Chapter Twenty-Nine

The second year representative, interrupted Alison's response, immediately Hana intervened.

-Please wait for him to finish.

-No problem," said Alison.

The girl continued.

-Point 6 is where most people disagree. No one believes that your friend Luan could beat you on that test. Also, there has never been a clear comment from you about a test that with your level that is comparable to a sophomore. That should be enough to make you the best nationally, what can you tell us about it?

-I think the situation on the floor where we were was unknown to anyone. We never expected to find robots in that place. On the top floor I decided to give Luan a chance, because I was unable to expose him to a danger that he could not handle.

-Please be more explicit, maybe you in your test know what happened, but we don't know how it was and not in what situation you were.

-My partner, Luan, arrived at the top floor working as a team. With a level that deserved not to go beyond the third. A colleague and I were taking him to the place, but he did not have the necessary characteristics to get there.

-So you gave him the test for helping him?

- It was because of the environment we were in, I could outlast him, and I gave him my trust so he could finish it.

-Just like that? A level one, winning a test of that magnitude. You believe the organizers when they say that everyone is an act to end it. Those pure words of motivation. The reality is the opposite, those of the highest level will be able to achieve what the level one will ever achieve.

- The truth is that I never cared about being the best in the school. I only care about the national games.

A silence took over the event room. Alison's lack of competitiveness left everyone speechless.

-Are you really out of your mind," asked the girl.

-I think Alison has already given her answer, and we need to stop asking her about it," said Hana.

The representative of the fourth class raised her hand. And the moderator gave her the floor.

-With respect to Deicy's subject, there are rumors that things happened on the last expedition. Like that you intervened with her to protect your friend with her. Do you think your behavior towards that girl from that school was right, besides what happened with Lombardi? With the two points where she was mentioned, I mean the girl.

-In an expeditionary fight, if you don't want to just go on, you walk away, she preferred to play along. In the situation of the bathroom, there was no one but her, I accept that I made a mistake, because I entered that place, but I did it because I felt that a strange person was there.

-Keeping an eye on her, very gentlemanly, right?

-Please representative let the terminus-comment Hana.

-Maybe I didn't measure the consequences, but I did it because she tried to change the perception of her school a little bit. She was under her own pressure and no one else knew about it. If she didn't report me for my behavior herself, or say anything, why should you?" replied Alison.

-Does she know what I think and what this room thinks, too?

-I wasn't doing anything wrong.

-What would I think of two kids alone in a bathroom, don't come over here and tell us stories, we're not kids.

-My partner Samantha was there too, she can vouch for me, that I wasn't doing anything wrong.

- Anyway, these acts are also punished, if they are in a public place at school. In this case that place was one. We are going to call this Samantha, so that she can clear up the doubt. Also, we must tell you that this report was made by a third school. Someone saw you and informed a teacher. At that time they didn't tell you anything because of your apparent closeness to her and they wanted to avoid conflicts with both the girl and that school. Okay, you don't have to explain about Lombardi, she's a complicated person. And it's better not to waste time with that. We don't justify your actions, but it's too controversial a topic.

-Another class, do you want to talk? -I ask Hana.

-We," replied the representative of the fourth second-year class.

-What can you tell us about that," asked the girl.

-I think that's the point about which I will only say two things. I prefer to stay away and train most of the time. I don't like it, being in a group.

-That's your serious answer. We take this as antisocial behavior. We ask that this be taken into account, as people with that characteristic will not change their ways.

-We finish the intervention of class four, which class wants to participate," said Hana.

-We," replied the twins in room 3.

-You have the floor now," Hana said.

-There has been much talk about your behavior, that you left your brother aside, and preferred Santiago in the appointment of captains for the state schools. You even suggested that it was better a change than not being considered for this one. What kind of brother are you?

-Yes, he left and left everything without saying anything, with two weeks to go. The best thing we can do is get a replacement, in case he can't come back.

-You know everything I train. I'm from his class, and I saw him struggling all the time. I find it unappreciative of you to do that.

-I see that the two reasons you did this was because of Snaider and Adrian. I know what you mean about my brother, but you don't know anything about him, to tell me that, I know his current state of health and I can assure you that he may not be able to make it to the games. That's why I asked for the replacement option. Even though I know it will be a hard blow to the school.

-Okay, I think that makes this issue clear. Class five representative you close this meeting.

- Well, looking at your serious attitude, as if you consider that nothing you've done was wrong, that you believe that because you're like this everyone is obliged to understand you. I just want to know something. What did Adrian tell you to fight in a public place, so I heard you and he were close friends like you are now with Luan, let me clarify something for you. I took the time to ask him, but he refused. I looked at the file and he said you were about to kill him. Something the school kept from all of us and let you in here just like that, and suddenly he gets suspended, along with that friend of yours Samantha.

-It's something I'd rather not talk about. I've already discussed this with the police and the school, and I'd like to discuss it with you too.

I wanted to talk about it, but Alison didn't want to. As much as he wanted to, he owned his own decisions.

-Okay, you see, there's nothing to do with him. His attitude says it all.

-This concludes the participation of the five classes. Samantha is already in the room, her testimony will define many things. You can go and listen to her.

-I can say something. -I ask Luan.

-Hey, it's past the time for the meeting, now we're going to decide. I'm sorry you had to do that when we were talking and Hana because she's your cousin, you know how the rules are- I answered the class two representative.

-Nothing is going to be taken away from them by listening to them," said the Class 3 representative.

-We will only listen to Samantha," said Joselyn.

She came in and had something on her neck like something had happened to her. I looked at Alison and was pretty uneasy. And he didn't seem willing to leave that place.

Hana took the microphone and told her the whole summary of what they were going to say.

-Samantha, we already know what happened on the expedition, but we need to know your point of view about Alison. What can you tell us about her?

My very clever cousin knew that being outside she couldn't hear anything that was being claimed from Alison and her version could either help or bring him down.

-Well, I saw him in the bathroom, kind of dizzy, I thought he was doing some nasty things with that girl, he was shirtless, and she was wearing his. That was my first impression.

Those words shocked the room, as it was almost sinking him and he practically had the expulsion on top of him, but as I continued we understood what really happened.

-I hit him on the head, complaining about his behavior, but he almost passed out, blood started coming out of his head, and he seemed to look like he was crashing into the wall, it was as if he had been fighting.

-So the girl was very wild," asked Hana.

-It wasn't like that. The blow looked like more than an adult, he had the red back, it was too deep, and we had to take him to the nurse at that school. He couldn't even speak and he had a lost look in his eyes.

-Mmm, ok... And what happened to him.

-He was unconscious all the way, I had to take care of him when I hit him, he was running a fever. I think I know why they hate each other so much.

The audience was a little shocked by what Samantha would say, she was going to tell the reasons why everything was happening.

Alison tried to go to her, but two sophomores took him by the arms, preventing him from going forward.

She looked at him. And she said the long-awaited answer.

-I think he liked a girl, but he fell in love with Alison, and from there, Adrian wanted to muddy my partner's name, using other women to damage his reputation.

-You know who this is," I returned and asked my cousin

-No, both Alison and he, have never stated it.

One of Adrian's friends intervened.

-How do you know that, and why were you suspended like him?

-I was conspiring against Alison, because of ideas that I believed Adrian, one day I heard him talking to himself.

-How did you change your mind?

-I understood that it was all a lie, and I wanted to stop that.

-Interesting, or you didn't fall in love with him, and that's why you're helping him now.

-Please, I didn't come here looking for some stupid romance. I just wanted to get over Alison, that's all.

Samantha's words were pretty convincing, but we had to wait for the decision.

Well, both Liz and Saul, Maria and I. We heard everything. And the truth is that it was uncertain what would happen. Deicy's subject matter gave us a lot to think about.

When The Red-Haired Girl came out, neither Alison nor she looked into each other's eyes, it was as if they were angry with each other. I didn't want to get into it, but my cousin Hana talked to me before I left.

-Luan, could you talk to Alison for me?

-Why?

-I think we all owe her an apology. We thought the rumors were true. You believe in him.

-I met, probably fell in love with Alison, she was my friend, and she left school.

-Wait....so much was the disappointment.

-Your friend, he's a gentleman, believe it or not, he spoke well to us and was somewhat mysterious. It was something that very few kids have. I think at some point I have to talk to the state schools.

I felt strange hearing something like that from my cousin, she looked pretty sad.

-It's okay to talk to him