Do or Die

Lock down

  I walk down the halls with my books. I put them in my locker and as I'm about to grab my other books someone slams my locker. I look up to see Brandon. My best friend Kylie's annoying boyfriend. The only reason I tolerate him is because he's a great guy around Kylie but annoying to me when she's not around. He has a Jersey accent and black hair that is all flipped to the left side. "Hey shortie, I need a favor." He says while he looks down at me, a whole head taller then me. I'm really not that short though. I'm 5'6 so he's just really tall. "What do you want Brandon?" I say slightly annoyed as I open my locker back up. He looks me in the eyes but I keep my eyes on my locker.

"Well I was hoping you could stay after school with me to decorate Kylie's locker for her birthday tomorrow. Please Eleanor? For Kylie?"

Of course he was asking me really nice since he wants something from me.

I look up at him after I grab my books and give him an odd look. "Decorating her locker? We aren't middle schoolers anymore. We are in 11th grade, you know right?" He sighs and I shut my lockers looking up at him since he has my attention fully now.

Brandon looks down on me with pleading eyes and I have to keep from laughing at his desperateness. "I know that, but she told me she would love it if someone would decorate her locker and I thought, woah I should totally decorate her locker. Even if it's childish, she likes it so I'm in. Plus you don't want to do it for your best friend? How cruel." He shakes his head back and forth and I roll my eyes at him.

He's sweet for wanting to make his girlfriend happy but he's so annoying for making me feel like a bad friend if I don't do this. I sigh, giving in and then say, "fine. I'll stay after school and help you. Do you have stuff to decorate her locker?" He nods and I continue. "Okay then I'll help you decorate her locker after school. We'll meet at her locker 10 minutes after the bell signals it's time for school to end so we know she left. Got it?"

He smiles and nods, then ruffles my perfectly straight hair causing it to frizz out a little. "Bye shortie!" He yells at me as he walks away. I fix my hair and walk to my last class of the day.

~2 minutes until the bell rings~

I can see everyone is antsy as we wait for the 120 seconds to pass by. Like you can feel the tension in the room. All eyes locked on the clock even though their supposed to be glued to the teacher.

My eyes are peeks away from the clock though when I feel a crumpled piece of paper hit my hand. I look down and read it. It says:

Dear Eleanor my love,
Please please take me back 🖤 I wish we where still friends. I know it's been awhile but... please?

~Derek

That was short, kinda stupid actually. I roll my eyes and leave the note on the ground.

I see Zelda and Derek stand up and the teacher tells them she still has a minute and they sit down reluctantly.

We all sit at the edge of our desks. 5...4...3...2...1

Ring! Ring!

Everyone runs out of the room as the teacher calls out to us reminding that we have a test on Monday. It's Friday and that means everyone is excited for the weekend. I walk out to the bathroom and then to my locker and put my Geography books in my bag along with my pencil pouch. I swing it over my back and grab a roll of tape that's in my locker. I know Brandon will forget it so that's why I put it in my pocket. I shut my locker and walk around the corner and to Kylie's locker. I see Brandon staring at the locker with a plastic bag in his hand, probably with the supplies for Kylie's locker.

"Hey Brandon, why are you staring at the locker?" He whips around and nods to me. "Hey Ellie." I cross my arms when he calls me that nickname.

"You know I don't like that name." Brandon laughs and hands me the bag. I look up in the bag and snicker, "Good thing I brought tape." He swears under his breath.

"That's what I forgot. Well I'll hand you the tape and you put the things up, got it?"

I know he's making me do the work but I don't really care at this point. I let him hand me the pieces of tape and I put the streamers and balloons up. I open her locker and we put a present from each of us inside. I'm the only one with her locker combo. Ha Brandon!

"Wow we did a good job." We step back and admire the cutely decorated locker.

"Yeah good job Ellie." He pats my back and grabs his backpack. He waves to me and starts walking down the hall. I grab my backpack as well and walk the other way.

I'm two hallways away from the door and suddenly I hear an announcement.

"This is a lock down. Report to the library right away and lock all the doors. I repeat this is a lock down go to the library and lock the doors."

I quickly run to the library wondering who is still at school. I also wonder why we have to go to the library. When we do drills they say to go to the nearest room, but I guess not today. This is the first real drill I've ever been in. This is kinda scary, I need to know what's happening.

I open the door to the library and quickly shut and lock the door. I turn around and see 6 other people turn their heads toward me.

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