After hearing these words, Arturo picks up his things and leaves.
At night, Arturo, with the aim of not letting his parents find out what happened at school, decides to take his uniform to a dry cleaner near his father's.
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At the dry cleaner:
-Shopkeeper (looks at the uniform surprised) (asks): Hey young man, how did you leave your uniform like that?
-Arturo: Don't ask me about that! Better tell me if it can be fixed or not?
-Shopkeeper: Yes it can, but I'll charge you 40 dollars!
-Arturo (surprised): 40 dollars! Come on sir! I know the business, it's not just a simple uniform!
-Shopkeeper: I understand you! But do you understand my point? This uniform is seriously dirty and on top of that you want fast service! If you don't like it, you can go to Family Dry Cleaners! (Arturo's father's dry cleaners) It's on the corner!
-Arturo: No! Okay! I'll accept the offer, (Arturo pays)
Later at his house, his father irons his uniform as always, while he eats,
-Arturo says to his father: Come on dad, you don't have to do that every night!
-Father (Fernando): I do it with pleasure, so even if my arms fall off I'll keep doing it, that way I feel like I'm helping you, my son!
-Arturo: Did you know you were very stubborn? It's okay dad, I love you! (Arturo hugs his father and goes to sleep)The next day we go back to school!
Arturo goes very happy to the pool to practice in the mornings as always. But when he gets there he finds a pool full of trash, and he thinks very furiously: C4!
We change the scene and Emma is laughing.
-Elena (asks): What's wrong Emma, why are you laughing?
-Emma (in her own world says): Did he like my surprise?
Change of scene again.
Arturo is inside the pool collecting trash, it's exhausting, but he is determined, he loves that pool and he is outraged by what they have done to it?
Later Arturo has cleaned the whole pool, he finishes changing but the atrocities of bullying do not stop so easily!
There is already company waiting outside:
Emma had sent three boys to scare Arturo.
When Arturo comes out from changing, these three boys grab him and start hitting him (they were obviously disobeying Emma)
-Arturo shouts: (help)
At that moment Camila appears and tells them: -Stop!
The boys see Camila and get scared, they run away.-Arturo (can only say one thing): Thanks!
Camila holds out her hand to Arturo to lift him up and says: The recipe!
Arturo reacts: Hey!
Camila: The pancake recipe was wrong, I made them like you said but they didn't turn out right.
Arturo: Maybe I didn't add the baking powder, it makes them rise.
Camila: Oh right! I didn't put that in! Goodbye! I hope you're okay! I have to go now! Bye!
Camila calls Emma and says: Do you remember the boys you sent to scare Arturo? Not only did they scare him but they beat him up a lot! If I hadn't arrived in time it might have been serious! Basically, they disobeyed you!
Emma: Hangs up the call and smashes her phone on the floor.
Later Emma is with the boys who were only supposed to scare Arturo.
She yells at them: Who told you to hit him? I just said that you scared him, so he'll kneel before me and apologize!
Boy 1: We're sorry Miss Emma, we thought you should get what you deserve for defying her!
Emma (angry): And who decided that? You disobeyed me! And I can't stand people who can't follow orders!
Angrily Emma hits one of the boys until he knocks him down and tells the others: Take him away! Get out of my sight!
Back to Arturo, recovering from his injuries in the pool.
Arturo is very angry, he hasn't hurt anyone! He decides to do something to put Emma in her place for what he thinks she did.
Arturo gathers all the trash he took out of the pool, puts it in bags and puts them on his back!
Meanwhile at the usual C4 spot, Camila scolds Emma for what happened with Arturo
Camila: Emma, how could you do that? You know that the boys are crazy about you, they are even capable of hurting others. Don't you remember what happened with that boy at the beginning of the course? If it weren't for Arturo himself, that boy would have died. Don't you understand? You should stop giving blue cards to anyone who challenges you! I know you don't want to seem weak, especially in front of your mother, but if you keep giving them blue cards, someday a disaster will happen!Emma: I'm sorry Camila and the truth is that you're right, I do things out of fear of my mother! You know I don't want to seem weak in front of her? I'm hurting others and I don't like it! But you're right! I'll ask Arturo for forgiveness for what he's been through!
At that moment Arturo arrives shouting: Where are you Emma Collins?
The four quickly gather in a corner, Emma surprised but having learned Camila's lesson decides to say:
Emma: Arturo, you've arrived at a good time! Camila told me what happened and I wanted to ask for your forgiveness, those boys disobeyed me but I've already taken care of them!
Arturo: Do you really think I would believe someone like you? Since the first day I got here, I've put up with everyone's humiliation! They say I don't belong here and it's the truth but I've put up with everything! And you know why? Because of my family! It's because of them that I've put up with everything! But I can't take it anymore, my patience has reached its limit!
Arturo takes the blue card from his pocket and rips it in Emma's face, leaving her shocked.
He takes the garbage bags and rips them all over the room and says to Emma: This is the end! I will not put up with any more humiliation from someone who doesn't know what it is to fight for something, from someone who is capable of putting themselves in other people's shoes!
After saying this Arturo leaves the C4 room leaving Emma shocked. (end of chapter 3)
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Blooming Youth
Teen FictionThis is Juvetud Floreciente , english version A boy for random things of life get into the best High School in New York where he meets the C4 the most richest girl of the country and from that a lot of drama and romance happen