Someone starts calling them through the door, to see if everything is okay, they have a few minutes locked inside the changing room, it's Davi calling for Ana with a soft knock followed by a loud knock:
Knock, Knock, KNOCK, KNOCK
“Ana, is everything all right in there?”
Ana quickly goes to the shower, while Luke goes to the door, unlocks it and comes out of the changing room, detail he's shirtless, drawing Davi's attention a little, because he's strong, not that Davi isn't, but Luke is more, typical male things, but Davi doesn't miss the chance to say:
“What's taking so long, and why are you shirtless?”
Luke sighs deeply, slaps Davi harder on the back and replies:
“You can't stay in wet clothes...”
“By the way, Ana said we kissed that day, but it wasn't a dream...”
Luke tries to create chaos between the couple, even though he's a fake boyfriend, Davi is very upset to hear what he's said, but it backfires, Caroline is still at the party, goes up to Davi and tries to kiss him on the mouth, after which someone takes a photo of the moment, Caroline is still at the party, she goes up to Davi and tries to kiss him on the mouth, after which someone takes a photo of the moment, but he holds her back to avoid a possible accidental kiss, but it's enough to start another uproar, because people think she's actually kissed him, and they start gossiping from there and here, but the party still goes on, Luke goes to his room to take a shower, Dr. Stacy who is embroidering some towels. Stacy, who is embroidering some towels, is surprised to see him shirtless and looking wet and asks:
“Honey, are you all right?”
Luke jokes:
“I'm fine Mom, just playing in the pool.”
Dr. Stacy warns him about the present left in his room:
“Ohh, Luke wait, I left a bag with a present, it's from Ana, but she was afraid to come into your room, you shouldn't forbid her to come into your room, like it or not she's going to be part of our family!”
Luke stops midway and retorts:
“She'll probably go into Justin's room, they won't let her be engaged to someone as problematic as me!”
His mother frowns, she loves both her sons, but she always ends up worrying more about Luke, because he's the one who gives her the most trouble, but she doesn't like to hear him say anything like that, so she corrects him:
“You're not trouble, darling, you just need more attention, I love you!”
Luke just grumbles:
“Hmm...”
She goes upstairs to her room and notices the bag with the present her mother mentioned. He takes off his wet shorts and puts them in the laundry basket, along with the shirt he had already taken off. He is curious to look at the bag, but prefers to take a shower, even though he swims almost every day, the chlorine somehow bothers him, she takes a quick shower, just dries her hair with the towel, but she doesn't feel like drying and tidying her hair as she does every day, so her hair is looser and more natural, her tuft covers a little of her eyes, he sits on his bed, and picks up the gift bag, he notices a card written:
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“To an unmemorable:
Thank you for annoying me every day, but I wish you a very happy life! : ))”
NOTE: Bear with me a little more patiently.
Luke laughs at the girl's audacity, but then holds the written card for a few minutes, stuck and thinking about the words “happy” and “life”, two words that are difficult for him to assimilate, because in his subconscious, he doesn't want to move on with his life, after all, for him it's the only way to solve his biggest problem, that he has another demon inhabiting his body and mind, and he's stuck with that for the rest of his life, if he can't find a definitive solution to get the demon conjured up, then he opens what's inside the bag, it's a perfume, which he smells and finds extremely pleasant, its woody touch, the way he usually likes his perfumes, which by the way he has a collection of perfumes in his closet, but this one he makes a point of keeping separate from the others, as if it were a trophy he had just won, he smiles as he changes again, he puts on a simple white T-shirt, and shorts, he takes advantage of this and spritzes on his new perfume, returning it to the exact place he left it, the weather is a little warm, but already starting to bring a colder wind, the climate already preparing to enter autumn, he goes downstairs again, his father hasn't arrived yet, there's still time to enjoy the party a little more.
In the meantime, Ana took a shower and grabbed the only clothes she had in her locker in the locker room, training clothes, but she always leaves one clean, it's a little hot at the moment to wear a sweater but she doesn't have much choice, she goes out the door and notices that Davi is no longer at the door waiting for her, she holds her bag and her wet dress, which she has already tried to wring out, but the fabric is a little heavy when it's wet, she decides to go to the laundry room just ahead, and wash it until she leaves she asks Dr. Stacy for permission to use the machine. Stacy to use the machine, which by the way was already carrying Luke's wet clothes, by the way they are white so can be washed together, Ana undertakes to wash them, it will take a little longer than expected until the machine dries, but there is no other way, She closes the glass door while the washer-dryer is running, she sits down on the floor, crossing her legs and leaning her back against the glass door. To make herself more comfortable while she waits, she grabs a pair of headphones as she can still hear the loud music from the party, and grabs her book from her bag, ready for Ana, nothing better than a good book to read and put her mind at ease, it's a romance novel.
Almost an hour passes, she even forgets about the washer and dryer, the book is such a light and subtle romance, without too many complications, challenges that the couple have to go through together, just a few, but nothing out of the ordinary, when she feels the glass door opening quickly, since they called her, but she didn't hear, because she was distracted by reading the book, she falls backwards, luckily the person is kneeling, relieving her fall, she notices herself falling into Luke's lap, who stares at her, she feels a familiar scent, but as soon as he mumbles something about being a bit drunk, the smell of alcohol is stronger and takes over her sense of smell:
“Why are you here, and not at the party having fun?”
Ana tries to get up, but her legs have fallen asleep, she stands up slowly as she feels her legs tingle, what a horrible sensation it is, Luke tries to help her, but she replies:
“No, don't touch me, my legs have fallen asleep and now they're tingling!”
Luke tries to help her, but she refuses, then she has a cramp in her leg, so he pulls her leg and starts massaging her leg, while Ana writhes with the unpleasant sensation it gives her, numbness, tingling and cramp, the complete combo, as soon as it all gets better, Ana slowly gets up, Luke has already gotten up and picked up the book she's reading, curious to know the title and what it's about, He wouldn't read it because he gets very sleepy reading books, so at most he reads academic school books, because there's no other way, the others he asks Justin to summarize, Ana frowns, but apparently he doesn't know the title or what the book is about, less bad, he goes to the washing machines, looking for the laundry basket, but notices that it's empty, and the machine is already finishing washing and drying, and comments:
“I only just remembered to do the washing...”
Ana retorts:
“I've already put everything in the wash, since they're white clothes and you can wash them together, if it's all right if I mix your clothes with mine...”
Luke interrupts her with an OK sign.