After the concert, Lily went home with Loid while Ian and the rest of Class 18 prepared to go back to school.
At the entrance of the stadium, Ian stopped his classmates and took out one of the autographs from the plastic bag. "Lily told me to give you guys this. It's Lucas' autograph!"
Screams erupted from the group.
"Oh my god!"
"Am I dreaming? This really is Lucas's autograph!"
"I love you, Lily!"
Some of the other people trickling out of the venue stopped to stare at the commotion. When they saw Ian holding Lucas's autograph, they went wild. They crowded around Ian and began clamoring for his attention.
"Can you give me that autograph? I'll pay you anything you want!" someone offered.
"Sorry," Ian declined politely. "We only have one for each of us. We're not selling them."
The crowd was disappointed. At the same time, when they heard that all the students of Class 18 were getting a copy of the autograph, they looked envious.
After distributing the autographs amongst his classmates, Ian said loudly, "We have to repay Lily for what she's done for us.
"Even though she hadn't asked us to go back to school to continue studying tonight, I suggest that we do so. Let's all go back to school and continue working on our worksheets."
"I agree!"
With that, the students of Class 18 got onto their bus and left.
The crowd hazarded that Lily was probably their teacher, who had gotten the entire class autographed photos so that they would work harder at their studies.
They began looking for Lily. Some even claim that they wanted to transfer to the school where Lily was teaching.
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