When Fire Meet Ice

For the past fifteen minutes, she had been preparing herself for the most important law assessment of her third year at the Complutense University of Madrid.

The hostels were built as mansions. The pink mansion, on the west side of the school and surrounded by flowers, was the girls' hostel, while the white mansion on the east side was the boys' hostel. The mansions were named after the colors they were built with, and they were quite far from the school's main buildings.

Each mansion consisted of four suites, one for each of four students.

Inside the Sofia mansion, only Valentina and her two best friends, Sofia and Isabella, lived. The fourth girl had been a senior who left about three months ago, leaving just the three friends to take over the space.

Valentina danced to the music as she dressed. [Song lyric removed, see notes]

She adjusted her mini skirt, which hardly reached her thighs, in front of the mirror with her usual seductive smile, the one that only showed when she was alone. Everyone knew Valentina as the girl with the cold face. She never smiled except when necessary, but when she was by herself, she was a different person. Entirely.

She put on her crop top and smirked. What was Valentina Marco without her s*xy belly button?

She loved showing off. Yeah, that was her life. She knew she was hot and s*xy, she knew she drove guys crazy, but who cared? She dressed for herself, not for anybody.

Valentina kept humming to the song as she put on her boots. After that, she brushed her long hair and applied her makeup.

"S*xy and hot," she complimented herself when she was all done.

She immediately took a few mirror pictures, posing sexily.

"Ouch, I'm almost late!" She dropped her phone and hurriedly packed her bag.

Picking her phone up from the bed, she grabbed her barrister robe, hung it on her arm, and rushed out of the suite.

Downstairs, she met Sofia and Isabella slurping a bowl of noodles while watching a movie.

"Oh, s*xy lady, you're off?" Sofia turned. "Wow, you look hot, girl!"

"Yeah, wish me luck. It's my first crime case in my two years here," Valentina said, walking toward the door without turning back.

"Good luck, babe!" Sofia and Isabella said loudly.

"If I lose this, I might be stuck with it for the next two weeks," Valentina muttered.

She got into her car and dropped her things on the seat before sighing. The case was her first crime case, and it was also a test that felt like life and death right now. Erasing everything from her mind, she started the car and turned on the music. She couldn't do without it anyway.

After the fifteen-minute drive, she entered the school parking lot and stopped the car. Once again, she took her bag and robe before getting out.

🗣 "Oh my gosh!"

🗣 "It's Valentina!"

🗣 "She looks so hot as always!"

🗣 "Do you see those hips?!"

🗣 "It's the skirt for me. She's so f\*cking hot!"

Valentina didn't bother turning left or right. With no expression on her face, she walked sexily toward the school court.

The court was already filled with her teammates, and they quickly surrounded her, since she was the one who would save the day.

"On a scale of 1 to 100, how prepared are you?" Alondra asked.

"Ninety-five," Valentina replied, and Camila sighed.

"Are you sure?" Maria questioned, and Valentina frowned.

"Will you take my place, then?" she snapped.

"She's just asking. Come on," Juan, Mariana's twin sister, said, and Valentina rolled her eyes.

"Put on your robe, quickly," Camila said.

Valentina and Elena's eyes met from across the room. Elena was going to be her opponent in the case, and just like Valentina, she was smart, maybe not as much, though.

And the sweetest thing? They were enemies. In fact, anything that involved Alejandro, Valentina hated, and that included Elena, one of those girls who would die to f\*ck Alejandro.

Elena smirked at Valentina, but Valentina ignored her and turned to her teammates, who kept murmuring.

Suddenly, they heard an alarm and all the cameras in the courtroom were turned on, meaning their supervisors were watching from the project room.

Everyone took their seats immediately, and two guys dressed in police costumes entered, pulling in a man in a prisoner's outfit. His hands were cuffed. They led him into the dock and locked it.

Valentina and Elena took their positions, sitting opposite each other with their respective files on the table.

🔊 "Is everything ready?" they heard through the megaphone. It was the voice of one of their supervisors.

"The judge is here," Angelique spoke up.

🔊 "Who's the judge?" another voice asked.

"Alejandro," everyone chorused, and Valentina rolled her eyes.

Silence followed.

"I can't believe this," Valentina scoffed, ruffling her hair.

"If you're so mad about it, you can give up right now," Elena smirked.

"I have no time to talk to a hole like you, so shut up and mind your d*mn business, unless I'm the air you breathe," Valentina snapped back, and the students laughed.

••••

The White Mansion was the biggest in UCM and the only mansion with four suites. This was where the Silver Boys lived.

The four friends had been given the name "Silver Boys" by the students.

Noah, Oliver, and Liam were all playboys, just like Alejandro.

Noah's mother owned a share in the school, so he was like the school prince.

In Alejandro's suite, Alejandro lay on the bed with a naked girl.

A loud phone ring woke Alejandro up, and he groaned sleepily. The girl beside him also opened her eyes as Alejandro picked up his phone. Almost immediately, his eyes widened and he jumped off the bed.

"Alejandro..."

"Get out!" he shouted and rushed into the bathroom.

Minutes later, he returned to the bedroom fully dressed. The b\*tch was gone.

"F\*ck," Alejandro groaned and rushed into the dressing room. He grabbed his robe and ran out of his suite, then hurried downstairs.

"Hey, dude." Oliver was the only one in the living room.

"I'm f\*cking late," Alejandro muttered, walking over to the fridge.

"What did you expect? F\*cking all night?" Oliver smirked, and Alejandro chuckled.

"Trust me," he said, grabbing a bottle of apple juice from the fridge. Ever heard of obsession? Alejandro's obsession would be his apple juice.

"See you later," he said and walked out.

He almost walked toward the red car but changed his mind and got into the black car instead, then drove out of the compound.Alejandro walked in arrogantly. He was already wearing his robe, with one hand in his pocket and his wig in the other.

Elena smiled as soon as she saw him.

Valentina's eyes met Alejandro's, and she glared at him hatefully. Alejandro winked at her before walking toward his position.

"Any explanation for why you're coming in this late?" the supervisor's voice came through.

Alejandro sat down.

"Sorry. I had a great night," he said casually.

COURTROOM

"Remember the rules!" Mr. Alex, the scariest supervisor of them all, yelled.

"I'm the judge, not a lawyer. Can we start now?" Alejandro rolled his eyes and immediately struck the gavel.

The courtroom fell completely silent.

"Remember, this assessment carries a total of fifty marks in your upcoming tests," Mr. Alex reminded them.

"Yes!"

"You may begin," Mr. Alex said.

The court reporter, Mariana, took her position, ready to record everything that happened.

The court coordinator, Tony, also got ready with the necessary files.

Then there was the court clerk, Miss Rose, who was responsible for keeping records of everything.

Finally, the sergeant-at-arms took his position.

After the formalities were completed, Elena smiled and stylishly rose to her feet.

"Your Honor, members of the jury, my name is Elena Marcus, and I am representing the prosecution in this case," she said before returning to her sea