Today, there's many changes in me going to school, going to school in a car, going to school with my long time frenemy and going to school with a father figure. He's not actually my father, but he would have been a stepfather if my mum was alive and healthy. Today, we aren't going to school like ordinary normal days, today we are going to plead, Mr Peter's idea though, he is a well known figure in the school which makes it a likely go ahead success in today's mission.
     The closer we get to the school, the higher my heart thumps in my chest, I am not used to this kind of entrance, and there's definitely going to be a rumor, a new one and the old one being dug up. That's school for you, I said in my head, trying to reduce the pace of my heart beat, trying to calm my nervousness, I put my hands together, rubbing it fast to and fro so as to heat them up.
“ Is everything alright Ben?”.
I turned to him, with a few seconds pause before I replied to him. “ Sure.... You know, back to school stuff ”, I smiled, reassuring him that everything was in control. F**k it Ben, you got this.
     Getting to school, I was the first to come out from the car, with my bold look and confidence, I closed the car door behind me, looked behind me and saw Steve was out too, then Mr Peter closed the car door, his normal facial look has changed, he now looks like the dangerous man everyone in the school respects, something Steve is also good at, both of them just changed that loving expression in an instant and returned to the mean guys you definitely don't want to stand in their way, really impressive, it's about time I join the cue.
     Mr Jackson, our principal was just sitting in his spot, hands interlocked together on his table and glasses right in its position in front of his eyes, giving us an intense confused look, showing that he has a bit of a doubt in what Mr Peter just informed him. With Mr Peter's back towards us, I can see how comfortable and confident he is in all this, his hands were resting on the handles of the chair he was sitting on, taking up quite a huge amount of space, giving Mr Jackson the idea that he was the one dominating here, something I am definitely going to learn from him. I can see the way Mr Jackson stammers a bit when he's speaking, extremely careful with his words so as to not offend Mr Peter here.
“ The have been a nuisance to the school environment lately Sir, ..... The....the have mostly been in.....in a fight, in a fight were the other students might have....... I mean kind of find it impossible to blend in..... I mean accept, sorry for my mistake Sir ”.
He took a glass of water, gulping it down gently, before proceeding again.
“ So Mr Peter, I really understand where you are coming from, as a father, trying to get his son and the other opponent of his in crime ”, “ careful Mr Jackson..... both of them are my son ”.
The look on Mr Jackson's face shows that he finds it hard to accept, but had to proceed anyway.
“ I am sorry Sir ”, he took another drink of water, patting his chest gently with his right hand, to calm down the pressure he is feeling inside, there's a blank look on both Mr Peter's face and that of Steve, I know that they're definitely finding this fun, but have to stay blank, wonderful.
“ Okay Mr Peter, they are permitted to resume, but there acts is not something I will take.....take likely the next time, when it happens again ”. He gently adjusted his bow tie as he exhaled out, showing a relief from what he just went through. Mr Peter turned to us, “ You can leave now ”, Steve stood up and left the office, while I followed suit.
     Every eyes were on me as I entered the Music class, some where giggling, while they others were making a funny gesture with anyone beside them, definitely spreading a rumor, the look of the Music teacher's face shows that he too was finding all this fun, maybe they teachers were the ones to start all the rumors, it is possible, since they behave like children too, I don't blame them though, their life have been around teenagers throughout their teaching career.
“ Thought you were on suspension Ben, did you happen to miss road and end up in the school ”, the teacher joked, as everyone burst out in laughter. I can't take this kind of shit no more, as much afraid as I am right now, f**k that, the teacher is also a human like me, I should reply his funny gestures too, with a boldness like that of Mr Peters.
“ Are you okay...... Sir?”.
He became dead silent, his funny expression changing in an instant, as well as the students in the class, as I too wore a blank face to them, showing no emotion at all, that's it Ben, way more to go from now henceforth.