Confession Tuesday: Hot Chili Pepper


I hold the tiny red pepper in my hand, wondering if I should really eat it, if I would be foolish enough to actually eat it. I walk into Mrs. Shibutas class (yeah, yeah I know she is called Mrs. Ghough now), and I notice there is a substitute. Then I knew this was my best chance, without thinking twice I eat the pepper…
This nasty flavor pervaded my mouth as I bit into it. Then suddenly my tongue started to burn (not literally), and I start to run around the room with my tongue out. I look and see Mrs. Sanchez laughing (she was our substitute for that day).
“You know mint helps, take the spice out.” Brandon tells me, as I am grabbing I chug down the juice that I was saving for lunch.
“Well, do you have any?” I ask.
“No I don’t sorry.”
“Mrs. Sanchez may I go drink some water please.” I say with urgency. I know water doesn’t work it just spreads it more, but whatever; it is the only thing I got right now. I head back into the class still feeling my tongue burn. I knew I should have not eaten that chili, I never was spicy resistant. I did my best trying to resist as much of the spice as I could, because class had started. I sit down on my chair, waiting for the spiciness to pass. As time passed the less hot it got, till finally I felt that it wasn’t hot anymore.
The day passed like if it were any other day, and lunch time came it seemed like Mikkel had gave the chili to other people (11 others to be exact), in the past two days. Then when we get back to class (after P.E) they call me down to the office. The first thing that crossed my mind was, oh no what did I do or what was I blamed for? I slowly out of the class and I can hear people going “uuuuuuuu somebody is in trouble,” or “BUSTED!”Which seemed to be something we always did when we were in 6th grade; I walk down the stairs from the third floor, I pass the second floor, and I pass the first floor, and walk pass Mrs. Scott, into Mrs. Sosa’s office. When I get inside I look around and I see: Nicholas, Daimen, Alan, Miguel, Juan Diego, Mathiue, Mikkel, and three other people I don’t remember right now. Then Mrs. Sosa starts to talk, and when Mrs. Sosa was done we were dismissed.
When I head back to class I think about how she found out we ate the chili. Then Nicholas comes and tells me that Alan touched his eyes after he ate the pepper, and had to go to the nurse. Then I noticed that there were 12 of us, who ate it, but only 10 were in Mrs. Sosa’s office, and I suddenly recall that, Giovanni, and Prashan ate the pepper too, but didn’t get caught.