246. Everyone's awake

Paige was disturbed up by a timid hand, shaking her lightly before retracting quickly. It took a few minutes because when she was in the midst of opening her eyes, the hand was gone again, making Paige drift back to sleep. 

When she finally woke up, she sat up abruptly and observed the foreign room she was in, while being confused.

Then she saw dark brown eyes looking at her anxiously, like a little animal, and remembered again where she was.

"Hmm? Anjuly? What's the matter?" Paige asked softly, rubbing her eyes. 

"The people outside are... loud." Anjuly whispered.

"Oh?" Paige turned her head and indeed heard a bit of a commotion.

There was made a fair bit of noise.

Paige walked out, and when she wanted to ask Anjuly if it was okay to leave for a moment, she saw her silently following her.

Paige pressed a hand against her mouth,