𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 (𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐄𝐃)

CHAPTER EIGHT

After enduring English class, surrounded by walls adorned with inspirational quotes, and listening to a students recitation of a novel, the two girls, along with Ned and Peter, exited the classroom together.

"We were so worried!" Ned exclaimed as they stood at the lockers, waiting on Lily to fix her makeup. "They're not gonna arrest you, are they?!"

"Nope." Alejandra said, inspecting her fingernails before glancing at the boys with a grin. "I was free to go."

"Seriously?!" Peter asked, shock written all over his face. No way Flash or his parents would let something like that happen and no repercussions made.

"Yep."

"How?"

"It's called pretty privilege." Lily interjected suddenly, shutting her locker. She pressed her lips together as if making sure her lipstick spreads evenly.

Alejandra smiled, grateful for her friend. She had a feeling that Lily would question her later, but for now, she would keep quiet in front of the boys.

"Yes, exactly!" Alejandra pointed.

"Guess we can't argue with that." Ned shrugged, glancing at Peter.

"Yeah, guess so." Peter agreed, though Alejandra could tell he was still a bit suspicious. But, at least he kept it to himself.

"We're going to the mall first, right boys?" Lily asked as the four of them boarded the subway train after school and took seats close to each other.

"Sure, if you want!" Peter shrugged.

Alejandra leaned over to her friend and whispered, "Don't think you're getting out of watching the movies."

"I was not!-Lily huffed. "I thought you didn't really like watching movies?"

"If I have to suffer, you do too." Alejandra said, leaning back on the seat smiling nonchalantly when Peter raised a brow at the two whispering to each other.

The four of them entered the mall, the familiar scent of popcorn and perfume enveloping them. Their first stop was of course the toy store, where shelves overflowed with colorful boxes of Lego sets.

While Alejandra and Lily weren't fans of the franchise, they decided (mostly Alejandra) to indulge the boys excitement and explore the store for the limited edition set.

Peter and Ned led the girls to the Star Wars section, then they all began scanning for the new Millennium Falcon set.

"I give up." Lily sighed, throwing her hands up.

Ned chuckled. "It's been thirty seconds."

"Oh."

"What if it's sold out?" Peter asked, continuing to search.

Alejandra narrowed her eyes and moved some of the Lego sets around, searching behind them. After a couple of seconds, she grinned in triumph. "Found it!"

Both boys hurriedly made their way over to the girl.

"I mean, I think I did at least." Alejandra smiled awkwardly as she handed Peter the box. "It says limited edition...is that it?"

Ned's eyes lit up. "Yeah, this is it!"

"Ha, some poor soul hid it." Lily said, with a laugh.