Hasnain Raza

Walking Alone From School

Something foreign happened to me one year ago. Our final exams were coming up, and I still needed to do a lot more preparation. Usually, our school's library would close by five, but because of the exams, the school decided that the library would be kept open until midnight so that if kids wanted, they could stay to study and prepare for the exams. My house wasn't far away from the school, so instead of studying at home, I preferred studying in the quiet, calm library and mostly prepared for the exams there. That day, I left my house at six o'clock and soon reached the library to prepare for the exams. I was so absorbed in studying I didn't realize that it was now 10 o'clock. I had never stayed in the library for that long. Usually, I would be on my way home at around 8. Even at eight o'clock, there would be at least some students in the library, but at 10, there's was absolute silence. I only had about 10 to 15 minutes of work left, so I decided I'll just finish this quickly and then return home. I was completely lost in my work when I heard someone limping. I hurriedly took my books and ran out of the library. There's a very long corridor outside our school library. At the end of that corridor, when you turn right, you'll find the school exit door.