---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The next morning, Jacob was up at the crack of dawn. He didn't want to miss a moment of the action. After taking a shower and getting dressed, he checked his internal clock. 7:32 AM. He still had another twenty eight minutes until the real fun began. And he wasn't sure he could wait that long. Eight minutes and seventeen seconds later, Trey and Randy both woke up to find Jacob staring at his feet. The two boys didn't take this as any type of sign, it was Jacob's thinking face. Although Jacob's roommates never understood it, they just thought it was creepy. So it wasn't a surprise to Jacob when they began their normal routine. It was just like them to wait until the last minute to get ready, they were the reason he was always late. Alas, fifth teen minutes later, the three boys were walking amongst the halls; completely skipping breakfast in the mess hall. When they reached hallway ! H, the boys parted: Randy heading off towards the chemistry labs and Jacob and Trey walking towards sub level two. In other words, their Covert Operations classroom. The huge titanium door slid open, revealing the metal tables of the classroom. Jacob didn't know what was more confusing, the fact that all the boys were actually sitting down in chairs, or the fact that not a word escaped their lips. Or maybe it was the fact that Walter Millsap was sitting on top of the teacher's desk, smiling at him
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