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Chapter 2 (Continuation)

Hearing Sasha's taunt towards Demi, I took this opportunity to slowly pick up my pace without her noticing me. It was difficult, especially due to how annoyingly heavy the bags were. Shortly after, I noticed that she began to slow down a bit, taking smaller steps and breathing more heavily. Using this opportunity, I sprinted right past her, heading for the school.

"See you later! Guess I'm going to be the one winning!" I yelled out, smirking.

"Oh come on!" She exclaimed as I ran ahead of her. I tightened my grip on the bags, making sure none of them fell, as I ran towards the school. Turning around the corner, I ran inside the school, with Sasha behind me and Demi being last.

"Guess like I'm going to be the winner!" I shouted. Bolting through the hallways, I sprinted towards the stage room, putting one of the bags to my other hand so that I could open the door without trouble. The footsteps from the others were slowly fading away, the only thing that I heard was the sound of me sprinting. Grabbing hold of the handle, I slammed the door open. I stopped for a bit, leaning against the wall gasping for breath closing the door behind me. After taking a few deep breaths, I glanced towards the stage, seeing Grace sitting on the stage sipping a cup of coffee as well as a mop and a bucket as well as a few other cleaning supplies next to her.

"Welcome back, did you have fun?" She asked. Putting the cup next to her as she got off from the stage. "Judging by the bags you're holding, I assume you got everything you need?"

"Yup, wasted nearly all of my money when doing it, but yeah I did." I said. I turned around, looking back at the door. She grabbed her cup once again and walked to where I was. I kept my gaze at the door for a few more seconds, starting to worry slightly. I wonder why Sasha and Demi are taking too long. "I'll be back, I need to find Sasha and Demi."

"Wait, I thought you went by your-" The door then slammed open, surprising both me and Grace, showing Sasha dragging Demi by his arm.

"I'M HERE, I'M HERE!" Sasha said, gasping for air, leaning against the wall letting go of Demi. I immediately rushed over to Sasha and Demi, holding onto the both of them as Sasha leaned against me for support.

"Are you two ok?!" I asked.

"I—" she gasped, her breath catching in her throat, "I'm fine, don't worry about me." She uttered as she held onto my shoulder. She took a few moments, then standing up by herself, finally letting go of the bag. "Just carrying this bag was a nightmare, it's heavy. I'm surprised how you managed to run with not only one but two bags!" She exclaimed.

"Is Demi doing alright?" I questioned, pointing down at him. He looked at the both of us, his eyes closed as he gave a thumbs up before returning to his original position. "Well good to see you guys are doing alright." I said, smiling. I crouched down and grabbed Demi's arm and pulled him back onto his feet. He looked at me for a moment, giving me a small nod and smiling. Sasha turned around to see Grace standing there drinking from her coffee cup, her eyes widening for just a split second before going back to normal.

"Grace! Good to see you here, but I thought you were busy today? Were you not?" She asked.

"When did I ever say I was busy? I remember specifically that I said I was also going to be here helping with cleaning up the stage much earlier during class." Grace replied, crossing her arms over her chest. Sasha stayed silent for a bit as if pondering about something before grinning ear to ear.

"Oh I must've forgotten, forgive me Grace!" She announced cheerfully, Grace stared at her for a moment, just gave a simple nod, and then glared at me. I froze for a moment. My body become stiff, awkwardly glancing around the room, taking multiple glances at Sasha to say something. "Anyways, we better get started. We don't want to waste time," she added. I nodded, grabbing all three of the bags and walked along with Sasha. She pulled on my arm and rushing towards the stage. I placed all of the supplies on the stage, pulling everything that I bought out of the bags. Demi and Grace walked towards us, Demi grabbing the cleaning supplies while Grace inspected the paint cans and brushes. "Since it's your 'soon to be classroom', how would you like to decorate it?" She curiously asked. I stayed quiet, pondering just for a few moments. Perhaps I'll just do the same thing as last time, it won't be too much effort anyways. Plus I need to focus on getting it ready for tomorrow. I'll focus on adding some decorations or stuff later.