A few hours earlier.
The night fell.
Alden and Chloe sat in the cafeteria, eating.
"Chloe, let's go to the city." Alden suggested.
"No. I don't want to." Chloe refused without even giving it a second thought.
"Come on. I have spent the past month in the library. Now I want to rest. Let's go and have some fun." Alden did not give up.
"Your plan was to go to the city with Neo and Owen. Now you fought with them, you came to me?" Chloe said. "I don't want to go. There are too many people. They all stare at me."
"I can't help with the people staring at you." Alden smiled. "But can't you just ignore them like you always do?"
"I can. But they are still bothering me." Chloe replied. "I don't want to go. I won't go."
"You will."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes..."
...
"Fine." After Alden begged and pestered Chloe for ten minutes, she finally gave in and agreed to go to the city.
