Each of us stayed as close to the wall as we could, looking for either an opening or for the others. Tank and Mouth came like storm troopers down the hall with Tank flinging kids out of the way so he and Mouth had nothing or no one slowing them down. Running as fast as I could, I skated around crowds of guys heading to practice, crowds of girls talking about nothing anybody ever cared about, and teachers who looked like they were about to collapse as they struggled to get to their cars. Making a turn into the first hallway, I ran into Korie, who was trying her best to get through the crowd. But for every few feet she’d move up, she’d get dragged back twice as far. That’s when I saw Mouth and Tank making the turn and heading directly for us. “Hey, Mouth,” I yelled, waving my arms just as Korie got swept under the crowd. “Duck behind him,” Mouth said to Korie, grabbing her arm and dragging her to safety.
