Otherwise, you would not have told me that you wouldn't remain silent if your friend comes to harm. I am, after all, your principal. Do you understand...what I'm saying?"Anger flashed in his eyes. Holier than thou, prick, he thought.When he didn't respond verbally, I said, "My man, Greg, might not have your level of skill as a protector, but he knows the difference between right and wrong. He knows he works for a white hat, and he wouldn't work for a black hat. I can't tell you how pleased I am. "Thank you, ma'am,"he said, taking it and starting to walk towards the truck looking at thepeace of plastic, lit up bright in his hands. Than he stopped, so did myheart. He turned around and raised his eyes and his flashlight from thelicense to my scared face. "No way," he said, "really?" I hung my head.He smirked and went back to his truck. After several excruciatingminutes he came out with a clipboard. "I need you to step out of thecar, 'ma'am'," he said, separating the last word.I opened. We are going to stay here for a while.”She was getting jumpy and eyes darting around, obviously withdrawals from, well, who knows. He figured on that, and pulled out a JUUL, handing it to her.“Here, this is better for you than cigarettes, well somewhat better.”She sucked on it after he had set it up, to the lowest setting. He knew she was likely to start taking hits off it like a pacifier, which turned out to be true. For a moment, he wondered if he should have gotten her a pacifier to suck on.. Everything fell right back in sync and everyone were catching up with one another. Hot sordid summer gossips were exchanged, girls parading in their new clothes, guys scouting out the new female students, the school was alive again after being void of teenage presence the entire summer. Shaunny had helped Shane with enrolment and getting the elective classes he’d wanted earlier that morning. The only class that they were sharing is English Literature and their lunch period. She was relieved.