Chapter 184 - Charity (2) (2/2)

I nodded my head as I tried to rest while I could. If Luke saw me too tired, he would likely force me to go to sleep so I wouldn't daze during tomorrow's class. While he sent messages to his cousin, I pinched myself to stay awake. I sighed as this would be much easier if I had canned coffee. Another thing I have never seen in the first district.

”Are they coming?” I asked when he finished.

”We decided to meet in the courtyard where the hover car I called will come,” he explained.

”But are you sure you're not tired?”

”What do you mean?” I laughed.

This was bad. Pinching myself wasn't working as well as I thought it would. I always wondered how Luke never got tired when we went through the same things together. I pinched my arm a little harder as I got up from my chair.

”Let's just go to the courtyard,” I took the lead.

Luke continued to study me on our way to try to find any weaknesses while I forced myself to take lighter steps to appear like I had more energy. I waved my hand when I found both Alex and Shelly waiting for us. When I looked around, the courtyard was almost empty as everyone else had retired to their dorms.

”Let's go to Happy Smiles first,” I asked Shelly to set the destination once we settled in.

While Shelly inputted the destination, Alex stared at me as he crossed his arms. I knew Alex never liked me but stuck with us since we were all 'family'. He seemed to disapprove we were going out of campus on a school day for a trivial mission.

I ignored him as I pulled up a map on my marble to study the surrounding area. This was a chance to properly explore the first district! But expectedly, the charity was inside a residential area full of houses and some typical grocery and convenience stores. Even though this was not what I wanted, I wanted to at least go inside the grocery store.

I wondered how different the grocery store would be from the other districts. Even the convenience store had to have some unique items! My face that slipped into a scheming smile caught the attention of both Luke and Alex.

”What are you planning now?” Alex's face stiffened even further.

”Nothing, we're just visiting the charity,” I shrugged.

I looked outside the window to take in the lovely scenery. Although, it was the typical patches of mansions and wonderfully maintained gardens in the route we took like usual. I did wonder why the hover car never took any other route like the middle-class area with the apartments which was where my hideout was located. But it was better than being cooped up at school.