Jane shakes her arm free, and then hooks one hand firmly around Roxy's elbow, feeling her way towards the door s l o w l y. She doesn't want to risk tripping over anything laying about, right? Besides, this is kind of like an adventure in a detective novel, and she would be lying if she said there wasn't a little bit of excitement in making a midnight excursion to their friends' place. It makes her feel a bit like Nancy Drew in an unbearable nerdy kind of way.

She finally locates the doorknob. With a creak, it's open and she's tugging Roxy out into the corridor, where she wrinkles her nose at the musty rain smell.

"Yuck. I bet all these windows leak!"