Rumor Mill

Everyone kept pushing Mickey around one Recess. His friends were sick of him being a pushover, but Mickey was “used to stuff like this by now.”

The next day, Mickey said he “slept like a baby.” When he passed the swings, Dill was scared of him for some reason and offered him his swing, when the previous day, he has snatched it from him. The rest of the gang were confused by this, so Dill told them he heard a rumour that at school the day before, some girl knocked crisps out of Mickey’s hands, so Mickey pushed the girl into the boy’s bathroom, which took Mickey by surprise. Dill said he heard it from Rachel, so the gang went to confront her, despite Mickey’s protests that he wasn’t bothered by rumours. Rachel said that Digger Jade told her that morning, so they confronted HER and they ended up confronting SO MANY kids that they lost count.

Eventually, they reached Jobey, who told them it was a legend and that he heard it from “the big guy,” meaning Principal Prickly. They approached Brinklow, who showed them a copy of his newspaper called the Brinklow Up, with the headline saying “MT: Mick Erupts” and that he heard it from Rachel, even though she had previously said that Digger Jade told her that morning. Rachel told them that some stranger on the phone, but Vance and C.J. didn’t believe her and attempted to throw her in the boy’s bathroom, but Mickey spared her that fate. Mickey confessed HE was the one who started the rumour because he was tired of people pushing him around. His friends suggested that he stick up for himself instead, then they set off to play kickball, but Mickey sticks up for himself for the first time by saying he prefers to dance. “Hey, you gotta respect the guy.”

The End.