School Hallways,Tuesday before class

[tyler_gone]

There was, Tyler had decided, no way out of the land of standardized tests

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[misshargrove]

"What the?" Annette stopped herself just before she ran into the guy who was tumbling forth from just beyond a closed door.

"Hey, you okay? Did you get shoved? Did your roommate do this? Want me to call security?" She was totally not sure he could answer one question at a time so she just gave them all to him at once.

"Do you need help?"

[tyler_gone]

It took Tyler a second to sort through the barrage of questions. "I'm fine," he said shakily. "That locker is a menace."

[misshargrove]

She raised her brows, "What do you mean?" Not really sure she wanted to know. Could be a troll or a gremlin or something in there.

[tyler_gone]

"I was minding my own business," Tyler explained. 'Noticed that locker, went to close it, and got sucked in. I had to finish the longest standardized test I have ever seen before they let me out."

[misshargrove]

"Holy crap," She gave the locker a sideways glance and stepped closer to it, pressing her ear against it to see if she could hear anything. "This locker?"

[tyler_gone]

"327," Tyler nodded. "Don't get too close."

[misshargrove]

She looked at the number then pressed her ear back against the locker, narrowing her eyes as she concentrated on hearing inside. After a moment, she whispered, "I don't hear anything. Maybe this locker just doesn't like you."

[tyler_gone]

"I'm very likeable," Tyler protested, then admitted, "maybe not. At least it let me go."

[misshargrove]

She grinned at that and straightened. "You're in my Home Ec class but I don't think I've ever met you. I'm Annette Hargrove." And she stuck her hand out.

[tyler_gone]

"Tyler Durden," Tyler said, shaking the hand. "You aren't exactly meeting me at my best, but I've seen you around."

[misshargrove]

"Nice to meet you, Tyler, and it's okay. Just glad you're back from evil test taking." She said with a grin. "What was it, an hour, two?"

[tyler_gone]

Tyler turned away for a moment to speak to Jamie, and looked confused when he came back to Annette. "Apparently six days?"he said. "It didn't feel like that. I didn't eat or sleep or anything."

[misshargrove]

"Six days? What the crap?" She frowned at that locker, then looked back at Tyler. "Six days? You need to eat. Did you eat? And drink. Do you need to go to the clinic and get checked out?"

[tyler_gone]

"It didn't feel that long," Tyler tried to explain. "It was like a very, very long dream."

"But yeah, I should probably get a bagel and some juice before I go to class."

[misshargrove]

"Good idea. Especially if we're cookling in Home Ec this morning." Er... "I mean I'm not saying you can't cook, or anyone else. Anyway, I best be going now, Tyler." She grinned. "Stay away from that locker."

[tyler_gone]

"I'm staying away from this hall," Tyler vowed. And he would, at least until he figured out how he coould blow up a locker. "See you soon, Annette."