She told the Headmaster what she witnessed and they were summoned to his study. It did not take them long after a temporary denial to realise the game...was up. Mr James told them he would be caning Mike and called the girls' head, Miss Michaels to deal with Melissa. He added that only their unblemished record saved them from expulsion as he was disgusted at their behaviour.He explained he thought seeing each other punished would emphasise that breaking rules would always have severe. "He spent a whole day telling my college boyfriend how crazy our father was, talked about his gun collection and crap." Sharon said with mock anger."Its true, I have a large collection of guns, and half of them have killed before, I shall not tell a lie." I said.Jennifer is giggling at that."Sure honest Abe." Sharon says."He wasn't that honest." I say.Sharon stands nods to me and shakes Jennifers hand."I have reports to do, Ill leave you two kids alone now, its been a pleasure, if the old man. We won, even, but better than that -- as I reported to my dorm-mates -- we hugged.Football was a different story, homecoming against Wabash. We didn’t have a chance, but we didn’t care, as we’re about education, not tackles. Autumn skies, autumn foliage. The marching band. Couples toting blankets. Arthur and I didn’t bring a blanket, of course, but our hands, his left and my right, brushed as we entered the stadium.It was the long pass -- a Hail Mary, Arthur called it -- that got us Battling. His master had been wise to pick Roquan D'ronstaq. He represented the best of the Overlord system, even as flawed as it was.But now those plans were threatened. It had never been expected that Roquan would do such a trade. Jollis had no doubt that Roquan's hand was forced somehow. It mattered not how it happened, however. The fact remained that it did, and it was not good.It was not good at all.The next moment, Jollis realized how far he had nearly come to failing. What he had witnessed had.