Old Times

The next day Ana feels refreshed after a good night's sleep. Her mood is terrible when she doesn't sleep properly, she literally turns sour like a lemon. She's at school and goes to get something out of her bag and notices that the leaflets are still there, and she hasn't handed them in yet, Ana is getting her snack, when Scoot calls her to sit at his table with the Election group, Ana sees no other way to accept, she can't make it obvious or tell anyone that she is being Supported by the Beckers, not least because not everyone would know what that would be, many people who live in Rivecity are human.

In the end, she notices that the Beckers' table is always full of students, she also notices that many bring food, snacks, juices for the two of them, they don't always accept, they often refuse or in some cases accept out of politeness, so she understands that in fact this doesn't make them slackers, there are people who do this without them asking, a good part of them may just be the Beckers.

or phonies, who want to take advantage of being around the Director's children, and unfortunately that's what most of them amount to. Ana is even grateful to be a stranger at this time, she won't get away with not having fake people around, looking at the 4 people at her table, not all of them can be honest and are only interested in something that she can provide for them, she notices that Scoot is talking to someone on the phone, and he doesn't seem friendly at all, she wouldn't want to be listening to what he's saying right now, but she prefers to ignore it for now, it could be that he's having a bad day, you never know. Scoot ends his call and one of his friends asks if everything is all right.

"Yes, everything's fine, it was my father."

Ana wouldn't talk like that to her parents, she might even try, but she'd end up grounded somehow. She notices that there are a lot of girls around Luke, so she leans on his hand thoughtfully:

(Look at him, there are girls all over him all the time, he'll never be single, just blink and someone will fall for him easily, how could I make him marry me, my parents won't be able to force him into anything! haha)

Suddenly Luke looks sideways at Ana and winks at her, she even loses her balance at that moment, but disguises it by turning to Scoot and out of nowhere slaps him on the back, which startles Scoot, but when Ana gets nervous, she slaps him while she's talking, but it's not out of malice, just nervousness.

(God, did that devilish man hear my thoughts... no, that's not possible, he doesn't have that kind of power).

Scoot doesn't understand why she's been slapped out of the blue, Ana's all red and flustered, so she apologizes.

"Oh, I'm sorry... there was a mosquito."

Scoot laughs, because he finds Ana's way funny, then he tells her that they're giving a speech tomorrow, for the Guild Election campaign, and asks Ana if she's managed to deliver all the flyers, she nods saying yes, but in fact everything is still in her backpack, Ana is left with no alternative, she has to deliver the flyers, she looks again at Luke and Justin and thinks:

(How am I going to compete with them?! Why did I think of taking part, how am I going to challenge them?...Damn it Ana.)

Justin notices Ana looking and waves his hand to Ana, greeting her, Ana also greets him back and waves her hand, Luke makes an annoyed face and looks at Justin, and gets up from the table, and goes towards the stairs that lead to the classrooms, Scoot notices Ana's interaction with Justin, and asks:

"Have you become friends with the Beckers?"

Ana looks at Scoot in surprise at the question, and answers calmly:

"Oh, we met recently."

Scoot frowns and says:

"Don't forget, they're our rivals in the election, Ana."

Ana then retorts:

"They're two different things Scoot, friendship and business, I believe to keep the two."

Scoot then completes his thought:

"Not always Ana, in a few years I might change my mind about Business, don't trust the Beckers that much."

He gets up and leaves the table. Ana smiles at the others and says:

"Competitive, isn't he?"