Both Mitch and Alan were sitting at their desks talking while Tom was about to join them only for the door to violently burst open as Ania came storming in "YOU WE HAVE A LESSON NOW" she yelled "Well that escalated quickly…" Mitch said as she glared at both Alan and him to keep quiet while Tom unable to even pick up the mood simply smiled happily "Alright what are we learning today" "HOW TO TREAT A WOMAN PROPERLY" "God what the hell did he do this time" Alan whispered to Mitch who unscrewed his flask "I don't know but if I'm going to sit through this I'll need all the drinks I can handle".
"Now usually when you say goodbye to a girl if you're close friends with them you give a hug instead of simply walking off" "Right but I don't think I'm close friends with anyone to be doing that" "What about Sky you two have been hanging out a fair bit recently". Tom thought on the subject and found that when he thought back to the time they spent together it made him happy almost similar to the feeling he got after reading a good history book or doing well in an exam. "So when I say goodbye to Sky I'm supposed to give her a hug" "I think she would greatly appreciate it if you did" "Hmmm I keep learning such fascinating things with women". "Also if they're talking to you eye contact is a good idea" "Why?" "It shows you're listening and paying attention" "But I usually am anyway" "Regardless it's just a thing we like to notice" "Huh so girls really like to physically see things instead of simply taking your word for it".
He turned to Alan just then "Do I need to hug my close guy friends as well?" "Not if you want other people to get the wrong idea" Mitch sarcastically chimed in "No with guys normally a firm handshake to say goodbye works well for us" "Who knew that physical contact was required to show you were friends with anyone". "Alright well your homework is to implement everything I've told you with Sky the next time you hang out and report back to me" "I swear she's merely trying to set them up" Mitch whispered to Alan who nodded his head in agreement before Tom turned to look at Mitch "Say when are you going to start educating me on this drinking thing".
"Hmmm" Mitch pondered the question before looking at the time which was only 7:00 at night "I suppose since we have the next 2 days off I could begin your lesson tonight". "Can we join in on the lesson?" Alan chimed in as Mitch turned to look at him "What you want to learn how to drink as well?" "Well I've never done it so I'm kind of curious, plus we could count this as a team bonding exercise". Looking across to Ania she shrugged her shoulders "Hey I've drank alcohol before but I guess I'm in then" "Well before we start the lesson we kind of need to acquire some liquor" "Why don't we use yours" "Because mine is my own personal stash, now the teachers should have a room around here somewhere all we need to do is break in and grab some". "Isn't that against the rules?" Tom questioned as Mitch snickered "Think of it as a covert operation training, you need to infiltrate the enemies bunker and steal important supplies without getting caught" "Oh when you put it that way I'm in!" "You're too good at emotionally manipulating people" Ania whispered "Hey you're just as bad as I am" "True".
"You do know that if we got caught we'll be in huge ass trouble" Alan whispered to Mitch as they were crouched down outside the storage room as he glanced through the window "Alright the coast is clear what will happen is we'll sneak in and then Tom will freeze time for as long as he can while Alan, Ania and I sneak in. Once inside I'll pick out the good stuff and Alan will turn invisible carrying some back with him while Ania takes the rest and uses her super speed to race back".
"This is actually a pretty thought out plan" Ania said impressed as Alan placed his hand in "See I told you this was a good team bonding exercise, now hands in". Everyone simply stared at him as he sighed "Wooo go team….." "Just make sure you three don't get caught remember you're still on thin ice with Ozpin after that fight".
"So do you think you could freeze time while holding onto the three of us?" Alan asked Tom as they stood outside the entrance to the storage room "I don't know I mean I've never tried it before but I guess it could be a good test to see the limits of my ability". Everyone placed their hand upon Tom's shoulder as he closed his eyes and slowly focused his breathing as it gradually got slower until finally he opened his eyes and everything had frozen around him except for his team mates. "I don't know how long I can hold it for so I'd hurry up" "Right let's get to work" pulling out his lighter Mitch flicked it on as a tiny flickering flame burnt the lock causing it to click open.
As they entered in he spotted the bottles right at the back and raced over opening the cabinet "Alright so let's see we have some bourbon, vodka and white rum just what we need" he tossed two bottles to Alan and one to Ania. "Now time for phase two" he nodded to Alan who slowly disappeared from view along with the bottle as the door was pushed open by nothing and the sound of footsteps followed "Your turn Ania". As her feet hit the ground she became a pink blur darting out of the room as Mitch quickly ran out the door and clicked the lock shut fusing it back in with his flames. Just as he had finished everything began moving again as Tom was hunched over the wall dripping sweat "Sorry I tried holding on for as long as I could" "It's all good man we got what we needed anyway so let's hurry back before someone spots us".