Survivor

one

Clara's POV

I sat at my desk- second row, third seat - doodling random stuff like flowers or whatever as my teacher droned on about something having to do with fractions. Actually, to be completely honest she could have been talking about giving away concert tickets and it would be too boring to listen to, so I don't know what she was "teaching".

I was used to being bored in math. I had accomplished many pointless things in that class while almost falling asleep, including actually falling asleep, memorizing the pi poster in the classroom, writing poetry about tacos (don't ask), and much more.

It was last block of my eighth grade schedule and my last day of middle school. I couldn't wait to get out of there.

Summer was going to be awesome. For the first week I was going to go on vacation to to Hawaii with my cousin who is also one of my best friends. Then I'd be dancing four days a week for five weeks which is a good thing for me because I love dance. After that I would go to a sleepover Christian camp for a full two weeks with my best friend, Maya. Sometime then I was also going to go to gymnastics and volleyball cap with her. I couldn't wait.

My friend Cece didn't seem too interested in the lesson either. She was texting on her phone. I probably would be doing that but I have a track phone and it takes way to long to text anyone.

I doodled for what seemed like ages (even though it was just 20 minutes) until finally the bell rang. I sprinted out of there as fast as I could and went to my friend Sky's locker. He's really tan with black/brown hair and is super skinny. He was wearing khaki shorts and an Aeropostale tee.

"Hey Clara, you gotta see something give me your iPad."

"Nice to see you too Sky" I replied. I was actually kind of excited to see what Sky wanted to show me though. He often would research a ton of stuff on one subject and then show them to me, just to find out information I guess. I call them research projects and they're actually really interesting. Some recent projects were on college, boarding schools, and famous musicians. I eagerly took out my iPad while we were walking towards my locker and pulled up Chrome. He did some typing and tapping until he pulled up an article.

"Here," he said and showed me an article on haunted places. I scrolled through the list of mansions, mental wards, and jails. Looking at a specific location I said "hey! We should visit this one. It's really close to Rochester".

"That's exactly what I was thinking!" Sky replied.

We finally got to my locker, which is on the other side of school than all of my classes because I'm in student council. I hate student council, no offense to anyone but it's kind of pointless and we have to have lockers at where mine is because it's closer to home room which is 15 minutes a day so basically it's dumb and I don't like it and now I'm rambling and I'm quitting next year. <I>Anyway. </I>

I put in the combo for my locker, spinning the black dial, while Sky and I talked about going to a spooky mansion in Buffalo. Of course when I tried to open it, my locker jammed. No big deal though. I was a pro at un-jamming lockers. I kicked it until it opened.

Maya walked over to my locker, wearing a pink skater skirt and an Aztec print crop top.

"Ready?" Maya asked.

"Yup" I replied as I slammed my locker like I always do. We walked out to the buses, talking.

"Bye! See you soon because we are definitely hanging out over summer," Maya said as she walked up to her bus.

"Yes we are", I agreed. Maya is on a different bus from me and Sky even though she lives in the neighborhood right across from mine. I never really got that.

When Sky and I got in the bus we started chatting about how cool it would be to go somewhere haunted. He took out his phone and did more research about the place while I played 2048 on my iPad mini.

"So Sky", I said "how's Grayson?" Grayson is Sky's boyfriend. Me and a couple other people are the only ones who know that Sky is gay.

"Pretty good," Sky replied "we are going to the movies this weekend and I'm really nervous but excited at the same time. I feel like it might be awkward and stuff"

"Pretty much nothing can go wrong on a movie date. You just watch the movie and hold hands or whatever", I informed.

The bus came to a stop in the middle of the road next to a man with a black mask on.

"Are you alright?" Asked the bus driver.

The man jumped onto the bus and knocked out the driver. Two shots fired, a sharp pain, then it all went black.