Page 57 of Stop and Seek
Who introduced chem during freshman year? All of his online friends had said it was a sophomore or junior class.
Eunice was a special sort of hell.
Theo jogged down the hall, feet sticking with every step.
There.Finally.
Something in his life was going right. For once.
For right now, anyway.
He fished the two hairpins out of his pocket, leaning his ear against the half glass door.
God, did he even remember how to pick a lock? It had been years since he broke in anywhere. He didn’t have a lot of time to figure it out on the spot, either.
He crammed the bottom one in, turning it, and then the top hairpin. Whatever he was feeling for didn’t seem keen on moving, and his hands shook like crazy.
Was it against the rules? Technically, no.
Technically.
Decker had told them they couldn’t pass the surrounding fence, but the rest of the grounds were fair game. He didn’t say anything about unlocking rooms, and Theo wasn’t damaging school property. He was just… bending the rules.
The second pop went off and he still couldn’t get the knob to turn.
Holy shit, come on.
The sound of sneakers on linoleum sent adrenaline crashing through his veins.
Finally—fuckingfinally—the rest of it clicked into place, and the door swung open.
He choked on spit when a hand grabbed onto the back of his shirt.
“Look at you, being naughty,” Noah whispered against his hair, and Theo’s heart plummeted down to his toes.
“Let. Go.”Theo gritted out, reaching over his head to grab Noah’s hand.
“Aw, c’mon. Now’s as good time as any to talk.”
Noah shoved him through the door before Theo had a chance to blink. Tobreathe.
“What’s wrong.”
It wasn’t a question.
Noah didn’t ask, and Theo had no fucking cluewhatNoah was even talking about.
At first.
“Tag me out,” Theo said. He backed up two steps.
Click.
Was that—
Was that thefucking lock?
Did Noahlockthem in here?
