Chapter 4: Horrible strangers
Teddy, please quit dragging your feet and tell me right away or I'll pass out from curiosity. He added, pinching Brian's nose, "if you die you won't know, so you better live you punk. "ouch! , that hurts". "I'm pinching you because I want it to hurt," Rubbing his nose, he replied, "you're so cruel." Teddy sighed deeply and said, "Anyway, what happened is that I was walking to school as usual; you know already that our road has holes it has been months and the municipality doesn't want to fix it instead they are busy chowing the money like no one's business." "So, as I was walking to school as usual, a car drove by, and as it passed, it sprayed dirty water on me" .
"Dude, that's awful." Brian holds back his laughter. Teddy asked as he got out of the chair and put both hands on his waist, "Are you laughing what kind of a friend are you that laughs at someone's misery?" "shh! sit down people are are staring or do you not feel humiliated anymore cause if you not you think about me". Brian put his pointer finger to his mouth and added,"lower your voice also".Teddy sat down in the chair and started to look around the area. "Anyway, you shouldn't be making fun of me like that". "I apologize, but while you were telling me your story, I simply put yourself in that circumstance in my mind, which is why I laughed". Teddy chuckled, "If you saw me in that circumstance, you would have died of laughter because I was so furious, I looked like a lunatic".
Brian laughed and added, "I'm sure you did. A deep sigh was followed by the words, "but the sad part out of all that is that my phone cracked during that terrible accident, It fell on the road and it is no longer working now." "Damn, that's awful. Did you see those dickheads's faces that were driving that car?" "That's the issue," I couldn't see them because the car's glasses were too dark, But I scolded them alot I'm sure they heard me because the car wasn't moving any faster due to the poor condition of the road.
"Crazy bastards they didn't even stop to apologize or hit a hooter atleast?," he exclaimed. "They didn't, which is why I'm still angry, but what I observed was that the car looked pricey and unquestionably not owned by someone from Alexander since there is no way, it appeared to be driven by a wealthy individual"
"Now I see why they didn't bother to apologize. "You feel me?" Teddy asked. "But friend just take that as a terrible lesson, make sure you run as fast as you can when you're close to a watery hole and you see a car driving towards you," Brian said. The worst fool of them all is that punk Musa, who made sure to take advantage of the opportunity to humiliate me in front of other people. Teddy took a deep sigh "I've never been this embarrassed in my entire life."
"Dude, you're only 17 but you speak like you're been around forever". He snickered." Teddy gave Brian a hostile glare. "can you be serious for once or I'll spank you". Brian snickered. "I'm sorry, anyway I didn't even witness the entire incident because I was late. When I arrived at the main gate I noticed a large group of people gathered in a circle and didn't pay attention to them. I was suddenly startled to hear them shouting, and I made the decision to check it out. I was absolutely stunned to learn that you and that jerk were fighting when I got there.
"Dude, I'm just glad that you didn't hear anything because if you did we were all going to get kicked out of school because knowing your temper, there was no way you were going to sit back and watch after hearing those things that punk said to me,". "I was going to handle them appropriately,"
"That's my buddy," Teddy chuckled and added, "the one and only crazy person in the entire world, my ride or die." Teddy sipped some water and exhaled heavily. But did you know that I was treated unfairly today, and that really irritated me. Despite being sprayed by dirty water, I was treated like a beggar who couldn't wash their clothes. Brian murmured, caressing Teddy's back, "let it be bro."
Brian stood up and said, "anyway, let's head home."
"but we must attend a revision class for the paper tomorrow," "Okay, then, let's go.
Brian and Teddy showed up to their review session. The fact that others were whispering behind his back didn't bother him in the least because the thing that mattered most to him was to succeed in every class so that he could make his mother proud and pursue his dream job.
When the revising session was complete, Teddy and Brian parted ways because they did not reside on the same street.
"I've never felt this ashamed in my life, I feel like a grade R student. I mean who goes at home at this age looking like this?", he said as he was staring at his uniform. Anyway, let me quickly leave for home, I hope that my mom has cooked for me something delicious since she didn't go to work to today"
Teddy returned home and discovered his mother asleep on the couch. As he approached his mother to rouse her up, he dropped his school bag on the ground. I told you to go to the clinic, but you didn't, mom, are you still sick? he asked. "Don't worry my boy, I'll be fine, I did go to the clinic and they gave me painkillers that is why you find me sleeping like this, it's because I drank them and they made me drowsy and I fell asleep,"
"okay, I was worried"
"And then?". She touched Teddy's face and exclaimed, "What happened to you, why is your uniform so filthy, and you even have bruises in your face?"
"oh this?.."
"yes this... when did thus happened?"
Speaking inaudible: (I can't tell her that I got beaten up I have to come up with something). "oh what happened is that I was running on my way back and I accidentally fell and hurt myself that is why I look like a mad person at the moment". By the way what are we eating I'm so hungry I didn't eat anything in school I only drank water". She stretched her hands and added, "I haven't been able to cook yet, as I said, I just got here four hours ago. Okay, I'll change in my room and cook something for us before washing my outfit. "No baby, just hand them over to me, I'll wash them. I was going to do some laundry anyhow." Go ahead and eat the bread in the pantry I 'll cook once I finish with the laundry. I don't mind at all washing my clothing mom, you have a fever, are you sure you will be okay?. Keep in mind that I am no longer a child".
"do you have a girlfriend ". "mom stop how can you ask me something like that I'm still young", said Teddy as he was hiding his face with his hands. His mother laughed. "you just stated that you no longer a kid. Why are you changing your words now?".
"you tricked me", said Teddy. "it served you right, now go and change and bring your uniform to me so I can wash it"