Title: Unaware
Theme: Night
Pairing: None
Rating: T
35. Night
"That stuff didn't really happen, right?"
The whole class went quiet at Paulina's raised hand, blinking curiously, and even Mr. Lancer had to pause. "I mean, the book, right? This is where the story comes from. My grandfather told me that the holocaust was a story, but everyone keeps telling me it's real, right? So is it really real or just a story?"
"You're a dumbass."
"Dash," Mr. Lancer scolded. "Don't use that language in my class.
"Who says that? Of course the Holocaust happened. That was World War II. My grandfather fought in that war." Dash glared. "Seriously, Paulina, and with a Jew in the class too."
"It's alright?" Sam retorted, and the whole class fell quiet, gawking at her. "Not every Jewish family was hit by th Holocaust. My family's been in America for generations, and it's not like Paulina said she hates Jews or that she wanted it to happen. She didn't know."
"Papa told me different," she murmured. "In Pueto Rico."
"Yes, Paulina, it happened."
"But how could something so terrible happen?" she asked.
"Because people are stupid." Danny snorted. "And Hitler was a douche."
Mr. Lancer rolled his eyes. "Well worded, Mr. Fenton."
And class resumed again.