"Stupid old professor, he gave me another 'F'. That old bag full of wind needs to go and deflate."
"Yeah, we should teach him a lesson."
"How about we meet here at 10 tonight?"
"Ok, what are we gonna do?"
"Don't worry about that now, just bring a bucket and a bar of soap with you."
Hesitantly he replied, "ok."

And so they sat through the rest of the classes that day and went back to their rooms after lunch. Johnny sat in his chair all afternoon with a devilish grin on his face. Ethan was worried that Johnny had gone overboard. By the time it came for dinner the boys washed up and went down to the mess hall. As they walked down the stairs Ethan couldn't help but watch Johnny and notice how distant he seemed. Johnny just kept walking staring in front of him.

When they reached the bottom of the stairs and began to walk down the hallway, Johnny suddenly stopped in front of the trophy case. Ethan didn't realize he had stopped until he was about to turn the corner and noticed Johnny was all the way back there.

Ethan yelled down the hall to Johnny, "Hey, are you coming to dinner or what?" Johnny turned his head to the side and shot an evil glance at Ethan. Then his face went blank again and he caught up to Ethan.

After dinner they went back to their room and sat until 8 PM. Johnny paced for most of the evening then suddenly said to Ethan, "I'm going now are you coming with me or are you going to meet me there later?"

"I'll just wait."
"Have it your way, you better show up."

Johnny quickly climbed out the window. This really confused Ethan, but it also scared him a bit too. Soap and a bucket? What was he going to do? Wash the blackboard? Of course not, but what kind of sinister plan did he bake up?

9:30 rolled around. Ethan was starting to feel jittery. It was now 9:45, if he didn't hurry he wouldn't be there on time. He didn't want to make Johnny angry, but he was scared of him as well as the thought of getting caught.

10:00 PM. Ethan couldn't stand it, but he couldn't go. He was afraid, but he figured maybe he could get around the whole thing if he went to sleep. Ethan didn't bother to go shower up that evening. Instead he could wake up early and get cleaned up if he needed. He quickly undressed throwing his things in the dresser and got into bed.

He dozed off for a while, but then sometime in the night he woke when he heard something. He squinted his eyes and rubbed them before he fully opened them. The lights were off in the room and he couldn't tell if he was alone or if Johnny was back. Ethan reached out his arm and felt for his watch. Once he got a hold of it he glanced at the time. It was 1:45 AM. Sounds were muffled because he had his blanket covering most of his head, and the other side was on the pillow.

He lifted his head and could hear the sounds of someone crying. Big sobs and gasps for air. This didn't seem good at all.

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