As Becky suspected, it was far too easy to lose her father in the Imperial Hall, and with classes suspended for the day in favour of hosting the Parent-Teacher conference, it was even easier to find an abandoned classroom to lock herself in. With Bill, specifically.

'This is so exciting. I can 't believe we snuck away, ' she giggled, though a part of her was appalled with her own boldness. Her father would definitely blame it on the sheer volume of

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episodes that she and Bill binge-watched together.

Bill chuckled, looming over her like a shadow. 'They might notice soon enough. '

'We 'll go back soon, ' she placated him, trailing her fingers over his enormous bicep. 'I just want to have you all to myself, first. '

'I think that 's my line, ' Bill said in a low voice as he leaned in, tilting her chin upwards to kiss her.

But just before their lips made contact, a faint noise rumbled through the walls; a

crash,