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Chapter 48 by Almax Almax

Can you do it? (second time)

You hope so....

You dart your eyes all over the shelf, trying to spot the correct label before you run out of time. It's hard!

"Oh, I'm sorry, I've been waffling on." Nurse Riley says. She gives a quick glance over her shoulder to the box of yet-to-be-unpacked medicine. This looks like it might be your last chance!

You turn your whole body and shoot your arms out, quickly picking up and setting back down each bottle in your search for the right label. Nurse Riley's head whips back around to look at you in confusion, because you're not exactly quiet doing this.

"Debbie? What's wrong? Are you-"

Ah, at last! You spot the right bottle, on the middle shelf, tucked a little bit behind the bottle you just set down with your left hand but still with its label facing you all along. You quickly grab for it, in plain view of Nurse Riley, and stash it behind your back before turning to her like nothing happened.

"Mmhm." You nod, trying to convince her to go back to speaking again. She furrows her brow and looks over to the shelf, clearly trying to figure out which bottle you just took by its location on the shelf. It appears your strategy has failed.

"What on earth was-" Her breath suddenly catches, and her eyes bug. "Debbie, give that here!"

She lurches forward, swinging her arm out in an attempt to reach for the bottle in your hand, but she isn't the most nimble person in this Warrior university. You're able to duck under her arm and run around her, clutching the bottle tightly in your hand, and still trying to keep it hidden behind your back because you are a creature of habit.

Nurse Riley turns to you, and you're preparing to duck under another grab attempt from her, but instead she rushes past you at a speed surprising for her occupation but not for the length of her legs (your jealousy levels are at 0). She stops just in front of the door to her Nurse's office, and presses her back up against it with her arms and legs out like a star to block your escape. You're trapped in here now!

You might not be super tall and quick on your feet, but you're still occasionally quick on your fe- toes, you're still occasionally a quick thinker. Bad example. But in a (again, occasional, you never claimed it to be anything more) moment of inspiration, you move over to the sink, uncap the bottle, and prepare to pour all of the oil down the drain. You'll destroy it, for the Sorority!

"WAIT!" Nurse Riley calls out, moving one arm forward towards you.

You pause with the bottle tilted at an angle, ready to be poured down the sink, and look over to her. It was mostly on instinct because a teacher told you to do something, but you also do like Nurse Riley and it's not nice to hear such desperation in her voice even if it is a result of you being a successful agent.

Nurse Riley takes a moment to make sure you aren't going to pour it down anyway, her chest still heaving from the burst of speed she put on to get to the door.

"Don't do it -- don't you know what that's for?" Nurse Riley pleads. "This is... this is mean. There's nothing else to say but that it's mean. Please, don't do this to her."

What's she talking about? Oh, right, the oil. You were mostly just engrossed in your secret agent mission. You are actually pretty curious what it's for, but can you trust her to tell the truth? Okay, yes you can, Nurse Riley is super pure, but can you trust her to not take it from you while she's- yes, you can do that too. She's still panting from her sprint and she's totally across the room. You have every chance to get rid of the oil if you let her speak for a bit. But would a secret agent do that?

You bite your lip and consider, tilting the bottle slightly more towards the sink.

Well, it's not like she can stop you by right now, so....

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