Run to the balcony

“Oh shit!” You both gasp in unison as your hearts leapt into their throats.

“We’ve gotta go! Now!” you let out in panic-stricken whisper.

You both scramble to find your discarded clothing, frantically putting them on as they are found.

“This way!” She cries out desperately, pointing towards the French doors that lead out onto the balcony outside their room.

Together you sprint towards the balcony door, heedless of anything or anyone who might be in your way. With a loud crash, you burst through the doors and out onto the cool night air, taking no time to close them behind you before you are both sprinting like your lives depended on it towards safety...

You race across the balcony and back into the house though another door and into a room full of people. Your adrenaline-fueled sprint carries you like lightning bolts down the long corridor leading away from the rooms, until you finally reach the end of the hallway, which split into two separate stairwells.

“Left!” You pant out between gasps for air, Jennifer’s hand is clutching tightly onto your sleeve in desperation as she follows you. You descended the narrow, winding staircase and by the time you reach the bottom, the noise from the commotion upstairs has mostly died down to muffled shouts and banging that sounds very far away indeed.

Breathlessly clutching onto each other for support, you and Jennifer stagger back out to the main area where the party is still going strong. You try catching your breaths as best you can while trying not to attract any unwanted attention. You make your way out a side door and head down the street trying your best to remain in the shadows.

Once you are a good three houses away and your lungs finally begin to function somewhat normally again, a sudden wave of euphoria washes over. Quietly and tentatively at first you both start to giggle, but it quickly gains speed and volume, until you both burst out into fits of laughter so loud it reverberates off the houses next to you.

“Oh my god! Oh my god!” gasps Jennifer between convulsions of laughing.

“We... we almost got caught!” you wheeze, tears streaming down your face from laughter as you hold onto Jennifer’s slender frame for support. “I can’t believe it! Oh man, that was the craziest thing ever!”

You continue your giddy, hysterical fit of giggles and guffaws as you stagger clumsily through the empty streets back towards the dorms.