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Chapter 6 - First day of suspension.

Chapter 6 - First day of suspension.

Luan's alarm goes off at 6:00 am, he immediately turns it off, then the alarm on his watch goes off, and he turns it off too:

"I have to go to school! Oops, wait, I don't have to, I've been suspended, I'll sleep late then!!! Hehe."

At 09:00, he starts to hear the doorbell ringing several times.

ding dong ....ding dong.....ding dong....

"Ouch ...what's that...? Who's the idiot ringing the doorbell like that?!"

"I'm not going to answer it. Then they give up and leave!"

He waits a while, but they keep ringing the doorbell, and he gets up. He discreetly pulls back the curtain and looks out of the window; it's Derick standing there.

"Oof, it had to be..."

He goes to the intercom and asks:

"What? What do you want, there's no school today!"

Derick then gets angry and says:

"Open the door, sleepyhead, before I kick it down!"

What a stressed-out person!

Derick then goes upstairs, sees Mr. Fluffly, strokes him and says:

"Get ready soon, Grandpa wants to talk to us at 11:30! You have 15 minutes to change!"

Luan retorts:

"But I haven't eaten, I'm having breakfast first!"

Derick throws him a bag with a snack and a juice and says:

"Here, eat on the way."

"Okay, okay, I'm going..."

Luan sees a paper note left by his mother on the table:

"Darling, I guess you haven't slept properly last night,so I left you sleeping.

Have something to eat, and don't go out for the night!

I've already fed Fluffly, I'll be home soon today,

Love, Mom."

After 30 minutes, they leave the house and head for Grandpa Han's house. They pass the square and Luan looks to see if they've made too much of a mess there, and looks at the bicycle from the grocery store, it looks a bit crooked.

"Oh, I forgot my bike, Mr. Edvan from the market, you're going to kill me!"

He goes into the market and talks to Mr. Edvan. Edvan, he ended up recognizing that it was Luan in the middle of that fight, and thought it best to call the police, Luan apologizes for what happened, and takes his bike to be fixed, on the way he leaves the bike at the bike shop to make a repair, the guy informs him that the bike will not be 100% good, and that the best alternative was to buy a new one, but for that, Luan will need more money, he will then wait for the man to send messages regarding the value of the repair, they leave the bike shop and continue towards Grandpa's house.

Derick then says to Luan:

"What was that excuse you gave, that you fell off your bike dodging an old lady, Luan?"

Luan then smiles and says:

"There was no better excuse, apparently they didn't know I was in the middle of that fight, phew!"

Derick is sometimes perplexed by Luan's level of acting, he would make a good actor. He then completes his sentence:

"Well, when the police arrived you were wearing a hoodie and you were a bit out of it, apart from Mr. Edvan who was nearby, the other people probably didn't recognize you."

Luan stops, thinks and says:

"Han? Me, out of my mind? Did I put the hood up?"

"I don't remember that, I don't even know how we ended up at the police station!"

Derick then retorts:

"Wow, you're so young, and you're already suffering from memory loss!"

Derick looks at Luan thoughtfully and worriedly, because he's still learning how to deal with Luan's attitude that day, it's been a few months since the last time this happened, he's still talking to Grandpa Han, because this is actually something that has haunted the Becker family over the years, and unfortunately it's been passed down from generation to generation, just as it happened to Luke in the past, now it's happening to Luan.

Derick comes back from his thoughts and rushes Luan:

"Go on, hurry up, we've got 20 minutes to get there! Have you ever thought about becoming the Time Conjurer? Everyone will die, how slow you are!"

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Luan stops walking and thinks:

(Oh, I'd forgotten that, so he looks at his watch.)

Derick doesn't understand, he gets pretty serious and soon speaks:

"What now, Luan?"

Luan smiles and says:

"Nothing, nothing, let's go!"

(Sorry Derick, but according to Grandpa, I'm forbidden to reveal anything related to Conjuring Time, at least for the time being).

It's 11:20 and they arrive at Grandpa Han's house and wait in the living room while Grandma brings them some juice. Time passes, Luan looks at the clock and it's 11:50, so Luan whispers to Derick.

"Derick...hey....hey.."

"Hm..?"

"Wasn't it supposed to be 11:30? Grandpa Han is late."

Derick retorts:

"No, he's not late, he's booked for 12.00 actually, but you're so late, I thought we'd better get a move on!"

Luan stares incredulously at Derick.

"You woke me up at 9:00 am, when it was only 12:00 pm that you were supposed to come?"

Luan grumbles:

"Aww, I could have slept a few more hours..".

Then Grandpa Han is standing there in the doorway, and I snicker.

"Hum hum..."

They get up and greet him. Then Grandma looks at his pocket watch and goes:

"Now it's 12:00, let's talk outside in the garden."

They sit in the armchairs and wait for Grandpa Han to say something. There is silence in the air. Then Derick whispers to Luan:

Luan, say something, explain yourself.

Then Grandpa Han sniffles again and says:

"Um, I'm waiting for Luan..."

Luan then says:

"Ah, come on, Grandpa... you know us, we wouldn't do anything wrong..."

Grandpa Han cuts him off and says:

"Hm, even when I close my eyes, what do they do inside the Guild? I wasn't born yesterday, I know what you and Derick do there... it's not that right!"

Luan and Derick look at each other's faces, and Luan whispers:

"Derick, have you ever said anything about the Student Guild?"

"No, never..."

Grandpa then interrupts them and says:

"Is there something going on out there?"

Luan replies:

"No, nothing Grandpa...hehe"

Grandpa Han stares at them and says:

"Luan and Derick, you need to be more careful, I've already told you that you can't bring other people into your affairs! What are you going to do if you pass the Awakening Test? Han? Are you going to put people in danger?"

Luan then says:

"No, Grandpa! I really didn't expect this to happen, I don't know those guys, and unfortunately I ended up making a mistake by putting other people in the middle, but those guys didn't look so normal."

Grandpa then says:

"If you realized they were different, that's all the more reason not to involve other people in this! It's essential that you look after everyone's well-being! There's only one week left until the Awakening Test, and you must avoid causing trouble."

Luan understands, but retorts:

"But Grandpa, Derick, Theo and Kenji aren't ordinary, they're just like us,and I always try not to involve them, but they're stubborn."

Derick looks at Luan and says:

"Stubborn?"

Luan continues:

"Yes, you're very stubborn, you don't listen to me when I say I'm going to sort it out myself!"

Derick then retorts:

"Oh, then I'll let you sort it out "on your own" next time!"

Luan also retorts:

"Yes, you can let me do it, I said I'll do it!"

Grandpa hisses again and says:

"hum...hum, you two be quiet, and it was Luke's wise decision to give you a suspension, I'm very lenient with you!"

Grandma then sees that the mood is heavy, and interrupts them and calls them in for lunch, Grandpa Han tells them to take a break from lunch, and then go for a run for an hour, do 100 push-ups, and 20 laps in the pool, and also tells them to summarize a book and hand it in to him next week.

Derick and Luan then look at each other and turn their faces away. Luan sits on a sofa and Derick on another. Then Derick goes to check his cell phone. He receives several messages from Mary:

....

" Message:

-Derick what happened to you, why were you suspended?

-There's a mess on the school blog, please don't let Luan see!

-Derick, give me an okay when you read the message.... "

....

Derick, you go to the school blog and it's full of posted messages and a photo of Luke talking to some boys and holding an envelope.

And full of comments from the students:

....

" Messages:

-But what is this?

- It looks like the new Headmaster!

- What's he doing?

- I heard some guys beat up Luan!

-What? How is that possible?

-Yes, it looks like the new Director is involved and paid those guys in the photo to beat him up!

-But why? But Luan is Vice-President of Grêmio, he always helps everyone!

-Yes, he helps everyone!

-You should know that it's the other way around, that Luan threatens people and takes advantage of the students!

-Oh, what do you mean? Is he a bully?

-Yes, he's the real bully of the school!

-But wasn't it Tommy and San who teased the students?

-No, Luan always harassed Tommy and told him to do things!

-Wow, poor guy, so he's the victim!

-OMG, so he deserved to be beaten!

-Yes, he deserves it, he's a faker then, but we finally found out!

-He won't be back for another day, let's nail him to the wall!

-You shouldn't jump to conclusions, let's wait first!

-Yes, that's a total lie they're claiming!

-This post will be deleted soon! So please stop creating false rumors! "

...

Derick sighs impatiently, Luan then looks at him and thinks:

(Are you still nervous? I was just joking!)

And he gets up, leaves his cell phone on the coffee table and goes running. Derick looks around and deduces that he must not have accessed the blog, so he looks outside, comes back, picks up Luan's cell phone, turns it off and hides it behind a vase of flowers, and Grandpa Han doesn't let him in with his cell phone, so he puts his cell phone on the other side of the table and goes running too. Luan and Derick don't speak to each other because they're busy doing what Grandpa told them to do, so they run, do their 100 push-ups and get ready to swim. Luan then mutters to himself:

(Damn, I'm a bit sore today, and that buzzing again...)

Piiiii...

They go into the pool and start doing laps, it starts to rain and the rain gets heavier and heavier, then Granny sees them in the pool, and shouts at them from the door, telling them to get out of the pool.

"Kids, get out of the pool now! It's raining and the rain is very heavy!"

They hear Grandma shouting, and wonder if they should get out of the pool before Grandpa tells them to, but they prefer to obey and get out of the pool, and Grandma waits with the towels. Then they both say thank you.

"Thank you for the towel, Grandpa!"

She grumbles:

"Are you crazy? Look how heavy the rain is, it's dangerous! But it's your grandfather who's crazy, where's his head at?"

So they dry off and change, then Luan feels the ringing in his ear again, he puts his hand to his ear for a moment, Derick looks at him and thinks it's strange.

(Does he still feel pain? My father said he was fine with the tests...)

Then he breaks the silence and says:

"You all right, Luan?"

Luan takes his hand away from his ear, disguises it and says:

"Oh, yes, everything's fine, there must have been water in my ear."

Then they go back into the living room and Luan looks for his cell phone, while Derick looks the other way, then he looks at Derick and says:

"Have you seen my cell phone? I swear I put it on the coffee table!"

Derick pretends not to know anything and says:

"You must have put it somewhere else... and forgotten about it as usual."

Luan then thinks:

"But I swear I put it here....what?"

So Luan was looking for his cell phone like some silly roach, while Derick stood exactly where he'd hidden it and kept disguising himself so that Luan wouldn't find it. Luan continues to look for his cell phone, Grandma gives him the idea of calling Luan's cell phone, Derick calls (knowing that he hung up the phone himself), Grandma then asks the driver to take them home, while she and the maids help look for Luan's cell phone. As they're getting into the car, Derick notices another car coming and realizes that it's Luke, so he pushes Luan into the car, to avoid any more confusion for the time being, and says:

"Go on Luan, I'm getting wet!"

And Luan kind of hits his head on the car door, and almost gets thrown in, and says:

"Ouch! Derick, relax! Ouch, My head!"

"How annoying, get going Luan, you lazy slowpoke!"

...To be continued.