Lulu and Me

Chapter 4

Sun Sun: Lulu, it sucks to get up early. You know I can be upbeat and energetic any day of the week except Mondays. Why does the first day of the week have to be P.E.?

Lulu: Sol, I know that in advance, but maybe today will be different and you'll have fun. It's only two hours and not three like the ninth through eleventh graders, who, yes, have a harder time and more demanding workload from the teachers.

Lulu: Why don't we make a bet? If today the teacher gives a new free choice activity that the students can do, we'll escape during recess from this timeline to any place you want, how about it?

Sol: Sounds tempting, but if it's the opposite, you'll do my homework for a week while I use my imagination to create my inventions without you interrupting me for my schoolwork, deal, Lulu? Lulu: Deal...

Mom: Sol, hurry up. I have to take you to school, it's already 6:30. If you go alone, they won't let you in without your guardian accompanying you. Mom's voice could be heard in the living room, while Sol was finishing getting ready.

Sol: I'm coming, Mom (She was talking to her mother while she was combing her curls. Yes, Sol is curly and her curls were down to her waist).

Sol: Well, you know. If you're going to tell me something, use your neural communicator, don't talk like we already know.

Lulu: I know, just bark. I don't understand how the school lets dogs into the institution?

Sol: Well, I never told you, but it was because my parents talked to the directors and told them that you were more than an ordinary dog, like a helper for me, because I had health problems and needed full-time canine companionship. I remember how the conversation went at that meeting. At first it seemed unusual to them, but with the tests they did on me since I was 8 years old, they ended up confirming it. The best thing is that I stopped getting sick two years ago; I am now 13 years old and, well, it is no longer necessary to bring you, but I think it is more out of habit. And I remind you that you also have admirers at school; they love to pet you and play with you at recess, Lulu.

Lulu: Aaaa, rightly so! At the end of the school years they used to give me Christmas presents (rubber bones to play with and colorful necklaces).

Mom: Sol, let's go. Sol: Let's go, Lulu (We ran out of my room to the exit door of the house. Mom was already in the car, waiting for me).

The ride in the car...

Mom: How do you feel about what we talked about a while ago, daughter?

Sol: A little calm, hopefully today's class won't be monotonous and boring as usual.

Lulu: Woof, woof, woof (Sol are you starting to accept defeat?).

Sol: (Sol stopped looking forward and turned to look at the back seats of the car to see Lulu as she said in her neural communication). Don't even think about it, Lulu, I will win this bet.

Lulu: Woof (We'll see).

You can feel the car stop on the school platform, on the outside it has a big gate with bars. It is not the only entrance, but it is the one most used by the students, and the structure is surrounded by a lot of vegetation, plants and palm trees where some bats roost.

Sol: Are you sure you won't be late?

Mom: Luckily no, they told us before we left that we would be half an hour late because of repairs to the facilities, so I wasn't as busy as on other days.

Sol: Better, thank you, mom. Have a good day, I love you. Let's go, Lulu.

They get out of the car and the caretaker opens the big gate and lets me in with Lulu.

Sonia: You are late, Sol. Classes started 10 minutes ago.

Sol: I know, Sonia. Question: Have you seen teacher Paulo leave with my grade? We should already be in physical education with him.

Sonia: Eighth grade, right. (She sees the coordinator go from the office to the classrooms and calls her).

Sonia: Professor Alice, have you seen Professor Paulo with the eighth grade students?

Alice: No, but according to the schedule they should be in room 402 on the fourth floor. Miss Sol, what a surprise that I am late, it has never happened before!

Sol: I know, but I will be even later. I have to go, thank you.

Alice: Okay, be careful going up the stairs. Lulu, take care of her (she said looking at the 5 year old dog).

Lulu: Woof (What a funny command, hahaa, I always take care of her 24/7).

If I didn't want to see the subject before, today I'm really going to fail for being late, Sol thought while Lulu just listened to her. She couldn't bark, since they are in class and they are walking in the hallway.

Knock, knock. Sol knocks gently on the door of room 402 to be let in because it was locked....

Hi everyone, I hope you liked it, that's all for today. That's all for today, thanks and good luck!