It was recess and 4th grader Jughead Jones had to stay inside because he didn't do any of his homework. The detention monitor stepped into the hallway to take a phone call. Jughead had his hands in his jacket pocket, searching for some gum, gum was against school rules, but Jughead thought "I'm already in detention, how much more trouble could I possibly get into for having gum. Even if I do get caught dad isn't going to punish me for a little thing like gum." When Jughead was filling all the different contents in his pocket, he found that he had some matches in there. Jughead was filled with nervousness excitement. He looked to see if the teacher was still on the phone, and when saw that she was he reached over to the trashcan by the pencil sharpener and slid it to under his desk. Jughead lit a match, he liked to turn the match while it was lit to burn the entire thing. While Jughead was on his 4th match the teacher was ending her phone call. Jughead heard the door creak open, and he instinctively dropped the match, scared of getting caught. Jughead saw that a brown paper towel at the top of the trash can was catching fire. Jughead kicked the trash can hoping that would knock the fire out, and he wouldn't get caught. However, kicking the trash can over only made the fire worse. "OH MY GOD JUGHEAD, GET AWAY FROM THERE." Jughead was crying as the teacher was waving the kids into the hallway grabbing the fire extinguisher off the wall. The fire alarm was going off. The children were exiting with another teacher when the teacher ran back into the room, spraying the fire with the fire extinguisher. Jughead walked to the spot by the basketball hoops that the 4th graders go during fire drills. He was spotted by Archie and Betty. Jughead tried to avoid them because he didn't want them to know that

a) he had been crying and

b) he accidentally started a fire in detention,

but it was too late, they already saw his tear streaked face. "Jughead, what's wrong, why are you crying?" Archie Andrews asked his best friend. Jughead shook his head no, and in trying to stop crying he ended up crying more. "Jug, you can tell us." Betty said putting a hand on Jughead's shoulder "Come on Jughead, we are your best friends." Archie added. Jughead stopped crying, and rubbed his eyes, trying to get rid of the evidence of his tear stricken face. All of the teachers were doing there headcounts to make sure they had all of there students. The principal had a bull horn that he was using to give instructions to the school. "Attention Students and staff, can I have your attention please." Everyone looked at the principal waiting on instructions. "We don't have the all clear to enter the building yet so we are going to head over to the middle school. Everyone head to the soccer field." The students began walking toward the middle school. Jughead's teacher went to the principal and was whispering to the principal. The principal pushed the siren on the bullhorn. Silence fell upon the students as they looked back toward the principal. "I need Jughead Jones, Jughead Jones please make your way over here. "Shit" Jughead thought as he was walking toward them. Dad is going to kill me. Among the students was kindergartener Jellybean Jones who looked at Jughead as they walked past eachother. "Jughead, why are they calling you up there? The principal sounded real angry, are you in trouble?" Jughead did not want to tell his 5 year old sister what had happened, so he shrugged his shoulders and continued to walk towards his teacher, the principal, and it appeared that a couple of firemen and a police officer were also present. When he got to where the group of adults were standing he was determined not to cry, no matter how much trouble he was in.