Adaline by Denise Kawaii

Author:Denise Kawaii [Kawaii, Denise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781541000568
Published: 2016-12-26T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 22

After a fitful night void of dreams, 62 entered the classroom once again. 71 didn't enter before the classroom bell rang, and when the door slid shut the Boys sat quietly with their hands folded in their laps. Although all of the students did their best to be good, after several minutes their faces began to twitch and their bodies began to squirm in a silent display of boredom.

62 wasn't any better at ignoring the urge to fidget than any of the others. Without thinking, he began a competition with 99 to see who could contort their face into the funniest expression. Several Boys around them giggled at their antics and soon the room was filled with the roar of twenty different voices talking out of turn.

Several more Boys joined into the face-making game and 62 was too distracted to notice as 56 got up from his desk next to the door or press his hand against the cold metal sensor beside it. 62 was also too busy to hear his brother ask, “Does anyone know how to open the door?”

75 and 52 also moved to the securely shut door. The two brothers placed their hands on the sensor that their teacher used to open the door but it did not respond. The three Boys huddled around the panel.

62 was winning the face-making game, and it wasn’t until the wild laughter of the group dwindled that he noticed his audience beginning to swarm around the door. 99 stared blankly across the room when 62 realized just how many Boys now had their backs to him. Several of them were pushing their weight against the door panel, which didn’t move.

“Let me try,” 99 shouted at the group. The Boys opened a path for their brother and he confidently walked to the sensor and pushed it. Although the action had the same lack of effect as each previous try, the group again emitted sounds of surprise and disappointment.

62 and the other stragglers got up from their desks and mulled around the outside of the group. They stood on their tip-toes to try and see what was happening. It was difficult to see beyond the bobbing heads and flailing arms, but it was obvious that whatever 62’s brothers were trying was not working.

“What’s happening in the tunnel?” 62’s voice blended in with the dozen other voices chattering nervously. When it was obvious no one had heard him, he shouted, “Hey! Be quiet!”

The two Boys in front of 62 turned around. 12 glared at him. “What are you shouting about?”

62 backed away from the group and waved at 12 and 44 to follow him. They hesitated but eventually broke away from the swarm and joined him a few paces away from the noise.

“Help me get them to stop talking. If we’re quiet, maybe we can hear if something is going on out in the tunnel.”

The two Boys nodded and then the three of them joined together in shouting, “Hey! Be quiet!” They rushed the group, elbowing the noisiest Boys and repeating their request.

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