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.

chair, lifted her eyes to look

her glass to Flora, now thoroughly convinced of Flora's superiority. Flora's

if it hadn't been for the issue with her uncle's family, they could've

slightly, the fluorescent light casting a beautiful

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

to set down her

stood up, took the bottle from the table, filled her own glass to the brim, and then did the same for Brianna.

Flora tilted her head back and downed

Brianna's lips, and

"Whoa, that's badass!"

others cheered

glass down, grabbed her backpack from the chair, unzipped it,

was a programming

was somewhat worn; the edges of the pages were beginning to

at Flora with suspicion, wondering why she was suddenly given a book. Tentatively,

eyes were two words, elegant yet

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