I'm really sorry guys. I have not updated in what is more than a month now. To the readers out there waiting for my next update, I hope you guys forgive me for taking so long to update. I've been busy with things lately. And it's so short, I'm really sorry. I'm not yet discontinuing any of my stories, but updates may be inconsistent and I might be away for days, even weeks at a time. Please understand.

Patricia

I was planning to forgive Mara eventually, but when she pleaded she was willing to do anything, I could not resist making her prank somebody. That way, she would be forgiven, and I get a good laugh. A win-win situation.

When we head back to where the others were, the boys all turn their heads towards us. When they realized we were fine, they turned back to their original places. Amber sat down with Eddie opposite one of the walls, while the other girls went to a corner to continue their conversations. I ask the guys where Trudy was, noticing that she was nowhere to be found.

"Oh, she went out to buy us food.", Mick tells me.

We wait for Trudy to come back with our food, as I bring out my earphones to listen to some loud music to cool myself down. I check on the others every once in a while. Alfie, Jerome, and Mick were talking about who knows what, but I notice Alfie was not doing much of the talking. Not that I really cared. I look towards Amber and Eddie, apparently not noticing that they were holding hands. Amber was laughing at something Eddie said, and I couldn't resist rolling my eyes at them. The girls were still talking about girl things, I was sure.

The door opens, and Trudy comes in with our lunch. We all stop what we were doing at the moment, as we grab our take-out and set it down for us to eat. "hmm, Chinese…" I think to myself as I open mine and start eating lunch. It turns out we were all starving, as the take-out food was gone within a few minutes.

I have to say, the food was good. Not Trudy level good, but tasty nonetheless. I check on my watch, and realize there was still 2 hours before 5 PM. I did not want to sit around doing nothing, so I decide to ask the others if anyone was still interested in another round of paintball. Besides, I was feeling like shooting someone with paint.

Eddie and Amber responds at the same time, "Never mind, I'm good here." They look at each other, and laugh, as I roll my eyes.

Alfie replies next, "No thanks."

Mara and Joy shook their heads, Mara saying, "Sorry Trish, I think it's best to avoid playing for the meantime," while Joy replied, "Sorry, I can't. My head still hurts a bit."

I sigh in defeat, thinking no one will go play with me. I guess I have to go alone. But that was before Jerome walked to the large box and grabbed some paintball guns, and bullets. Mick followed, doing the same thing. I look to Nina, who did not respond yet, and she sighs, "Alright, I'll join you guys."

I grab my own choices from the box, while Nina does the same. I look towards Trudy, who had a concerned look in her eyes.

"Don't worry, we'll be fine.", I tell her and she just nods.

When we were ready, we walk to the doorway leading to the paintball building. We split two each, Nina with Jerome camping at the top floor, and I with Mick here on the ground floor. This is going to be fun.

"Do you have a plan?", Mick asks me. I reply, "I don't care about plans. Let's just attack."

"Good plan." Mick nods and we storm the top floor, shooting at anything that moves.

When we return to the common room more than an hour later, we were all smiling through paint. Paint of different colors decorated our clothes, and was even dripping from some spots. Our hair looked messy, with paint stuck in some of the strands. I knew this will take a while for every bit of paint to be removed from our clothes and ourselves, but it was so worth it.

"Seems like you guys had fun.", Joy commented, looking at us bemused.

"Yeah, guess who won?" Mick remarked.

"Um, I think nobody won. You're all covered in paint.", Mara commented.

"You're right, nobody won." Mick admits, scratching his head. After that, he looks at his hand. It was covered in paint. He looked surprised, and some couldn't help but chuckle at his reaction.

"You guys look terrible.", Amber comments, as Trudy comes to us with some damp wipes to at least wipe some of the paint off our hair and faces. While we were wiping the paint off ourselves, the caretaker arrives from wherever he came from.

"I see you guys had fun. Your time is up, and it's time to go. Please come again next time." The caretaker tells us. It was time to leave. Trudy hands him the keys to the place, as we get to the van and she starts driving us back to Anubis house.

We chat all the way on the drive back, talking about miscellaneous things. It was overall, a really nice day.

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The chapter ends there. Sorry it was so short. I'll update soon.