Patricia woke to the sound of a loud buzzing in her ear, she slapped at her alarm clock until she managed to hit the snooze button. She sat up and stretched, looking around the room she saw that both Mara and Joy were already gone. Looking at the clock she saw that it was only 6:15, earlier than either of them usually are awake and ready. Patricia walked to the bathroom and started to get ready for the school day.
Patricia stepped out of the bathroom, dropped her pajamas off in her room, and headed downstairs; which was surprisingly quiet. When she got to the kitchen she saw the table was clear and no one was there, except Vera who was scrubbing the sink.
"Patricia," Vera exclaimed when she noticed her. "What are you doing here?"
"I just finished getting ready, where is everyone?" Patricia asked, confused.
"Well I suspect they'll be walking in here soon, seeing as classes got done about fifteen minutes ago." Vera said.
"What? No they didn't, they haven't even started yet." Patricia was getting more and more confused by the minute.
"Patricia, dear, are you feeling alright?" Vera rushed over and felt her forehead.
While Vera was checking Patricia for a temperature the other students started returning to the house.
"I wonder where Patricia was today." She heard Joy say. Come on, Mara, let's go and check on her." The two of them hurried up the stairs.
Jerome and Alfie were talking in hushed tones and hurried into their bedroom. Fabian, Nina, and Amber were talking about the tunnels and went up to the girls' room. Eddie came into the living room.
"Hey Vera, can I have a snack?" The seemingly always hungry boy asked.
"Yes, of course. Just a moment." Vera dashed into the kitchen satisfied that Patricia's temperature was normal.
"There you are Yacker." He said as he laid down on the couch. "You decide to skip classes today?"
"You," She said accusingly. "You made me wake up late and miss class."
"I did no such thing." Eddie said, feigning innocence. "Now I might have accidently changed the time on your clock, but I didn't make you do anything."
"Why?" Patricia asked suspiciously.
"Just think of it as me doing everyone a favor. You get to sleep in and nobody had to see you all day." He said with a smile.
"I don't get outpranked. You better watch out Slimeball." Patricia warned, just before Joy came in.
"There you are Patricia. Where were you all day?" She asked concerned.
"I didn't feel well this morning. That's all." She explained.
"Oh well come on, I need to talk to you." Joy tugged on her arm.
"One second and I'll be right up, okay?" Patricia asked.
"Okay." And Joy hurried upstairs.
"Why didn't you tell her the truth?" Eddie asked.
"I'm not going to let anyone know you managed to prank me. At least not until I prank you back."