Dustin was thinking about how to tease Ty, when he suddenly heard Stephs footstepy returning and immediately tried to hide Ty in his pocket, only to remember that he wasn't wearing his pants.
He could hear the door handle being pressed down and shoved Ty into his mouth, the moment before he saw the door open.
"Hey Dustin, have you seen my phone? I think i left it here." Dustin turned towards Steph and gave her a muffled "Sorry haven't seen it."
"Ah, there it is." Steph spotted her phone on one of the washing machines and picked it up,
before looking confused for a moment and turning to Dustin. "What are you chewing on?"
Dustin broke out in a cold sweat, but tried to answer as casually as possible "Oh, i still had a piece of gum in my pocket."
Steph gave him a suspicious look "Dustin, i just washed your pants, you didn't have any gum."
Dustin was panicking and looked down, his mind racing to come up with an answer "S-sorry, i... i took the gum from Ty's pocket,
i didn't want to tell you because i thought he might find out if i did." he wasn't sure if she would believe him.
Steph smiled at him "Don't worry, i won't tell Ty." she looked like she was about to say more,
before seeming to remember something and looking at her phone.
"Sorry, i gotta go!" She immediately turned around and ran to the door, only stopping to give Dustin a wave,
before disappearing down the corridor.
Dustin gave a heavy sigh and sat down on a nearby chair to calm down.
It took him almost a full minute to remember that he wasn't actually chewing on gum.