led them down the stairs and down the hall into the lunch hall with their packs slung on their shoulders, jack didn't know what they were going to say to the teachers. But to jack's spurise there were no teachers, at least that jack could see. Jack was already getting nervous even before he spotted the girls. Reyna waved at them and the other girls joined in.

Jack smiled and putting on his cool walk, walked over there only to have his collar fixed by Elizabeth. He looked up at her face and after she was done she met his eye.

Jack was about to talk to her but Anna inturupted him

"You guys look awesome! What do we do with our bags?" Anna said

"Give them to me. Meet you guys in side." Reyna said and she took the back packs with Henry's help they disappeared around the corner.

Anna pulled out a camera and snapped a picture of all of them. She handed it to a teacher who snapped a picture of all of them.

"Thanks!" Anna said as she put her camera away.

"Ready?" Henry said turning up looking very nervous.

"Yeah, come on. Everythings ready, midnight we leave." Reyna said also appearing

"When does the party even end?" Jordan said

"Four o'clock A.M. to be exact." Reyna said

"So let's meet back here fifteen minutes before midnight and we leave." Jack said

Coralyn and Jordan lead the way.

Once they entered the lunch hall music filled the air and jack was surprised that they couldn't hear anything from outside.

"Is everything ready?" Anna yelled at Reyna

"Yes, just fallow the plan!" Reyna yelled as she was taken with the crowd towards the dance floor. Henry ran into the crowd and disappeared.

Elizabeth pulled jack over to one of the dark corners.

"What's wrong?" Jack asked

"If things don't go according to plan then I want you to keep this." Elizabeth said.

Elizabeth pulled out of her dress pocket a silver chain with a crystal oval diamond out. she put it around jack's neck and fixed it.

"Yeah, but the plan is perfect no one will be left behind." Jack said

"Well what if something worse happens." Elizabeth said

"Like what?" Jack said

"Like if someone died." Elizabeth said

Jack didn't say a word, the word died was way too familiar to jack and in so many incidents loved ones died.

Elizabeth shook it off and gave him a smile. He smiled weakly back and looked around to see where his friends were. Jack couldn't help but notice that Coralyn and Jordan were talking and that no one seemed to see that they were there.

Elizabeth grabbed jack's hand and pulled him onto the dance floor where they spent the wrest of the night swaying.

20 minutes before 11:50 Reyna came over.