Rose wandered the halls until she spotted where she needed to go: the boys' locker room. She had never been in there, but she was sure that it had what she needed.
As she walked in, none of the undressing boys took any notice of her. And she took no notice of them either. All of her attention was on the locker she found. She quickly opened it and took out the P.E. clothing that was inside.
"Hey, Moose. What's up?" a boy asked somewhere behind her.
Then another boy answered him. Presumably, that was Mike "The Moose" Matthews, a hulking linebacker from the high school football team. He was a little slow in the intelligence department, but he was about as strong and fit as athletes got and he was a hell of a football player.
Mike walked over to his locker, not even noticing that Rose was there, and began to take off his shoes and socks. He wasn't sure why he was doing it, though. He seemed more absent-minded than usual. Then suddenly, his shoes and socks were snatched up by a pair of elderly female hands. He noticed, but just for a brief second.
"Hey, what ...?" he began, but then his eyes glazed over and he turned around and left the locker room. He wasn't bothered at all by the fact that he was barefoot.
"Yo, Moose," another boy called out.
Rose turned towards the voice. "Yeah, Danny?" she asked.
"You going to that party this weekend?"
"Are you kidding? Of course. You know Jay's gonna be there. That guy loves to party, you know."
Rose "The Moose" Matthews tied her shoes tight, then headed out to the gym.
Meanwhile, Mike was in a daze, walking through the halls of the school. He had to change his clothes.
