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Robby dropped his son off at the Jefferson home and then hopped into his car and drove to the school.
It was the second time that he had been to the school and he was greeted by some teachers when he pulled up and walked to the front door.
"Where is the toilet?" He said, and immediately, the teachers took him to a male toilet, all the while, he looked at everything behind his shades.
It was awful being in the student toilets and then when he came out, he was taken to a room.
When he entered the room, his face changed when he saw a familiar blond-haired woman with glasses sitting down.
Susan Heffley.
He was stunned, the parents and teachers who attended were stunned to see the well and expensively dressed man in shades.
He sat down and you could just feel the awkwardness in the air.
"Mr LeBlanc, thanks for coming," said Mrs Norton. "I'm sure you have a very busy schedule"
"Well, I do, but my son is enrolled here and what kind of father would I be, if I don't try to improve my son's quality of education?" he said, making sure to put special backing behind the word 'my son'.
And then he turned to Mrs Heffley and said. "Mrs Heffley, what a pleasure to see you here. I thought for sure, you and your family would be on a nice family vacation by now."
"Well, the family decided to put a lot of the money into my youngest son's Manny college fund," said Mrs Heffley. "And we're redoing the kitchen. And if we have money left over, we might go on vacation"
Really?
He wondered if the father of the house and Rodrick agreed to this.
Well, this was none of his business anymore.
"Well, it's a good thing your trying to improve the school that your son Manny will go to in a few years," he said. "Your prepping for when the only child in your house, that can enter middle school, does. Not everybody is willing to come here for the next 6 years just to make sure any suggestion you made isn't reversed. He's lucky to have you"
And you could see it in her eyes, the subtle slap he was handing her.
"So," said Mrs Johnson. "Any suggestions, of what we can do to improve the school?"
"How about drawing up a chart to encourage all the bad kids to be good?" Said Susan. "If they get 15 stars, then they get a health bar."
There was a murmur in the room, it seemed like a good idea.
But Robby couldn't believe his ears, no wonder Crash was so hated.
"I object to doing this," he said, stunning all of them.
"Why? It's a good idea and it encourages the kids to eat healthier" said Mrs Norton.
"That chart won't last month," he said, stunning them all. "Most of these kids here grew up with burgers and soda, because it's fast to prepare, taste good and is cheap in their parent's bank accounts. If you were to ask them to choose between a plate of carrots and a burger, I guarantee you, a majority of them will pick that burger. How many kids do you think will take the chart seriously once they find out the reward for good behaviour is something like a cookie that was made from soy milk, organic crumbs and raisins? Have you tasted one? It's awful and those kids know it too. So unless your standing over them at all times and give them a look, that cookie is going in the trash when you're not looking"
Everybody was shocked.
"If you want to motivate people to eat healthily, start with what they like and slowly replace it at a rate that their taste buds wouldn't notice. You can't jump from A to E, in seconds, that's just a failure waiting to happen," he said. "But that's a problem too. When it gets out, that only the bad kids are being rewarded with chocolate for what the others do on a regular basis, it will be Chao's. Adults copy when they see this kind of thing, hoping to get a piece of that pie so there is no reason kids won't do it too. It's going to be bad, Kids will be sent to the principle office every day. And if kids can't get on that list, then they will just find the chocolates when adults aren't looking. There are like 500 kids and only 50 staff members, it won't be hard. Kids become geniuses when chocolate is involved." Before he said. " So I'll say it again. The chart won't last a month"
Everybody was shocked and baffled.
He had destroyed her.
The teachers especially could see the horror, unfolding before their eyes.
"S-So what do you suggest Mr LeBlanc?" Said a teacher.
"I talked to my son about what he wanted the most that was reasonable of course," he said. "He told me, the students attitude towards school would improve dramatically if each student bathroom had quality toilet paper"
Everybody was stunned again.
"Has anybody actually been in a student bathroom? I just went in one" he said. "When I wiped, it was one of the most uncomfortable experiences I've ever had." Suddenly it was revealed why he insisted on going there. "My son complained every day about how uncomfortable it is and I tried it my self and he's right. I completely understand why he says, everybody has learned to hold it in because they don't want to use the toilet"
Silence.
Dead silence.
With the silence, he was made to realise nobody had actually asked the local kid or their kids what they wanted from the school.
He was in a room filled with adults who used articles written by other adults who claim to be experts on children when in reality they had never had a serious conversation with a child in their lives.
"It's a good suggestion, Mr LaBlanc." Said a Mrs Birch. "The Student president did bring this up. However, the school simply can not afford to stock all the bathrooms with good toilet paper. And when we allowed them to bring toilet paper from home, it got way out of hand. Kids were surrounded their desk with packs of toilet paper and now we limit it to five squares a day"
And people thought that was it.
They were wrong.
"Well, I'm not going to wait for the enviable day, my son doesn't have the ability to sit down anymore." He said, stunning them. "If it's funding you want. I will give it to you." Before he dropped a bombshell by declaring. "I will write this school a check for 30,000 for toilet paper"
Silence.
Dead silence.
"What?" Said somebody as Susan's eyes went wide.
"You heard me." He said. "I will write a check for 30,000 right here and right now. To fix this toilet paper issue"
He got out his chequebook.
"Mr Leb-" began a teacher.
"You don't get it" he cut her off. "If my son ends up in the hospital, for a problem, I've made the school aware of. Don't be shocked when my head lawyer hands the school a lawsuit. Why should my son be forced to live like he's in caveman times for the first few years of his life?"
More dead silence.
"You may not think this is important but it is to me. It is I, who has to hear about my son requesting skin cream every single day," he said. "It is I, who CPS will be called on if complete strangers see my son in swimming trunks and notice how red his skin is near the thigh area. I didn't come here to joke around. I want to give this school a chance. If you refuse to the agreement, I will pull my son out and have him go to a school that actually cares about him. And if somebody wonders why a kid who has parents rich enough to send him to school with nobles, suddenly moved, I will tell them what happened today. Either you take this money and show me, you care for my son, or I will pull him out and have my very deep pockets close whenever a fundraiser is happening"
It was the kind of threat you only see in movies but he was dead serious right now.
He knew that school needed that sweet fundraiser money.
All the parents turned slow to the staff.
The teacher who spoke before was silent but then she told him to follow her to the principle office.
The meeting was pretty much over, after that.
But after it was explained to the principal what was going on, Robby pulled out the contract he prepared.
In it, it stated that in exchange for taken the money, the school is obligated to provide good toilet paper for the years his son studied at the school. If the money somehow ran out before his son graduates, the LeBlanc family can take the school to court.
However, if his son moved away or there was still money left over after his son graduated, the school was free to spend the remaining money however they wish.
Robby knew he was talking to the same people who brought expensive toilet paper for the staff while letting hundreds of students walk out with rash behinds.
It was a lawsuit waiting to happen.
He truly was prepared to pull his child out, along with any potential money the school can get from his family.
The principal seeing how serious he was signed and two days later on, on a Thursday, the students were shocked to discover quality toilet paper in their stalls.
Never had news spread so fast, within an hour every student was making excuses to go to the toilet to enjoy the toilet paper.
But who was the person who talked some sense into the school and coughed up the cash?
It took a day before it was exposed that Crash Leblanc's father had threatened the school with a lawsuit if they don't get good toilet paper and footed the bill for it.
Before now, every time, the meeting with the adults happened, the students were left hating Greg now Crash, a little bit more.
Now he had become a hero overnight in the eyes of the student population.
Greg was shocked when he was carried like he had just won the Superbowl to his class.
That, and he noticed the staff was treating him differently as well.
His father just flashed some money and suddenly he was getting extensions on his homework, the gym teacher wasn't yelling at him as much and he was allowed a hallway pass the moment he requested so.
Everybody else could see the teachers were now treating him differently as well and there was envy in the air.
And with this hype around him, he finally made his move.
At the end of the day, he found Holly Hills at her locker and waited for her to notice him.
Her cute friend noticed him first and alerted Her.
"Sup." He said, stunning her. "I couldn't help but notice how fine you were today. And I was wondering if you would like to hit the mall with me on Friday. I have a credit card and I'm looking for a fine young girl like yourself to spend it on. You've been dating boys Holly, don't you think it's about time, you started dating a man?"
And Holly faced flamed so hard.
The Hallway was silent from shock because that was so smooth.
Well, of course, it was smooth, pretty much every boy in school had practised a pickup line to use on Holly one day
"Oh, okay" finally Holly said.
What?
Really?
Greg didn't let the celebration dance in his head materialise in real life, and he kept his coolness.
"Great. Give me your phone number and address and my limo, will pick you up" he said, and she did so.
He then kissed her on the cheeks and said. "I'll see you tomorrow morning in my car. It's up to you if you want to get into that sports car with me or not"
And then he walked away like a boss.
It couldn't have been a smoother asking out.
Greg saw all the guys faces as he walked by and into his parent's car.
The car drove away.
The following morning was Friday and Holly and her family were shocked to see him resting on his dad vehicle outside their house.
Robby ducked down to make it look cooler for his son.
Holly walked to the vehicle and Greg let her into the passenger seat and then sat next to her.
The vehicle drove off and at a far enough distance, Robby stuck his head out.
As much as he wanted to have some fun teasing his son, he was cool about it and said nothing so it looked like he was a chauffeur.
When they stopped before school, both of them got out and Holly and Crash held hands.
Everybody in the yard must have turned around and done a double-take in shock.
Popular boys like Bryce Anderson did a third take.
Both Holly and Crash locked lips in front of Holly's admirers, who looked like the world was crashing down around them.
But Crash was in fact socially acceptable to date Holly Hills now.
Robby drove away, feeling proud of his son.
His son's first girlfriend was Holly Hills.
His son had the perfect school life and he couldn't be prouder.
Meanwhile, in the god realm, two identical-looking teenagers were released into the mortal realm.
Aston Cusha Leblanc and Lion Simbad Leblanc opened their eyes and started packing for the journey home.
They couldn't wait to see their little brother.
And scene!