'Mr saint' Max calls out, standing at the desk. Mr saint turns from the board, which he is currently scribbling questions on. He looks at Max then asks quite rudely 'what?' Max is quick to answer
'I uh need to go for a shit sir' he says it loudly so everyone starts laughing.
'Settle down, settle down' Mr Saint calls out to us all, he wait until everyone has quietened down.
'You use the word toilet Max, be more respectful to yourself and your peers'
'So can I go then sir?' Max asks again
'Why did you not go at lunch?' He questions
'Ohh I had detention sir, I didn't have time'
'Fine!' Mr Saint sighs exasperatedly then asks
'Does anyone else need to go to the toilet before I start the class' I raise from my chair instantly.
I watch Mr Saint grab his walkie talkie, when his about to speak into it, I stop him.
'Sir, there's no point calling for us to escorted' Mr saint lowers the walkie talkie as he looks at me
'And why is that Hope? You know the school rules, security escort students out of class during school hours'.
I watch as he raises the walkie talkie again, I can't help but fiddle with my fingers, I'm nervous now.
'Officer John is supposed to cover this hallway sir but his currently cleaning up a mess in the boys toilets by the library' Mr saint crosses his arms over his chest, raising his eyebrows then asks
'How exactly do you know that?'
'I was with him sir, Mr Tiz made John keep an eye on me this week' I inform him.
When Mr Saint drops the walkie talkie onto the desk my heart is pounding in my chest.
'Well hurry up the pair of you but I expect you back in five minutes' he says. We both make our way to the door, as we're about to step Mr Saint calls out sternly 'I also expect you both to be on your best behaviour'. We both nod and leave the classroom hastily.
'Any idea where Morgan's class is?' I ask Max
'Yh but we're going to have to use the fire escape to the roof again'. Max grabs my hand then drags me upstairs then we go through the door to the school roof. We climb up the fire exit stairs to the rooftop, that's when I realise what he wants us to do! I stop in my tracks causing Max to stop. He turns to me questioningly 'what is it baby?'
'You're not expecting me to jump again are you?'
'Don't worry, you know what will happen baby, you've done it once before' Max coaxes, I nod.
Max grabs my hand and max pulls me along whether I'm fully ready or not. We start running.
We're at full speed now, heading towards the end of the roof. My heart's hammering in my chest, my blood is pumping fast through my veins, my adrenalines racing sky high, I never thought that I'd be doing this again.
When we reach the end, I scream as we jump, Max pulls me into his chest and wraps his arms around me as we free fall.
When we hit the other rooftop, we roll, max bracing the fall as he rolls with me, protecting my body with his.
A few moments later we stop rolling
'Fuck! That was better than last time' he sighs out. I scamper up as quick as I can and pull max up to his feet. Once max is up he grabs my hand and pulls me along the rooftop.
Max pulls me to the of stairs, leading into the gym. We walk down the stairs hand in hand until we get to the door. Max lets go and we pull at the heavy door to open it, I scurry through into the darkness then max slides through behind me.
'Remember put your arms out hope, feel the walls' I reach out to feel on either side of me, both of my hands finding the walls.
'Remember walk normally, keep your arms up, I'm right behind you princess' Max says reassuringly so I start walking forward as max follows behind.
When we reach the end of the tunnel I pull the door open and step out, Max files out a moment later.
We stand on the landing for a moment before max pulls me onto the floor and I'm hit with de ja vu.
Max crawls across the landing then crawls back to me quickly but quietly.
'I've found him but we have a slight issue'
'And that is what exactly?' I hiss questioningly
'Dave is teaching the class, looks like Patrick is not in today' he whispers quietly.
'Now what are we going to do?'
'I have an idea' Max says cryptically then gets into a crouch. 'Stay here, wait for my signal' he says as he makes his way down the steps.
I watch Max go down the stairs but all I can focus on is how he never told me what the signal was.