Chapter 27 - XXVI (1/2)

LAIA WOKE UP IN THEIR SCHOOL CLINIC.

It was obviously the clinic with how white everything was. From the chairs, the curtains, and even the wall clock. Laia sometimes wonders whether the school completely became lazy on deciding what sort of color scheme would be followed or it was on purpose.

Whatever, not worth thinking over. The girl's eyes drifted towards the wall clock again, realizing that it was already 7:45 in the evening. Great! What excuse was she going to give Niel again for being absent on her shift?

Tilting her head to the side, she immediately realizes that Brie was on her side, asleep. Their hands were even entangled in a loose hold.

Brie was clingy like that.

Gently removing her hand from her friend's, Laia proceeds to try catching the attention of their school nurse who was busy with her phone.

”Uhm--”

The nurse, who probably had an amazing pair of ears, placed her phone in her pocket immediately and made her way to Laia. Sitting on the opposite side of where Brie is, she gently feels Laia's temperature through the back of her hand. ”No fever,”

”Can I go home now?” Laia abruptly asks.

Despite being obviously taken aback by how blunt Laia was, the nurse only raised an eyebrow at her. ”Sure,” She glances at Brie's sleeping state. ”But at least wake your friend up?”

”Yeah, definitely,” Laia immediately made her way to Brie, who apparently was already snoring. ”Brie,”

No response. Her friend really did sleep like the dead.

Laia decides to hasten the process by whispering in her friend's ear, ”Brie, Jake's here,”

Which proved to be effective as Brie immediately woke up from her sleep and looked around, her head swiftly moving from one side to another. ”Where?!”

The short-haired girl couldn't restrain a giggle coming out from her lips. Brie, realizing that her friend was lying, frowns at her. ”You're rude, Laia! I really thought he was here..”

”Sorry,” Laia sheepishly says. She did feel a bit guilty deceiving her friend, albeit the fact that it was really funny. ”I had to wake you up quickly.”

Rolling her eyes, Brie stood up from the chair she was previously seated on and looked at the wall clock. ”Oh, it's already eight,”

Laia turns to the wall clock again in surprise. She checked earlier and it was still 7:45.

It's really sometimes scary how quickly can time pass, the short-haired girl thinks. Brie looks at her for a moment and nudged her in the shoulder. ”Hey, let's go already,”

”Yeah, yeah,” Laia murmured before letting her friend pull her towards the door after saying a few words of gratitude to the nurse.

”Ugh, it's cold,” Brie complains, hugging herself with her shoulders.

It didn't help that they were still wearing their uniform. Sometimes Laia wished that they wore pants instead, as it would make them more flexible to a huge variety of situations.

Just like running or biking or just to avoid getting mosquito bites.

The only good thing about the whole walk was that Brie didn't park her car that far away from the university's gates which made it easier for the two friends to reach the car quicker.

Sighing in relief, Laia didn't waste time and ran towards the car, Brie behind her complaining all the way there.

”Ugh,” Brie groans the moment she sat down on the driver's seat. ”I should have had brought my other car,”

Laia nods. ”Yeah, this one doesn't help much in fighting against the cold,”

”At least it isn't raining?” The long-haired girl sheepishly smiles at her friend as she starts the engine.

”The lack of rain seems to be the only good thing about everything at the moment,”

Laia took Brie's silence as her agreement. A few minutes later when they were stuck in traffic Brie spoke up, ”So, is your head good now?”

”You're acting as if I had a bad accident or something,” Laia raises an eyebrow at her friend.

Brie rolls her eyes and drums her fingers against the steering wheel. ”Well, you did faint on Sammy's arms earlier,” She bit her lip. ”And he carried you all the way to the clinic, too.”

The short-haired girl's face scrunched in displeasure. ”Ugh, what did everybody say?”

Brie doesn't respond for a while as the traffic had subsided and she had to drive.

The girl only replied when they were already about to reach Laia's home, where the lights are still turned off. ”They were all either swooning or envious,”

”They should try having a really bad headache that causes them to faint,” Laia shivers at the idea of that headache coming back. ”And the reason why the asshat did that unnecessary thing is because he likes the attention.”