Author – Christian
My younger brother was a shit, always getting into trouble especially at school. He’d lost his door key and with our parents working late I had to ensure I was home to let him in but I wanted to go to my girlfriends house.
I messaged him telling him to go straight home but he replied saying he had detention and would be late home. I decided to give him my key after school so I hurried along the corridor to catch him before his detention but he had already entered along with his mates. I entered the room and noticed shoes on the floor by the door, I looked at my brother, he and everyone else in detention where sat at desks in their socked feet. I grinned at my brother, finally he was getting punished, something that never happened at home, our parents were far too soft. I found it funny that the teacher had confiscated his shoes too. He looked embarrassed to see me, he sensed my delight at seeing him in detention especially being shoeless. Unfortunately the teacher sensed it too as I approached his desk.
The teacher assumed at first I was there for detention too and told me to take off my shoes. I laughed telling him I wasn’t here for detention but to give my brother my house key. The teacher didn’t take kindly to my laughing or my delight at seeing those in detention especially my brother being punished.
“You find it amusing?”, asked the teacher.
I nervously laughed as I said no, this annoyed the teacher further.
“I don’t like your attitude” he said telling me I won’t need to have to give my brother my key as he could leave with me after detention. I again explained I am not here for detention but he said I now was for being disrespectful. My brother and his mates laughed as the teacher ordered me to remove my shoes. They stopped laughing when the teacher gave them another detention the next day.
“Take off your shoes” he demanded again telling me to obey or I’ll get get detention all week for disobeying.
“But Sir” I pleaded as I looked down at my feet. I became embarrassed as I reluctantly unlaced my shoes before taking them off in front of the class. I could see my brother smirking as I placed my shoes next to his.
I sat down and put my head in my hands as I felt the wood floor with my socked feet. I had always strived to do things right unlike my brother and here I was in the same detention class with my shoes confiscated.