"You've gotta be kiddin'—ah!" Before Pepper could properly curse her luck, because now there was a witness to her hooky-playing, Connor pulled her along with him as he dove out a side exit and into unfamiliar territory, and she had no choice but to rag doll after him.
She blinked in the sunlight, surprised to find that they were now outdoors.
This was not going the way she had imagined it.
"Whoa whoa whoa, wait! I never said I was skippin' with you!" Pepper hissed as she yanked herself free, but even as she said the words, she realized it was too late for that now. She didn't know her way around the school—certainly not well enough to know where all the side doors led!—so now, whether she wanted it or not, Connor was her guide.
And she was officially tangled up in his shenanigans.
"...but I guess too late for that now." She heaved a sigh, tugging at her hat, and cast a look around. "What's this place, anyhow? Looks all...secluded." She narrowed her eyes at him. "Sorta place murders an' shit happen."