I had no idea as to the punishment I may receive, but I had reckoned on at least being suspended from school along with a lengthy grounding from my parents. And as I sat in the principal’s office being questioned by Mr. Williams (the man in the beige suit) a sick feeling began to turn my stomach as I wondered if Keri or Mrs. Perez were truly hurt. Mrs. Perez had looked somewhat better when I’d left the gymnasium, but who knows just how injured she really was. Keri though, I had figured that I’d at least broken her nose, and possibly even given her a concussion. I dreaded the thought of Keri's parents or Mrs. Perez suing my mama and step daddy for damages. That would’ve surely meant the end of our days of living on high cotton, and my mama and step daddy didn't deserve that. …show more content…
I had received a three days suspension. Mrs. Perez had told the principal her account of what happened. At least, her account of what she could remember having happened. And, to my surprise, a couple of the other girls in the class had actually told the truth backing up mine and Mrs. Perez's statements that Hallie Dune had started it all by taking a cheap shot at me. Later that day when I talked to Katelyn on the phone, she knew right away that something had happened even though she hadn’t yet heard any rumors of it spreading throughout the school so far. I had figured that was on account of the fight taking place in the last ten minutes of the school day. Katelyn went on telling me that when she had seen the sudden storm erupt from out of nowhere, materializing from what had been a fairly decent afternoon, she knew right away that something was up with me. I really couldn’t deny her hypothesis any longer that I had something to do with the sudden storm this time. It was really beginning to seem like wild weather was following my mood swings like a dark