A Leap of Faith

Alice's respite was interrupted by a loud knock on the stall door.

"Alice! Alice are you okay!?" Kim yelled

Alice, still completely exhausted, managed to stand up and make her clothes as presentable as possible. "Well... no. No, not really" she murmured. "Could you get me a towel?"

A few seconds later, a towel flew over the top of the stall, falling next to Alice. "Er... sorry, did you get that?"

"One moment, I'll be out." Alice replied. Standing up with purpose, Peter watched her looking around cautiously, as if pondering something.

Whoosh~!

Before Peter could even react, Alice had fiercely pulled the panties off of her, wrapping them in a towel. "One more towel, please" Alice requested to Kim.

"Damnit" Peter muttered, trapped within the towel. Even if Alice did not know why her clothes were acting strange, he should've expected her to catch him off guard sooner or later. Hearing the faint sound of footsteps and voices, he felt a short jostle before coming to rest on some surface. As the panties' warmth faded away, Peter willed himself out of the panties and into the towel. He noticed, that as long as two objects were touching each other, it was much easier for him to move from one to another, although it still required him to spend up some of his energy.

He saw that he was on a bench near the lockers. The three other girls were standing around another bench comforting Alice, who was sitting down with her hands on her face.

"What, you think someone messed with your underwear?" Tabitha asked, her head currently in the shirt she was putting on.

"Well what else could it be?" Alice retorted "-and don't tell me I'm having some sort of episode" she quickly said. Hannah, who was getting ready to say something, immediately sealed her mouth shut, before turning around and undressing herself.

"Regardless..." Kim said, still in her underwear. "I think you should take a few days for sick leave. Maybe check and see if anything unusual is going on in the house."

"Like what?" Alice sharply questioned

"I wouldn't know, but I highly doubt you're going nuts. Just take some advice from me for once." She turned towards Tabitha "Hey Tabby, can you take her home? I still have a few patients to check up on."

"Sure"

"Thanks" Kim said

As their chat ended, Peter needed to make a decision upon which his own existence depended. He had to make a leap somewhere. Sure, it would be risky, but in his current prison he was bound to fade into nothing.
Looking around he noticed:

• Kim filling up a small bucket with bottles and a towel
• Hannah, putting on lipstick in the mirror at the sink, clad in a bra and boxers
• Tabitha, putting her and Alice's possessions into a single large gym bag
• Alice, in a clean uniform, sitting awkwardly as she waited for Tabitha