This isn't as long as I'd like it to be. I was hoping to make this much longer. But I still like it and I hope you all do too. It's another goodie-shortie!
Donna novv: Yeah I was going for that whole 'he like a big brother' feeling. But just you wait until next chapter. It'll be so fluffy….
There were days where King Bob wasn't even sure he was King. Sure, he had the title, crown, scepter, and throne, but it seemed that the playground would run itself just fine if he just left one day. But right now he was focusing on how he didn't quite feel like the King.
On more than one occasion, he found that Detweiler was able to assemble the whole school to rally against him if he made a law none of them liked, and part of that scared him. If some fourth grade kid was able to veto a law so easily than it couldn't take much more effort to overthrow the King and take over. It's not like he would be met with opposition by the student body either; the guy was well liked around the playground and was known for doing what was the best for everyone.
But King Bob knew that wasn't likely to happen because he hadn't tried to do so before, and the monkey-boy showed respect for him whenever they talked. And where King Bob was some crazy idea or law, Detweiler did something just as crazy. The King might've made the whole playground build a pyramid, but the monkey-boy took over the playground's economy in three days with no mercy making life miserable for the students. Though that didn't change the fact that sometimes he didn't feel like he was in control.
He felt a bit out of touch with the happenings of students below. Sure, they occasionally came to him to settle a dispute, but besides that, he didn't really interact with them. It's not that he didn't want to get to know them, but with the amount of time he was to spend governing the playground, there isn't any left to. He considered it to be a weakness. And even though his weakness was Detweiler's strength, the kid hasn't really shown any ability, let alone interest, to govern the playground. But the King was sure he would be able to if he absolutely had to; the principal for a day incident convinced him of that. But he was too interested in playing with his friends.
So King Bob began to think that maybe in some cosmic sort of way that they both ran the school. While he made the laws and made sure those laws were followed, TJ dealt with the students and their interests, maybe even serving as their representative.
With that, King Bob leaned back in his throne satisfied with the conclusion he had come to. He was the King of the playground, and Detweiler was the King of the Students.
