Chapter Twenty-four

In the morning hours we arrived at school, a little tired, because of the hours of travel, but it was fun. Meeting people from other places.

Samantha was helping Alison who looked quite disoriented, she took him to the dorm room, and he lay down on his bed, apparently with a fever. Neither of them wanted to tell me what happened, but she looked very worried.

When she left the room, I talked to my partner.

-What happened? -You weren't like this before.

He sighed and answered me.

-A guy wanted to do something to Deicy, I got there before it happened, but he was too strong. I would say it was a teacher. Just that.

-Mmm, and why is Samantha helping you?

-I'd rather not talk about it.

Alison didn't say anything else and just lay there. Until the afternoon.

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Unlike the rest of my teammates, I was feeling much better, I had more energy and I thought I'd go talk to Snaider and see if I could train.

I arrived at his office. There they had brought two couches. Previously there were five chairs and the president's desk.

I saw a kind of gift on the table, and I accidentally touched it and it fell on the floor. I opened it and it was a music box. Only one hand had been damaged and I tried to fix it, but I couldn't.

At that moment I heard some footsteps in the hallway. And for fear of how I would react I hid under the table

Two people came in and locked the door. My thoughts began to cloud and I could slowly understand what was happening, as I tried to look at who I was.

Snaider was sitting on the couch with Professor Sara. It had already become strange to see her on the day of the test.

She seemed to be taking his blood pressure, then looked into his eyes and put both of her hands on his shoulders. It was super strange. I thought maybe the two of them had something. They both looked into each other's eyes, the president was just as serious as his brother, so my suspicions were lessened, her kindness was tarnished by his attitude. They were like oil and water.

She sat down next to him and they began to talk.

-Snaider, please do something else for your health, if you feel bad, you can talk to me. You almost passed out in the hall," she said.

-It's just that this new treatment affects me, it makes me a little dizzy. I'd rather not bother her anymore," he replied.

-Don't worry, it doesn't bother me. I'm just asking that if you continue to feel this way, you stop being a board president, you can't keep stressing like this.

-Okay, I'll do it if I feel bad. It's only a minor inconvenience.

She touched him on the head and said goodbye to him. Soon after, Snaider got up from that couch and walked over to me.

As I was walking I saw him throw some pills in the trash.

And immediately she saw me.

-Luan, what are you doing here?

-Hey...I walked in by chance, and you guys came in, I didn't want to bother you.

-Mmmm, don't tell anyone what you heard.

-President, if you're sick because you throw them away?

-They make me worse, and I shouldn't be talking to you about this.

-You're not sick, right, you're just trying to get their attention.

He was upset by the comment and answered me.

-I see you're going to continue. Well, she's helped me through the last few months. The treatment I'm doing is making me sick, the previous one wasn't working anymore.

I asked myself if it was really true what I was saying, but I was getting into her life and I wanted to change the subject.

-Snaider. I damaged this box because of my stupidity. I pledge to help you in your campaign for the presidency again.

He didn't answer me, had the typical silence of Alison, and took some papers from his desk.

-So, start handing out these flyers now," he said angrily.

It was like 300 invitations to vote for him, including the management he had made.

I immediately went out without protest, and started handing them out to every student I saw. I spent about two hours on that. And all of a sudden I saw Alejandra walk by.

She looked just as pretty as when we last saw each other, my hands were shaking, and I wondered if I was talking to her or not, but she did it first.

-Hey...are you going to give me one?

-Eh....si....toma.... is by Snaider, he launched himself again as school president.

-Okay, thanks, I'll keep that in mind," she said and walked out of the hallway.

I was happy to see her again and more encouraged to finish this, and to have a bigger role. I even thought about joining the student council. And to be closer to her in the meetings that were held.

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When I'm done handing out all the flyers I go back to the student council and talk to Snaider.

-I want to join your team," I told him.

-Hey, Luan, if it's about the gift you damaged, leave it alone.

-I want to get a girl's attention, and be closer to her. She's in another room and she's a class representative.

-Mmmm, impressive, but I'm telling you this is not easy. And with that excuse, well, keep delivering flyers and help your Hana.

Well all week I was from class to class asking for support for me Snaider, and pasting banners in the school. I learned several things.

The sophomores were divided between Snaider and Santiago. The third graders were supporting the current president and would not get a representative, because Alison's brother had been sponsored by someone with a lot of experience who had already finished school, so they wanted to leave it at that. In the first year Saul, was going to leave his post to launch himself as well, but when he saw that the third graders were already supporting someone, he preferred not to do it. And the definition would be between the two candidates.

I didn't know who Santiago was, I only heard his name and saw his picture on the other banners. Until I saw him with Alison. He was the same boy who was with Snaider before the expedition.

They talked for a while, even Alison seemed to get along quite well. Which was strange, I thought all the sophomores hated him.

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And so the day of the vote arrived.

From 8 in the morning the voting was enabled in the school, and at 5 in the afternoon the results would be given and the whole school would be voting until 4.

The same could be heard throughout the school as Snaider had already won, and everyone was crowded together to chat and hang out.

Being the current president. He delegated the group of representatives to take care of everything.

The hours passed and almost everyone finished voting. The atmosphere was calm and there would be no problem, but the president was tired.

His body felt the weight and stress caused by his responsibilities and the illness he was fighting. He started taking a pill to calm his anxiety, as a method to relieve himself a little, but they ended up making him dizzy, as he was taking them without a prescription, making him lose consciousness, at times.

At 4:20 a.m., a boy with purple hair and green eyes arrived, he was somewhat outgoing, and a little shorter than Snaider.

-Hello, Presi, I'm sorry to bother you but the director proposed that the 11 of us who are going to represent the school choose our replacements for next year, the teachers have already made a list of 20 possible ones, you choose which one of them, and we are going to inform the audience.

Snaider got up shortly after and read the list as best he could. He arrived at the auditorium in the middle of the crowd, overwhelmed by so much effort.

There were the eleven students in front of everyone and they started calling one by one for their replacements, the next year at the state championships and for training, it was like a kind of recognition that would be given to them.

The first of them was Samantha, then Alejandra, and they went on to the last place. This would be declared by Snaider, there had been 10 people, since Alison would be competing again for the second year in the next version.

The president, quite dizzy, saw that they had already called the best of the first year, and did not know what to say, he thought about it for several seconds

-Snaider, why are you delaying, say the name already, everyone is waiting for you to close the presentation," said Adrian.

He looked at the audience and felt pressured, the rest of the people he had seen had not stood out much. And he didn't want to make a mistake, who knows what he was thinking at that moment but he said a random name

-The last person assigned to integrate the twelve is the student, Luan Olivera.

In the auditorium people started to murmur.

-What's going on the president went crazy. He goes along with his reckless brother.

-It must be because they are close.

Luan, despite knowing that everyone was right, felt those words.

Among so many comments, the director tried to close this discussion that was taking place in the auditorium.

Snaider in the middle of it all, went to the student council to rest.

Minutes later, Sara saw the state she was in.

-Young Fernandez, you are well.

Snaider, did not lend himself to what she was saying, his thoughts wandered.

She observed his lost look, and touched his face.

-I see that you are totally disoriented, let's go to the infirmary, you don't look so good.

-I wonder if I should continue in this position," said Snaider.

-That's not what I meant, it's just that you look tired and quite affected by the intake of medication.

-From your point of view as a doctor, do you think you should not continue with this responsibility?

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-Your silence says it all...

-I know how much it affects you not being able to continue with your daily routine, but it is something that sooner or later you will have to do, I don't even know if you will be able to participate in the state-run ones, since your treatment is experimental.

-Can I hug her?

The teacher began to hesitate to do so, it was the first time he left that seriousness and avoid her, but he agreed to do so, both joined in a hug, the boy sighed, and tried to get away a little bit, both were face to face. They were only separated by a few centimeters. She blushed a little and tried to get away from him, being so close.

At that precise moment someone entered the room quickly, Hana and the nurse appeared and were looking for them.

And they watched the scene.

-Snaider", shouted Hana.

And slowly they separated.

The nurse approached Sara, whispered something in her ear, and they left the council room.

-Snaider, what are you doing, you'll get that teacher in trouble.

After those words, she sprayed water from a bottle she had with her.

-Why are you wetting me?

-To get rid of that fever, you're crazy, how could you even think of insinuating yourself like that, you had it on your shoulders. You had her in your arms, didn't you?

-She and I have nothing, she's just helping me.

-Hugging you, you know, if some people see that kind of thing as compromising. You're all alone in here.

In that bond of seconds Snaider began to think in a hurry about what he would do.

He suddenly got up and pulled out a drawer of pills and threw them away.

-Why are you throwing that away?

-They're no good to me anymore.

-But you told me you needed them.

-No, come on, Hana, we have to get the results.

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In the infirmary, Sahara and Marce were talking.

-Sahara, do you like that student?

-No, I just saw him so exhausted that I wanted to support him.

-Support him, I felt that you almost kissed him, and I see too much attachment on your part towards him and his brother.

-I just, I was curious about Alison, I thought he didn't have any emotions, he never showed any in the classroom, but on the river walk I saw that if he did have feelings, he was devastated by almost losing his friend, and with Snaider it's another matter he has an orphan disease, and I....

-Please keep your distance from him, remember what happened to those teachers at all those schools for picking on students, plus you have an investigation for which you lost your professional card as a doctor, something like that would send you to jail right away.

-I understand, I'm going to try to get away from him.

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Snaider and Hana went to the auditorium, the crowd was somewhat divided, some were shouting and others applauding.

The girl remembered that she had wet it and it was noticeable.

- You are wet.

-That doesn't matter, we're here now.

Hundreds of students and dozens of professors were waiting to proclaim him president again, it was an impressive crowd, more than the previous year. Many saw in him a great leader, a person who had shouldered the school. Some were angry about Luan.

The director took out the paper that gave the results of the winner.

And before he could give the words Snaider asked for a few seconds to say something.

The director, a little confused, listened to him.

The president took the microphone and spoke.

-Hello to everyone, thank you for participating and collaborating in this election. Thank you for being here today. With fervor to this small event of the school, but today I have to give you some news. I, Snaider Fernandez, resign as candidate for the presidency of the school and to be leader for the statewide this year, thank you very much, goodbye ....

A feeling of disbelief took over the auditorium. Everyone thought it was a joke, the only thing that made it clear that it was true was Alison who walked up to him, and took him by the shoulder.

-What's wrong with you Snaider, why are you doing this?

-Stay away, Alison.

The sad look on his face and his fallen countenance left him no choice but to let go.

Other sophomores tried to talk to him, but Alison stopped him.

That afternoon the school was in show, no one had words to describe what he was feeling at that moment.

-The president went crazy, and there were comments in the hallways.

Luan approached Alison.

-Your brother quit because of what happened to me.

-Don't feel guilty, it's not because of you, as I explain.... I think he has a relapse of his illness and has been holding on quietly.

-Shouldn't you talk to him?

-As he is, it's best not to bother him.