Danny: In second grade, Tucker threw up in your lunch box, but he told you Ricky Marsh did it.
Sam: What? I kicked him off the monkey bars for that!
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Danny, Sam, and Tucker were half-way through their second grade school year. It was their first week after Christmas vacation. As a tradition, Tucker's family had gone out of town to a relative's, and he'd eaten so much he'd gotten sick. But his parents made him come to school anyways. During lunch, which was held outside, Sam, Tucker, and Danny all sat in a small circle. They all opened up their lunchboxes and began eating.
"Hey, Sam!" a voice called, and the sole girl of the circle stood up to greet one of her friends. Danny glanced at Tucker.
"You okay, Tuck?" Danny asked. Tucker's face turned green and he suddenly threw up... in Sam's lunch box. When the girl returned to find her lunch violated, tears filled her eyes.
"Who did this?" Sam asked, looking back and forth between her friends. She sent Tucker a death glare.
"I didn't do it," Tucker said. He looked around franctically and pulled a first grader to his side. "Ricky did it." Sam glared at the small boy and snarled.
"Ricky, as princess of the playground, I forbid you from getting on the monkey bars for the rest of the day," she said, her chin held up high. She had been crowned princess after rightfully tackling Dash Baxter in the sandpit after he called her a freak. Whatever she said, went. The first grader hung his head low and sighed.
"Okay, Sam," he said sadly and walked away. Danny glared at Tucker, but didn't say anything. The punishment inflicted on his friend would have been much worse than being kicked off the monkey bars.