Then it happened. It went by so fast that Philip didn't realize what had taken place until it was too late. He had slipped of his perch, kicked out a waiter's legs causing him to crash into a table sending the platter of food and drinks flying everywhere. Everyone in the restaurant went quiet and looked directly at Philip. Philip turned to look at the table of teachers and all of them were staring right at him. Then Philip made eye contact with Parker, and not unlike the dementors from Harry Potter, something about staring into Parkers eyes sucked all the warmth right out of Philip. Time to go, thought Philip, so he got up, shoved over the waiter once again, and the waiter collided with the teachers table in a fit of swearing. Philip shoved more people out of the way, but not nearly as hard, as he was just trying to stay alive and not injure more people. He finally got to the door and slammed it open.
The air was cold and bit at Philip, but he had to keep running. He had no idea where to go to get away. He took a right from RedRock and went towards the townhouses as it seemed like a good spot to lose the teachers because there were many turns and alleys. He began running and looked back to see Parker running after him and the other two teachers going the opposite direction with what seemed like walkie-talkies. Can't stop, keep going and BREATHE were the only things that Philip was thinking. He turned a corner onto a side street behind the Petco and assorted shops and in the middle of the road was a car. In the car, was Mr.Coleman, Philips Comp-Tech teacher. "Not so fast there Philip." Coleman said menacingly. "NOT YOU! I LIKE YOU!" yelled Philip as he narrowly jumped past Coleman's car. Philip kept running and Coleman started to back up his car to chase him but when Coleman had finally got his car in gear and started going again, Philip had disappeared. Coleman reported what had happened in the walkie-talkie and turned around to go back. Hmph, thought Philip, cant even catch me.
Little did the teachers know Philip had turned a corner and jumped into the city bus that happened to be right there just for Philip. He got on and the bus took off. He could see Coleman flustered at the sudden "disappearance" of Philip. I've just got to go home, lock the doors and lay low, thought Philip.
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