Chapter 6- Closer than close
Raj and Howard got closer and closer as time went on in fact they were inseparable, they ate together, played together, talked all the time and even went to each other's houses from time to time- their parents even made friends!
There was only one flaw in their friendship and that was thanks to the four bullies in high school, they were racist and didn't like them hanging out and they didn't hold back with saying so either. They believed the whites were better than the blacks and Howard hated that Raj was a person as well and he deserved to be treated as equals the olden days were over now, it's time they got over themselves! But Howard made the mistake of telling them that and they had been his number one hit list because he was the only kid to stick up for the only black kid in high school.
"Raj is a person and my best friend! So back off!"
They tied him naked to a lamppost overnight, they beat him black and blue, and they even put nuts in his sandwiches when they knew he was allergic, which ended up with him choking of course...Raj was going to kill them because he knew how life threatening this was he had to have five teachers restrain him, they did all sorts of unspeakable but imaginative things to Howard. Raj even had to shield him once and try and get his pants down from a telephone pole, it took thirteen tries with the damn stick and the sick kids watching and laughing did nothing to help poor Howard embarrassment his face was deeper than a tomato the whole time.
The teachers didn't care Raj tried getting Howard to say something he said a speech in class everyone laughed at him...even his teacher, Howard felt tears in his eyes and ran out of the classroom and the school as fast as he could, Howard ma who had turned into "mama bear" had to have a restrainment order the next day since she gave the same teacher who laughed a black eye and tried to strangle him.
"Bullies are cowards! And one day karma will come, and bite you in the ass!"
The bullies were Jeffery, James, Ally and Ronald, all male and very strong boxers, the problem was they used it for the wrong purpose and they had no kindness in their hearts, so they were using a defence martial art for their own gain, which means they are not good fighters just jerks with hard punches.
Raj was always there for him when he fell, they joked about it to feel better, and realized how much they loved each other Howard taught Raj how to speak French, Mandarin, Russian, Persian and Arabic...he liked speaking languages so he could communicate with chicks everywhere, yeah they were always trying to get girls like typical boys but the only problem with that was...Well, Raj just couldn't talk around woman Howard even tried standing on his foot nothing worked-Howard thought maybe Raj was just shy and would grow out of it they were only thirteen, for now Howard would speak for him because that's what best friends did!