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I look around the dark room, watching my allies. One sharpening one of his swords, another punching a bag of sand. And another boy in the window looking down over the city. I sit in the corner, just watching them. All I can think is, how did I become a fugitive of the entire country? I stand up and wander to the door.
“Hey,” the girl calls after me, looking away from her sand, “You know it isn’t safe out there”
I nod back to her, “I won’t go far, I promise.” I say with a reassuring smile. I walk out to the benches along the wall of the lobby. I close my eyes and wander back into memories of a simpler time.
My alarm plays the usual tune to wake me up as the green numbers on the screen display Monday, 7:30 am. I get up and look at the plain …show more content…

I move down the hall on the grey carpet, towards the elevator. I push the silver button to go down, and walk inside the small box. I push the 2nd floor button, and listen to the dinging of the elevator as it crosses the 4 floors. The doors opens, and I step off, moving towards an apartment door marked 24. I lean on the wall by it and finish my toast.
3 minutes later, a girl with long red hair in a tight ponytail steps out. She wears her traditional black leggings and white T-shirt. She is a bit taller than I am, and she never lets me forget it. “Hey Jacklyn,” She says to annoy me. She knows I hate that.
“Jack,” I respond, “Never Jacklyn.” I give her a quick kiss and we move towards the elevator, “So, Autumn, did you see the new requirement?” I ask her.
“Yeah, the virus is terrible!” She exclaims, pushing the down button, “I hope they find a cure for those already affected,” She says in her usual optimism as we get inside the elevator again.
“Yeah, me to,” I agree. Last time there was something this big, the government couldn’t find a cure, but they sectioned off a part of the country, and sent them there until they …show more content…

Autumn glances over to me, “Yeah actually,” she smiles, “around 5:00, you can come over to my place to pick me up.”
I get that feeling that only comes with the mix of happiness and nervousness. “Great,” I say trying to stay cool. This is only our sixth date, but we have been a couple for almost a year. She tends to get busy with school and work, so we don’t get much time out of school together. After a few more minutes, we get to school. The building is 3 stories tall, having 900 students to take care of. It always feels a little cramped, but I have gotten used to it. I walk through the giant glass doors, and walk through the tight and crowded halls. The smooth white tiles glistening the light from the lights over head. It gets a little deffing sometimes. The bright lights, and white floors. Sometimes I feel like the only thing keeping me from insanity here is the fact that the student’s clothes are different

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