[Kokopelli25]

CHAPTER 16

For a moment Ellie sat on the ground behind the school’s landscaping pickup truck. Knees pulled close to her chest, her feet tucked in close to her bare bottom, with her arms holding her legs tightly. She rocked slowly, as if to comfort herself and build up the courage for what she knew she had to do.

Locked out of her old school with no keys and no clothes, the naked alumna had no choice - if she stayed here the sun would eventually come up and there was no way she could hide from the staff who would be arriving. Even once the door was unlocked there was no way she would be able to go in and try and find her clothes or keys, not with staff and probably some of the teachers walking around. Her only hope would be to go home, get dressed, and come back once the school was open, hoping she could bluff her way around, talking with her former teachers as if stepping foot in the school for the first time since coming home for spring break, and praying they didn’t think she had been the one to break in this fateful night; she started thinking about how she could pull it off, but first she had to get home.

Sitting where she was, in the maintenance bay near the back door, she was surrounded by tall building walls on three sides, with the school doors and hallway where she first entered to the north, the back wall of the stadium stands to the south with the small parking lot separating the two. The school’s maintenance shop was to the east, connecting the school with the back of the stadium. The parking lot was a rectangle with walls on those three sides that were thirty feet high, and open along the west side where vehicles would enter and exit the lot.

Finally getting up the nerve to start moving, praying that all the kids who had been in the school had left by now, Ellie slowly walked west toward the entrance to the lot. She was slightly hunched over, nervous that someone was still the building and would be coming out at any minute to catch her. She was worried for her old teacher, but the student who stepped outside said he was fine - she wouldn’t have said that to trick Ellie, would she? What would she gain from lying? Ellie could only hope it was the truth - she had more immediate problems to worry about.

Getting to the edge of the lot, Ellie was glad she hadn’t locked the gate; she didn’t relish the thought of trying to climb the fence in the buff, especially going over the top. As she walked through the vehicle gate, she could only turn right to the north - the stadium continued for a ways to her left and she wanted to get away from the school as soon as possible. Her house was behind her to the east, so she’d have to walk around the school one way or the other and she wanted the fastest route.

Walking north along the far side of the school, Ellie moved even slower. As she approached the corner at the front of the school, she knew she’d be completely exposed under the lights at the front of the school. On her walk earlier that night she had the luxury of walking around the lot before getting close to where she had turned in toward the school. It had brought her close to a housing development but then she had also had the luxury of being dressed.

Finally getting to the corner she stopped, breathed deeply, and slowly poked her head around the edge of the building. She didn’t see anyone by the doors or in the parking lot - even the ambulance or fire truck that had been there for Mr. Jackson had left. The way the lights were aimed there was one shining in her direction that caused her to squint a little. She put one hand over her eyes, sacrificing covering her pussy, which was pressed against the building anyway. This prevented her from seeing the lights themselves, high up as they were, as well as seeing anything else that could have been positioned that high up. At ground level there were no trees or large bushes that she could easily hide behind. She knew there were some benches scattered about, but they were the metal mesh kind that you could easily see through if you were close enough - nothing that would give her any protection.

Her heart pounding and her breath quickening, Ellie dashed out from under cover and started running across the lawn and then the main parking lot. The lights were almost as bright as daylight, and a small part of her mind realized it was probably to help expose anyone like her - there was no good reason for anyone to be out here at the school at the time of night and the lights would (normally) deter anyone looking to vandalize or otherwise do anything inappropriate to the school...like run around naked and fantasize and masturbate...

Her mind was so focused on getting to the yard on the far side of the school where it was darker, that she didn’t hear the whistle the first time. She was too busy wondering why the yard up ahead wasn’t as dark as she expected it to be. It was only when the whistle was followed by someone yelling “It’s a little nipply out tonight!” that she realized someone was still outside the school.