Remind me never to piss you off

I turn towards Storm, whom we didn't notice his presence until he came close.

"Who else but—"

I covered Ray's mouth, preventing him from speaking a word. With my eyes narrowed at him, I made a zip-it gesture. He nodded, looking a bit scared.

"What's going on, Strawberry? Why did you prevent him from speaking?" Storm asked with a confused expression on his face, and his eyes narrowed at the palm which I covered Ray's mouth with. He folded his arms, "what are you trying to hide?"

"Nothing!" I forced a smile, looking more like a clown with the way I stretched my lips, to accommodate the smile.

"Nothing?" He looked doubtful with his eyes trained on Ray as if asking him to come clean.

"We were just talking about the new assessment. The physical education teacher made us stack books because of the new assessment they are trying to implement. Oh, my damn goddess!" I dramatically removed my palm from Ray's mouth.