BM DEPARTMENT*

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The shoe prints left by the Vans of the abductor is still there, so he snapped it with his phone before heading for the department.

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BM DEPARTMENT*

"Pearl! So you're still alive?" Morgan gasped when Pearl showed up in the midst of students.

Almost all the department will be going for the trip, so dramas is a must.

"Why weren't you picking my calls?" Lizzy asked, adjusting her small messenger bag.

"You didn't reply my texts either" Rebekah added.

"I was kidnapped and locked in a freezer. Jeremy saved me" Pearl replied straight.

"What!" The three chorused.

"Full gist when we arrive at Forte" Pearl replied.

"No. You should spill it now" Morgan insisted.

"Were you really locked in a freezer?" Rebekah asked.

"I wasn't smiling when i said it" Pearl replied seriously.

"Who could have done that" Lizzy muttered fearfully.

"Hey, girls" Teal joined them suddenly.

"Teal!" Morgan gushed, checking her out.

"Your style is a bit old-school, but it's still acceptable" she said.

"I know, right?" Teal laughed, and Rebekah and Lizzy joined the chats, but Pearl's eyes are somewhere else.

Roonie is just coming in with the i-will-kill-you look on his closed off face as he advanced towards his friends.

For a moment, the attention of all girls spiralled to him, and they began snapping secret pictures of him.

Roonie never socializes, and he has never been to this yearly shit before, so they're probably surprised.

When their eyes met, Pearl quickly looked away.

Shit! No.

She can't be caught staring, otherwise the prick might get delusional ideas.

She turned her back on him, and Roonie smirked.

'I don't mind back shots' he thought.

That one is even more preferable.

"Dude! You actually came?" Hyce said loudly when he got to the guys.

"I always cum" Roonie deadpanned.

"Damn you, you know what I mean bastard" Hyce made to grab him in an headlock, but a glare from Roonie sent his hand back down.

Axel laughed, resting his elbow on Roonie's shoulder.

Roonie immediately pushed him off, and he responded with a groan.

"So...what's going on? Why are you here? To protect Pearl again? Thought you already threw away that mission" Axel said.

"Plans change, sucker. I need you to find out the owner of these Vans" Roonie sent the shoe prints picture to Axel.

"On it" Axel replied and started work immediately, on his phone.

Hyce suddenly sighted Isaac, and he didn't wait before striding straight to him, grabbing him by the arm.

"Hey"

"Hey!" Isaac jumped, looking startled.

"Did I startle you?" Hyce looks silly as he asked.

"Obviously" Isaac frowned.

"You aren't with Teal. Strange" Hyce said.

"Teal is with the girls for now" Isaac replied, looking uncomfortable.

"Need to get some air" he said, leaving hurriedly.

Hyce narrowed his eyes as he watched him leave.

The memory of him stripping at the club last night is so vivid in his head, so why is he still pretending?

"The latecomers can now come for their room numbers!" The lecturer in charge announced from the front, and Pearl blinked.

"Y'all got your numbers already?"

"Yeah. I and Teal are roommates" Morgan replied, waving her card.

"I and Lizzy are roommates too. We'd have taken for you, but it's not allowed, you have to take it yourself" Rebekah said.

Pearl rushed forward, and unluckily for her, there are just three other latecomers.

Jeremy, Roonie and Isaac.

Meaning... she's gonna get paired with one of the guys .

She should file a complaint, but the announcement came so the students began moving to the park for the drive to the airport.

She'd sort this out when they arrive at Forte, so she quickly picked a number and rushed back to join her friends.

Rook and Rue are the last to move out of the department, and it was Rue who turned off the lights.

"Can't we go against your newfound father? Seeing Pearl's face alone is irritating me. We should kill her" she said.

"And I'm saying no again and again. You don't know the difference between torment and kill?" Rook faced her, and she grabbed his face in her palms.

She made to kiss him, but he pushed her chest, and hot breaths left her nostrils.

"You want me, and you want Banks too. Take a pick, will you?" He smirked.

"Nah, if I say I'll have the both of you, then I will" she replied.

"Intense" he replied, walking out.

She calmed her shoulders before going after him.

The drive to the airport took roughly ten minus, and they went on board almost immediately.

Minutes after the plane took off, Roonie got his system and clicked on email, tapping his father's name.

He typed a text.

Roonie: She got kidnapped, locked in a freezer. Got rescued though, on the flight to Forte.

He emailed that, then he looked back.

Three seats away from him, Pearl is sitting with Rebekah beside her, and they're both soundly asleep, wearing girly bunny hairbands, their heads resting on each other.

Even in her sleep, Pearl still looks as feisty as ever, the expression never wears off ... It's like her second skin.