Cleansing A Sinful Heart-Season 1

Chapter 23: Mediocre Evening

As soon as Zac and Sam finished waving their goodbyes to Hadasa and others, they sat in their seats away from each other. They finished their punishing chores, even after Hadasa and her friends performed their ministry work without them. Zac saw Sam gazes the numerous books standing there on the black bookself. 

Then he turned to Mrs. A supervising him and Sam from her desk, while she typed something on her computer, probably surfing through the web. He moved his eyes sideways with a frown for a while as he and Sam waited for their parents to come pick them up from Mrs. A's office. He sighed with his mouth closed.

-Oh, man. Get ready for mom and dad's backlash, Zac buddy, 'cause it's gonna get brutal. Ugh! 

Silence echoed across the room. While Zac gazed at the pictures hanging on the left hall, Sam immediately turned to him as well as Sam quietly growled and glared at him. He heard that growl right next to him, but not Mrs. A.

-Huh?!

Although he also immediately turned towards Sam, he noticed Sam restared back at those books on the bookself. He gave Sam his suspicious look for a brief moment before he returned his attention to those pictures.

-Huh, freakin' bitch. 

Not wanting to cause trouble with Mrs. A and be grounded more from his own parents, Zac didn't even bother to growl back at Sam nor confronted him about it. It was better for him this way, until Sam quietly regrowled at him. He heard Sam's growl and immediately turned to Sam. Sam quickly turned his head towards the wall instead of the books just in time to prevent Zac from spotting him.

Mrs. A took notice of Zac examining Sam and nearly closed her eyes when she suspiciously stares at Zac. "Why are you looking at Sam like that, Zac?"

Zac turned to Mrs. A and Sam back and forth, while Sam ignored him, making himself appearing as innocent as he possibly could. 

"Well, you see, Mrs. A," Zac responded, trying to come up with a lie. "I heard a growl right next to me and I thought it was Sam, but  then I realized it was just my hallucinations that caused this."

Sam smiled and couldn't help but laugh it off, yet he held it in, leaning forward, closing his eyes, covering his mouth with his hand. Mrs. A just raised her eyebrow at Zac. "Is that so?"

Zac slightly turned to Sam and glared at him a bit, not saying a single word to Mrs. A. Mrs. A impatiently said, "Well, Zac. I'm waaaaiting. I don't got all day, y'know."

Zac immediately returned his attention to Mrs. A, closing his eyes, forcing a smile. "Oh, right! Sorry 'bout that. I jus' got distracted there for a bit." Then he opened his eyes and looked up at the ceiling with his finger on his chin. "Now where was I?"

He thought about it for a while and Sam curiously turned to him, until something popped in his head. "Oh, yea!" He turned to Mrs. A. "Why, of course, Mrs. A. I'm pretty sure it was my hallucinations that made me go a bit crazy."

"Are you sure?" 

"I'm positive, Mrs. A. Honest."

Her eyebrow was no longer raised and she leaned back against her chair. "Okay, then. If you say so."

As soon as Mrs. A returned her face to her computer screen and continued typing on her keyboard, Sam crossed his arms and turned back to the wall, whispering with his eyes closed, "Hmph!"