Iris V/s The New Girl

"I j-ju... just wanted t-t-to ask..." she seemed to be out of breath. Is it because of the slippery stairs that they needed to walk more carefully but it would save their breath and not the opposite? 

"Look I already answered it," I said, "I won't say the same thing again."

"T-That's not-" she tried taking deep breaths. 

She did mention that the girl was in some magazine. If she is in the first year then she must have worked hard to make her facial and etiquettes look good so I am assuming she didn't take much part in any physical activities. That might be the reason she was out of breath this easily.

"Allen!" ah, here she comes. 

Iris was standing above the stairs. Her timing couldn't be any better. This might be the first time in my entire life that I wasn't mad at her. 

"Who?" By the time Iris came all of them were back to their usual self. Pretty fast if I say so but who cares how fast they can recover.