This Time, I'm the Fool
"Here—drink mine! I haven't touched it!”
"What?” I waved my hands in refusal. "But how could I…”
"It's fine. Just drink it. If you don't, you're disrespecting me!”
"But—oh no!”
During the scuffle, Maisie's grip slipped, and the drink spilled across the table, soaking the stack of exam admission slips perfectly.
"Shit!”
I didn't bother arguing with her. I hurriedly shook off the liquid and wiped at the slips—but it was no use.
In my previous life, she had used this exact trick to ruin the entire class' admission slips, then turned around and accused me of doing it. The result was that everyone blamed me, the class monitor, for poor management and nearly ruined the next day's exam.