Chapter Eleven

The next day we were all called in to report what had happened.

-Six students from five schools, who were on this expedition, were found in a brothel, in deplorable situations. Some of them were injured after a fight with three adults, the reason is not known but will continue to be investigated. These young people were taken to the state capital to be held in a center for minors because of a fight and the damage to the establishment," said one of the teachers in charge.

Alison seemed upset by these latest statements, he had already been warned not to do anything and was being splashed by this.

In the afternoon we were informed that the expedition had been cancelled because of what had happened and in the morning we would all leave.

Sad faces could be seen in the corridors of the place where we were staying.

The police arrived to question us.

We were both sitting there, they did not take the interrogation apart because they did not consider that there would be anything important, and that was that, in half an hour we had finished.

With all the activities canceled we couldn't even go into town, we just stood there and did nothing.

The night came and the six detainees were brought in.

Everyone was looking at them badly, so they did.

The one who was supposed to be the leader looked at Alison, but he ignored her.

The dinner was no exception to what happened.

Those who were caught up in the affair were left to eat alone, although they apologized.

For all of us this was a trip that was cut short, and no apology would be worth the 7 days we were supposed to be here, we were only here 3 if that much.

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The next day we took the buses to get to the airport and return to the city

The journey was long and depressing.

We arrived in the city to return by plane to Glosbar.

We took the flights separately, because we had already booked them and at the last minute we changed the return date.

So in three planes and we arrived in our city.

At the airport we met and went to the school.

With long faces everyone went back to their dormitory.

Alison entered the room first and lay down on her bed, but to the surprise of both of us there were now only two, they had taken one.

And they had arranged the beds for us, closer together.

I lay down on my bed and all I could think about was sleeping, my body hurt from sitting in that same position for a whole day. Like everyone else, I was sad that I had lost the rest of the trip because of that incident and I just hoped that the next one would be different.

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The week we were supposed to be on the expedition passed and the whole school found out.

The same director reported that two students almost got involved in this situation, but decided not to participate, even so, they could have done something more to prevent the other young people from committing such childishness, but the best thing would be to forget about this issue and think that in a few weeks the general test.

The classes started as if nothing had happened, the same routine as always.

Everything was so boring that the hours seemed eternal. Until finally the bell rang.

I sat down, alone in the dining room and after a while Hana sat down next to me.

-I heard what happened to them on the expedition, it's a pity, but talk to Snaider and they will make an outing to the Laty River.

-You don't have to do that, I think we'll all get through this.

-The request has already been accepted.

-I'm not going, I can't swim.

-But you have partners who can help you, like Alison and Samantha.

-Hana, I don't want to depend on anyone anymore, I'm tired of always having to need someone's help, I thought that by entering high school things would change, but it's worse.

-Okay, you're right, although I think you'll change your mind.

After he told me that, he got up from the table and left, thinking that I would change my mind.

When the break was over Saul asked for permission to give us some news.

-The Student Council, made the request to make an integration for the whole high school to the Laty River. They are asking us to confirm participation.

The majority of the room was left to go.

Liz, I was bothering Alison, I don't know what time they became so friendly and he started distancing himself from me.

Samamtha had noticed that too, and was watching them too.

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When the class was over, Alison approached me.

- Will you go to the integration?

--I can't swim," I answered.

-mmm, ok.

-But will you go?

-Yes.

I understood that Alison, was leaving behind her isolation with others, I was staying behind, if I wanted to change, I should try to be more social.

- Will you teach me how to swim," I asked.

-Hey, I'm not very good at teaching that, but Liz, I could help you," he said.

And the person we were talking about arrived.

Liz hugged Alison from behind.

-Could you teach Luan how to swim?

-Sure, why don't we start now, she said.

- What? I'm not ready yet.

She grabbed my hands and dragged me to the school pools.

-I don't have any swimming trunks.

-It doesn't matter here they rent.

She rented two.

-Alison, come with us," Liz asked.

For a moment I thought she was blushing and avoided looking at us.

Liz put on her bathing suit, which was quite conspicuous, and I avoided looking at her.

She wanted to help me down, but it seemed too deep, and I refused.

Alison came up to me and threw me down when I was careless. When I was in the water I tried to climb up. And I realized that it wasn't that deep, it was up to my neck.

Liz, she started laughing and jumped in to help me.

I explain to myself how I had to roast and move in the water, it was a little uncomfortable because how close it was to me.

We spent about half an hour there.

And out of nowhere, some of the people from our living room arrived, including Samantha and three of the group of troublemakers.

They also rented bathing suits.

And they jumped in too and bet on a race.

I stood at the side of the pool while Samantha and Liz talked.

I saw Snaider arrive with my cousin, and they were behind Alison.

At one point, he took a sloppy dive and this one reacted too and they both fell into the pool.

We all thought it was a game, and we laughed, but Alison attacked Snaider and they almost went off.

And we had to intervene.

Samamtha and the kids grabbed Alison by the arms and tried to calm Snaider down.

I grabbed Alison by the chest and arms, while Liz tried to talk to her.

Snaider calmed down and walked away from everyone.

-Please leave this here.

Hana gave him a towel.

Alison climbed up the other side with her back to us all, Liz was with him, I went up to talk to him, but I saw a different look in him.

He still had his uniform on and was completely soaked, and went to the bathroom.

Samantha and the others tried to agree, to keep quiet about what happened.

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I changed and handed in my bathing suit.

I didn't see Alison, anywhere, I just saw Samantha around.

- How did they know we were here? I asked her.

-We were meeting Saul when Alison asked for permission.

-And apparently they didn't give it to him, so Snaider came, but we took the opportunity to jump in before the water came.

-Tell me Luan, you who are Alison's roommate, why did he attack Snaider?

-I don't know, I was also surprised.

-All right, take care of yourself. Bye.

I was wondering what was going on with Alison and the girls, at one point they both approached him, he seemed to have some interest, it wasn't romantic, something strange was going on between the three of them, that I didn't know about.

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Two days passed after the fight between the two brothers, and it was the integration.

Several buses were taking us to the Laty River.

I continued to go to the pools with Liz before integration day, but this time they did give us permission.

Alison hadn't talked to me about what happened, but we continued training at night. We also rehearsed what I learned with Snaider.

Today I was dressed in a pair of pants and a jacket; I didn't look like I was ready to swim.

One of our teammates grabbed Alison by the shirt and told her:

-It seems like you're angry with us, you never like to be in a group, you always walk away, maybe you're the strongest person in the first year but you shouldn't be like that, you have to integrate with us, said Kevin one of the troublemakers in our room.

Alison put her hands away from Kevin and pushed him away, ignoring his words, walking away from everyone.

I didn't know what to say to Alison, and I preferred to follow the group.

We went to a waterfall. When we got there, it was a big, plentiful place, and there were about ten teachers attentive to what we would need.

Several of them were throwing themselves off the waterfall, and the group I was with decided that we should throw ourselves off.

I followed them, but first I tied my arm around the necklace, I felt protected when I had it.

The first person to jump was Samantha.

The second was Saul.

And Keni, without hesitation, grabbed me by the back and pushed me.

-Don't be as boring, or asocial as your friend has fun," he said as he threw me.