Spooky Month - Sweet Dreams AU

Chapter 4 - Now that's too far

  Sam looks at the adult that was near the kid he just punched. He has a nervous looking on his face, he totally knows he did something wrong but he still thinks he had all the right to punch that kid.
  "Samson, why did you punch your colleague?" - the adult asked.
  Sam didn't say a word. He knew if he tried to justify, they wouldn't be on his side. So, he just apologizes with his head down, looking at the ground. The adult takes the kid and Samson inside the school; first they lead the kid to the nursery, and then they take Sam to a classroom to talk with him. However, Sam ended up not saying that much, which caused to not give the adult the necessary information. So, they think about calling Frank and talk with him instead... but Sam quickly denies that suggestion, begging to the adult. Sam knows that if he disappoints his uncle, he probably won't look at his nephew very proud ever again; and so, that means his uncle must not know about any school fights as well.
  The adult ends up choosing what Samson wanted and to not tell his uncle about what Sam did today.
  "It is only your first day, Samson, and you already act like a troublemaker?" - the adult says with an unhappy tone.
  "I'll try to distance myself from other kids, I promise."
  "What? I don't mean you need to be alone, but you seem to have some issues with being friendly... isn't it?"
  "Well... maybe the others are the issue. They could be friendly to me and I would be friendly with them." - Sam says.
  "You can't have everything just like you want, Samson. It doesn't work like that."
  "Then, why the others can have it?"
  "Everyone has the equal justice. Things need to be fair."
  "It doesn't seems like it's that." - Sam says a little angry. - "I wonder if one day someone breaks all my bones, and you, grown people, would believe in me when telling you that I was attacked."
  Silence got in the classroom, the adult seems quite bored and uncomfortable with the type of conversation Sam is bringing. So, they stay quiet and doesn't move that much. And as Sam felt like there was nothing more to be discussed, he asks:
  "Can I go home now? My uncle must be worried."
  "Yes... yes, of course. I'll see you tomorrow." - the adult says.

  Sam leaves the classroom very impatient and maybe a little mad. The only thing he wants is to be inside his house and watch television.
  He finally arrived home, and he notices that his uncle's van isn't near the house, which means he isn't home yet. Sam believes he is working. To make the time go faster, he decides to get to the kitchen and check out if there was candy, so he could eat some while watching television. He grabs a small bag of white chocolates and sits on the couch, ready to watch an interesting cartoon.
  Frank arrives home with two bags: the usual big and heavy bag that sometimes moves and a bag full of candies. He puts the big bag on the basement and comes near Samson to let him take some candies.
  "So, little dude, how was your first day at school?" - Frank asks.
  Sam gets near to his uncle and whispers on his ear; when he does that, it means he would swear.
  "Gosh, Samson!" - Frank says laughing. - "You had a terrible day? Is school that boring to you?"
  "Other kids are such suckers, and very emotional." - Sam tells his uncle. - "I don't think they will ever like me there, you know?"
  "Oh, really? They are losing, then."
  "I am a cool person, right? I make you laugh and I can make your day better anytime you need, isn't it?" - Sam asks directly to his uncle.
  "Well... yes. You're a cool dude, Samson. I like the way you think, ya see?" - Frank answers his nephew smiling to him, but a little confused why Sam asked him that.
  "That's enough to me. You're the only person I want to see happy, uncle Frank."
  Frank smiles genuinely to his nephew... in fact, he didn't know how to react. He never thought a kid could say that to him.
  "Damn, what a cliche thing to say, huh." - Frank says laughing, still admired by what Sam said though. - "You deserve to be happy as well, little dude. I mean, I'm sure you feel happier with me than with your parents."
  "Don't care about my parents, I hope they di-"
  "WO-HO, THAT'S TOO MUCH!!!" - Frank shuts his nephew's mouth, surprised. - "Wow, you really can say sweet things in a time, and in the other you're insulting people."
  "Do you like when I do that?" - Sam laughs.
  "Ah, I can't lie... I like it; it makes me laugh."
  The evening flies by them, it was already time for Samson to go to sleep. So, he gets ready to sleep, while his uncle spends some more minutes or hours awake.
  With this day, Sam just concludes that he won't get that near to other kids; he thinks it is better for him to be alone until someone comes up to him and starts to talk in a friendly way. Even though Sam probably will be really bored by the fact he is alone, maybe he can get easily focused on studying. And with that, he will get good grades, making his uncle proud. At least, Sam hopes he can be a good student, since he can't be a good colleague.
  The week has passed, and has expected, Samson didn't get near to the kids, letting everyone have their own fun. Nobody got uncomfortable. And by now, Sam is paying attention to everything he is learning.
  During the weekend, Frank came to Samson and decided to give him a fun activity:
  "Listen, kid, would you like to know where does these delicious candies come from?"
  "It says in the bag, uncle Frank. Candy Club."
  "And would you like to go to Candy Club?" - Frank asks.
  Sam gets excited and imagines how the candy store would look like. He jumps with a lot of joy and goes to the front door of the house, wanting to leave already.
  "Let's go, uncle Frank!" - he says.
  "Alright, little dude."
  Frank and Samson leave the house and get inside the van. Before Frank starts to drive, he leans to Sam and tells him one more thing:
  "I will teach how to buy the candy, so you can do that anytime you want." - he says. - "Oh, but you can do that only one time per day! I don't want you to exaggerate this freedom I am about to give you."
  "No worries, I will follow your rules!" - Sam says while laughing, even though he wasn't really promising that.
  Frank drives to the Candy Club. Once they arrived, he let Samson look at everything in the store, making a gesture to him, meaning that he should not steal anything. Sam is so admired, so many candies at the same place... a candy store is so much cooler than what he thought. He thinks he has already seen everything in the store, so he goes back near to his uncle who was near the balcony.

  "Now, pay attention to what I will say." - Frank tells his nephew, he was about to make an order. - "Five of everything, please."
  *FIVE?! OF EVERYTHING?! THIS MAN'S CRAZY!!! I LIKE THAT!!!* - Samson thinks with his mind blowing up.
  "Weekends are days which you can order five of everything. But during the week, the maximum I'll tolerate is one of everything. Got it?" - Frank asks Sam.
  "Oh, yeah! I won't forget that, then."
  The cashier finally finishes getting five of all the candies in the store and goes back to Frank, giving him a big bag with the name of the store on it.
  Frank makes a gesture to Sam, in order to tell him to pay attention to the price. And yes... very, very expensive. Sam is quite shocked, but he knew that his uncle had all that money.
  "You are learning maths in school, right? Once you came here and just order one of everything, think of this price, and divide it by five."
  "Oohhh! It seems maths is useful, after all."
  They have their candies, so they go back to the van. Sam eats some candies while Frank drives back home. Sam will never forget about those prices and the amount of delicious candies he just saw, which he will have the opportunity to eat. He will surely come back... many, many times.
  "Once you get a little older, you can buy anything you want on the store." - Frank says. - "The quantity you want, your favorites candies... that stuff. But you need to pay attention to the prices."
  "I'll be learning that while I keep growing, right?" - Sam asks, to make sure.
  "Yes, that's right. It will be good for you."
  Both arrived home and get inside their house. Sam eats some more candy with his uncle while watching television. Sam is learning a lot, and he is up to get to know about more and more stuff.