5:13 pm
'I think someone is following us.'
A simple statement made by Corey but Corey was always overreacting. The shadowy figure behind us just needed to get somewhere near to where we were and since we had no idea where we were, how could they be following us? Every few minutes, Corey seemed to be looking behind him. The more he checked, the more jittery I felt. 
I grabbed his hand and gave it a squeeze. 'Stop looking behind us.'
'They're still there,' he squeaked, his voice hoarse in the cold air. He was right, the person was in an oversized red hoodie and jeans. 
The hoodie was pulled over their head and the rain was thundering down by this point so I couldn't tell what gender they were. I could feel the person's gaze upon the back of my head. 
'Turn here.' Alvera grabbed min and Ostin's hands and pulled us left down a street that forked away from the main road. That wasn't the way we came. Something was wrong. I could tell just from the expressions on the others faces that something was horribly wrong. We turned and so die the person behind us. Alvera led us through an alley way, 'pull out your phone.'
'I don't have data.'
'Pull out your phone, Delilah!' she snapped at me. 'Pretend to be on the phone with someone. A grown up.'
I did what I was told. I spoke as loudly as a could, pretending I was talking to my parents, asking them which shop they were in and how long until I was picked up. Of course, they weren't really on the call but we needed to make the person in the red hoodie behind us think that there was an adult speaking with us and that they were nearby. 
The only problem was, it would be weird if we hopped on a bus without an adult.

5:57 pm
We missed the bus by seven minutes! There wasn't going to be another one until 6:15 pm and we couldn't just wait around with that shadow of a demon in the red hoodie following us. I felt like I could cry. My legs ached, my clothes were drenched and my goose bumps had goose bumps but we continued walking. Ostin was the tallest out of all of us but he would never be able to throw a strong punch if necessary. Just then, as if in an answer to our prayers, a young couple exited their home to the right of us and were getting into their car. An idea sparked in my brain...