Trapped

The group breaks into the cafeteria a few hours later. Les wants to be the one who breaks the door down. Jason and Weems are hesitant until they realize “we can sell him out if we get in trouble for it” (84). When Les unlocks the door, the group uncharacteristically rushes inside, excited for food. This is “like Christmas morning and Thanksgiving dinner combined” (85).

Weems gets a thrill hopping over the counter to get to the food. When Pete flips up the gate, Weems flips it back down so he “could hop it again on the way out” (86). The group finds peanut butter, bread, and jelly in the fridge and makes sandwiches.

Concern arises over whether they should close the fridge door to keep things from going bad. Weems says they should because of the milk and realizes he’d “always been kind of a worrier” and now has real things to worry about (89).

After lunch, the group goes to the second floor. Weems looks out the window and thinks it looks like a model of the Earth “half covered with spray-on snow” (92). Freezing rain is falling now, which means it’s warmer outside. The rain will leave a crusty layer on top of the snow, which reminds Weems of his mom’s mac and cheese.