Scoot takes Ana to his house and waits in the living room while Ana takes a shower and gets changed so they can go out again as promised, Scoot looks at some family photos of the Bianchi's, and finds a photo of one of Ana's cousins, he looks so much like Ana's "boyfriend" then, she takes the photo and waits for her to get ready, so she takes a shower, dries her hair, she tries not to take too long to get ready, then she goes down to Scoot who is sitting on the sofa in the living room waiting for her, she notices the box of family photos open on the coffee table, but so far so good, they're just photos, Scoot smiles and then asks:
"Are you ready? Sorry, it was on the coffee table, I just got curious and looked at some photos."
Ana nods that it's all right for him to look at the photos, that it's fine until he shows her a photo in question, and asks:
"I found this one interesting Ana, it seems to be your fiancé marrying someone else...."
Ana rolls her eyes, she has forgotten this detail, the photo of her cousin that she used as a fake photo of her boyfriend, she then tries to explain herself:
"Oh, well, he was my fiancé, but they wanted to find another fiancée and in the end he married her, but that's all right, it's all behind me, I've already got another boyfriend."
Scoot doesn't believe her story, but pretends he does, and then says:
"Oh right, the boy who came to visit you, I saw him the other day, he was the one who answered the door."
Scoot doesn't remember him introducing himself as Ana's boyfriend, only as a friend, but decides to kidig along:
"Well, your boyfriend is nice, he doesn't mind you going out with someone else, wow, that's what you call trust."
Ana knows that her friend is a bit forgetful, he probably forgot to introduce himself as her boyfriend, since they agreed that they would be "boyfriend and girlfriend" until the day of the elders' Engagement Pre-Selection in a week's time, she tries to disguise it by saying:
"Ohh, yes, we're a couple with 0 suspicions, we talk a lot, we don't hide anything from each other, he's just not here right now, because he's interning at the office with my Mom, he's super dedicated, so I've even warned him that I'm just going for ice cream with a FRIEND."
Scoot starts to laugh, it's an ideal and perfect relationship, too bad it doesn't exist, without delay he pretends to believe it and they head to the central square, there are many stores, cafes and very good ice cream parlors, it's always very busy, Scoot chooses a very famous ice cream parlor, he always frequents the places with the most hype, and that are well rated, they head to the terrace, It's a lot cooler and for more exclusive people, they soon sit down at a table, when suddenly Scoot sees something curious, and satisfying for him only, he notices that at the other table there's Justin with a friend, and Luke sitting with another friend, but this friend seems to be holding Luke's hand, Scoot decides to tell her the news that she missed these days that she didn't go to school, he whispers to Ana:
"Hmm, interesting that's Becker's new girlfriend."
Ana feels a chill run down her spine, the sensation is like ice cream, she tries not to turn around at once to look, she stands for a moment without reaction, thinking:
(Girlfriend? Becker, that would be Justin, please don't be him...)
Ana looks around discreetly, and it sounds like a punch in the stomach, she notices a girl holding Luke's hand, they look very excited, she turns around discreetly while she takes her ice cream that has just been delivered by the waitress, she starts to drink compulsively, without realizing it in the midst of an anxiety crisis, Scoot holds her hand, and tries to calm her down, he looks shamelessly at Luke's face, who also seems to have noticed Scoot's presence, but disguises it:
"Slow down, Ana, or you might choke..."
He doesn't even finish the sentence Ana starts to choke and cough frantically, she pretended to cough so much that now she's actually coughing, due to the toxic smoke inhaled by the fire, thus exposing that she's sitting with Scoot, she tries to reassure him:
"Cof, Cof, I just choked, calm down, cof ,cof..."
Justin, who until then had only noticed Scoot's presence, notices that it's Ana who's sitting with him, he's surprised, he gets up from the table and goes over to Ana and Scoot's table, and asks:
"Ana? Oh, and you yourself, I didn't expect to see you and ...Scoot, here, what a coincidence!"
Ana tries to catch her breath, and tries to drink some water that Scoot has given her, and replies to Justin:
"Wow, Justin, are you alone here?"
Justin shakes his head in the negative, and explains that he's with some friends and his brother, and thinks it's strange that she hasn't seen them, but takes into account that she's at a table with her back to them, so she can only watch Scoot, while they talk, Scoot looks at his phone, he has to leave and take the car back, and explains the situation to Ana, when she also gets up from the table to leave, Justin asks her to sit at the table with them too, she feels a little uncomfortable, and ends up slamming her hand on the chair, noticing a small burn on her arm, she hadn't felt it before, after all she always gets burned when she handles fire, so she ends up moaning in pain, and looks at her wound, Scoot notices that she's hurt, and before Justin looks, he pulls Ana by the arm and says:
"Are you hurt? You need something, Ana, I'll take you to the pharmacy on the way home..."
Justin frowns and says aloud:
"I've got some ointment in my bag, you can leave and I'll take care of it..."