After he bought the medicine from the convenience store, he quickly cleans Larry's wound. sam gently putted the ointment by the cotton stick on his lips.
"Ouch! Do it properly." Larry teases him.
he got startled and he immediately took apologies. "I'm doing it gently. I'm sorry-
He saw Larry's lips was smiling and he already knows that Larry was teasing him, so he pokes the cotton stick on it.
"Ouch! This time this is not a joke, it's hurt."
"Fine, this what you want?" Larry said and he took the ointment and he wiped it on sam's face.'
"Hey! Don't make a waste! That's too expensive. Don't play with that!" he yelled while slarry still pitting the ointment randomly on bis face.
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After they spend their time near at the river, Sam went back home immediately, he won't make his mom worried about him. Larry went to his house to check his mother. When he went back, he immediately took the laundry basket and the soap to do the laundry while his mother doing her job, she sat on his rocking chair as she feels the cold wind. There's so many orders that came to her, so she needs to make and finish all the scarves in the exact time and date to distribute at the exact location and time.
"Mom! There's something I can help you?" Larry asks her as he hangs the clothes.
"Nothing, just continue doing the laundry!" she replied.
He smiles and he continue what he was doing, after the laundry he does dishes and he cleans every corner of their house. After he makes it all clean. He made delicious food to serve it to his mom.
he went near besides his mom while holding the tray that full of foods he made and he sat sown on the floor, "mom, stop what you doing and eat this. I am just done cooking so take a bite." He said, giving the bread that has a sweet filling inside.
His mom took a bite and she felt delight. "It's delicious, no one can beat my son's cooking skills." She said and he pinched Larry cheeks.
"I know, I know.. ha-ha, can I teach me how to make a scarf?" He asks nicely.
"Yes of course, you will put this thread yarn to the stick and twist it on." She is explaining it all while larry is following her and he felt struggle. "Maybe I'm going back to wash dishes, I can't make this one." He replied, teasing his mom.
His mom just felt happy and he laughs at his son.
At sam house, where he is just laying on his bed and talking to his teddy bear. "Babe, something wrong. Why I felt so much care about him?.. no, no.. I felt care of his mom not to him, right?" He said to his teddy bear. "Right, I have a present for you, so you won't get cold." He took the scarf on his table that larry's mom gave to him. He put it around to his teddy bear's neck. "Perfect, so you won't get cold.. you will feel warm." and he smile at his stuff.
"Sam! Go outside and help me here!" His mom yelled. He immediately get up from his bed and he went outside. the teddy bear wear it and it looks like felt happy.
When he goes back again in his room, he felt bored, he immediately grabs his art material, standee and his canvas. He tried to paint figure, but he painted Larry's face. He got to realize he really painted it.
"What's wrong with me? I suppose to paint was just a figure, why it look likes larry." He said to himself. "Did I really think about him? Damn that!" He was staring at his painting and he smack his head. "You asshole! You completely painted it." He added and he shout, "damn it!"
Suddenly his mom opens the door and he startled, he immediately covered with the blanket.
"What's wrong? You act weird?" His mom asks.
Sam got panicked and he doesn't know what to do. "N-nothing mom, I.. I am just painting here." He replied awkwardly to his mom with his awkward smile. "But why are you here, mom?" He asks.
His mom sat down on his bed and she's looks worried, "son, you really want to go to senior there, tomorrow?" She asks.
he stand up on his chair and he sat down besides his mom and he holds his mom's hand. "Yes, mom, I'm going to be a senior there." He replied.
"But it's so far from our home." She said, worrying.
"I can take care of myself, we have dorm there. I can take care of myself mom." He replied.
His mom held his hands tightly. "How about if you got attacked by your asthma? What will you do?" She asks him.
Sam smiled at her and he hugged his mom. "I can take care of myself, I'm a big boy now.. I memorized all medicine I had." He replied to his worried mom.
His mom hugged him tighter. "I love you, but if you can't handle it anymore, must call ambulance immediately." and he nodded as he hugs his mom. "ok."
MARCH 1998.
Second senior students was gathering on the corridor, Sam who was a freshman and he's walking alone on the hallway and he looking around without knowing them. "I felt weird, did they staring at me? I felt embarrassed." as he kept walking until he gets on his room.
"What was again? Room 34."and he look the paper. "Woah, it's on the third floor.. gracious, i'm tired climbing on the stairs.. what kind of school is this." He said as he gasping andkept climbing on the stairs.
"Hey, friend! Tired? We already experienced that. Haha!" That second year senior said to him and he run up to stairs.
"I'm ready to get bury when I gets on my room." He said, gasping and he inhale his inhaler for his asthma.
After a few minutes, he get on his room and he's full of sweat, "damn that." He inhale his inhaler again and suddenly someone bumped into him and his inhaler fell on the ground.
"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry." The boy said to him and he picked it up the inhaler on the ground and as he handed it to Sam.
Sam smiles awkwardly to him and he took it, "Thank you." He replied.
"We're classmate?"
Sam awkwardly replied to him, "yeah, I guess."
The boy gave his hand as a shake hands, "nice to meet you, I'm Philip." and sam were just looking at philip's hand, he shakes hands with him.
"I'm samuel, it's nice to meet you."
"Ok, got a go to my chair." Philip said to him.
"Yeah." he replied awkwardly as he enters the room.
he went to his chair as he felt awkward around him, Someone entered the room and it was Larry and he sat down next to sam.
"Hey, I didn't know you were going to school here." he whispered at him and larry just smirked
"Hey, answer my question-
Their teacher arrived, all his classmates were muted. Sam sat down properly and his focus on the teacher.
Ok, students.. since you all here. It's nice to meet you, freshman senior or first year student in senior high school. " The teacher said to them. "Let's begin our discussion for today. " She added.
After they attend their class, Sam got to wonder and he kept following Larry.
"Hey! You already received the call for you? " He asks.
larry kept walking and he ignored him, but Sam kept talking around him. "Hey! Can you please stop walking? And can you talk to me. I'm talking to the wind just like a crazy person. " He said and he suddenly held larry's arm.
Larry stop and he turned around while looking on sam's hand on his arm.
They went to the cafeteria and they sat down. "That day when I arrived at home, my mom was doing her knitting. I received a call from unfamiliar voice." He said explaining it to Sam everything thing.
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THE DAY WHEN LARRY GOT RECEIVED THE CALL FROM THE SCHOLAR FOUNDATION.
larrry were watering those plants outside the house while his mom is knitting some scarf, when suddenly their telephone rang.
"Son! The phone is ringing, go and answer it!" His mom shouts.
he immediately went inside of their house and he answered the call. "Hello? Who is this?" He asks nicely.
"I'm Bea, from smile scholarship foundation, I just want to ask if larry Wilson is there?" She asks.
Larry got confused and he replied, "this is Larry, how may can help you?"
"I just want you to know that you already accepted in my scholar.. I want to speak to your mom, is she there?" Bea replied through the call and he just cover his mouth that he can't believed it.
"Just a moment, I'll call her. " he said, he immediately call his mom.
"hello, this is larry's mom, how may i can help you?" his mom ask.
"This is Bea from the smile scholarship foundation, I just want you to know ma'am that your son got accepted to my scholar and he is now a member, we have responsibilities to cover larry's every fee related to his school until he graduate from college. " Bea said. 'and someone help him to get on this, so you need to thank that person too." and the call ended.
His mom couldn't believe, she suddenly muted after hearing it. "Thank you very much ma'am for accepting my son to your foundation. " Larry's mom replied to her as her tears are coming up on her eye lids.
She put it down the phone and she looks at her son, falling the tears on her cheeks because of excitement. "I couldn't believe it mom." Larry said.
she hugged him tightly as she couldn't hold back her tears. "Gracious! My son is lucky! Thank you very much, oh my lord!" She said as her tears falling to her cheeks while hugging her son.
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Sam startled and he sudden slammed the table when larry said is to him, "Woah? Really? They accepted you?" He said loudly because of excitement.
"Hey! Talk slowly and lower you voice, aren't you ashamed?" Larry replied to him, embarrassing.
he sat down and he look around akwardly. "Really? Does bea accepted you?"
Larry hold back his temper. "Yes, i have told you, I been accepted!.. your mom was right, you're a stubborn kid." He replied at sam.
Sam glared at him as he sips his drinks. "I'm happy for you. My guts are right. It's real-
Thank you. " Larry said awkwardly as he is biting his bread, cut sam's word.
"Huh? What did have your say?"
"I said thank you for helping me to it. " Larry replied to him.
Sam smile at him like a weirdo. "Stand up. "
"Why? What is gonna to do? " Larry asks him.
"Just! Stand! Up! " he raise his voice as larry were looks up at him.
Larry stood up immediately even its against his will. "What? Why.. what are going to do-
He immediately hugged larry tightly. "I'm glad." He said as he feels the warm chest of larry.
Larry startled and he just felt butterflies in his stomach. He suddenly smiles and he hugged him.
he heard Larry's heart beat that was beating so fast. "Good to hear." and he kept listening to larry's heart beat.
Suddenly, Larry pushes him and Sam got startled.
"What's wrong?" Sam asks.
"You.. what did have your say?" Larry asks him awkwardly. Sam got confused and he pointed his finger at Larry's chest. "It's good to hear, your heart kept beating nicely and-
Larry run away from him suddenly, he got to wonder and he didn't know what's going on. "What's wrong to that jerk? Is he making his brain damage after hearing that he accepted in scholar?" and he look at larry far away, "Jeez! Whatever, but why is he running away?" Sam added confusion to his head.
He came back to his room and he sat down to his chair, he notices that Larry is not there yet.
"Have you seen Larry?" Sam asks Philip.
"I didn't see him, why?"
"Nothing, just something I lend to him." he replied.
Larry came back to the room and he saw sam sitting on the chair, looking at him. He looks at sam awkward and he sat down uncomfortably.
"Hey! Why did you run earlier?" Sam asks him but Larry ignored him.
"Hey! Answer my question.. where have you be-
"Sam? can you lean me some eraser? " Philip asks him.
"Here." Sam handed it to him and Larry went to look at them secretly.
A few minutes and the teacher was discussing their lesson, larry fall asleep on his chair while Sam was writing randomly on his book and he getting. "Why does he ignore me-
"Samuel? What are you doing? You're not paying attention to the discussion, who's is that sleeping? Please wake him up." The teacher said to them and sam woke him up.
"Hey, Larry.. wake up. The teacher was discussing." He said as he wakes him up. Larry woke up as he scrubbing his eyes.
"Since you two didn't pay attention to my discussion, you two will go to volunteer the up drive cleaning with others who didn't pay attention to the discussion. every end of the class for the whole year the whole campus." The teacher said to them.
larry and he got startled when they heard it, he stood up that he got mad, "Ma'am, that's not right, for a whole year? Every end class?"
Larry got hold back his temper and he starting to speak, "ma'am, that's not right-
"No more questions and excuses or else I'll going to call your each mother. " Their teacher said madly and she walks outside from the room.
he sat down and he got perplexedly, he don't what to do he just messed up his hair. He looks at larry, and Larry was picking his nose.
Philip tap sam's shoulder and he said, "Good luck, my friend."
sam wanted to hit him but he holds it back. "Go now, go home, " said madly tohim and pgilip grab his bag to run away.
When the class ended and time to go home, Larry and Sam were cleaning the half spot of the campus. They are sweeping and cleaning while seeing other students preparing to go home.
"Jeez, they are lucky." Sam said himself and he glared at larry like a tiger.
"What? What are looking at me like that?" Larry asks him as holding the broom.
Sam pointed the trash picker to him. "You, you always do this to me!" He exclaimed.
Larry got confused, "What do you mean, I always did this to you? This not my fault.. that is your fault that didn't pay attention." Larry said to him madly.
"You, if you didn't fall asleep, we are not here!" and his voice was raise.
"Stop that argument, kept cleaning so that you can go home." Their senior said to them.
Larry and Sam got muted and they do what they have been doing. Sam was about to throw some trash to him but the senior saw them, Sam smile at his senior awkwardly and he goes back cleaning.