No security

Sami stood nervously at the edge of the school's property, clutching the bag of equipment to her chest. Her gaze shifted nervously between the abandoned, pitch-black school and the eerily empty forest that surrounded the school grounds. She wished she could say it was eerily silent, too, but the sound of Allison scaling the shoulder-height chain link fence sounded like it could awaken the world.

"Can't you do that any quieter?" Sami hissed.

"We'll see how you do when it's YOUR turn." Allison snapped back.

She flung her leg over the fence and landed feet-first on the other side. She dusted her clothing off, then turned to look at the school.

"No sign of anyone." she muttered.

"That doesn't mean there isn't anyone." Sami replied.

"Yeah, well... until we see something to suggest otherwise, we'll assume we're all alone. Now come on, we're wasting the night here. Throw me the bag and get over here."

Doing as she was asked, Sami threw the bag containing their uniforms and supplies over the fence and began to climb it too. It sounded like thunder, to her ears. She wasn't quite as athletic as the other girl, so Allison helped pull her over to the other side of the fence. Soon the two of them were standing at the edge of the darkened running field.

"Okay, let's get started." Allison said as she began to remove her clothing. Sami looked away.

"Um, shouldn't we, you know, wait a few minutes to see if anyone turns up?" she asked.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to just go straight for it." Allison replied as she threw her t-shirt on the ground.

Once Allison was down to her underwear, she crouched beside the bag and began to rummage through it. "We're going to do this scientifically." she said as she pulled out her running shorts and gym shirt. "I figure breaking into the school grounds is probably an adrenaline rush enough to improve my time, so we'll try it normally first. Then once we're sure we're alone I'll do it nude, and we'll compare the times. I'll need you on stopwatch duty."

"Oh." Sami sighed, suddenly relieved. "That's not so bad."

"You'll do it once I'm finished." Allison continued, much to Sami's dismay. "That way if your times improve we'll know it's not just an individual thing. We can use that to convince the other girls to try it."

Once Allison was wearing her running gear, the two girls measured out one hundred metres using a measure in the bag. Allison dumped her regular clothes there as a marker, while Sami walked to the other end with a stopwatch in hand.

Allison crouched at the starting position, and looked towards Sami. The other girl, not wanting to shout, signalled with her fingers. 3. 2. 1. Go!

The wind rushed past Allison's ears as her feet pounded on the rough dirt of the running field. She imagined a teacher's voice being lost in the wind - "Hey, stop!" - and felt a sudden urge of adrenaline. With her heart pounding faster, she flew past Sami who pressed the button on the watch with a beep.

"How's my time?" Allison asked as she jogged back to the other girl.

"13.3 seconds." Sami read aloud. She withdrew her notebook and squinted at the writing. "It's hard to see in the dark, but I think that's your best time yet."

"It is. 14.5 was my previous best."

"Alright then." Sami said, nodding. "That seems like we're on to a winner. No need to go nude, I guess. We can tell the other girls-"

"Nine seconds." Allison interrupted.

"What?"

"That streaker girl did it in nine seconds."

"Well yeah," Sami agreed "But she didn't use a starting block."

"That's only about half a second... one second tops. Even factoring that in, her time was still ten seconds. That's three better than me. I'm sorry Sami, but I have to try this."

Sami eyed the empty field nervously as Allison walked back to the pile of her clothes one hundred metres away. Once she reached it, she quickly pulled off her gym shirt and unclasped her sports bra. She added these to the pile before removing her shorts and panties in one swift movement, leaving her standing in the middle of the school's sports field wearing nothing but her socks and sneakers. She crouched down, and got into the running position.

Red faced, Sami signalled the countdown with her hands. 3! 2! 1!