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    Scarlet''s first day of mecha school did not go the way she expected. First she was surprised to be studying with little children and secondly, every time Cecily addressed a question to her, the little ones giggled silly before she couldpose a proper response. It felt as if she was a university graduate that had been sent back to preschool to learn the ABC''s.


    The sweetest or most humbling moment hade when Cecily gave them a quick exercise to write down theponents of a mecha and Justin whispered to her, "Mummy, you can copy my answers!!!!"


    He tried to be discreet about exposing his tablet to her but Cecily saw them and said loudly, "You two, no cheating allowed."


    The other children giggled and Scarlet groaned, her reputation was definitely going down the drain. She had not even copied the answers, but if she denied, she would beughed at even more.


    Silently, she had filled in her answers and sent in her exercise to teacher Cecily. Nobody was happier than her when the ss ended. Even though she had promised Esong to take the ss serious, she was beginning to consider bing a bad student by skipping it. She could cover the theory part with Alex and the practical''s with Cecily.


    To her greatest horror, as soon as they left the ssroom, Justin went off running to his uncles to shares the news of mummy being in his ss and being caught cheating on a test.


    "I did not cheat." She defended herself loudly. "Justin, baby, save your mummy''s good reputation."


    "Little sister, this is just like your first day in preschool all over again." Carolynmented. "You copied answers then as well and you were caught. I remember you came home crying."


    "What?" Scarlet felt so wronged, but even as she tried to exin the circumstances, her family wasughingpletely taken in by Justin''s childish narration. He even walked to the front and demonstrated the look on Cecily''s face when she caught them cheating.


    "My daughter, should we walk you to school tomorrow?" Her mother teased .


    "My baby is finally in preschool, this is so heartbreaking. She has grown up so fast." Dorian added.


    One by one, everyone got their Scarlet goes to preschool jokes out of the way until they exhausted themselves.


    She sighed and surrendered, going off to find some privacy where she could do something more productive with herself.


    "I can teach you what you don''t know." She heard Adler shout as she left.


    "Yeah, yeah." She replied, brushing his words off as he was stillughing. "It''s ridiculous," she muttered as she walked away, "simply ridiculous."


    As she walked, she asked herself many times, should she give up on the ss or not?


    "Governor," Anna was waiting for her by the steps which led upstairs to her wing.


    "Yes Anna." She responded.


    "You have a visitor, someone named Mina. We could not let her into your private wing so she is sitting in the waiting lounge over there." Anna exined.


    Scarlet smiled broadly, a visit from her first human friend in this world. She and Mina had met in the Bluemart where she was agonizing over the necessity of buying in door shoes. This was another of Scarlet''s habits that she poprized on the Sun star and now they even had self warming in door shoes that kept your feet free from the cold this season. Scarlet rmended some shoes to Mina after recognizing her as the child services officer who was kind to her and Justin.


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    "Let her in." She told Anna. She waited by the stairs until Mina who was smiling and waving eagerly was escorted to her.


    As Mina was going in for a hug, Tion ced his hand between them. It forced the two women to hold off on the hug and Scarlet to look at Tion questioningly.


    "Was her body scanned for weapons?" He asked the guard that escorted her inside.


    "Yes sir." The guard confirmed.


    Tion withdrew his hand while giving Mina a harsh once over with his eyes that threatened hell to pay if she attempted to harm Scarlet.


    "Sorry," Scarlet apologized with a nervous look on her face, "Ites with the territory." The stairs which were powered by energy stones moved on their own like esctors, sending them up.


    "I understand, you are our governor after all, he must do his job. Trust me when I say this, everyone on this sleeps better knowing that you are protected extremely well. You are the glue which is holding us all together." Mina answered. "Your castle is so pretty by the way, what kind of flowers are these that they can stand the harsh cold season?"


    "Winter jasmine." She replied. "You can take one back when you leave."


    I will not say no to that." Mina answered, "Thank you so much." She epted gracefully. "However I have not brought you anything so this puts me at a disadvantage."


    Scarlet waved her offered, "We are friends, you can always reciprocateter. What made you decide to visit me finally?"


    "I was bored at home." She replied sincerely. "All my brothers are busy and my parents are working at the hospital. My only source of entertainment is the television but I can''t watch it all day. Which is probably why I have started writing a fictional romance online novel about a captain of the RGB and a journalist. My brother and Jelly are the inspiration." Mina had followed Scarlet to the kitchen and both women were now holding cups of hot chocte milk.


    Scarlet chuckled on hearing thetest about the blue star''stest real world ''will they or won''t they'' couple. The gossip mill was working overnight when it came to those two.


    "Knowing your brother for just a little while I am sure he will pluck the hairs from your head one at a time when he finds out." She replied.


    "I can''t help it, Jelly Simmons moved into our building. I don''t know if it''s a coincidence or not but my brother swears she did it because of him. When I met her in the lobby today morning on the other hand, she was surprised to see me there. She looked mortified and she called her boss immediately because he helped her get the apartment."


    "Who paid for it?" Scarlet asked curiously.


    Mina shrugged, this was not information she had ess to.


    "I ask because you said her boss helped her get the apartment and I am wondering in what capacity he did. Is it a boss helping an employee or a man helping a woman. Her boss Rodney is single too you know, he has money and looks as well. Jelly is a beautiful single hardworking woman, I am sure that other men have noticed."


    "Woah," Mina opened her eyes wide, "Could it be a love triangle? Who will win the beauty''s heart? I have seen that Mr. Rodney on a few asions and he is easy on the eyes, I support him."


    "Shouldn''t you be rooting for your brother?" Scarlet raised her eyebrows as she saw excitement and not worry in Mina''s eyes. Would her brother not be heartbroken if Jelly chose someone else.


    "No way, he deserves for his arrogance to be taken down a peg. But those two have a date this week, I will share all the details when the timees. By the way, what do you do for fun around here?"