Blooming Youth

School Disaster

Going back to the previous, this boy appears before Arturo and asks him to try his food. This boy introduces himself as Mateo Cavendish, Arturo gives him his food and the boy invites him to spend the classes sitting next to him, Arturo accepts and they spend the whole afternoon talking and they become friends.In the afternoon Arturo is telling his best friend Gabriel what the boy he met at school is like and describes him as someone kind who doesn't look like any other student, he likes homemade food... etc. ..... then the owner of the restaurant appears and says to Arturo:-Kelia: you have to be careful Arturo, you can't forget that appearances are not always true and more so in that school.-Arturo: Don't worry boss, I know how to take care of myself, but thanks for worrying.The next day, Arturo is shown swimming in the pool, one of the reasons why he goes to school. When he leaves, his new friend Mateo gives him his hand to help him out of the pool and says:-Mateo: You're trying really hard today!-Arturo (happy) says: Well, the pool is one of the reasons why I'm not leaving this school.-Mateo asks him: What's another one?-Arturo with a smile answers: My good friend Mateo.Later at school, the crowd shouts: It's the C4.Suddenly, many students gather together, all excited by the entrance of the C4.When they enter, they stop. Emma sees a boy who intrigues her and asks: Is that a new shirt?The boy, all excited by the fact that she noticed him, answers with great happiness: Yes!-Emma, ​​very indifferent, asks Layla: Did you have juice left from lunch?-Layla: Yes, but it's very little.-Emma: It'll be enough!Emma takes Layla's juice bottle and spills it on the boy's shirt and leaves.Arturo is very indignant with everything that happenedWhen the C4 cross paths with him this happens:The four of them are walking towards the stairs Arturo is in the middle and-Emma asks him: You! Do you have something to say?(Camila was excited, she thought Arturo was going to put Emma in her place)-Arturo says: I have so many things to say, do you think that because you have money you have the right to humiliate everyone? Do you think you are the queen of the world? You are nothing if you are not able to put yourself in the place of others, you are a demon!But if only reality were like that, all this only happens in Arturo's headWhat really happened:-Emma asks: Do you have something to say?-Arturo: No! Miss!The C4 leave and Camila stops for a moment next to him, laughs a little and leaves without saying a word. Arturo stays lamenting for being a coward.Later at work he tells what happened to his friend Gabriel and he, feeling helpless for having to see the situation his friend is in, decides to cheer him up by saying:-Gabriel: Is that really you? Where is the Arturo who has defended me all my life? The one who stood up for me at school! The one who looked after the weak! Where is my best friend? The one who doesn't give up on anything or anyone!Arturo is inspired, because it is true that he cannot sit idly by in the face of the injustices of that school.The next day, Arturo and Mateo are walking while eating ice cream. Mateo climbs onto a small wall but accidentally slips and his ice cream falls on Emma's new shoes. When the C4s were passing by, Arturo wants to see what's happening. Emma was very angry, and Mateo, so sorry and cowardly, tries to say: I'm sorry. -Angrily, Emma says: If you're really sorry, lick my shoes.Arturo, tired of the others being mistreated, interrupts Emma saying:-Arturo: Why don't you just clean them up?-Emma (doesn't react very well): What did you just say? You dare to talk to me like that?-Arturo: You heard very well what I said! That's enough! He's sorry! Besides, it was just an accident!-Emma: Ohh, I understand! But tell me better: Why do you defend him? Do you even know who he is?-Arturo: Yes! He's my friend!!-Emma: Ahh! I understand! If he's your friend and you want me to leave him alone! Then clean them up yourself, come on! Do you even know how expensive they are to be dirty like that?Arturo, with the ice cream in his hand, bends down ready to take responsibility for his friend, but then he thinks: (this is a total injustice and I will not allow it!)Arturo gets up and hits Emma in the face with the ice cream, she falls to the ground, he throws money at her and says:-Arturo: This is what they will charge you at any dry cleaner!! And if they don't remove the stain, go to my family's and we will remove it for free!! (he hits her forehead with a coupon and he and Mateo run away)Camila and Layla can't stop laughing, while Elena helps her clean herself.-Mateo tells Arturo: that was very brave and I thank you for defending me but you shouldn't have done it, now you will pay the consequences because of me.-Arturo (acts brave): It doesn't matter! I've faced a lot and I've never given up! Some hot girls aren't going to make me give up!Meanwhile in the C4 room Emma is angry breaking everything and Emma says: How dare that idiot? Doesn't he know who he's messed with? I'm going to think of the perfect revenge!-Then Elena says: Why go crazy thinking, just do the same as always.The next morning when Arturo opens his locker he finds a blue card with the C4 logoA student shouts in the middle of the hallway: The new student has received the blue card.Everyone starts to look!!Arturo (confused and angry): He goes to the stairs, once there, and assuming that he doesn't care about the card decides to go to class again.Upon entering the classroom he goes to his desk, only to discover that his chair had disappeared, and his books were destroyed, on the floor there was one of his books in good condition, when he bent down to pick it up, this book began to move, (very confident) he began to follow his book. While he followed the book he arrived at a hallway in the school, once there he saw his chair all drawn and torn, suddenly a bunch of students gathered and he yelled at them:-Arturo: IS THIS ALL YOU HAVE? BREAKING A TABLE!Suddenly the students began to throw eggs at his hair, uniform, and feet.Arturo convinced in his head that he should not give up despite anything, continued yelling-Arturo: IS THAT ALL?Some students throw a bucket of flour at him from a staircase. At that moment, Arturo sees the crowd and can see a sad face among them. It was Mateo. Arturo can see him leaving the room and that makes him sad.The bell rings and everyone returns to the classroom, leaving poor Arturo covered in flour and eggs.Arturo goes to the stairs. That place has become his private place. Once there, he starts to shout: -You're all idiots! (he lowers his voice a little and says) How much flour is there here? How many eggs are there here? With all this, I could make pancakes for a month.A voice interrupts his complaints saying: -Do you know how to make pancakes?Arturo looks back and can see Camila, in the same place as always.-Camila sees him and says: You look pathetic! (she takes a handkerchief out of her pocket and begins to wipe her face)-Arturo: Thank you!-Camila: Consider it an exchange, I repeat my previous question: You! Do you know how to make pancakes?-Arturo: It's easy, my mother taught me when I was a child! The mixture doesn't have an exact order but I do it like this! :-First: Put two cups of flour!-Second: Break 2 eggs on the flour!-Next: 2 cups of sugar,-And finally a pinch of saltThe flavor is optional but I recommend vanilla!And then mix until there are no lumps!-Camila: Thanks! By the way, I won't be coming back! It's not peaceful here anymore!When Camila leaves, Arturo looks down the stairs and sees a magazine that says on the cover: Tom Smith teaches us how to make pancakes.In the afternoon, Arturo goes to the living room to pick up his backpack, finds his table in its place, cleans it, sits down, grabs a stuffed animal that was on a gym suit, touches his arm and an audio plays, he can hear Mateo's voice saying.-Audio: Arturo, I'm sorry to be such a coward, I'm not proud that the only thing I can do for you is this.With these words, chapter two ends.