"Hey, let's run back home, bro. We are late already, and Miss Anna will be waiting for us home by now, my man."
"Yeah, sure, Garriso. But hey, what do you think Coach Wilson and Miss were discussing, Bro?"
"Yo, see, my man. That's what I am also thinking about right now, bro. But I think Coach Wilson said earlier that he came and discussed, you know, about us playing for the team. I mean, about the playing contract."
"Okay, that's alright, let's go, bro." [Lefah hits the NBA ball on the ground and gave it back to Garriso]
[Lefah smiles] "Hey, are you still upset at Homie Gee?"
"And what the hell do you want to talk about now, my man?"
"Alright, G. Am not going to talk about it again, bro."
"Yeah, that is good idea, and I am not interested in this shit about your best friend, my man." [Garriso snickers]
[Garriso was trying to make fun of his brother, Lefah, about him and Homie Gee, the gangster, on their way back home, but Lefah didn't mind him.]
[The next section, and the next day in school. "Rigby High School"]
[The school ball ringing in the morning]
[Lefah and Garriso were late in class today, so they were in a hurry to class. And the bad news was that. They met Mrs. Madison on their way to their classroom. They wanted to run back. Immediately, they saw Mrs. Madison coming out of their classroom. But Mrs. Madison saw them and asked them to meet her in her office immediately.]
[Footsteps approaching]
"Where do you boys think you're running to, or do you boys think I didn't see you? Hey, will you guys stop hiding from the back there and come back here immediately?"
Lefah and Garriso takes a deep breath. Immediately, Mrs. Madison asked them to come out and stop hiding from her. Because she has seen them already. They wanted to explain the reason why they were late, but Mrs. Madison didn't allow them to say a word but to meet her in the office.
[Both] "Um...."
"No Nope! I don't want you guys to explain anything to me right now, even to hear a word from both of you. You guys should follow me now to my office immediately."
[Both] "Okay, Mrs. Principal..."
[Mrs. Madison sighs and also looks upset]
[Nobody could tell how fast their heart was beating but the hotness of the sweat on their forehead can only tell how hot and fast their heart was beating at the moment.]
[Immediately they reached Mrs. Madison's office door, Garriso runs fast to open the door for Mrs. Madison to get inside first. Garriso wanted to do something for Mrs. Madison to forgive them or something, but Mrs. Madison was still looking upset at them and didn't say a word till they got inside the office.]
[Door opens and closes]
[Mrs. Madison had her seat and asked them to sit down. The sweat on both foreheads was still hot and running down like tears because they had never seen Mrs. Madison's angry and upset before. Immediately, Lefah and Garriso had their seats in Mrs. Madison's office. Lefah sighs when Garriso's head was still down, looking more disappointed, because they never expected this to happen.]
[Lefah sighs and looks hot, even the air conditions in Mrs. Madison's office couldn't cool both down, but very hot] "Um, you know, we are really sorry and please, I can explain, Mrs. Principal..." [Lefah continues immediately after apologizing to Mrs. Madison]
"Uh, yeah. And I think you boys can explain yourselves to me now, but no lies, understand?" [Mrs. Madison sighs]
[Both sighs] "Okay, Mrs. Principal…"
"Oh, no. I ask you boys to explain yourselves but not to respond to my question."
[Both] "We are sorry, Mrs. Principal..."
Garriso was still out of words and didn't know what to say because he never knew Mrs. Madison was like this, like a lion's appearance. Lefah put up some boldness and cleaned his sweat on his forehead and said, "Uh, we are sorry about this because we had no option, and we promise it won't happen again, Mrs. Madison."
"Yeah, I know that's what you will surely say to me. Like you are sorry, and it won't happen again. Of course, yes, and it won't happen again. But the question I asked was that. Why are you boys late this morning to school? Who is talking to me, Lefah or Garriso?"
[Mrs. Madison noticed Garriso's head was still down all this while, so Mrs. Madison asked Garriso to rise up his head and look at her face while she is talking to them] "Hey, young man, will you rise up your head and talk to me…?"
Garriso rose up his head and looks at Mrs. Madison's face and said, "Um, you know, the truth is, we never had a ticket for the rich kid's school bus, so we always walked from home to school ever since we had scholarships to this high school. We had no option all because we wanted to support our mother for saving our ticket's money to do something different for us. That was the plan between us and our mother, Miss Anna."
How Garriso sounded really breaks Mrs. Madison's heart to tears. Tears started coming down on Mrs. Madison's cheeks. All because the distance from Lefah and Garriso's house to school is too far and very long distance, but they always managed to walk to school on time, but her daughter in the house had a car and also personal driver to drive her to school always, but she never does. This really worries Mrs. Madison a lot, and she didn't say a word about it. But Mrs. Madison remembers the first time she met Lefah and Garriso in her office. Lefah and Garriso told her that they always had the school bus to school, so why they are saying this to her?
[Mrs. Madison was really confused about the lies and the truth about this. But Lefah and Garriso couldn't hide the lies anymore but to tell everything which happened the last time they met Mrs. Madison and about the free bus to school. Mrs. Madison became very worried and also understood why Lefah and Garriso lied to her.]