SNEAK YOUR WAY INTO MY HEART

BLADE

Seriously. . .

"What the hell are we doing here?"She shushed me before she took a peek over the wall checking if someone was there. I was impatiently tapping my feet and crossing my arms. The time in my wristwatched told me I was way pass my supper.

I'm hungry, drenched, and cold but here we are sneaking inside the school to do something that only she knows.

Without looking she patted my arm and whispered, "The coast is clear. Come on."

Her hands gestured to go forward.She walked stealthy while I walked like it was nothing to be scared or sneaky to do.

She look back at me for a while. "We need to hurry! We're running out of time!And please get down we might get spotted if you walk like that." she said in hushed tones.

I rolled my eyes and put my hands inside the pockets of my shorts. It's not like this would post as a trouble to me. My family owns this school so me going inside is not a problem. But I'm not about to say that to her. We are already in the third floor of the building and she hasn't said or do anything that was so bucket list worthy.

"What exactly are we doing here?"

"I told you it's a surprise. You'll know it when we get there."

Tsk. This is getting annoying. What exactly is written in this bucketlist of hers that we needed to sneak inside the school in the middle of the night? Is she planning to steal something? Do something bad? I mentally shrug with the thought. Nah. Forever is the good type of girl with a secretly twisted mind in suicide. She can't think about stealing neither ruining school property. But still it got me curious to what we will do. She abruptly stopped walking.

"Stop."

"What the hell are we stopping fo—"She immediately shushed me.

She scanned the hallway and listened carefully. I did the same then we heard from the far end corner of the hallway, a person whistling a song and a circular light coming from a flashlight scanning the area. Forever frantically grabbed my arm her hands shivering from fear."Oh no! We‟re gonna get caught! What should we do? What should we do?"

She blanched. Her brows raised upward and pulled together. With bulging eyes she glances from side to side finding a hiding spot. While she was jittery I wasn't affected at all. He's just an employee my father hired so it's not a problem to get myself out of trouble.

"We can just let ourselves be seen, it's not a problem," I said with a single shrug of one shoulder.

"Getting us caught is a problem! If my parents knows about this they will flip out!" she said her voice no more louder than a whisper.

"No one has to know."

"Then what?Are you gonna bribe the security guard?"—Hmm. More like threaten the guy.

"More or so."

The footsteps and whistles were getting louder. She looked at the left side then suddenly grab my hand. For a second there I felt something coursing in me but I just let it slide.

"Come on!"

She dragged me inside a door no bigger than a toolshed. The room was dark even though there was a small window atop of the wall facing the door that cascaded the light from the moon. The room smelled like chlorine and washing soap. I squinted my eyes and saw a high and large locker in the far left corner of the room. Mops, brooms and galloons of cleaning agents are haphazardly stacked and place in shelves. She closed the door creaking shut and she locked it. We both hid on either sides of the door. Her eyes peeking outside from small window on the door. Her heavy breathing resonated in my ear.

"Whose there?!" shouted the guard from outside the door.

Forever bit her lower lip and squeeze her eyes shut. "What should we do?"

"I don't know. This is was your idea from the start," I whispered, didn't feel anxious at all. Seriously she is making a fuss out of nothing.

"You're not helping," she whisper-exclaimed.

"Who is in there?!" shouted the guard.

The flashlight was aimed at our door and she instantly sit down grabbing me by the arm to follow in pursuit. I frowned and was about to stand up to finish this hide and seek game but then she stopped me with her tremblinghand grabbing my sleeve of my shirt. The adrenaline crashed through her and she looked like a mess. It was annoying how a security guard can make her this scared while she wasn't scared to face me, the God of Destruction and the bad boy of the school.

There was banging on the door and Forever closed her mouth to stop herself from screaming. "You kids know better than to sneak inside the school premises at this hours."

I heard the clinging of metals. When the realization hit me I instantly grabbed her hand and drag her towards the locker.I opened the locker luckily there was only rags and two brooms inside. Forever instantly got the idea and went in first. I followed pursuit tilting my head downward because the locker was too small for my tall frame.

I closed the locker from the inside.The closet wasn't large enough to fit two people who are hiding from a security guard. We were uncomfortably squeezed together. She put her cold hands on my chest to prevent her chest to touch mine. We both didn't look at each other.

I wasn't close with girls other than Eunice. So this is awkward for me.We listened as the door open with a bang. Forever was startled. I covered her mouth with my hand before she makes a sound. I peeked from a small gap in the closet doors. We both kept silent as the security guard scanned the room with it's flashlight like scanning lazers.

Then he aimed his flashlight towards the locker, towards us. I immediately move my face away from the locker door. The small distance gave me the freedom to tell how Forever's heart is lurched. I don't know if it's because of our drenched clothes or that her hands was icy cold. I can't tell but the fear is taking toll on her.

I grab her hands with one hand and she instantly looked at me. I gestured my fingers to keep silent. She gave me a questionable look but before she could even stop. I slightly open the door just enough to squeeze my way out without the guard seeing Forever inside. I closed the door then stretch my arms and yawn acting like I just woke up from a nap. The guard gave me a bewildered look. I scratch my head and messed up my hair.

"Mr. Montecillo, what are you doing in there?"

I raised my eyebrows. "Isn‟t obvious, fat pig? I was sleeping," I said sarcastically.

The security guard's big nostrils flared and his eyebrows creased. "Mr. Montecillo, you are not allowed to—."

"Oh, I know the damn rules," I said cutting him off. "But the fvcking rules don't just apply to me since I own this school. And if you want to keep your job then mind your own business."

His flaring anger suddenly subsided by the mere mention of jobs. He cleared his throat. "If you're done with your. . .nap. Then you better get out of the school immediately Mr. Montecillo," he said then turned towards the door to exit.

"Fine, whatever."

"Do you want me to escort you out?" the guard suggested, his hand on the doorknob.

"I can handle it. It's not like I don't know my way out of my own school," I coldly reply.

He grimace. "Right."

He then went outside first and when I was sure he was out of sight. "You can come out now." I called out to her.

The door creaked open and she came out of the closet sighing in relief. "That was close but you didn't need to be so rude with the guard. He's just doing his job."

I cross my arms and furrowed my eyebrows. "Are you just gonna yap your mouth or getting this thing done? I don't have all the time in the world."

"Right," she murmured and we head out of the door.

She made sure that there was no guards in site until we reached our destination. I'm already having guesses on where we were going but I didn't expect it to be here of all places.

Seriously,what is it so special in this damn place?

I've been here for countless times now but I don't see why it was such a wonder for her to go here tonight and that it was so urgent and important that she would sneak inside this late at night. Risking the anger of that security guard and the fact that this might get her reported to her parents.

She twirled around feeling all giddy and excited. "Here we are! Ta da!" she said raising both her arms and shake her hands in the air for effect.

I grimance."Are you serious?"