The boy grinned and whispered back So are you Ana slipped out of the bathroom and walked toward the boy It surprised her that he didn’t sound worried at all Everyone here seemed worried about breaking the rules Being late is against the rules Ana announced Aren’t you scared The boy shrugged Everything is against the rules I overslept and my mom had to drive me No big deal Ana thought it was a really big deal After all everything that wasn’t perfect was a really big deal here Just as she was wondering if the boy was actually a student at Middlehurst he pointed down the hall Look at that he demanded Ana turned to look at what he was pointing toward When she turned all she saw was a
row of lockers with no doors It looked just like every other wall in the school Yeah It’s lockers What about them she asked The boy just shook his head at her He turned and jogged toward the lockers At the end of the row he shoved his hand into a dark crack where the lockers met the wall Don’t you see This crack leads somewhere Help me pull he demanded That’s got to be against the rules Ana muttered But she walked over to help Together they slowly swung the lockers away from the wall The opening revealed a hallway behind the lockers that extended into the dark The boy turned and grinned at her We just found a secret passage in our school he whispered How cool is that Let’s find out where it goes
Ana peered into the darkness Are you out of your mind I’m getting to class she said turning on her heel to leave The boy tugged at her uniform sleeve Come on he said You’re already late Let’s have some fun for a change You’re not scared are you Of course I’m scared Ana said But she was also curious This school seemed so perfect and now this She had to know what was hidden in the hall She took a deep breath and finally said Okay let’s go
HIDDEN PASSAGES As soon as they stepped into the passage the boy started pulling on the wall of lockers What are you doing Ana demanded I don’t want some teacher catching us he answered We need to pull it back to a crack Oh good idea Ana watched the lockers swing toward them She thought he was pulling a little too hard Suddenly the lockers snapped into place with no crack of light showing Oops the boy said Now that their way out was blocked Ana was frightened She pushed against the wall of lockers Help me get this back open she whispered
