A man who looked like he was about to go hiking came out of the biology class. He must be the teacher. Alice observed his face. The teacher was even paler than she was!
"Mr. Jacobs, you are not in trouble. This lady who I don't know will be if she doesn't get to the class she needs to be in," he said. So black shirt boy's last name was Jacobs. Alice still didn't know his first name, so for now she made a mental note to refer to him as Jacobs. "Sorry Bri, sorry pretty girl but I have a battle now so see you later," Jacobs said as he followed after the casually dressed bio teacher. Alice turned and watched them. Bri's Snivy ran after them, and so Bri chased after her.
"I'd better go after her! She'll get me in even more trouble! See you later, Alice!" Bri exclaimed as he ran down the hall. Alice continued watching them till they were out of sight. She looked around at the walls in the hallway. She noticed several large vents scattered around. Hmmm, could these be used for something? "Return," Alice said, holding out a pokéball. Jem jumped off her shoulder and avoided the red beam. "Vulpix!" he exclaimed, angry.
"I know I don't ever return you-" she paused after realizing how loud she was. "I know I don't ever return you unless you're hurt, but I need to see something," she finished in a whisper. She tried again, and Jem complied this time. In a red flash, Jem returned to his ball. Alice pulled a nearby garbage can and turned it over. Some of the garbage in it spilled out, but it wasn't enough garbage to get everywhere. Alice stood on the upside down garbage can and looked into the vent. She pried it open and crawled inside. She placed the cover down as softly as possible so that she wouldn't let it make a loud bang! It was crammed in the airways, but still big enough for her to crawl through it. It went on straight ahead for several yards, and then there was a fork in the road. Two more paths. One went left, the other right. Alice crawled till she made it to the forked path, and looked at both ways. It was hard to breathe in here, but Alice didn't really know why she came in here in the first place.
I guess it's so I can find ways to get to other places quicker, she concluded. Instead of exploring either direction, she crawled backward till she made it to the opening again. Picking up the cover, Alice lowered herself onto the garbage can and closed the vent, making sure it looked the same as it had been before she went inside of it. Alice jumped off the garbage can and turned it back over. The garbage was unholy, let's just put it at that. She picked it up anyway in several armfuls and returned it to the can.
Alice turned to the door of the bio class, and took a deep breath. She walked over to it and opened it, just a bit. When she realized everybody turned to look at her, she opened it all the way to avoid looking stupid. She walked into the class and looked at the students. "What are you looking at?!" she asked in exasperation. Alice walked to a desk in the middle of the class and realized she had forgotten her backpack, which had all of her materials. And she smelled like ****. She turned on the lab sink and rinsed her hands off, still getting many stares. She glared up at them, and they looked away.