Garcia walked into the principal's office to find Satah being lectured. She could see three boys in the nurse's office. One had a bruise on his cheek,another had a bloody nose,and the one in the middle had a black eye. The principal ended her lecture and addressed Garcia.
" ,"she said formally,"Today,three boys tried to welcome,Sarah to our school,and she screamed at them. Then at recess,they gave her a second chance,and she punched them all."
"Sarah,"Garcia asked,"is this true?"
"Oh,it's true,"said the principal.
"Did I ask you?"said Garcia.
"Well,"Sarah began,"part of it is true. I did yell at the boys, and I did hit them,but they weren't trying to feel welcome. During recess I was over in the grass behind the basketball court,when they approached me. The two bigger ones grabbed me. Then the leader was going to steal my necklace. I couldn't let that happen."
Garcia's heart began to soften,but the principal didn't budge,"I should expel her for that kind of behavior, but our music teacher has another idea."
As if on cue a woman with a stack of papers came into the room.
"I had a chance to hear Sarah play multiple instruments today, and I think she might be a musical prodigy. I sent her audition tapes to a private middle school and they're willing to take her in early, and give her a full ride scholarship."
"How is that possible?" Sarah questioned,"I only played one note on everything."
"Yes, but you were able to make all those notes perfect."
"But I'm too young to go to middle school."
"The school is going to let you in early."
"When will she start?" Garcia asked.
"It's Friday, so she'll probably start Monday."
Garcia took the papers for the school and left with Sarah. She had mixed feelings. She was happy that Sarah was gifted, but she didn't know how to handle Sarah's fighting. She decided to talk to her about it before she formed an opinion.
When they got to the car Garcia broke the silence,"why did you hit those boys?"
"They were like the people who took me. They already killed my dad. This necklace is the last thing he gave me. They couldn't take that from me too."
"Sarah you shouldn't have hit them. You should have gone to a teacher. I'm not going to punish you this time,but if I hear about you fighting again then I will have to."
Sarah started to cry,"I'm sorry. I don't know what happened to me.I just got mad."
"I'm not upset with you for being mad. I just wish that you had handled it better. That's over now. All has been forgiven. Let's talk about your new school. Are you sure you want to go?"
"Yes, I never want to go back to that school again."
"Well then I guess I'm raising a prodigy."