...Dad,jack breathed.did you just say that he's your father?winky asked in a voice only jack could hear.yeah,jack answered under his breath his eyes all the while glued to dad.uhhh,Jack are you in trouble dad asked his tone clearly stressed.well actually we don't know the answer to that question yet. mr.smith said interrupting the awkward exchange.so if you wouldn't mind handing those over he said patiently while motioning to the papers in each of their hands,one after another they handed over their paper.the second after jack had handed over his paper he asked mr.smith shyly”why in the first place is my dad here?”because he’s trying to convince me to let go of one of my awesome students two weeks early!mr.smith answered (in a fake insulted voice).tell you what continued mr.smith turning to jack's dad michael if i find jack innocent of his accusation from mrs.shirley then i'll let him leave with you right here and now!Mr.smith offered kindly,and as an after note he added:”after all i anyways am retiring at the end of this year”.everybody pretended like they hadn't heard him,not sure if it was a mistake that he had just let slip such classified information.so is it a deal?mrs.smith asked holding out his hand,Deal,Michael agreed,they shook hands,now let's read this paper!mr.smith said with a jolly grin on his face,everybody except for the bully who was frozen with his mouth open nodded their head vigorously,curious to know the outcome of the situation.mr.smith skimmed through it all the while chuckling to himself,once he was done he smiled up broadly at jack and his dad,your good to go he said giving them both a thumbs up,mr.smith's smile only widened at the sight of everyone’s shocked faces.michael (jack's dad)had finally recovered from his shock and politely asked mr.smith:”what was he accused of?”jack’s body immediately tensed,afraid of the upcoming answer.nothing answered mr.smith plainly.wwwhat? Said winky and jack at the same time,”can you please repeat yourself”asked winky politely.of course i can said mr.smith with a wave of his hand,n-o-t-h-i-n-g,nothing! he repeated himself pronouncing every sound clearly.can you please clarify?asked Jack in shock,mrs.shirley definitely hadn't written nothing!okay,fine i'll clarify said mr.smith in a teasingly slow voice,it's too messy to read!he finally blurted out,winky started to giggle in a contagious sort of way”,you mean” she said between giggles as the others caught on, that mrs.shirley had scribbled it so fast that you can't read it she weezed,yup mr.smith answered he himself was starting to laugh a bit,the second the word yes had escaped his mouth jack dad and winky all burst into laughter but the bully had literal tears welling up in his eyes,and for you said mr.smith turning to the bully in an unfortunate tone of voice:”yours is neat enough to be read,and we’ll talk about the consequences once everybody else has left and we are alone in this room he said his voice full of empathy.michael stood up and stretched out his hand as a sign that they were leaving the room mr.smith grasped his hand and shook it:”good luck on the reasoning that you had told me earlier”he said sincerely.”thank you” answered Michael,we’ll be on our way now he added walking towards the door with Jack,winky looked around the room and then in a chirpy voice she said:”alright then I guess I’ll be going too,bye and thanks”she turned following jack and his dad out the door,as they passed the loyal secretaries desk michael politely said “thank you and have a good day” she was unresponsive as she continued typing away yet it was clear to them that she had heard him for she had very noticeably and unintentionally lifted her chin and pushed her glasses higher onto her nose so that they magnified her tiny makeup bathed eyes,jack elbowed dad why did he always have to be so polite especially to rude people jack glanced at winky,she was attempting to muffle her laughter by stuffing her fists in her mouth and it clearly wasn't the best way to stifle one's laughter cause her giggles were echoing off of the walls,they continued walking and only stopped when they came to the hall way that they would go separate ways,”um,thx”jack said turning to winky his voice was visibly overflowing with unsurniss and every move of his was hesitational,”no problem” winky was quick to answer in her upbeat cheerful voice “i'll be sure to tell my cousin amber who’s boarding in manhattan tonight on our once in a while video call,oh and here's my number if ya wanna talk cause i’ll be bored tonight when my parents are out and tomorrow also”she said an explanation mark permanently engraved in her voice as she pressed a note into his hand with a number scribbled in neat handwriting,once she was finished talking she turned abruptly and started skipping one of the many hallways,”byeeeeeeeee”she said waving her hand as she rounded the corner,”see you next year”she said winking while poking her head around the corner.jack raised his hand to wave back”bye-i guess”jack said but his hand with the note fell abruptly making a slapping noise as it hit his thigh once he realized that she had already rounded the corner and couldn't hear or see him anymore which meant that he was basically talking to himself he put the note in his pocket and then turned to dad whos hand he was still tightly gripping,they shared a look and then dad squeezed jack’s hand and gave him an understanding smile,”well what are we waiting for the bell for the end of the school day will ring any minute now and for multiple reasons i’d rather be out before then” dad said while turning to the hall that he knew lead to the so called “north door”which would bring them to the place where michael had parked their red ford explorer.”and plus we have to go to sleep early tonight so that we’ll have the energy to wake up tomorrow at three am inorder to catch our flight which is at four fifteen am,dad added casually,as if it weren't such a big deal that they were flying to california for three weeks.as they continued walking down through the twisting and turning corridors they chatted about this and that of course nothing too private just incase they were overheard,soon enough they had reached the north door which jack gleefully pushed open and ran into the huge parking lot,”free,free,i'm FREEEEE,dad don't you get it,i'm free till next year!”.Jack continued blabbering for the rest of the walk (more like skip)to the car while dad was just shaking his head and chuckling while striding to stay the same pace as jack.just as they were pulling away they heard the end of the day bell ring and a few seconds later they saw lots of exhausted and grateful students flooding out,they both took a deep breath thinking of all the many things that had occurred in the past hour.”well i guess that now all the exciting parts of the day have subdued,i'm just gonna give you a reminder that the first that you do when we get home is change into your pj’s then do homework eat supper and around 8:30 you should be in bed just starting out on the road to dreamland”.dad said,usually jack and almost every other kid would roll their eyes and sigh,annoyed,but in jack’s case he heard the meaning behind the infuriating and bossy sounding words and he promised himself for his own good that he would do everything that dad had just said so that he’d have the energy for everything tomorrow,cause tomorrow was going to be a very exciting and exhausting day!

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