Shadow Author

While I stood there in the elevator Evelyn had yet to enter and just looked at me blankly uncaring of my greeting.

'Maybe she will stand there too long and the elevator will close on her.'

I didn't dare to press the close doors button as Evelyn would most definitely notice my movement and it was overall a rude thing to do.

'Maybe she just wants to wait until the elevator is empty so she will let me go down alone?'

Although I knew she had no intention of entering the elevator it was still awkward as the two of us stared at each other.

After more than a minute passed and the doors still hadn't closed I knew something was up. It was theoretically impossible for them to stay open that long unless they were broke.

Knowing I had to do something about it otherwise, we would be stuck there. I decided the best course of action would be to press the button to close the doors.

Clearing my throat I spoke up first to make it seem like I was the problem and not her:

"Ahem, I'll be going first then."

After telling her that I raised my hand and pressed the close door button.

However, after ten seconds things were getting even more awkward and the doors hadn't so much as budged.

Without saying anything I raised my hand back up and pressed the button again on the off chance that the first time I pressed it the button didn't register.

Unfortunately, that wasn't the case and the doors still didn't close after another ten seconds passed.

Fed up I started spam pressing the button begging for the doors to close as I had already embarrassed myself beyond repair.

While slamming my finger into the button I heard Evelyn let out a light sigh before taking a step forward and entering the elevator.

The moment after she was entirely inside the doors finally began closing.

Looking dumbly at the now-closing doors I too sighed.

Meanwhile, Evelyn positioned herself in the back corner of the elevator opposite me.

"What floor?"

Evelyn looked up at me and coldly responded:

"First."

I nodded before pressing the button for the ground floor. This time I double-checked that only two buttons were lit up and that they were the right ones.

Knowing that I just had to survive the next minute I shrunk back to my corner and waited till the elevator came to a stop.

However, it seemed that the world wouldn't let me go free so easily.

Before we could even drop down one floor the elevator came to a stop.

I was about to curse out thinking that the elevator broke but instead it stopped because there were a bunch of people who wanted to come in.

As the doors opened two people stood outside.

There were two girls and they were absentmindedly talking to each other without taking in their surroundings therefore they entered the elevator without second guessing themselves.

However, once they were inside and the doors closed they finally broke the conversation, most likely it was due to them needing to press the button for the correct floor.

The moment they scanned the small space they instantly realized their mistake.

They didn't seem to take note of my presence however once they saw the camping out in the corner they froze.

Knowing that I had to defuse the situation otherwise, the two girls would end up digging a grave for themselves I asked:

"Which floor do you want to get off?"

Seeing that I gave them a way out rather than responding they squeezed over my side of the elevator.

Then the two of them practically forced me out of the way and they went in between me and the panel.

Having to decide between moving out of the way or facing another council meeting for sexual harassment I quickly picked the right option.

Dodging the two girls I moved to the middle of the elevator and allowed them to have the corner.

Once there they pressed the button to get off at the nearest floor.

I was thankful for this because it meant they would soon be gone and I could move back to where I once was.

Yet my wishes didn't come true and the world had a different plan in mind.

Once coming to a stop at the next floor the doors opened wide. However, before the two girls could do much as take a step forward to leave, another horde of at least five girls pushed their way inside.

At this point, I figured death would be a greater mercy as the elevator that should only be capable of holding five people at max was now one off from being double its standard.

As the five new girls entered they blocked off any path of escape for the first two.

Although unlike the first two, this group noticed Evelyn almost immediately. Yet their brains seemed to not be working at the time because rather than turning around and leaving they decided to pile up in the panel side corner.

I couldn't explain what was going on inside their heads because if they had the least bit of knowledge about anything they would wait for the elevator to empty before entering.

That way they wouldn't have to deal with or be in the same compacted space as Evelyn and they would be doing the poor innocent elevator a favor as it couldn't possibly continuously hold up the weight of more than five people on so many occasions.

Yet these brain-dead idiots didn't think it through and tried to hide in the back corner where the two girls already were.

Unfortunately, their efforts didn't pay off as there simply wasn't enough room.

No matter how close they got to each other the elevator simply couldn't fit the many people on that side as some would be forced to the other.

That left three girls who couldn't make it in the corner which meant the only other place they could fit was in the middle — where I was — or the opposite side near Evelyn.

They quickly made up their minds on the position that would be best.

Therefore as three girls started squeezing in between me and the other four I was left with another choice to decide from.

Either be shoulder and shoulder with Evelyn or have a bunch of girls pressed into me.

Now one option would be like heaven while the other would be unsatisfactory. Thus, I raised my hands up to the three girls. That way before they could throw themselves at me, I moved to stand side by side next to Evelyn.