Altruism | Part Four : Love

Episode Three

{I'm sorry, my terrible week has given me writers block, but I have a few ideas for this series. Tbh, I kinda hate the Snappin' One, Two, Three book, I know I wrote it but I really don't like what I did with it. I'm still going to finish it but I'm planning to write a chenford x oc book that is a lot more like Altruism and develops the characters more slowly and such. I'm not going to start such an endeavor until I finish Altruism up to Season Five, but that may change, knowing me, but I am going to finish Altruism and Snappin', I promise you that. Though Altruism doesn't really have an end in sight. Once I get the fifth book out, I'm going to wait until all the episodes are released for Season Six and after that it'll be a waiting game for Season 7 (which hopefully happens, fingers crossed). On the topic of said future oc book, do you think the name 'Lily' is too similar to 'Lucy' for it to be the name of my oc? Just curious. Also, this chapter is decently long, so I'm proud of myself for that.}

"Hey, you got mail" Ana says, distractedly, handing Lucy the mail Ana picked up from the mailbox on the first floor of the apartment complex.

"ooh, yay, bills" Lucy says, sarcastically.

"yeah" Ana frowns, staring down at the very cryptic letter she's received.

"what's that?" Lucy asks.

"probably just some weird way to get me to vote for a certain politician" Ana shrugs, throwing the letter away.

It's not written in English, using a very odd lettering system that Ana has never seen before. Lucy opens her mouth to say something else regarding the letter but Tamara rushes into the living room.

"you're still here? you've got a class in five minutes" Lucy asks Tamara.

"I slept in" Tamara explains, rushing to put on her shoes.

"here" Ana tosses Tamara an apple and a granola bar. "I'll stop by your university with lunch"

"you're a lifesaver" Tamara says before sprinting out the door.

Lucy and Ana share a glance before breaking down into giggles.

[Timeskip]

"hi" Ana says, catching up to Aaron before roll call.

"hey" Aaron replies, taking a step away from her.

"what's that for?" Ana asks, softly.

"it's been made clear to me that if I touch you I will be skinned alive" Aaron answers.

"by who?" Ana frowns.

"Harper, Angela, Lucy, Grey, Smitty, some random guy named Oscar Hutchinson who somehow managed to text me, hell, even the Chief threatened me" Aaron lists.

"oh, don't listen to them, they're just... I had a run in with a bad cop a few months ago and they just want to make sure it doesn't happen again" Ana explains, softly.

"bad cop?" Aaron question.

"he... touched me" Ana elaborates, softly.

"oh, like..." Aaron trails off.

"no, he didn't get to that step" Ana says, softly.

Aaron nods. "I'm sorry, but that's not the reason that everybody in this station is protective of you"

"what's the reason then?" Ana asks, softly.

"I've been all over the news for being a murderer and my fame could get you killed but you've still been friendly to me even if Harper hates my guts. I see how you interact with criminals. You see the good in people that sometimes doesn't exist, it's... admirable" Aaron responds.