Chapter 2: The Assignment

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~(Y/N)~

Another morning I had woken up to the same sound of my alarm clock beeping in my ear. Groaning I sit up and stretched.

Getting out of bed I go to the bathroom doing what I did every morning, undressed and showered. After my hot shower, I wrap a towel around my damp body as I walk out into my bedroom since Lizzi was here I didn't want to risk her barging in on me naked.

Quickly I grab some clothes and head back into the bathroom where I dressed in black jean shorts and an oversized grey shirt. I tuck the shirt in at the front before looking at myself in the mirror. I blow dry my hair and pull it up into a bun.

I step out of the bathroom finding my cat crawling out from under the covers. She sat there looking up at me before letting out a yawn. I walk over to my closet and pull out some shoes, before leaving my room I slip them on and grab a jacket off the hook behind the door.

Walking out into the living room I find Lizzi still passed out on the couch. With a long sigh, I walk around and head to the kitchen grabbing a small glass of water. After filling the cup I walk back over to the couch and dump it all over Lizzi causing her to wake up. "What the hell." she groans as she wipes her face.

"Time to get up," I say.

"But did you really need to pour water on me?" she asks.

I stood there smirking down at her. Of course, I did. "Yep," I answer as I turn on my heel heading back into the kitchen. Placing the empty cup on the counter I go and sit on the barstool.

I waited as Lizzi got up and headed to my room. "I'm borrowing your clothes!" she yells.

"Okay, just put your clothes in the hamper!" I call back.

It was silent as I patiently waited for Lizzi to come out. I had heard the showering running so I knew it was going to be a while before she would come out.

~Time Skip~

I had just parked in the parking space in front of the school. Lizzi turned in her seat and grabbed her bag before leaving the car. I too got out with my bag and followed her inside to our first class. "So, I heard that we're going to be having a project in European History, do you think he'll let us partner with other classes?" Lizzi asks. We walked down the hall slowly.

"Maybe, but I'm choosing to do a couple people for the project." I tell her. Stopping at my locker I unlock it and pull out the books for my first two classes.

"Can you do that?" she asks.

"Mr. Harris has let me done things like that before, I'm sure he'll let me do it again." I answer.

"Okay, because I want in on your project, I can help you find information who are you planning on doing?" she asks. I close my locker as we start making our way to her locker.

"Eren Jaeger and Levi Ackerman." I answer.

"Oh you're doing people from 850 time period?" she asks.

"Yeah." I answer as I stop in front of her locker. Opening her locker she turned to me with her hand firmly holding the metal door.

"Don't you think you have enough information?" she asks.

"I won't have enough, I want to know more, if I have to I'll fly back home and go to the headquarter ruins." I say.

"That would be fun, I could use a vacation right about now." she says as she grabs her books.

"It's not a vacation it's a journey back home to find information, a vacation would consist of relaxing with a margarita in my hand on a beach far, far away from this hell." I answer.

Lizzi laughs at my words. "(Y/N) you are in desperate need to either get laid or vacation." she chuckles.

"Getting laid is the last thing on my mind." I sigh and I lean against the other lockers. I had never been in a relationship, sure I had crushes but they never last long. I look over at Lizzi who stared up at the clock.

"We should get going we'll be late at this rate." she says before closing her locker. Quickly I follow her to our first class. It was long and boring as usual, I just wanted to get to my last class and get the project. Lizzi had European History right after this then we both would go to lunch.

When the bell rang I went to my free period, I found myself wandering the empty halls when the bell rang for the next class to begin. I would go to the music room and play the piano to pass time but I'm sure someone was already in there using it.

So, to pass the time I went to Lizzi's classroom and waited outside, sitting on the floor I pulled out my notes and a few library books and started researching. I open the book to a random page before flipping through to find a good page to start.

Scanning through the page I then glance over at my notebook and jot down some notes. I glance back and forth between the notes and the book as I continue to jot down the notes. That's all I did for the next hour and a half while waiting for Lizzi.

When the bell rang I quickly shove my books into my bag and stand up. The door opened and students poured out of the room. When I caught sight of Lizzi I rush up to her. "So, do we get partners for the project?" I ask.

"Yep, you were right, I told Mr. Harris you and I will be working together on the two people you mentioned," she says.

"Okay good, and since you have a free period during my European History class you can come in and start researching," I say with a devilish smirk playing at my lips.

She let out a long tired sigh before nodding in response. "I also mention to Mr. Harris that you were thinking of going to the headquarters back in Rose, he said it would be a good idea and supports it," Lizzi says.

"What?! I was kidding Lizzi! There is no way I'd go back to Rose now." I whine.

"Why not? Is it because of your mother? Is she still calling you?" Lizzi asks as she stops in the middle of the hall. I let out a frustrated sigh and nod as I pull out my phone. Turning it on I show her the multiple missed calls.

"Jeez, is she really that upset after missing that douchebag's funeral?" Lizzi asks.

"Apparently, I've been ignoring them and if I go back she's just going to bug me about it," I tell her.

"Then, we'll get a hotel, you won't even have to see her," Lizzi suggests.

I let out another overdrawn sigh, pinching the bridge of my nose I knew I had to make a decision right then and there. "Fine," I say.

"Yes!" Lizzi cheers.

Slightly laughing we continued to walk down the hall and out the door to go grab lunch.

~Time Skip~

After the last bell rang, I walked down to the front of the room. Mr. Harris had been stacking his many papers into a neat pile. With one hand he held them and turned to me. "Ah (Y/N), what do you need?" he asks.

"I just wanted to let you know that tomorrow and all of next week I'll be absent due to the project, I'll be staying in Rose for research," I inform him.

"All the way in Germany? Sounds fun, I'll print out the assignments you'll be missing," he says.

"Thank you sir, and also Lizzi will be joining me so you might want to double it," I say.

"On it, you two have fun... just make sure you stop by tomorrow to pick up the worksheets." he reminds me.

"I will, thanks," I say before turning on my heel. Quickly I make my way back up the steps to the door. After exiting the classroom I was met with Lizzi waiting for me.

"Tomorrow we leave for Rose," I say.

"Good, because I just book our plane tickets for tomorrow," she says.

"At what time?" I ask.

"Tomorrow at noon," she answers.

"Good, because we have to stop back here to pick up the assignments we will be missing," I tell her.

"Sounds good, can we stop by my apartment?" she asks.

"Yeah, are you staying over again tonight?" I ask.

"Yeah I just want to pack my things to bring over so we're not having to do it tomorrow," she says. We started walking down the empty hall to the front door. We made our way to my car. Tossing our bags in the bag we got in, driving away we stopped at her apartment. Of course, being such a nice friend I went up with her and helped packed.

After doing so we headed over to my apartment. While I was driving I felt the urge to call up my mother, just to let her know I was going to be in town. Although I didn't want to see her I felt like I needed to see her to clear up the situation.

I pull up alongside the curb and put my car in park. Grabbing our bags we got out of the car and made our way up to my apartment. Unlocking the door I let Lizzi enter the place first. I stood outside my apartment pulling out my phone. "(Y/N) are you coming?" she asks.

"Yeah... just a minute I need to make a call." I tell her.

Slowly I walk over to the stairs while dialing my mother's number. I stop at the top of the stairs and sit waiting with the phone to my ear as the phone rang. "Hello?" the voice answered.

"Mom?" I answer.

"(Y/N)? Finally! I've been trying to reach you, what is it honey?" she asks.

"Well... I wasn't planning on telling you... because I wasn't sure of it up until now but... I'm going to be coming home... it's for a project at school and I need to go to the Survey Corps headquarter ruins." I explain.

"Okay, what time will you get here? I'll clean the house, by some snacks, is it just you?" my mother rambles on.

"It's just me and Lizzi, and you don't need to clean Lizzi and I will be staying at a hotel," I answer.

"Oh, tell me what hotel I want to come see you guys," she says.

"Lindemann's," I answer.

"Okay," she answers.

"I-I just wanted you to know.... I also wanted to talk." I stutter. Why am I so nervous, it just my mother.

"Okay sweetie, I better go Milo will be here soon," she says.

"Okay, bye," I say, quickly I hang up before she could say anything more. I slip my phone into my pocket and stand up. Quickly I walk back to my front door, I enter the apartment and close my door. I lock the door and turn to find Lizzi pulling out books from her bag.

"Do you want to do more research? Then we can order in food," she suggests.

"Sounds good," I answer.

Grabbing my bag from the floor I walk over to the living room, I sit on the couch and grab out my books. The only sound coming from us where the flipping of pages from our books. Here and there we jotted down notes all into one notebook. My notebook, I made sure she didn't repeat any information I had already written down.

I read over the notes finding that Lizzi had written down all Eren's abilities and how they were similar to the other titan shifters. I was utterly confused about who the other titan shifters were and looked back in my book.

"(Y/N) look at this," Lizzi says. I turn to her and take her book from her hands. I look down at the page and read:

'The power of the nine titans will weaken the host and reduce their lifespan around 13 years.'

"What the-

I pull the book fully onto my lap, the book was quite old and there was a missing page. This is so confusing. "Since Eren was a titan shifter do you think that would have affected him?" Lizzi asks.

I then grab another book and look at the time Eren from when Eren first got the titan ability to the time of his death, it was 13 years apart. "Obviously it did, he died 13 years later after obtaining the ability, a year before his death he got married then a few months before his death he found out his wife was pregnant," I explain.

"So, he must be one of the nine titan?" Lizzi asks.

"Must be... if only I lived in that time." I mutter.

"You would say that you nerd." Lizzi teases.

Playfully I punch her arm. "I'm not a nerd," I whine.

For the rest of the afternoon we looked over our notes and discussed different theories. Okay I'll admit it I'm a little bit of a nerd.

Lizzi soon grew bored from all the reading and decided to order some Chinese food. She ordered so much that I would be set on food for weeks. We sat and turned on the tv while we waited for the food.

~Time Skip~

After paying for the food Lizzi and I piled the food onto the coffee table. We turned on a movie, within a few hours Lizzi was passed out with noodles hanging from her mouth and a carton of lo mein laying in her lap. Carefully I pull the food from her mouth and toss it in the garbage bag. I take the carton from her and place it on the table. I lightly push her down on the couch so she was laying down.

I take the blanket and cover her up so she wouldn't get cold. Then, I pull a pillow from behind me, slowly lifting her head I slip the pillow underneath before laying her head back down.

I stand up and lift her feet onto the couch. Brushing myself off I turn to the mess on the table. I pick up the empty cartons and place them in the bag, I then grab the leftovers and carry them over to the refrigerator placing them in there carefully.

Quietly I walk past the living room into the hall, I quietly open my door and slip into my bedroom before shutting the door again. Pulling off my pants I toss them on the floor in front of my closet and fall onto the bed. Another day come and gone, now all I wanted to do was sleep.

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