"Hey, let's run back home bro. We are late already, and Miss Anna will be waiting for as home by now, my man."
"Yeah, sure Garriso. "But hey, what do you think Coach Wilson and Miss were discussing, Bro?"
"Yo, my man. That's what I am also thinking about right now, my 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 fine, let's go bro." [Lefah hit the NBA ball on the ground and gave it back to Garriso.]
[Lefah smiled] "Hey, are you still mad at Homie Gee?"
"And what the hell do you want to talk about now, my man?"
"That is fine. Am not going to talk about it again, bro."
"Yeah, that is a good idea, and I am not interested in this hell 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 day at school] [The school ball rings 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 Miss Madison on their way to the classroom. They wanted to run back. Immediately, they saw Miss Madison coming out of their classroom. But Miss 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 took a deep breath. Immediately, Miss 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 Miss 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 Miss Principal..."
[Miss Madison sighs]
[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 Miss Madison's office door, Garriso ran fast to open the door for Miss Madison to get inside first. Garriso wanted to do something for Miss Madison to forgive them or something, but Miss Madison was still looking mad at them and didn't say a word till they got inside the office.]
[Door opens and closed]
[Miss 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 Miss Madison's angry face before. Immediately, Lefah and Garriso had their seats in Miss Madison's office. Lefah sighed 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 Miss Madison's office couldn't cool both down, but very hot] "Um, you know, we are really sorry and please, I can explain, Miss Principal..." [Lefah continues immediately after apologizing to Miss Madison]
"Uh, yeah. And I think you boys can explain yourselves to me now, but no lies, understand?"
[Both sighs] "Okay Miss Principal…"
"Oh, no. I ask you boys to explain yourselves but not to respond to my question."
[Both] "We are sorry, Miss Principal..."
Garriso was still out of words and didn't know what to say because he never knew Miss 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, Miss 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?"
[Miss Madison noticed Garriso's head was still down all this while, so Miss Madison asked Garriso to rise up his head and look at her face while she talked to them.] "Hey, young man, will you rise up your head and talk to me…?"
Garriso rose up his head and looked at Miss 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 have always walked from home to school ever since we had scholarships to this high school… But I mean 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 Miss Madison's heart to tears. Tears started coming down on Miss Madison's cheeks. All because the distance from Lefah and Garriso's house to school is too far away, but they always managed to walk to school on time, but her daughter in the house had a car to drive to school always, but she never followed her to school. This really worried Miss Madison a lot, and she didn't say a word about it. But Miss Madison remembers the first time she met Lefah and Garriso in her office. She remembered that Lefah and Garriso told her that they always had the school bus to school, so why were they saying this to her?
[Miss 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 Miss Madison and about the free bus to school. Miss Madison became very worried and also understood why Lefah and Garriso lied to her.]