Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism novel Chapter 241

Since they came in separate groups, this time the bus was packed with students from the performing arts department—freshmen and sophomores.

The team leader had a lot on their plate. When they got to the guesthouse, they handed out room keys and helped everyone find their rooms. They also made sure everyone knew when and where to eat, and took care of other little things that came up during the day.

But of course, Violeta wasn't doing all this alone.

They were assisted by seniors from the third and fourth years of the student council, working together with all the team leaders.

It just so happened that they all landed in Heritage Old Town this time around, and Nolan was part of the first group too. He took charge of this trip, and next time it'd be the vice president of the student council leading the way.

Zelena had her mind set on Nolan, always keen to pitch in and help him out.

Since last semester, she had been hanging out with the student council folks a lot. They all knew her pretty well.

She was generous. When it came to giving guys smokes, she didn't mess around. It was always the pricey one. Who would turn down a freebie like that?

So the members of the student council were also happy to tell Zelena about Nolan.

Even though Violeta was the official leader in their class, Zelena was super eager.

When they got to the guesthouse, she hustled her way into the student council group to grab everyone's room keys, while the others waited in line.

The leaders from other classes were pretty annoyed by Zelena cutting the line like that.

But it just so happened that Zelena had won over the members of the student council, and they let her get the room keys first.

Kaylee said, "Zelena loves showing off her abilities too much."

Violeta smiled faintly, "What's wrong with that? She helped us get some good rooms at the guesthouse."

Not every room at the guesthouse was good. Some were in remote locations or even lacked windows and bathrooms.

The school teamed up with this place, so they care about getting a good bang for their buck at the guesthouse.

The student council handed out room keys in order, so the early birds snatched up the better rooms, leaving less choice for the rest.

Thanks to her ties with the student council, Zelena naturally got the top-notch rooms.

After getting the room number, Zelena came happily to allocate the room.

Fair and square, they were short one double room, exactly the room for Violeta and Kaylee.

"Oops, sorry about that. Looks like we might have missed grabbing one room. Violeta, why don't you both go find the student council to get another room key."

Earlier, Zelena had cut the line to get her key. Now, most leaders already had theirs. If they went now, even if they lined up again, they'd only get a pretty lousy room.

It turned out that the team leaders and the student council divided them up among themselves.

Zelena got the rooms on the second and fourth floors, but none on the third!

Unexpectedly, Violeta did.

Doesn't that mean I was just running around for nothing earlier?

Overall, the best rooms available were the double rooms.

Due to budget considerations, most double rooms were converted into quadruple rooms.

Room number 309 in Violeta's hand was a double room, perfect for sharing with Kaylee.

Zelena intentionally took less rooms to embarrass Violeta and Kaylee.

But now, instead of embarrassing Violeta, everyone knows she's got a sweet room on the third floor with a terrace. How could they not be jealous?

With their room keys in hand, everyone went up to their rooms with their bags. Forty minutes later, they met downstairs to begin exploring the Old Town together.

Violeta and Kaylee went upstairs together to their room. After quickly tidying up, Kaylee braided her hair into a twisted braid. Violeta went downstairs early to wait for them.