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Brianna soon arrived home and snuck back to her room.

No one had noticed she left the house except for the gateman who opened the door for her on her arrival.

She opened her room door gently and went under the sheets.

It was past 6 a.m. already.

She was expecting to hear sounds from Arianna’s room as she should be preparing for school already.

Brianna left for Arianna’s room when there were no traces of her preparing for school yet.

When she got to her door, she placed her ear gently on it hoping to hear any sound of her preparing.

Hearing none, she barged into her room.

“Ari! Ari!!” She screamed at the top of her voice.

“Mu......m” Arianna who was under the sheets replied slowly.

Arianna knew already Brianna had come to wake her for school.

Arianna pleaded to skip school for a day more.

“Can I stay back and rest today?” she asked her mother with a pitiful eye.

“No, you can’t!” Brianna answered shining her eyes.

“I prepared for the meeting yesterday that I barely had time to rest” she