My New Angel in my Darkest Hour

Locked in a Locker

OMG. No. How did I get into this mess. No one will find...I'm all alone no one will come save me. I can't breathe. Wait....is someone coming...I hear footsteps.....

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"I'm soooo tired," I said to Alicia. She as usual rolled her eyes and said the walk to to her locker  after gym wasn't so bad. The gym is on the first floor, her locker is on the third floor.  I cannot handle those stairs sometimes. Days had gone by and each time I would hope that Leo sat with me instead of being alone outside. Growing up with no siblings and a busy mom made me value company that much more. As for my dad, I never really met him, mom says he walked out on us when I was born, wasn't ready. I would visit Leo after I ate my lunch to get him to sit with me but he would just smile and shake his head. I guess he's being careful......

At her locker, Alicia took off her book bag and opened her locker to get her math textbook. On her door pictures of her, Damien,me, and others  were plastered all over. I smiled and thought I could do the same thing to mine one day. I closed her locker for her and me and her went off. Once we were on our way down to a hall on the second floor we saw a group of boys huddled together talking and laughing. As we passed we saw they were watching a video. At the last minute I saw a dark room and then male voices turn loud with panick. I saw Leo's face and him hitting the floor as the other boys ran off towards a smashed floor. The guys laughed and both of us stopped and exchanged disgusted looks. 

"You find that funny?" Alicia demanded. I'm not one for altercations but Leo is still my friend. The guys nodded while giggling to each other and the guy holding the phone handed it out to us,

"Want to see? It really is-"

I cannot believe Alicia did what she did next. She knocked the phone right out of his hand. It was like everything slowed down. The phone banging onto the floor, the sound of glass shatter, than shocked voices that turned into angry ones. Alicia tugged on my jacket and we ran as the boys ran after us. I ran and was right behind Alicia, I could almost see the stairs to go downstairs when a hand caught onto my hand and yank me back. All of a sudden I'm being dragged back by a guy kicking and screaming. Alicia turned around and stopped for a moment.

"GO!GO FIND HELP!" I yelled to her. Although Alicia is tough she can't handle 5 angry boys at the same time. When I look around I realized they were the people Leo used to hang out with.Alicia nodded and she kept on going with three other boys running after her and two sticking with me. 

"Let me go!!!!" I yelled after my arms started to hurt. For a moment they ignored me and then the one holding me said,

"Sure," and threw me into a tight space. The closed the door and I heard a lock click. I heard footsteps distance themselves from me and soon I heard nothing. I realized I was in an empty locker. I hate tight spaces and I couldn't move at all. Only a little light shown in and I couldn't reach for my phone. I started to scream out and try my best to pound on the door but no one came. It was afterschool.....on a Friday. Okay don't panick save your strength, a janitor will have to come sooner or later.

As much as that idea soothed me, I couldn't stop panicking. With each second that passed I grew more and more tensed. After a while I realized I was having trouble breathing because of it. Where was everyone! Finally I snapped and started to cry.

  OMG. No. How did I get into this mess. No one will find...I'm all alone no one will come save me. I can't breathe. Wait....is someone coming...I hear footsteps.....  

I heard them come steadily towards me and I shadow from the only light I had flickered. I took all the energy I had left and started to bang on the locker with my hands and body and screamed for help. Rapid footsteps came towards me and a voice yelled,

"Hello?!" 

"Leo?" I asked crying more. 

"Steph how did you get in there?"

"I'll explain later get me out please!"

For a moment there was silence then he spoke again,

"Okay but I need to to be quiet so I can listen for the lock okay?"

I said okay and I heard some clicking, turning, and finally a bang as the locker flew open. I fell out since my legs had gone numb from standing for so long.Leo caught me and sat me on the floor as he hugged. I cried into his chest and then I remembered Alicia as the boys ran after her. What if she's in trouble too! I told Leo what happened and when I mentioned me realizing it was his old friends his fist clenched and I quickly told him about Alicia being in trouble. He nodded and we ran off. Soon we heard grunts, screams, and punches being landed. We ran towards the hallway and there was a sight to see. 2 vs 3. 

Tyler and Damien were trying to beat up the boys I saw go after Alicia and I saw her not too far with wide frightened eyes covering her mouth. Leo left my side and punched off the guy on Damien's back who was trying to fight one guy since he also had to fight another. It was now equal. 3 vs 3.

I ran to Alicia who hugged me and I saw she had a busted, bleeding lip. We looked on at the fight and it looked like to packs of wolves fighting with growling and clawing except there was also profanity being thrown and kicks and punches. Damien finished first throwing the already beaten guy roughly into a locker. He slowly got up and limped away. Damien went to chase him but Alicia grabbed onto him shaking her heard. He let out a snarl and hugged Alicia protectively as we look on. We realized that Tyler and Leo were talking to each other while fighting since they haven't met yet.

"So what's your name?"Tylar asked Leo as he punched his opponent in the face.

"Leo, you must be Tyler you have quite the reputation." Leo said as he dodged a blow to the face. 

"Thanks, like them Jordans you got on." Tylar complimented as he kicked his opponent into the locker. The guy too ran off and their conversation continued.

"Well looks like it's up to me to take out the trash." He said as he and his opponent circled each other. Leo was hardly scratched while the other had a broken nose and was breathing hard. Leo came at him and swung his fist to his face- but he missed as the guy dodged and elbowed Leo in the ribs. Leo grabbed his stomach and I knew the guy was about to finish him. I had to step in. Like I was a football player I ran and tackled the guy before he could kick his face. Somehow the guy ended up on top of me and got ready to throw and punch when I saw Leo grab the guy off me by the hair and repeatedly punched him until the guy came off loose and ran off stumbling. 

"That's not how you treat a lady!" Leo hollered after him. Tylar said some profanity and Damien said if he were to mess with us again he'll get ten times worse. They shook hands and other hand gestures and I knew at that moment..... The Three Amigos had been made. Tyler, Damien, and Leo. Alicia's mom was nice enough to come pick us up after we told her what happened.

"I can't believe they'd do such a thing! I will deal with this as soon as I get home!" Her mom said angerly to herself. She thanked the boys and took us all home. I thanked Damien and Tyler again and soon it was just me and Leo. He walked me up to my porch and I hugged him one more time before opening the door to go inside. Before I went in he put his foot in between the door.

".....I'll sit with your squad.. just saying."

"Good."I said to him and smiled before finally closing the door with a sigh.