"I just went to see him and we chatted for so long that I lost track of time."
Tessa Thompson nodded, then suddenly noticed something, "Hannah, where's your backpack?"
It was only then that Hannah realized she had run off in such a hurry that she'd left her backpack with Arnold Simmons.
All she could say was: "I asked a friend to grab it for me."
Tessa Thompson didn't doubt her explanation at all and continued gabbing about the games they'd just played, noting that a round of Truth or Dare had dug up quite a bit of class gossip.
Outside the group, a few boys who had been scolded for almost a minute were finally allowed to rejoin the group.
Once everyone was accounted for, the bus took the students back to the gate of the school.
At this time, the first and second years were still in class.
Standing on the empty space next to the teaching building, the grade director spoke from the steps for a while before announcing school was out.
