I do not own any of these characters besides the principal, Otis, Andy, and all of Andy's friends.
It was a cool September morning, and Phineas had just dropped off Andy at Roger D. Elementary School. Andy was all to continue with the 4th grade. He put on his beret as he was already in his A-PLUS uniform, ready to start the day.
There was already a flow of students hurdling towards the entrance, and Andy was searching around for any of his friends.
He made it through the entrance, almost being trampled by many other kids. He made it past through the herd and towards his locker. he took a deep breath as he survived yet ANOTHER stampede.
As he opened up his locker and stuffed his backpack inside. He took out a notebook and a pencil for the first period, which was Math. As he closed his locker, he heard someone call out his name.
"Andy!"
Andy to see Umari, Linus, and Simon all rushing towards him. Once they reached him, Andy realized that they were all pretty distressed.
"Guys, what's wrong?"
Simon pointed towards the other end of the hallway. Andy turned and his eyes widened at what he was witnessing. The school's worst bully, Otis Becker, had Pablo by his shirt collar as he lifted the poor kid up and against his locker.
"Oh, crud," Andy muttered. It's not what you guys would think. They were not worried about Pablo's safety. In fact, they were all too worried about Pablo getting into trouble with the school. Why? Because out of all the boys in A-PLUS, Pablo may be the timidest, but still has the worst temper EVER! It could take a while to press his buttons, and once someone manages to push him over the edge, he will explode.
The last incident resulted in one of his bullies sent to the nurse with a black eye and a bloody nose, as well as Pablo being suspended for a whole month.
Otis has been the new student this year, and he quickly presented himself as a jerk. He was pale-skinned and bald and was semi-built, but anyone in this school should have told him all about Pablo and how he is. He has been teasing Pablo for the past few days, and today may be the day he would regret even going NEAR the tan-skinned boy, especially since he is known for making racist remarks against Pablo.
"Let go of me, Otis." Pablo ground through his teeth.
Otis laughed. "Oh what, immigrant?"
Pablo clenched his fists. At this point, the fuse was getting short and he was about to explode.
"Listen, loser, why don't you and your father hitchhike and the other side of the border and go back to Mexico! HAHA!"
That did it! Pablo grabbed Otis's arm and sank his sharp canines in it, causing Otis to scream.
"Oh no!" Andy exclaimed.
Pablo tackled Otis to the ground and began laying a multitude of punches all over Otis's face. Many students began to surround the two as Pablo attacked Otis until Otis began to feel woozy, blood coming out of his head and nose, his eyes becoming swollen.
Pablo continued his attack until two sets of arms pulled him off of Otis, he turned to see that it was Umari and Simon.
Andy rushed over by Otis' unconscious body He turned to Pablo and waved his hands in disbelief. "Come on, Pablo! Again?"
Pablo began to breathe easily as he tried to calm himself down, but he was still fuming.
But then a loud masculine voice was heard. "Pablo Menendez!"
Everybody turned to see Principal Crowell standing by, hands on his hips as he glared at Pablo. "Get in my office! NOW!"
Everyone, especially Pablo's friends, was silent as Pablo walked through the hallway and pass the principal. He knew that whatever was coming to him, his father was going to be pretty mad.
Pablo sat in the Principal's office with his gaze down and arms folded. Crowell called Andy, Umari, Linus, and Simon in as well as they were friends of Pablo and they were all witnesses. Principal Crowell concluded that what Otis said to Pablo was unacceptable, but that didn't make Pablo's actions at all justifiable. In the end, he was suspended for 3 days.
After school, Phineas offered to drive both his son and Pablo back to their neighborhood. He knew Pablo's father Raul would be disappointed in Pablo, so he might as well come as support.
Phineas pulled in front of the apartment building where Pablo lived with his father. The building wasn't bad, but it wasn't any good if you compared it to the row of neat houses surrounding it. Andy stayed behind in the car while Phineas walked towards the building with Pablo by his side. Pablo looked up at gulped at the sight of his father on his balcony, his arms folded looking down at his son with a stern glare. Yikes, Pablo is as good as dead.
Phineas and the young Mexican boy walked inside and up 5 flights of stairs to reach Pablo's floor. They were just inches from the front door of the apartment before Raul burst out the door.
He glared at his son and ground his teeth before he began berating his son in his own language. "There you are! ¿Cómo te atreves a meterte en otra pelea en la escuela?!"
Phineas cut him off. "Raul, please let your son explain why he got into a fight at school." He pleaded.
Raul looked up at his red-haired friend. "Phineas, I do not care what excuse this boy could make up to justified how he sent a kid to the nurse!"
"He was being a racist!" Pablo finally confessed.
Raul looked down and raised his eyebrow. Pablo took a deep breath and continued, his gaze slowly downcast. "He told me to go back to the other side of the border and back to Mexico. He wouldn't let go of me so I had to fight back."
Raul's expression softened as he slowly began to understand his son. He knew he would not tolerate a racist's behavior, but he also knew his son had other options than to beat someone black and blue.
Raul just pointed towards their apartment. "Go inside. Now."
Pablo sadly nodded before entering. Raul turned to Phineas and spoke. "Thanks for driving my son home, Phineas."
Phineas smiled and nodded. "No problem, just go easy on your son. Not his fault he blew a fuse."
Raul nodded before watching Phineas enter the elevator on the opposite end of the hallway.
It was getting dark as Andy was getting ready for bed. He was relaxing on his bed playing on his phone when it rang. An incoming call from...Pablo?"
Andy answered and put the phone on speaker. "Hello?"
"Hey, Andy." Pablo greeted.
"Oh, hey dude. How did it go?"
"Not too good, but it could have been worse. I explained to my dad what happened and he decided to just ground me for the duration of my suspension."
Andy sighed, "I'm sorry, pal."
Pablo chuckled, "It's alright. Totally worth it, by the way. That jerk may never mess with me again after what I just did."
"Bro, his entire face was either blue or black. He was almost unrecognizable."
The two laughed. "Yeah, anyway thanks for having my back," Pablo said gratefully.
"No problem. I would do anything for my A-PLUS boys."
"Even Umari?"
Andy scoffed. "Never mind. I would never back up the same kid who left my lips swollen by a snake."
Pablo laughed. "Alright, good night, dude."
"Good night."
Great, I finished a plot consisting of Umari, and now I have finished a plot with Pablo. Next up will either revolve around Simon or Linus.
