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8:46 AM

Emerging from his house, Basil lit a cigarette and after that he just stood there. He stared into space, not a single thought going through his head. Did this sort of thing happen to Lee Ping or Camillio Martinez? Not really and it certainly wasn't something going on now with them given they were infiltrating Barrage, now Blompkins', office.

It did happen to Basil on the other hand. It was rare but it happened. This didn't even happen to him when he smoked, this just happened to him regardless of what he was doing.

Then did a thought did go through his mind. First Venus, then… What's-her-face… Pamela! He thought of Pamela next. A smile formed upon her face as he thought about holding them in his arms, kissing them… Then he remembered what Pamela was like. She was a… Well, it was best not to think nasty thoughts. The most Basil could think of Pamela was that she was a wild one.

Letting out a sigh, Basil put the cigarette away and his lighter in his pocket. How did he event start? He didn't know, stopping was a good thing to do, Basil knew the risks but at the same time he was an idiot.

What was he going to do? Basil sat down on his porch and thought to himself. Smoke? Don't smoke? Stay here? Go back to school? He had no idea. There was nothing going on, no new monster showing up like the Death Bat, no new guy interested in Venus like Quentin, no new redheaded girl interested in him, what was he supposed to do? Was he to just fade into the background? No, Basil had a life of his own. He would not fade into the background he would live and whatever happened would happen.

Still, the question of what he was going to do now remained. Go back to school was capital as was not smoking. Pulling the cigarettes and lighter out of his pocket, Basil the buried them in the front garden. He'd forget where he put them and that was the end of his smoking habit. Basil had smoked for a bit before that day, he just ended it then.

So now what? He had finished his work for that class so what was he to do? Go back to school and hang out in the library? He wasn't the kind of guy of coffee places, hated coffee, found it horrible so that was out. Stay at home and do some reading? Go for a walk? Well, there were three choices, so which did he choose?

Go to the library and read there? Stay home and read here? Either way one involved reading.

Go for a walk? He could meet Venus at the park for lunch as usual, but he'd have to drop by school to get his backpack, in which his lunch was located.

Shrugging, Basil sighed and stood up. Back to school was ideal. He'd have to go to his next class and with Victoria gone, his occasional skipping wouldn't go unnoticed.