Go to the group

"I'm sorry..." I say, leaving my teacher behind. She looks around, terrified and completely alone. It's not like I wanted to leave her, but she would only hold me back. She was too scared and would be too slow. I'd have to save her at some point and I'd end up getting myself killed... or worse. "Hey, guys." I say, walking up to them with trepidation.

"Oh, look who it is," Cassie said, quite the snob. "What do you want, loser?

"Listen," I say to them, "I was hoping that I could stick with you guys." Mark and Philip seemed to be mentally undressing me.

"I don't see why not," Mark said, taking control of the situation. "The more numbers we have, the safer we'll be. Kelly, why don't you come sit in my lap?" It was an odd request, but I figured I had to earn their trust anyways. I walked over and sat down in his lap awkwardly.

The two men readily accepted me while the other girls were generally apathetic. It's not that they were cold to me, but they just seemed to not care. "Good, well, I think we should get out of here. The longer we stay here, the more dangerous it can get and the more likely we are to get caught by those things if we're all bunched up together."

"No way are we going out there! We're perfectly safe in here. Strength in numbers and everything!" Miranda spoke up, obviously terrified.

"No, I think we should make for the courtyard. It's safer there," said Mark.