Quick Story. Ehh,Kinda. Well, it's not the longest I've ever told, I'm sure of that.
Growing up, I was always in a constant cycle of doing something stupid, and enduring some kind of punishment for doing it.
Thing is, there were times where the punishment I received was for an action completely unrelated to the action I SHOULD’VE been punished for, BUT it was the exact punishment I would’ve gotten if I’d gotten punished for what I initially did.
Lost you? Okay. So let’s say you stole a banana and some headphones from the store right. You somehow get away with it. Later that day, you get pulled over for going 65 in a 50, and the cop find outs you already had unpaid speeding tickets, and takes you to jail.
You should’ve been in jail anyway for stealing the banana and headphones right? So even though the reason you went to jail was for something you did after you stole from the store, you still kinda deserve to be in jail regardless.
Almost as if Karma made sure I took my "L" somehow. That's pretty much how things used to happen to me. This, was one of those situations.
It's the 2007-2008 School Year, I'm a 7th grader. If you read the story about me getting stuck in a window in 6th grade then you may remember that I had a group of friends I was notorious for doing idotic things with. If not, I'll provide that link later.
This story only involves one of those friends, "Chuckles". As I said, I call him that because guy was the funnniest person I'd ever met at the time.
#NewCharacter Introducing K.B. aka "2short". So me and 2short actually went to elementary school together, somewhere between 2nd and 4th grade. She left the school for reasons I don't know, and one day, transferred back on our side of town.
I remember seeing her in the hallway. She's like 'Hey! Andrew, remember me?" Thing is folks, I did remember her...because she hadn't grown one inch since elementary school.
When I say short? I mean like short short. Like "Okayy it's getting less cute, and more creepy, DONT TOUCH ME" short. But she was such a sweetheart man, one of the coolest ladies I've ever met.
We rekindle that friendship and start the semester. One thing that we discover we have in common is we both Love to play this computer game called "Icy Tower". And shoot at that point everybody did.
Look at this gif and tell me you wouldn't play this game! It was HIGHLY addictive, to the point that kids in the library, computer lab, and even in class were downloading and playing Icy Tower.
Administration saw us having fun, and you know what they did? What any good administration does to students having any innocent fun...they shut it down. They blocked the game from ALL of the websites we'd been downloading it from.
But the internet is soo big that new links to get past blocked websites were being created almost weekly, and 2short found one. She got on the computer, downloaded the game, and we were back. That was until our teacher found out.
Ms. Fun Killer. She was the Literature teacher. Even in our down time, if she saw us playing the game, she'd make us get off of the computer, like cmon, why do that?
For some reason tho, 2short could not get enough of this game! She just HAD to play it, no matter what.
So one Thursday we're in class and it's time for lunch. We line up, and head out. Lunch was trash this day (really trash in general) so me and Chuckles decided we'd just sneak out of the cafeteria and roam the halls. Better than eating that poison right?
As we walk past the classroom, what do we see? The lights are off and a glare is coming from the computer...its 2short! She had found a way to get into the classroom and downloaded the game. Not really sure how, but she did it.
We knock on the door, and she jumps up in fear, thinking she'd gotten caught by our teacher. She finally sees it's just us and relaxes. We mouth "Let us in" to her and she does.
Me and Chuckles are looking for answers like "Yo, how the hell did you get in here?". She giggles and says "Welllll..." and looks over at the bean bags section.
Y'all...little mama was so small,that she was able to hide under the beanbags when we all went to line up for lunch, and lay there completely hidden until the lights were off and the door was closed.
TBH, it was genius 😂. We laughed at the fact that she was tiny enough to get away with it, but it was still a great idea. We all play Icy Tower and leave the room about 5 minutes before the class was going to leave the Caf and return.
We jumped in line, and our teacher had no idea we were ever gone. So when we returned to class, we were laughing at what had taken place, and how 2short managed to finesse her way into the room. Not to mention, we'd found a new way to play our "beloved" Icy Tower.
That's where the story takes a turn...see our teacher had implemented a new policy. If she had to continually ask you to be quiet, or you were laughing, she would give you a zero in the grade book for class participation for the day.
She'd asked me and Chuckles to be quiet once earlier that day, so this was another strike. Which meant, zero in the grade book. I mean we argued it as best we could but she was stern. "Maybe tomorrow you'll be quiet" she said.
We were still fairly new in this semester so this zero dropped both of our averages about 8 points! We both now had a "C" in the class and the progress reports were to be sent our the next week!
How was I gonna explain to my dad that my excessive talking was now affecting my grades?That Friday we went to her before class as humble as we knew how. "Ms.W we're sorry, we didn't mean to be so loud, we understand now,PLEASE dont give us that zero!". Y'all think she cared?Nah.
Me and Chuckles were both pissed at this point,and were talking mad shit the whole first half of class. One time we got loud and a voice behind us said 'Yall shhhhh, she's picking up the grade book again".I turned around to see it was my homie...2short.
I thought back to the day before when 2short had hidden and stayed in the room to play the computer game and at that moment, had one of the worst ideas I may have ever had in my life. If the teacher wouldn't take the zeros out of the grade book...I'd do it myself.
That's right, I had the idea to sneak into class, and change our grades. I told Chuckels about it, and like any ride or die friend, he was immediately in. 2short was such a sweetheart, I didn't want to get her too involved
As lunch time approached, I walked over to her desk and said "Hey, wanna do me a favor?"She was like "Of course". I'm like "Hide in here again, and me and Chuckles are gonna come back...you know, to play Icy Tower 🙂". Her love for that game was so strong, she immediately agreed.
So things went as they usually did, we lined the class up, and headed to the caf. Me and Chuckles stayed at the back of to line, and as the class went further and further up the hall, began walking slower and slower, and eventually backwards.
When the class turned into the Caf, we turned and sprinted back to the classroom. We did our secret knock (that we created for 2short right before we left) and she popped up from under the bean bags and jogged her little self over to the door.
She lets us in, and we all start laughing at how perfectly we executed this. So 2short is like "Okay let me download the game" and goes to the student computer. Me and Chuckles are like 'Righttt....the gammeee.."
As she's downloading it, we spot the teachers computer. Just as we'd done in the hallway, we slowly walk backwards, trying to be discrete, and make our way to it.
When we arrived, we see two things in front of us, the computer, and the green book where she wrote down grades. I ask Chuckles "Which do you think we should check, the computer where she enters them, or the book where she writes them?"
He says 'The computer, if she's already put in em, she won't notice that they're changed, especially considering the fact she has over 100 students to enter grades for". I'm looking at Chuckles like
You know what's crazy about computers? Once they're setup, they have this thing that can protect just anyone from accessing what on them ,ahh that's right, a passoword! A password that we didn't know
Mannnn we start to guessing EVERYTHING we could think of! "Put her first name! Shit, try her daughters name! Shit, umm she always wearing purple, put purple! Shit!" 2short realizes that we're on the teachers computer and is like "..hey, what are yall doing?"
I'm like "Umm..nothingggg..." and she starts to walk over. I'm yell "Crap she about to find out, forget the computer, give me the book!!" to Chuckles. He does so and I turn to the last page, assuming it's our class, which it is.
I grab a black ink pen, find Chuckles name & write a "1-0" infront of the "0", &do the same for myself, making each 0 and 100. He's like 'Drew she already put these in tho!" I'm like 'Well maybe she'll re-enter them! We can't get on the computer right?"
He disagrees and we start to argue a little! Next thing he says is "Drew you wrote in black pen!! This entire book is written in blue ink!! Did you even look?"
I bite back like "Oh my bad, was it me that couldn't guess one password? Hmm? Mr.Idk? So at least I'm trying something! You need to suppor...",next thing I know, 2short is like "*Gasp* Are yall...wait is that...Oouuuuuuu"
I'm like "Great, now the midget knows". 2short is like 'Um,excuse me? No, no, no, I'm leaving, right now!" and heads to the door. I'm like "Wow fr? After all we been through?"
That line typically strikes a nerve lmao, but not this time. She opens the door for a nano-second and then immediately closes it. I'm like "Why'd you do that?"
She runs past me, looking like she's holding back tears, and says "SHE'S COMING, SHE'S COMING!!" and swan dives into the bean bags! I'm like 'SHE'S WHAT?? FOR WHY?!"
Chuckles is like "Drew! Look!" and points over to the desk.....she forgot her lunch bag...
So let’s wrap
She forgot her lunch...of all days, she chose TODAY, to forget that dusty lunch bag.
Chuckles is like “OH SHIT ME”. I’m like “Yeah sh...Wait what? Nvmnd”, since it wasn’t the time to address that weird statement. So the classroom was pretty open. There were desks, the teachers desk, a few file cabinets, and the “reading corner”.
In the reading corner there was a small bookshelf, with a bunch of “Bluford High Series” books, a big rug, surrounded by bean bags and this portable flip chart, that looked like 
It’s time to hide! So I’m scrambling tryna find somewhere to go! Too tall for the beanbags, but she’d see me under the desk. All of a sudden, Chuckles become the most innovative individual I’ve ever met.
He grabs the flip chart, slides it over to where the beanbags are,stacks two of the beanbags to cover up the empty space at the bottom of the flip chart, and stands behind it.
So him and 2short are hidden, meanwhile, I’m still looking! I hear keys start to jiggle and realize she’s at the door! No time, gotta just go for it!
Look over to my left and what do I see in the corner? File cabinets! Wasting no time, I sprint to the file cabinets (2) and pull them apart.
I get into the corner they were inside of, catty-corner them together to hide myself, and kneel behind them.
And then.....silence. All you hear is the door open, and footsteps walk to the desk. I left a small opening in between the cabinets so that I can see. It was indeed Ms.W.
She grabs her lunch bag, picks it up...and then puts it down. But why? I remember seeing her and thinking “What is she doing?”. She walks to the computer, and makes a small gasping sound... “Icy Tower” is still open!
She walks over to her desk, and sees that her computer is on the log in screen, where I’m sure she knows she didn’t leave it.
What happens next, I never saw coming...
She turns towards the desk in the room, breathes in, and says “Andrew...”Chuckles”....and “2short”....I know you’re in here! Teachers took roll during lunch today”. Mannn I look over to the left, and get a view of Chuckles looking like
She continues “If you come out now, I’ll make sure you only get ISS for sneaking into my room. But if I find you, I will see to it that you’re suspended as long as they can suspend you. Come out, RIGHT now!”
Me personally, there was no way in hell I was coming out. I’m thinking “You gone have to find me”. My fear was Chuckles or 2short giving up.
I look over in their direction. 2short slowwwllyy starts to move the bean bag from over her body, but as she does, she locks eyes with Chuckles, and he’s like
She slowly covers her body back up. Im looking at Chuckles like.
Ms.W continues “Okay, I’ve had enough of this. You have 5 seconds! 5.....4.....3.....2.....” I️ just watched her countdown and started feeling guilty. This was all MY idea right? C just followed and 2short didn’t even know why she was involved.
I decided that I’d come out, and just tell Ms.W I was alone. That way, I take the fall, they get away. I just knew my dad was gone give me the asswhoopin of a lifetime for this. So I enjoyed my last few seconds of freedom, watching her countdown like
“....1...”. Right as I’d began to stand up, Ms.W made a sound that didn’t sound angry...it was a chuckle.
Then another, and another. Next thing I know she was cracking up, like
She says aloud “Lord I’m in here talking to myself, I need to sleep”, picks up her lunch bag...and leaves the room. I even hear here lock the door.
First thought was that this was pure BS..right? She was waiting at the door for us to come out of hiding and then she’d open the door like
And Chuckles and 2short must’ve felt the same way, because NONE of us came out of hiding. But time passed, at least 10 minutes, and it began to seem as if maybe we’d gotten away with it fr.
Bold enough to make the first move, I say “...psss...Chuckles?”. He’s like “Yeah?”. “Do you see her?” I ask. He peeks around the flip chart enough to see the door and says “OMG she’s gone!” And comes out of hiding. Me and 2short immediately do the same.
We all start laughing and talking about how scared we were but now it’s time to make a run for it. We decided to leave the room but all split up. I went to the restroom, Chuckles to the vending machine, 2short to the caf.
After lunch, Ms.W asked where we were. We all came up with different stories but didn’t tell the other, that way we wouldn’t intertwine them in any way subconsciously.
And believe it or not, that was that? Yeah, me and Chuckles still got the zeros, but none of us got caught. We returned to class, told our friends what happened, laughed, and went home for the weekend.
I didn’t get suspended, and most importantly, my parents never found out, literally until this day. Unless they read this story, they have no idea this ever happened. Because of that,there was no asswhopping for me...well, for this.
Remember how I️ started this story? I always take the “L” I rightfully deserve, just not for the reason I should’ve initially gotten it.
Next day my cousins come over, Morgan and Nate. So back in this time, me and Nate were HUGE WWE fans. He had hella actions figures, and I had a replica WWE championship belt.
My parents had errands to run one day, so asked my Uncle Charles to watch us. Now my Uncle Charles DID👏🏾NOT👏🏾PLAY👏🏾.
So he gave us one thing to do. Clean our room. Me and my little bro Aaron shared a room at the time, and it was huge. So whenever friends or family came over we’d play in there.
We began cleaning, but somehow ended up thinking “You know what would be fun? If we had a triple threat ladder match for the WWE championship!”
We had no ladder, but we had a chair. We hung the belt up on the ceiling fan and had a pure brawl to decide the winner😂. So fake wrestling had rules, whoever hit their “special” move first was the winner or had to be allowed to win.
Nate was a Jeff Hardy fan. Can’t really remember the move, but he sholl nuff hit the guy on me and my little brother meaning, he was the winner.
So my little bro and I stayed on the ground fake hurt and watch as he climbed the chair.
He jumps off of the chair to grab the belt, gets it, and what happens next, we still talk about until this day.
My Uncle Charles comes sprinting in the room from the steps. He’d been hiding there the whole time waiting! He catches Nate in mid-air with a belt and just started SWINGING!!
And mannnnn, he whopped my little bro and Nate , in front of me. Then got to me and says “And you? You’re the oldest!!”. So you know what that means? That’s right..I get it the worst
To this day, I haven’t forgotten that whooping in particular, mainly because it almost felt as if he knew what I’d done the day before, and was trying to make up for the whooping I didn’t get 24 hours prior.
So to wrap things up, no, I didn’t get caught trying to change my grade. But I still had trouble sitting down for the entire weekend. And tbh...I definitely deserved it.
