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The was sitting at the table eating his lunch when his parents asked Theo what he had learned from the fight. Theo told his mom that there was nothing that he could of done about it and when Griff jumped on he felt like he had to. Theo's mother was a little upset by this but suddenly they were interrupted. Elsa walks in and told then that the police would like to talk to Theo and his parents. The detectives asked Theo to explain the baseball cap that was stolen from his locker before the break in at Big Mac's happened. He told them that it was navy blue with a red bill and a Twins logo in the middle. It was also made by Nike. he told the detectives that his initials T.B. were written on the inside. All of the sudden the detectives took the cap out of the plastic bag and slid it across the table. They explained that it had been found underneath the table when they were sweeping at Big Mac's. The police said that when the thief was stealing the electronics, they quickly scrambled out of there losing their hat. When this happened Theo just stared at it and didn't know what to think. He wanted to cry. Sarcastically, the police asked him to try to worm himself out of this one. Theo's dad jumped in saying that the thief must have been very clever.

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Theo heard his door knock and it was Elsa. She had come to ask Theo what had happened and tell him that she was sorry.She came in and she was all teary eyed. Theo was almost annoyed by this. He told her that it was his fault that he broke the rules and he just wanted her to leave. Once she left, a few min later, Mr. Boone's secretary came down for the same reason. Theo was again annoyed. He had to explain again that it didn't matter who was at fault. He broke the rules and was simple as that. His phone buzzed and it was April. She had heard what happened and she was asking if he was okay. He told her he was fine. She asked if there was any blood or if he had a busted lip. He said that there was even tho there wasn't. He wanted to make the story a little more interesting if everyone was going to talk about it. he had another knock on his door. It was Vince. Vince was one of Mrs. Boone's clients for a long time now. Theo knew him pretty well. Unlike the two girls, Vince came in smiling and he seemed almost porud of him. He said "way to go Theo! Did you pop him one?" He told Theo that one suspension was nothing to worry about as long as he didn't make it a habit. Vince told Theo about a fight he had been in, in high school and how he was suspended for a week. Unlike the girls visits, Theo was glad that he had came in. Theo told Vince about how he was nervous that his mother would yell at him. Vince comforted him and told him that he knew his mother very well and she would not yell.

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Theo's dad picked him up from school that day. They didn't even bother to pick up his bike. His father said they would get it later. for several blocks its was complete silence. Finally Mr. Boone asked what had happened. Theo told him ever little detail. Second by second what had happened. When Theo finished his dad said that, those were the rules and he broke them. Theo explained that he knew that but at the time he had no choice. Surprisingly, Theo's father responded with "that's the way i see it too." Theo went to his office and sat in the dark. He knew his mother would be getting out of court soon and he was not the least bit excited about it. He knew his mother would be so upset and she wouldn't believe that her son got suspended from school. Theo was a little embarrassed himself but he was also worried that his parents would be more embarrassed than he was. On the other hand, Theo took pride in the fact that he had helped one of the toughest guys in school, fight someone making fun of Theo and he couldn't help but smile.

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Just a few moments after Baxter said that, a fight broke out. No one messes with Woody, he has 2 older brothers who were both on the wrestling team. Woody was often used as the dummy. When Baxter was calling Theo names, Woody quickly responded with "shut up!" They started to fight and Baxter, being the tough guy that he was, didn't back down. Baxter's sidekick was Griff. Griff was a tiny boy who wasn't very strong. He joined the fight. Theo hated to see Woody fighting all becuase of Theo. Theo knew the punishment but decided to jump in on the fight anyway. Mr. Mount broke it up and sent them to the office. When they got there they were sitting in the office and the principal hadn't got there yet. Mr. Mount was a teenage boy once so he kind of understood. The punishment for fighting was not good. It usually ended up in suspension, and a file on your record saying you were fighting. The principal came in and was not happy. The boys had agreed to not say anything or throw anybody under the buss. She asked the boys what had happened. They said nothing. She asked who had started it. Nothing was said from the boys. She told them if no one was to fess up they would all be getting into trouble. She asked if Baxter had said something offensive to Theo which made Woody react by starting a fight and Griff and Theo just joined in. That was 100% correct but none of the boys said a thing. She then decided to take the boys one by one and ask them individually, in hope someone would crack under pressure. If anyone was to give in it would be Griff. Theo was the first in and told her nothing. She asked again if Baxter had said something offensive and Woody was defending Theo but Theo refused to tell her anything. The principal asked all the boys the same thing, but surprisingly no one gave her any information. She brought them all back in together and she suspended them akll, and the fight would go onto their school record forever. Theo hadf no idea what he was going to tell his parents.

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At dinner, Theo's father asked him many questions about who it could possibly be that is out to get Theo. Theo's father narrowed it down to a student, a boy student. They tried to think of people who have ever been mad at Theo for anything but they couldn't think of anyone, Theo was a pretty nice kid. Theo woke up the next morning, he had a crazy nightmare. He was telling his mother how he had ran away and he had met Pete Duffey and he told him to get in the car, the police were chasing after them. They got to the bridge and Pete jumped. Theo was getting guns pointed at him and finally he jumped. As he was flying through the air, he woke up, scarred. His mother told him it was nothing to be scared about. When Theo went to school, kids were looking at him funny, calling him names. April was there to defend him, but the kids still thought it was funnt to call names and make fun of him. The group of seventh graders came in and Baxter, the cocky leader of the gang, gave Theo a new nickname, Theo the thief. Woody, Theo's best friend, Hear this and was not very happy.

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            Theo Finished diner quick and ran upstairs to check his email. His mother didn't know what was going on and his father was still in his own world. Theo opened the email and it was a picture of him and his parents and Ike walking out of the police station. The read the caption is disbelief. He was not arrested and he was not going to court! He yelled to his parents. His parents were shocked. The picture was sent from Gashmail. Theo's parents asked him what Gashmail was and he explained that it was a sketchy site where anonymous emails are started. Theo told his parents that everyone has probably seen it and someone is really out to get him. His dad tired to calm him down as he was sitting at the counter rubbing his temples. His dad told him that this can be explained and that he can tell all of his friends that he wasn't arrested and that he did not need to go to court. Theo got really upset and explained to his dad that is was easy to say because he wasn't the one having to face all the kids at school that now thought that he was guilty.

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             There was a photo going around that everyone had seen. The picture was of Theo, Ike, and Mr. and Mrs. Boone coming out of the Police station, all with sad and down faces. The caption of this photo said "Theo Boone age 13 leaves the police station with his parents after being arrested Tuesday night break in at the well known computer store. he is to appear in Juvenile court next week." Theo and his family did not know about this yet. As always on Wednesdays they ordered Chinese food. They were sitting on the couch watching TV. Theo was thinking about how these last few weeks have been going and how it could not get any worse. Mrs. Boone was not eating that much and Mr. Boone was just in his own world.
             Theo then got a text from April telling him to check his email ASAP.