Sal walked alongside Larry on their way home from school.

He considered what could be on the paper. It could be study notes, a few sketches, murder plans, music lyrics.

The possibility's were endless!

"Duuddeeee, earth to sal." Larry said. Sally turned to him, he was so caught up in thought that he didn't release he was already at Addison apartments.

"You tried walking past the apartments, are you ok dude?" He started to sound like how Lisa sounds when she gets worried.

"You sound like your mom." Sal said with a laugh.
"It's better than sounding like Mrs.packerton"
"true"

Mrs.packerton sounded like she swallowed a dead toad and tried to get it out with sandpaper. It was far from pleasant to hear her say anything, let alone be taught by her for 30 minuets.

"If I have to listen to her talk about the quadratic equation one more time I'm going to rip my ears off." Larry made dramatic movements while he spoke, it was a trait that sal admired.

By the time the boys stoped talking they were already in the brunettes room. Larry left to 'look at something outside' and sal went to grab some soda.

He walked back into the room with enough soda and chips to sustain a small village.

Larry wasn't back yet, so sal decided to look at the paper he snagged from his friends locker.

It was smudged, crumpled, and slightly torn. The only words he could make out were 'I'm sorry, I love, know it's wrong, parents, Sal, and Larry's signature.

"What do you have there?" Larry sounded pissed. He stood behind the shorter boy and placed his hands on his shoulders.

"A piece of paper I found next to our lockers" sal was terribleness at lying, but he would be damned if he didn't try.

"Bullshit, why were you snooping?" Larry was getting increasingly mad.

" I was looking in everybody's lockers. And you wouldn't let me look at the book so I took the paper!" Sal admitted.

"their was a reason I didn't want you to look at the book."
Larry took a breath before finishing. "Get out"

"But-"

"OUT.NOW."

Sal quietly walked to the door and placed the paper on the tv. He ignored the tears in his eyes and Lisa as he quickly walked through the door and made his way to the elevator.

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