Mr. Jurado had that "seen-it-all" look: "Alright, alright, you kids go have fun. Drinking's fine, but don't go overboard. Make sure to look after the ladies." With that, Mr. Jurado strode off.

Ivan picked out a nice restaurant with a cozy private room, not too far from the University of Maple Grove-just a half-hour cab ride away.

...

Inside the private room.

Ivan stood up, raising his glass to Flora: "To Flora, cheers!"

Maddox followed suit, standing up: "To Flora, cheers to you too! Without you, there's no way we'd have beaten those guys from Imperial Tech!"

Almost everyone raised a toast to Flora.

Ivan had chosen drinks with a low alcohol content, just enough to enjoy without causing any issues.

Brianna, holding her glass, looked conflicted.

After everyone had offered their toasts, she finally mustered the courage to approach Flora.

her chair, lifted her eyes

Brianna tentatively raised her glass to Flora, now thoroughly convinced

if it hadn't been for the issue with her uncle's

eyebrows arched slightly, the fluorescent light casting a

holding the glass stiffened; she had gathered a lot of courage to come over and now felt

set down her glass and

filled her own glass

Flora tilted her

lips, and she followed suit,

"Whoa, that's badass!"

and the others

the chair, unzipped it,

was a

worn; the edges

she was suddenly given a book. Tentatively, she opened the first

were two words, elegant yet

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