The students passing back and forth in the corridor made Alice nervous. She had pressed herself as close to the wall as possible, but she still occasionally bumped into pedestrians holding books.
"Sorry!" the other party would only say this, and then hurried away. These community college students caught up with a good opportunity. At the beginning of the new semester, they came across the opportunity to earn extra credits-helping people at Parker Elementary School clean up the library. With their clear goals, they were in no mood to stop and recognize this. The girl on the phone next to them was one of the benevolent people who brought them this opportunity.
Alice could only continue to hold the receiver of the public phone to complete her task, "Eve said that if you need help with anything, you must explain it clearly, otherwise she won't know what to do. Well, that's what she told Zach Likewise, she will consider it from Rimmer's point of view and turn this into a favor transaction."
Alice spoke very fluently, it was necessary, she practiced a lot in her mind before dialing the number.
Benjamin on the receiver was a little impatient, "Then just tell her whatever, it's said in the letter, I don't care, I'm just informing her of the situation."
"I said so." Alice was a little helpless, "She said she would consider it. Yuehua and Baiying are trying to persuade her now, so I think there won't be any questions..."
"Alice, where are you? Yuehua and Baiying are talking to Eve. Is there no one with you?" Benjamin was concerned about his sister's situation.
"Well, I'm fine. Yuehua and Baiying said that I, well, must learn to be a person. Every, every banshee will go through this process. I have to overcome... No, don't worry, I'm not in danger." To her own displeasure, Alice returned to her original state, unable to take advantage of her.
"Well, then you take care of yourself." Benjamin on the receiver seemed to be relieved. "If I knew it was you who contacted me, I wouldn't have to stay in the office all the time. Okay, I'll ask Zach to come up."
"Oh! Wait, wait a minute." Alice stopped Benjamin, "Eve also told us not to write to the Smith Manor anymore, as it might be seen by Smith. If we want to contact him, we have to find other ways."
"Hmph. Then tell her she won't. Well, let her figure it out on her own, I don't care."
"Oh." Alice nodded and remembered, "There's nothing else to do. We can't come back until tonight. Laura is going to give a thank-you banquet at the community college's orientation party to thank everyone for their help. Well..."
"Oh, I'll help you record Cook's Kitchen."
Alice breathed a sigh of relief, always feeling a little embarrassed to say it, "Well, goodbye."
"goodbye."
Alice hung up the phone, put away the unused coins, and stood by the wall for a while, waiting for the person holding the book to pass by. After the corridor became a little quieter, there was a gap with no one around. Lower your head and leave quickly.
She is now going to find Laura and the others to tell the library that the arrangement is almost completed and see if they need help in the classroom. Of course, the more important thing is to give Yuehua Baiying a space to communicate with Eve, who is considered an Alpha Witch. It's not suitable to stay around all the time.
Alice needs to change her habit of walking down the corridor with her head down.
"ah!"
"ah!"
Alice lost her balance and fell backwards. In her panic, she saw a middle-aged woman opposite who also lost her balance. The two people met in the air with the same panic eyes. Books and papers were scattered in the middle, then fell together and fell to the ground.
"Yes, I'm sorry!" Fortunately, Alice was a girl. She adjusted her posture as soon as she landed, half-kneeling and leaned towards the woman who was still leaning on the ground, clutching her waist, and tried to help her up, "I, I didn't look at the road! sorry!"
"No, it's okay..." The woman's body was obviously much weaker than that of the girl. She still managed an ugly smile with a pained expression on her face, "I, I didn't pay attention either..."
After helping the woman up, not completely, the two of them sat half-sitting on the ground. Alice panicked and started to pick up the books scattered on the ground.
"Thank you." The woman rubbed her waist and her face became better. She picked up the bag that was lying on the ground and started to pack the books on the ground.
This is a community college, so there is no age limit for students. Alice looked at the library classification labels on the book covers (fantasy) and naturally thought of this woman as a student here. The prompt said, "The books in these categories have been moved to floor x. Well, you, your direction is reversed."
"Ah?" The woman blinked, as if she didn't know at all, "The library has moved to another location?"
Alice looked at the other party and blinked, "No, no, it's just that the areas in these categories have changed places. This area will become a children's book area."
"Children's book?" The woman still blinked, as if she didn't react, "Why?"
Uh, how do you explain this
"Oh, sorry!" The woman realized that she had asked a troublesome question, "I am not a student here, I am in night school, and I don't know what will happen here during the day."
"Oh." Alice nodded and responded. Of course she knew about the night school, Madison's writing class. However, it is precisely because this community college has a precedent of such multi-purpose venues and loose management that it is easier for Laura to borrow a place this time, and it does not require much help from the big shots in Laura's family.
"You are not a student here, are you?" The woman looked at Alice with a smile, "You look like you are still a high school student."
"Well -" Alice prolonged her voice. Are you a high school student? If there are such divisions in family education, "Yes, yes." Alice lowered her head. Although the other party was a woman who looked very friendly, she did not There are too many explanations needed. Help the woman put her things away quickly. Alice herself has things to do!
With this thought in mind, Alice handed the last book back to the woman. Then it was a little troublesome, because besides the books, there were also many handwritten manuscripts scattered on the ground. If they were not put away when the corridor was filled with people again, these I'm afraid the things have no recycling value.
Regardless of the original order of the manuscripts, Alice and the woman both knew what to do and moved quickly on the floor of the corridor, collecting scattered papers everywhere.
Alice's eyes still inevitably glanced at some words on the manuscript, 'future', 'time', 'reset', 'world', 'change'...
Ignore it and take your time.
Alice grabbed a piece of paper that was scattered far away and stacked it directly on the small pile of manuscripts in her hand. He handed it to the woman, looked left and right again, and relaxed, "I think that's all. I'm sorry for causing you trouble..."
Apologize and bow your head. Right, this is sincerity. Then Alice's eyes happened to fall on the paper she handed out, Dreams Through Time - Sheila West
"Haha, it's okay." The woman's hand, uh, let's change this name, Ms. West's hand caught the paper handed over by Alice and was about to take it back, "Uh. Thank you." With a little more force, the girl Without letting go, "Well, do you want to give it back to me?"
"Ah!" Alice let go, "I'm sorry! I..."
"Haha, it's nothing." Ms. West took back the manuscript and glanced at the first page that was placed on the top. "I just wrote a short story. Haha, what? Are you interested in fantasy stories?"
Interested in fantasy stories? Ah. Does Ms. West know who she is asking? She is asking a banshee who lives in what most people think of as a 'fantasy world'.
No, the point is not that, the point is, this woman, this miraculous person who makes the article become true, said Ms. West. 'Hehe, I wrote a fantasy story. 'This makes me laugh!
"I..." Alice's eyes widened and she stared at the woman in front of her.
Probably the look in his eyes made the other person feel uncomfortable. Ms. West frowned, sorted the manuscript a little, and stuffed it back into her bag. "Uh, thank you, I'm leaving."
"Wait, wait a minute!" Alice actually grabbed the other person's arm directly.
This startled Ms. West, and her whole body tensed up, "You, what are you going to do?!"
"Wei, Ms. West, I recognize you!" Alice said a little hastily.
What happened was that Zach asked Madison to keep an eye on this woman and not let her write anything weird, right? Obviously, Madison didn't do this job well!
Then fate brought Alice here to meet her, and she also saw many words that are extremely scary when I think about it now - 'future', 'time', 'reset', 'world', 'change', 'time travel' Dream'...Does Alice want to watch West leave like this
No!
"Uh..." Ms. West tried to push Alice away and held her hand, feeling strange and embarrassed at the same time, "I, I don't know you."
"Yes, I'm sorry!" Alice let go and spoke quickly, "I, I am Alice Grande! Mai, Madisenti, mentioned you!"
"Oh!" The negative emotion on West's face disappeared, "Alice! It's you!" A smile appeared on her face, and she began to look at the girl in front of her again, "Madison told me about you , you are Grande's sister." Madison's description began to overlap with the nervous girl in front of her. Madison is right, this is a shy girl who behaves unnaturally in public.
Alice's heart was beating very fast. She knew she couldn't just let Ms. West leave, but she didn't know what to do!
"Yes, yes!" Alice's nervous shoulders were shaking, and her brain was thinking hard about what to say, "I, I heard Maddison say, you, the story you wrote is very, very beautiful."
"Oh." Ms. West smiled, "Madison is such a sweet boy. Thank you for his compliment, haha, but the stories he wrote are also very good. Hey, it's just that our teacher doesn't like it." Ms. West There was a little helplessness on his face, obviously referring to the mean teacher. But she didn't continue to show that she wanted to leave quickly. Maybe Madison's description of Alice to her made her have a good impression of Alice and she was willing to chat with this girl.
Alice's eyes fell on the bag beside the other party. She was still thinking about what she should do, but with the girl's terrible social skills, let's face it, Alice couldn't think of a reasonable way at all! do not care! "Ms. West! Can I, can I read the story you wrote?"
Ms. West looked at her bag. In the open zipper, the manuscript she had just put in was lying inside. She frowned. In any case, this request was a bit, um, abrupt.
But Ms. West seemed to be a really friendly woman. She opened her bag and took out the manuscript with a strange look on her face, "Well, I do sometimes ask Madison to help me proofread articles (Zach is in (appeared when I was assisting the mill), you may have read some of the things I wrote..."
No, Madison respects the security of her friend's articles. Zach can't even read them, let alone Alice.
"But this..." Ms. West already had the manuscript in her hand, "Even if I haven't finished writing it yet, hey, I don't plan to write it anymore..." The manuscript that Alice was looking forward to was stuffed back by Ms. West. In the bag! "Haha, I'm still not suitable for fantasy-themed stories. I borrowed from so many books..." So the fantasy books scattered on the ground just now were for research and reference.
Ms. West's face actually showed embarrassment, "It's still bad. Haha, you better not read it."
Alice opened her mouth, and she could imagine the answer, such as showing it to her readily, or rejecting it outright! 'Badly written'? What does it mean! What's wrong! This awkwardly smiling woman doesn’t know that the bad things she writes will really be bad in this world! Heck, she sure didn't know.
"You, what did you write??" Alice felt her voice trembling.
"Well." Ms. West looked at the girl in front of her strangely, "So you really like fantasy stories? Oh, that's right. Your brother, Mr. Grand, you, Madison are surrounded by As for a special character with a distinct role, I also think that his obsession with fantasy themes is influenced by life."
This is not the time to discuss the reasons why Madison is addicted to a certain subject. Alice used her poor social skills to try to bring the topic back to the point, "Please, please tell me, please! I, I like to listen to stories!" It's far-fetched enough. of.
The slightly strange look stayed on Alice's face for about three or four seconds. Ms. West's eyes curled up and showed joy. Her gaze had already passed Alice and stopped on the ground at the corner of the corridor.
"Oh! Biscuit! You are here! I have been looking for you for a long time!" Ms. West opened her arms. Alice only had time to turn around and saw a black cat leaping into her arms, slender The tail swept back and forth on West's face, which was full of happiness.
Alice's mind is very confused. Should she tell her that far-fetched reason again
"Whoa, whoa, bad cookie! Where have you gone!" Ms. West didn't know Alice's inner struggle. She rubbed the black cat in her arms lovingly, and then looked at Alice as if she was remembering. Silk said, "Haha, I'm sorry, I was looking for it just now. I didn't look at the road and bumped into you." Her eyes returned to the black cat. As a cat lady, what she is best at is probably ignoring real people and talking to cats. "You're not good! You keep disappearing all of a sudden these days! You make me worry! Bad cookies! If you continue like this, I'll have to bring you an anchor chain!"
"I..." Alice just said one word.
"It's time for me to go." Ms. West smiled at Alice, still a little embarrassed, and put the black cat in her bag, "Be good and don't make any noise. Cats are not allowed in the library..." She had just walked past Alice. Silk immediately turned around and walked back, looking at Alice with an even more embarrassed look on her face, "Where do you think these books were moved?" She didn't stop walking.
"Floor x." Alice knew she could no longer stop her.
"Thank you." West adjusted the shoulder strap of the bag to give the cat in the bag, which was slightly bulging under his arm, as much comfortable space as possible, leaving only Alice's back.
This is about to end, right
A cat's head poked out of the bag, looked at Alice, grabbed a piece of manuscript paper, and retracted it.
"What did I say, biscuit? Be good and don't move." West patted his bag, completely unaware of the manuscript paper falling behind him.
Alice trembled all over, rushed over, and picked it up. (.)