Irresponsible (I)
sequel to What's in a Name?
"That was irresponsible."
"Yes, Dad."
"I'm serious. Fluffy could have died as a consequence of your actions, and I can't imagine killing the class lizard would make you popular."
Flora snorted. "Half the girls are scared of him. That's why it worked."
"Regardless. Melissa and I went through this too, 'learning' from teachers we're smarter than, and we managed without disrupting the entire class regularly."
"No, you were just a crime lord in your spare time."
"I'm not proud of that. You know what it lead me to do."
"I wouldn't exist if you hadn't. So, it all worked out."
Poor Fluffy. (He was a rat originally, but I had trouble believing half the girls in a class could still be scared of a cute little domestic rat after extended exposure. So, lizard.)