Sweet as Sugar, Crazy as Hell

Chapter 17: 52 minutes and Lawrence.

Xander took me to CBG and I skipped to the gate.

"Why so jolly, Dayana?" Xander asked from behind.

"Oh... I'm always happy, stupid idiot!" I said with a giggle.

Seriously though, why am I so jolly? Something must be up, I just can't put my finger to it.

"Lies!" Xander exclaimed and tackled me into a hug.

I yelped, "Help! I've been caught!"

Xander laughed like one of those villains in cartoons.

"Let me go!" I exclaimed.

With no warning, I karate chopped (or whatever I did) his hand.

He let me go immediately and I ran towards the building.

"Hey Daya-"

"No time, Kera!" I exclaim.

"....on needs to see you!" I hear her say.

Just by that, I knew she was referring to Leon.

I rushed to the elevator and pressed the button for the fourth floor.

Ding!

Surprisingly, no one got on the elevator up to the fourth floor.

I exited the elevator and went to Leon's office, noticing there weren't a lot of members roaming around the hallways.

"Weird..." I muttered to myself.

I reached the end of the hallway and opened the door to Leon's office.

"You called?" I asked.

"What? Oh, Dayana." Lawrence said.

"Law!" I exclaimed, hugging him.

"Missed me wild cat?" He asked as he ruffled my hair.

"Yup. Where have you been?" I asked him.

"Places, as such." He replied. "How have you been? I heard you got suspended. Did Leon get mad at you?"

"Nope." I said, popping the p, "But you should've gone instead of Leon."

He laughed, "Did Leon summon you?"

"I think." I replied.

"You think?" He questioned with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes, because having a brain means having to think. I don't know about you though." I said, giggling at the last part.

The door burst open all of a sudden, making us snap our attention to it.

"Lawrence? When did you get here?" Leon asked.

"Just a while ago." Lawrence replied.

"Dayana, you're here too." Leon said, "Oh, right. I summoned you."

I giggled, "What do you need?"

"Wait, don't tell me you forgot?" He asked me.

Me? Forget something? Impossible! Well... I guess I am a little forgetful.

I chuckled nervously, "Forgot what?"

"Oh, that." Lawrence said.

"What? Law, are you hiding something?" I accused.

"It's 52 minutes today!" Leon and Lawrence exclaimed in unison.

"What!" I exclaimed, tripping on air.

"Yeah, how come you couldn't remember?" Leon asked.

I groaned, "Shut up."

52 minutes is a yearly activity in CBG wherein members are paired up to face trials. But you can die there too.