A man, whose hair is red and his face covered by his black beard, stands in front of the whiteboard and writes his name. The class room was filled with students of year 12, all of them whispering and some laughing, giggling. The bell rings and the students quiet down as they go to their assigned seats while the man waits for them to all be seated.
"Hello class, my name is Mr. Anderson, I will be your sub for today since your teacher is home, obviously sick." The substitute teacher fixes his glasses as he introduces himself, some of the girl students whistle at him.
"Okay, let's not go there, ladies. We may be seniors but God, it's too early for this.. this nonsense!" One of the male students says, annoyed.
"But he's like a big teddy bear!" some random girl squeals out.
Mr. Anderson chuckles and clasps his hands together," Okay class, today we will have the announcements on and going in the next 5 minutes. Please, settle down and be quiet as I go over the seating chart." Mr. Anderson states as he sets the TV up to the computer.
Now the whole room is filled with whisperings of students gossiping, then laughter leads the volume of the class to be loud once more.
"Quiet now students!" Mr. Anderson raises his voice as he marks down the attendance sheet, the class silenced once again," Now, be quiet and listen to the announcements..."
All the now bored teens stare blankly upwards towards the screen where it shows a student mouthing off the school news.
A male student, whose head is full of brown-curly locks, has blue crystal-like eyes and has a muscular build, passes a note to a girl who's right in front of him. The girl has long Raven black hair, melanin skin with purest of green eyes.
The boy softly taps onto her shoulder, "Hey Cassy! Read my note please!" He whispers but then was told to stay quiet by Mr. Anderson.
Castella sighs and quickly snatches the note out of his hand. She scans the note then giggles to herself as her cheeks turn rosy pink. She quickly marks the other side of the paper with a red inked pen.
As Castella finishes, she draws a small heart near her signature before turning around quickly and handing him the note," You're such a dork sometimes, Danny," she whispers as he reaches for the note.
Castella grabs his hand with her free hand and kisses his palm," We'll go on our date after school, promise?" she whispers as she holds out her hand towards Daniel, palm facing upwards.
The boy grabs her hand gently and places a kiss on her palm," I promise love," he says quietly.
Mr. Anderson shushed the class again but soon after the announcements cut off and a warning label shows on screen follows after. The announcements come back on from the speakers that were above the doors, "Please, fellow staff lock all doors. We are in lockdown, I repeat we are in serious lockdown. There is a dangerous man in the building, I repeat, staff please lock all doors and keep the students safe."
The young couple look at each other, Castella shook up in fear. Daniel, who's still holding her hands as if she's fragile, places small kisses on the back of her hands as he tries to calm her down.
On the other hand, a few ignorant girls let out a squeal, "There's a mad man on campus?! Why and how did he come into school?!" One of the girls shrieks.
"This is unfathomable! I have a test in maths, today!" Shouts another.
"Please stay quiet and calm. The man is wandering around and we do not know if he's carrying a weapon," a blonde student with deepest darkest brown eyes who has a lean muscular build, raises his voice as he helps out Mr. Anderson lock up and cover the classroom windows.
"Thank you, Anthony. And yes, please do quiet down, we have windows to lock up and cover so please hurry and help out," Mr. Anderson says as he locks up the door.
The announcements come back on the TV, the student with a shirt with black splattered substance comes into view," Everyone, please listen... On the news, we heard that a few dozen people are driven mad and, at this very moment, they are attacking innocent civilians and eating their faces off... Then coming back to life!" The student laughs nervously," It's like the Walking Dead... but for real! Ahaha!"
The students in the classroom staring at the laughing announcer in shock," Is.. is that blood on his shirt?..." Castella's voice breaks as she vulnerably shakes in fear. Mr. Anderson quickly shuts off both the computer and the TV. Daniel gets up from his chair," We have to sit in the back of the room, away from the windows and the door. Everyone, please try to stay calm and quiet so the man, maybe even that crazy student too, won't find us okay? So hurry up guys!" Daniel says as Castella stands up from her seat and hurries to shut off all the lights.
The students do as they are told as Anthony and Daniel lock up the last remaining windows and shutting the blinds.
Anthony peeks through the blinds and his eyes scans across the campus," the man has to be in the building if he's not outside... We should barricade the windows just in case he tries to destroy them," he says until he stops scanning the school grounds and his eyes widen," Nevermind let's just do that now."
A few male students volunteer to stack up the desks against the windows, while others are trying to comfort and quiet some of the students. Mr. Anderson goes on to his phone and sends a message to his wife, trying to see if she's okay and telling her what's currently happening in school. Once he finishes, he sticks his phone back into his pocket then sighs," Okay students please stay quiet until this mad man--and this kid-- gets caught by the police-- oh-- uh-- sorry one sec..." Mr. Anderson gets interrupted by his phone ringing.
As he picks it up, he immediately meets a shaking voice of his wife, her hyperventilating, "B-baby! Our--our neighbor down the street knocked down our door! He's just on th-the other side of the door! H--h--he's scratching and hitting our bedroom door!" She keeps shaking and crying," I--I don't kn--know what to do! Please find a way to get home, please! I saw on the news that there are just crazy people feasting off of other people and I didn't know it could have been our neighbor too!" Mr. Anderson tries to calm her down," I'm under lockdown right now, Crystal. I--I'm so sorry! Try to phone the cops hun. I'll try to get home as fast as this situation blows over--" he suddenly stops as he hears his wife let's out a blood-curdling scream, "A--dam! AHHHH!" Crystal starts to cry until she suddenly finally stops, now the teacher hearing the grunting and chewing from the man. "Cr--Crystal?! Baby, you there?! What's happening?!" Mr. Anderson continues to call out to her until the call ends.
~ End ~
• LOL JK I'm sorry if this was short but I really wanted you guys to read this so.. hah here you go~
Also, for those who have been wondering why Mr. Anderson looks the way he does, he dyes his hair sometimes and even his wife and child digs it.
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