Chapter Title: (106) Are You Seriously About To Strip In The Middle Of The Woods-01

Today was an outdoor lab day. It was a little after nine in the morning, but they would be here for a while. There were a lot of samples to collect, specimen to draw, and notes to take. Each location to be studied had a coloured flag. Every set of partners were given a map and an order for which flag to go to first. Despite her 4.0 GPA Marley has zero sense of direction, so Aiden took the lead and made sure the path was clear in front of her. They were surrounded by thick forestation and marshy ground, thankfully not having to wear suspenders like they'd had to in the past. Which admittedly is amusing because Aiden, despite wearing plastic green pants and chunky rubber boots, still looks like...Aiden. He stopped them at the purple flag, and she slid out their clipboard and passed him a dropper to collect liquid samples according to the instructions. Marley scanned over Aiden's crouched position, his face remaining impassive as he carefully retrieved the sample and put it i