*gulp*

You at last get right up to your room's door, and lean against it with a sigh. The light's been slowly fading, and with the pace you were moving at, you wouldn't have been able to see anything for much longer. You were really looking forward to this weekend, this sucks so much right now.....

Ever since you got locked out on your first day here, you make sure to keep your room key in your school pants pocket where you can feel it, so it doesn't matter that your stuff and your backpack had to be left behind in that First Aid classroom. Still, it's hard to unlock and open a door without being loud, so you just take a few moments to breathe before you bring it out to do the work. Once you're inside, you can just curl up{if Bed>0}, throw the sheets over your head,{else} on the ground{endif} and sleep. You can deal with getting out of here in the morning. There might even be a bus scheduled, if you're lucky!

Alright, you think you're ready. You dig your hand into your pocket and pull out the room key. Then, gradually and steadily, you lift it up and move it towards the lock. Okay, so you're moving it gradually, but your hands are actually shaking a tiny bit right now. A bead of sweat forms on your forehead and you stick your tongue out from the corner of your mouth as the tip of the key nears the keyhole, and the shaking intensifies a bit. Hey, come on!

You grip your keyhand's wrist with your other hand to guide it more steadily. It works a little bit. Still, you've not pushed it in yet, and you really don't want to miss the keyhole and make noise right now. You squint your eyes, crane your neck to lean in, and ever so slowly push it closer and closer until....

"What the fuck?"

"AH!" You shout, jumping back from the door and accidentally throwing the key into the air. You turn at full speed towards the source of the sound -- it's Delilah, a few steps away from you in the dark hallway, just standing there! She's holding what looks like a steaming mug of hot chocolate. The key lands on your head and bounces off. "Wh-what are you doing here?!!"

"I'm -- what are you doing here?" She looks like she's wearing some baggy, long-sleeved pyjamas. She runs her eyes up and down your extremely messy (thanks to her) school uniform with surprised eyebrows. "You didn't leave on the bus after I-"

"I only just got up!" You shout back, not wanting her recount. "That was really mean, by the way! A-and besides, it's really really spooky in here, and now I don't think I can get home, and I'm going to starve, and it's all your fault, and-"

Delilah chuckles meanly. With a grin, she looks back at your face again. "A bus'll be here again at 8am tomorrow morning, you'll be fine. It's just one night -- though I guess you're not really tired now, huh?"

That's probably true..... you just slept for at least four hours. Plus, since the bathroom lights were off and nobody saw you, that must mean that the power's fully off and not just that the lights are switched off. You'll be alone in your room, in the pitch black, for hours and hours until morning.....

Smirking and shaking her head at your expression, Delilah brushes past you and moves to walk down the hallway.

"W-wait!" You call out, picking your room key up off the ground and rushing over to follow her. "Where are you going? Can I come with you?"

"No."

"Please??!"

She sips on her hot chocolate. "No."

"Pleeeeeeeasssseee?!?!?!?!?"

Delilah stops, takes a deep breath, and turns around. You were following pretty closely, so your face are right near each others' right now.

Her eyes run over you coldly, then shift back up to your face. They seem to soften a little at your **** expression, and her rigid shoulders droop a little. She takes one step back and reaches up to rub at her eyes, sighing deeply, then slowly drags her head up to look at you again, now wearing a much gentler face.

"No." She turns and keeps walking down the hall.

"Delilah!"

W-well, you're not going to spend the night in the dark alone, just because the one other person around doesn't like you, especially when that person's to blame for you being here. So, after looking around for a second, you blink fast a couple of times and then jog to catch up with her. S-she doesn't say anything else, or try to stop you, so.... you'll just keep walking around behind her for a while, then. It's getting pretty dark, though.