Mr.P's Challenge 13

129. How did you get caught? (Or not caught, as the case may be. (U of Chicago)

I study at Woodstock School which is located in Mussoorie, India. My school is somewhere in the mountains. The view is breathtaking from the ramp, which leads to the high school building, especially at night.  When I was in middle school, which seems like yesterday as my friends and I have not changed a bit since then, I used to live in a round building called Alteridge.  It was here that all the 6^th 7^th and 8^th graders stayed.

In Alteridge we weren’t allowed to keep tuck with us in our rooms. The only time we got tuck was on the weekends. One weekend my friends and I decided to have a sleep over in my room. We wanted to stay up late and talk, so we decided to keep tuck with us in the room. We were allowed to take out two tuck items and one drink from the tuck cupboard, and there were six of us, so we had plenty of junk food for the night.

Everything was going nice and smooth. We were talking, eating and having fun. Until one of my friends cracked one of the funniest jokes I have ever heard. When we heard the joke, all of us burst into laughter. When I say burst I mean it literally, because one of my friends had soda in her mouth which came bursting out when she heard that joke. When six girls hear something funny, trust me, someone will hear. The worst part was that it was after lights out, so everyone else in the dorm was quiet, except us. So our dorm parent, Mrs. Watanabe, came into our room. We tried really hard to not laugh so loudly, but it obviously didn’t work. She caught us with the tuck red handed. When she came in we were still laughing. She didn’t seem mad because she already suspected us of having tuck with us in the room. We were caught and it was too late to do anything about it, or so we thought.

Mrs. Watanabe confiscated all our tuck. One of my friends was a dorm council member at the time. While she was laughing she quickly ran and gave Mrs. Watanabe a hug. She refused to let go until, Mrs. Watanabe said it was okay and forgave us. So the midnight party that we had planned was over after the tuck was gone, hence we all fell asleep. Now when my friends and I think about this humorous experience we always laugh about it. We haven’t changed at all according to me. We still do really stupid childish things. Now we are allowed to keep tuck with us in our rooms, however, I miss the times when we weren’t.