I'm Popular (or at least i used to be) Antes Story [gxg]

Chapter 22

"Do you think chickens get emotionally attached to the eggs we eat?" Shanice asked kind of out of the blue.

We were all walking toward the bus stop with the school and the checkpoint behind us. Yuka led the group with me and Emma right behind her and Shanice and Aliya behind us.

"What?" Aliya asked.

"You know, cause chickens lay the eggs we eat."

"..."

"Maybe? I thought the eggs we ate were different from the ones with chicks." I said.

"I don't think so." Shanice disagreed.

"Actually, the eggs we eat do not have embryos since most factories rely on hens producing eggs according to light cycles." Emma stated.

Emma's info dump points have been low recently. Glad she was able to get a few here.

"Oh. I didn't know that." Yuka said in her raspy voice.

"Same." Aliya added.

We stepped over a pothole on the side of the road. The bus stop was now in sight.

"Did you finish your assignment, Yuka?" I asked.

"I didn't but I can work on it when I get home."

"Is it for that techie teacher again?" Aliya asked.

Yuka sighed. "Yeah. We're working on another essay."

"You're English teacher must love grading or something. I've barely gotten any homework so far." I explained.

"What about you all?" I asked the group.

"I don't have too much." Aliya said.

"I have a decent amount of work." Shanice said.

"...I have a lot but I'm getting through it." Emma murmured.

"That's good." I said as a pickup truck passed us.

Shanice pumped her fist in a very animated way. "Hang in there, Yuka. I bet once people stop turning in work she'll decrease the homework."

Aliya scoffed. "Pssh. Doubt it. With how old the teachers are here I bet they just think 'These youngsters are lazy. When I was their age I did two essays a day." She tried to do an old lady voice at the end.

The second tallest of the group laughed a little. "That was your old lady voice? Here, I'll show you how it's done"

She cleared her throat and bent over. She started talking and somehow sounded exactly like a 70 year old "These young cats are always staring at their phones. At their "Instabook" and their "Chirper". Next thing you know when they're my age they're heads are gonna be so hunched they're hair is gonna touch the floor!!! Hunky Dory!!!"

We all burst out laughing when Shanice yelled the last line.

Even Emma! She was giggling while trying to cover her mouth.

"What does...Hunky Dory...even mean?" I asked in between laughs.

"I have no idea. I think I just heard one of my grandparents say it." Shanice admitted.

"Goodness..." Aliya said as she was just calming down from her laughing fit.

"We seem to be here." Emma announced.

Sure enough right in front of us was the 47 bus sign.

"Let me check Maps to see when the bus will come." Yuka said as she pulled out her iPhone.

She tapped a few things and looked up at us. "It's a couple of minutes away."

"Great." I said.

"Has everyone been to Ronda's before?" Aliya asked.