Before Valentine's Day, Emily, the student council president, was preparing games for students to get to know each other.
—Let's see... Emily, Emily, think, think—she said to herself.
Emily closed her eyes trying to come up with a game for everyone.
She opened her eyes suddenly
—Got it! A game where each student gets a number and has to search the whole school for the person with the same number as them.
She let out a little cheer
—Emily you're a genius! Wait... But some people won't want to do it.
Emily snapped her fingers, her brain had come up with something.
—I've got it! Students with the same number have to take a photo together, if not... Her gaze turned serious they'll be expelled.
Her expression softened as she heard herself.
—Well no, they just won't get extra points.
With a smile she stamped the sheet where her idea was written, making it official
—Approved!.
(Emily was talking to herself, she always does when she thinks of activities for events)
Returning to Valentine's Day, Emily's activity was about to begin
(Students who have a boyfriend/girlfriend do not participate in the activity)
Dan and Josias were picking up their numbers, Dan received number 149 and Josias number 148
Dan stopped to look at his number.
—Josi, let's swap numbers, odd numbers bring me bad luck.
—Okay, but if you get paired with someone you don't like don't blame me.
The two swapped numbers
As they walked down the hallways some girls approached Dan to see if he was their partner
Josias looked at the absurd number of girls coming towards Dan
—Looks like you won't need to look for your partner, she'll come to you first
The last girl checked Dan's number and walked away disappointed when she saw it wasn't a match
—Yeah, that's most likely
—Hey Dan, who would you like your partner to be?
—Hmm... I'd like it to be Noemí so I can finally talk to her without her running away but that would be way too much luck.
—Yeah, you're right, luck isn't exactly on your side
—And you Josi? Who would you like your partner to be?
—The president—Josias whispered, his voice so low it was barely audible
Dan turned to him, thinking he'd heard "the president"
—What? I didn't hear you properly
—That I don't care who it is, I just want the extra points in philosophy.
—Really? I've explained it to you several times already, don't you understand it yet?
—Philosophy just isn't my thing, friend.
—Well, you know if you need help you can tell us and we'll all get together to study.
Josias' eyes got teary and he hugged Dan tightly.
—Thanks, you're the best friends ever
—Okay okay, that's enough, but let go of me
Josias let go of Dan
—So now... How do we find our partners?
—Hmm... Let's ask some guys if they've seen the girls with our numbers
—Good idea.
They started asking several guys until they came across one who was eating.
—Excuse me, have you seen the girls with our numbers?—Dan asked as they showed their numbers.
—Hmm... 148 and 149, let me think... Oh right, number 148 said she'd wait for her partner on the roof because she was tired of searching
—And number 149?—Josias asked.
—I think she said she'd wait for her partner on the main stairs.
—Ahh, okay thank you very much
Dan and Josias left the cafeteria
—Looks like you will have to go look for your partner after all, Dan
—Yeah, seems like it, well anything to get out of doing the math homework
The two stood in the middle of the hallway
—Well, good luck Dan.
—Same to you.
The two went separate ways to find their partners, as Dan walked he thought: "Looks like she must be someone who doesn't like searching and prefers to be looked for"
Josias walked towards the main stairs, when he arrived he saw a girl... Someone he recognized.
Dan climbed the stairs to get to the roof, he sighed and quickly opened the door, he looked up and when he saw his partner his eyes widened. It was...