1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:05,160 Today we got a story time of the school bully going way too far. 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,280 But unlike a lot of times in life, this time the bully gets 3 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:12,120 what's coming for him and the cops get involved. 4 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:16,200 It is so satisfying to see the bully finally get the karma that 5 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:19,160 he deserves. Over 50% of people watching this 6 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:20,880 don't follow. So if you're on YouTube, 7 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:23,240 subscribe and if you're on Spotify, follow the podcast. 8 00:00:23,240 --> 00:00:26,240 And with that being said, let's just jump right into the story 9 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:27,600 anyway. So we're going to call the 10 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:30,760 subscriber who submitted today's story, Zach. 11 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:34,040 So there's been a school bully at Zach's school, and we're 12 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:37,560 going to call him Ben. And Zach and Ben have gone way 13 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:42,080 back, and not a good way. So Ben is just the school bully. 14 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:45,280 He's known by everyone's in a notorious way. 15 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:48,480 Everyone knows him as the kid who's basically that school 16 00:00:48,480 --> 00:00:51,760 bully, and definitely not in a good way at all. 17 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:53,600 Yeah. So sure enough, right? 18 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:57,360 This kid has had a long history of just kind of being a menace 19 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:00,320 to everyone. So him and Zach go back way 20 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:03,120 farm. They're currently right now both 21 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:06,200 in 10th grade. But basically this kid has been 22 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,720 a bully to Zach since they were in the second grade together. 23 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:14,520 Like they go way, way back. I'm going to spare you the 24 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:16,640 details of every single instance. 25 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:20,240 There aren't any like notable specific instances that are 26 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:23,200 worth me really kind of giving two or three minutes to. 27 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:26,520 But it's realized that this kid has been a consistent force for 28 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:31,240 evil, basically, in Zach's life. So there's a third character 29 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,920 that I want to introduce now. So there's a girl in their 30 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:39,360 class, and her name's Maddie. And unfortunately, well, 31 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:45,000 unfortunately for Zach, both Zach and Ben are interested. 32 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:48,120 So this is where things get kind of interesting, right? 33 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:51,160 So they're both fighting over the same girl. 34 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:55,280 And this kid, Ben, has been a bully for a long time. 35 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:58,720 He's just been a bad kid. So that's where we're dropping 36 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:00,280 off. That's where we're kind of 37 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:04,600 starting around. And it all starts on a normal 38 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,760 Thursday night. So on this Thursday night, Zach 39 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:09,440 was over at his buddy James's house. 40 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:11,440 They had known each other for over 10 years, and they were 41 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,440 super, super tight. James knows all about Maddie and 42 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:18,480 he also knows all about Ben too. So anyways, Zach's on the couch, 43 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:19,920 they're chilling, they're hanging out. 44 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:22,680 It's a really good night 'cause as you know, Thursday night has 45 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:25,520 something special about it. It's right before the weekend. 46 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:29,240 And also James is going to throw a party at his house. 47 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:33,160 He had a really big backyard, he had a fire pit, he had a pool. 48 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:36,600 Like it was, it was busting. And also his parents were out 49 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,440 for the weekend and also his parents were low key chill. 50 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:43,160 Even if his parents were there, they'd probably be like, just 51 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,520 don't disturb us and don't get the cops called and we in clean 52 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:48,200 up. And other than that, we do not 53 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:52,200 care, which is kind of sweet. Anyways, so James was throwing 54 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:56,000 an event that, you know, on that Friday, and he was very kind of 55 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,720 LAX with who came, right? Because people would ask if they 56 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:00,280 could bring friends. And he was like, yeah, it's 57 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:01,960 whatever. It's whoever wants to pull up. 58 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:07,600 So James wasn't just throwing it for Zach to have an opportunity 59 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,800 to make a move with Maddie. But it was a really, really good 60 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,720 situation. So Zach and Mattie have been 61 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:15,760 talking to each other for a while at this point. 62 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:17,560 They've been getting pretty close. 63 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:21,320 And it had been weeks and weeks and weeks of that kind of like 64 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,600 making the next move, making the next move, making the next move. 65 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,640 And now they were kind of at a point where they were both like, 66 00:03:27,640 --> 00:03:30,880 really brim into the top of like, something's going to 67 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:33,160 happen. And Zach really wanted a good 68 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:37,040 opportunity to make a move. And James's party was probably 69 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:38,720 going to be the best option for that. 70 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,760 So they're sitting on the couch kind of just talking about that. 71 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:44,200 And that's when James looks over Zach and it's like, yo, dude, 72 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:47,440 like I don't know if like I'm not super strict. 73 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,360 I don't have someone like at the door, quote UN quote. 74 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:52,920 Like, you know how my parties are, People come, people go, 75 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:55,080 they bring friends, It's whatever. 76 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:58,280 You know, the house is locked and like, I don't let people in 77 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,080 there. So I kind of don't care who 78 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,440 comes as much. And which is like, I guess fair 79 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:05,280 enough, because if you're having a house party, which is very 80 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,840 questionable, and you have random people come, yeah, your 81 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,440 stuff is getting stolen, dude. I don't know how else to say it, 82 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:13,960 but since everything was outside, it's like, what are you 83 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:17,120 going to, what are you going to do is steal my grass, steal a 84 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,600 handful of pebbles, take 1 Pebble every party until you 85 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:22,200 have an entire mountain worth of pebbles. 86 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,040 Like, I don't know what your game plan is, bro. 87 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:26,840 But anyways, yeah, James, like, you know, you know how I am, 88 00:04:26,840 --> 00:04:29,680 like, I'm super LAX. I let people come. 89 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:33,880 I let people go so you know that there's a chance Ben might pull 90 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,000 up. Like I'm not explicitly inviting 91 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,800 him, but I know if I like explicitly said you couldn't 92 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:43,440 come that he would probably come and want to make a like start a 93 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:47,080 problem basically. So James and Ben were not cool. 94 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,600 That's definitely like I want to put that as a ground rule. 95 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:51,840 They are not cool. However, they don't have the 96 00:04:51,840 --> 00:04:56,360 same relationship slash history as you know, Zach and Ben. 97 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:58,800 So they weren't cool. They weren't hanging out 98 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:02,160 together, but they also didn't have any beef and they were kind 99 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:05,720 of on like barely friendship, not even friendship. 100 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,680 Like they were acquaintances, like very solid acquaintance 101 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:11,720 level, right. And James didn't really like Ben 102 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:13,960 because of like all the stuff he's done and specifically the 103 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:15,440 stuff he's done to his best friend. 104 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:18,360 But James is also not the confrontational guy. 105 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:20,880 He wasn't the guy to like start beef with people. 106 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:23,840 Zach had no issue with that at all because like he's like, I'm 107 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:26,440 not going to ask you to like get in beef with this kid because 108 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:29,280 this kids crazy. As long as James isn't like his 109 00:05:29,280 --> 00:05:30,680 best friend, then there's no problem. 110 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:34,320 So yeah, James, James is like yo dude, like Ben might come. 111 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:38,080 I just need to have a heads up because at this point, not only 112 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:41,360 just because like Ben might be a problem, like in general, just 113 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:44,480 because Zack and Ben have had a history, but also like word got 114 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:49,040 out that Ben was like in love with this girl Maddie, like in 115 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:52,800 love with her, I guess like secretly for a while, but was 116 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:57,000 obsessed with this girl. So like Ben and Jay, Zach and 117 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:00,200 James kind of both knew that like, you know, when when Zach 118 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:03,200 was going to make his move, which was kind of the plan. 119 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:06,920 If Ben was like watching, like, we don't really know how he's 120 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:10,080 going to react. Like he might just play it cool 121 00:06:10,280 --> 00:06:11,680 and just like chill with his boys. 122 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:14,400 He might freak out. He might start crying. 123 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:16,840 Like, bro, we really don't know how he's going to react. 124 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:18,840 So that's why this would kind of up in the air. 125 00:06:18,840 --> 00:06:20,600 This that's why it was kind of sketchy. 126 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:23,480 Yeah. So sure enough, you know, Zach, 127 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,840 you know, looks at James says, dude, I know like, I'm cool 128 00:06:26,840 --> 00:06:28,960 taking that risk. Like, I don't think he's going 129 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:32,760 to, like try and fight anyone. Like that'd be insane if he 130 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:34,240 does. Like I doubt the number of 131 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:36,920 people there. I I doubt that they would like 132 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:39,720 all back them up or whatever. I also just don't think that's 133 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,400 very likely. I know he's me might he's 134 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:43,680 probably not going to like seeing it. 135 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,880 What I'm hoping is like, I'll get some alone time with Maddie 136 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:48,800 and then like, you know, I can make my move. 137 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:50,800 He can chill. We can all chill. 138 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:53,320 And also, bro, we don't even know if he's coming James like 139 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:54,520 Nah, dude, he definitely is coming. 140 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,560 He's actually OK fine, but we don't know for a fact that like 141 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:00,360 he's going to like see us chatting and James like bro, I 142 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:04,760 got a big backyard but like it's not that big, you know what I'm 143 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:06,200 saying? Like it's not, it's not like 144 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:10,280 there's multiple rooms outside or multiple 1000 acres where you 145 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:14,280 can go into forests and caves. And this is a Minecraft dude. 146 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:16,560 Like people are going to see what's going on. 147 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:20,040 If you're lucky, he's not really going to notice what's up and 148 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:21,760 maybe you 2 sneak away or whatever. 149 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:24,560 Like that's cool with me. Since Zach and James were so 150 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,960 close, Zach's the only guy who's like James would allow in his 151 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:29,600 house. And Zach kind of knows the 152 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,600 secret way. So kind of the plan was that, 153 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:33,800 you know, Zach's going to, you know, makes a move, whatever. 154 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:35,520 And then they would just sneak away into the house for some 155 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:38,480 private time, whatever. And hopefully that point Ben is 156 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:40,880 out of the picture. Sure enough, the next day rolls 157 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,360 around to go to school pretty hyped. 158 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:46,680 You know, Zach's been kind of texting this real Maddie all day 159 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:48,760 and she's like, yeah, like, are you going to James thing 160 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:50,200 tonight? And Zach's like, yeah, of 161 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:52,440 course, 100%. Like, I guess I'll see you 162 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:54,680 there. So anyways, pretty hyped 163 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:57,160 throughout the day. Like, I don't know about you, 164 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,920 but I'm like, if I know that I'm seeing someone I'm interested 165 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:02,720 in, like it just makes the entire day go easier, man. 166 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:05,440 I could have 3 exams that day, would still be a hype day. 167 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:07,600 ANYWAYS. So they're going through a 168 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,640 chilling, you know, by the end of the day, as you know, Zach 169 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:15,160 goes back to his house, tries to freshen up, look all good, 170 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,400 whatever. And that's when he gets a call 171 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,120 from James. He's like, OK, picks up the 172 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:24,600 phone, James. Like, yeah, like, don't ask how 173 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:28,560 I heard this, it's complicated, but all I know is Ben is 174 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:32,440 definitely pulling up and apparently Ben wants to be 175 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:34,240 spitting game with Maddie, you know? 176 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:38,159 And because the thing was like, at this point, Maddie and Zach 177 00:08:38,159 --> 00:08:40,039 basically guaranteed liked each other. 178 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:42,640 Why I say that? It's just like the amount of 179 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:45,160 time they've been spending together, the amount of this, 180 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:48,400 the amount of that, like they like each other bro 100%. 181 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:52,200 It was really like at this point Zach was just looking to seal 182 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,560 the deal. It wasn't like he was trying to 183 00:08:54,560 --> 00:08:57,920 pull a Hail Mary. He was already done at this 184 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:02,000 point. But Ben had been like word got 185 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,880 out that he turned out a thing for Maddie, but he kept it super 186 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:08,440 under wraps. Barely talked to her. 187 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,880 But apparently he was telling all of his boys that at James's 188 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:14,800 party tonight that that was going to change and that he was 189 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:15,880 going to start chatting with her. 190 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:19,800 So Zach's just like a little bit he's got like a little bit of a 191 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:21,640 pin in his stomach because he just knows this is going to be 192 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:24,400 complicated because he can't just like make a move while 193 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:27,400 she's talking with like with Ben like that crazy. 194 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:31,120 But anyways, right, He's like, OK, fine, whatever. 195 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:33,520 I'm not going to let this mess with me too hard. 196 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:37,400 Anyways, so we get the night goes on. 197 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:42,560 Zag pulls up a little bit sooner to James's than most other 198 00:09:42,560 --> 00:09:44,440 people. Like people are told to get 199 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:47,680 there at 9. Zach pulls up at 7:30, says 200 00:09:47,680 --> 00:09:49,560 what's up? You know, just kind of chilling. 201 00:09:49,560 --> 00:09:52,000 Life's good. I'm talking a little bit. 202 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:55,240 And James, like, all right, man, like you got to like, promise me 203 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:57,160 that you're not going to intentionally like, do anything 204 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:00,120 that I could like, set Ben off. And Zach's like, I'm not going 205 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,520 to intentionally do anything. But I also can't control him. 206 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:04,240 And James, like, you know, I get it. 207 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:07,120 I'm just saying like, if he's talking to her, don't try and 208 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:10,040 like swoop in then, if that makes sense, like you can do you 209 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:12,880 want to do and like whatever happens like that, that kids 210 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,680 kind of crazy. I don't blame you, but just be a 211 00:10:15,680 --> 00:10:18,200 little careful and you know, that's fair enough. 212 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:21,120 Like if there's some crazy brawl or some crazy fight, like the 213 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:23,640 cops are absolutely going to get called by the neighbors. 214 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:26,720 The neighbors are already kind of like kind of on the fence a 215 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:28,480 little bit. I mean, you know, you see this 216 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:30,600 big group of kids having a party, it's probably a little 217 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,080 bit later than they should. You know, you're already on the 218 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:34,720 fence of, like, calling the cops, right? 219 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:36,760 And then all of a sudden you see a brawl. 220 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:39,920 Like, dude, it's over. It's Gee, geez, at that point, 221 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:42,120 my God. Like, it is, it is just like, 222 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,400 OK, we're calling the cops. This is done. 223 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:46,400 We're done. OK, let's get out of here, guys. 224 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:49,280 ANYWAYS, though, so Zach's like, yeah, man, that makes a lot of 225 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:51,320 sense. I'm, I'm cool with that. 226 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:53,440 Let's just chill for a second. So anyways, they're on the 227 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:55,280 couch. They're playing some Fortnite. 228 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:58,160 It gets kind of close to 9. So they walk outside to the 229 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:00,160 backyard. There's a fire pit. 230 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:01,760 So they light the fire, get that going. 231 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:04,480 And that's when the first couple people start trickling in. 232 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:06,920 Yeah. So anyways, couple people start 233 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:10,000 trickling in, You know, James and Zach kind of talking to 234 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:13,040 them, People sitting around the fireplace, people standing up in 235 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:16,800 groups, chatting. Then eventually, sure enough, 236 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:19,520 Maddie and her group of friends, they walk in. 237 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:22,160 And Zach's like, you know, I'm wasting no time. 238 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:26,760 He kind of goes up and he kind of sees that look from the other 239 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:30,200 two friends that kind of like a little smiley, giggly look of 240 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:34,040 like, oh, it's the boy man, he likes coming up, everybody like 241 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:35,600 that, that kind of look, you know what I'm saying? 242 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:38,440 So he kind of sees that look. It's a good vibe. 243 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:41,840 He goes up chat with her immediately just starts talking 244 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:45,640 to her and he can kind of tell right after, right after bat, 245 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:47,200 right? It's not like he's a mind 246 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:49,120 reader. It's not like he's like, oh, 247 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:52,640 she's thinking exactly the same way that I am 100%. 248 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:56,360 However, he was like, OK, I think I have a pretty good read 249 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:58,760 on this. Things are looking pretty good. 250 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:03,120 Well, that's until we that's that's until Ben pops into the 251 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:06,720 picture here. So sure enough, right, Ben pulls 252 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:10,520 up with his goons. These like these like two other 253 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:14,680 like really random, like the most random goons you've ever 254 00:12:14,680 --> 00:12:16,520 seen. Like they're the most like 255 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:20,280 cartoon villain goon type characters. 256 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:25,080 Like there's this one guy who's like really short and stubby and 257 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:28,600 there's another guy who's super tall and gangly and like leaning 258 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:31,960 over literally looks like, you know, in the Super villain in 259 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:35,520 like cartoons will have the goon like they're goons and it's like 260 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:38,440 these kind of weirdly shaped aliens or whatever. 261 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:41,480 Well, that's basically the same case scenario here, which is 262 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:45,240 pretty funny anyways, right? So Ben walks in with his goons 263 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,200 and he just kind of like immediately starts walking 264 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,560 around and he's not talking to Maddie. 265 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:54,600 Look, Ben, man, I get it. It's tough. 266 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:57,520 It's tough, especially when she's not alone. 267 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:00,160 It look, there's a big difference between, oh, you want 268 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:03,320 to go up and talk to someone and that person is standing alone, 269 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:07,720 doing nothing, looking at their phone, sipping a drink. 270 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:11,480 Like that's different versus like going up to talk to someone 271 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:15,080 when they're in a group of like 5 turned in talking to each 272 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:18,040 other or they're already talking to someone else. 273 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:20,880 You know, for this case, you know, you know, Ben definitely 274 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:24,920 saw that, you know, Maddie was, Maddie was in conversation with 275 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:26,240 Zach. And here's the thing, like 276 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,960 people, especially in the same friend group, the same grade, 277 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:30,680 you're always talking to each other. 278 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:34,240 So at first it probably didn't seem that deep, right? 279 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:36,920 At first, it probably didn't seem like that big of a deal 280 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:40,520 since, you know, I don't know, whenever I'm in kind of a big 281 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:43,440 group setting, like I try and most people do, you try and 282 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:46,920 bounce around, especially for people you you maybe kind of 283 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:48,880 know, but you don't see as often. 284 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:52,000 It's almost like this is the opportunity to say what's up. 285 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:56,400 But over time, like Zach just kept is kept spinning games. 286 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:59,120 Actually, I'm not going to like give a second for this, you know 287 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:00,520 what I'm saying? Like I'm going to keep doing 288 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:03,960 what I'm doing. I don't care if Ben is here. 289 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:07,000 You know, I'm going to act as if he's not here or I'm going to 290 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:10,040 act as if I don't care that he's trying to like talk to this girl 291 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:13,080 who's at this point I'm very fairly certain is already into 292 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:15,960 me and I'm also fairly certain would not be in a Ben. 293 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:18,840 I'm saving us both some time. Yeah. 294 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:22,200 So anyways, at some point, Zach has to go pee, and he's like, 295 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:24,080 hey, like, I'm going to go pee. I'll be right back. 296 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:25,320 Cool. Whatever. 297 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:27,520 Maddie kind of turns a little bit because their friends aren't 298 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:29,760 that far away. Zach's just like, all right, I'm 299 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:32,640 going to go pee real quick. Life's going to be good. 300 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:34,800 She's going to be talking to friends, and I'll go back. 301 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:38,120 Zach goes around the corner, find some trees, pees real 302 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:41,360 quick, turns around, and he's just like, oh, you're kidding 303 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:43,800 me. So immediately he sees where 304 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:45,760 Maddie was hanging out with their friends. 305 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:49,000 Liam and his goons were there. Ben and his goons were there, 306 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:52,000 right? And at this point, it's just 307 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,200 like, OK, how do I approach this? 308 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:57,400 And you know, Zach is like, you know what? 309 00:14:57,440 --> 00:14:58,800 I'm just going to go right back up. 310 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:00,120 Like I'm going to join a conversation. 311 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:04,080 Like if it's it's more awkward in my opinion, right? 312 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:07,480 And you can disagree, but like if I'm trying to talk to a girl 313 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:12,600 and she's talking with one guy one-on-one, for me to go up 314 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:14,560 there, especially if I don't know the guy that well and I'm 315 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:16,400 not even like that close to the girl, I'm trying to get to know 316 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:18,440 her. That's almost like that doesn't 317 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:20,400 play. And look, I'm also not the most 318 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:23,920 adventurous, courageous guy with the most rizz on planet Earth. 319 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:25,560 Like that's just kind of how I play it. 320 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,360 But if there's a big group and a lot of guys, a lot of girls, 321 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:31,080 whatever, you just go in there, especially if you know a 322 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:34,320 handful, just insert yourself. It's no problem. 323 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:36,880 So Zach's is like, all right, I'm going to walk up. 324 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:41,440 So anyway, Zach walks up and basically stands right next to 325 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:44,760 right next to Ben because like Ben was kind of talking to 326 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:48,520 Maddie, but there was like enough space in between them 327 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:49,960 that he could just kind of stand there. 328 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:53,320 He's like, hey, what's up? Like, And Maddie's like, oh, did 329 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:55,040 you have a good P? Kind of like a little bit of 330 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:56,640 joke. He's like, yeah, it's a pretty 331 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:58,920 crazy one. Like I had to, I just strapped 332 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:00,160 down to hold myself. Whatever. 333 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:02,480 So, so some some BS line, whatever. 334 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:06,360 And so they're chatting, but Zach and almost like noticeably 335 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:08,960 notice like a vibe shift from Ben. 336 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:14,400 Like once again, it wasn't like, you know, Zach got crazy good 337 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:18,480 vibes from Ben from day one, but he could tell that like Ben was 338 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:21,720 like not happy and almost felt like it was intentional, which 339 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:25,080 it was anyways. So eventually, you know, Ben and 340 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:28,560 his goons walk away when Ben realizes he can't get any more 341 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:30,360 play here, so he goes somewhere else. 342 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:34,480 And anyways, so Zach, you know, he's chatting up with this girl 343 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:36,880 Maddie. Things are pretty good. 344 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,560 He kind of catches a vibe. They both catch a vibe. 345 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:43,240 So they go behind. Anyways, he kind of like takes 346 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:45,200 her hand, leads her behind the house. 347 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:50,160 Whatever, they go kiss. Game is game, big win for Mr. 348 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:53,360 Zach over there. And then Zach's like goes around 349 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:55,680 the corner, goes into James's house. 350 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:57,680 They're chilling. Nothing that crazy happens. 351 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:01,400 They just want some privacy. So in Zac's mind, that's the 352 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:03,960 best case scenario. Like it worked out. 353 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:09,040 He was able to, you know, prevent Ben from like taking 354 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:13,520 over the entire night. He was able to, what he thought, 355 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:17,040 discreetly make his move and then able to chill with her 356 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,560 without Ben, like being over her shoulder the whole time. 357 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:23,319 So anyways, it's about like, it's about like 2:00 AM in the 358 00:17:23,319 --> 00:17:26,880 morning. And at this point Maddie's gone 359 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:29,600 home, but you know, at this point his axe is going to stay 360 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,240 over James couch or something. So he is chilling. 361 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:35,840 He's in a great mood because like this played out even better 362 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:38,960 than he expected. And he feels like I'm I'm I 363 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:41,200 basically have a girlfriend now. Got to make it official. 364 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:42,840 All that kind of stuff. Like it's not guaranteed. 365 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:45,840 But things went better than I thought and Ben was less of a 366 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:48,240 problem than I thought. So anyways, James comes in at 367 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:52,600 like 2:00 AM once things are wrapped up, he's like, bro, like 368 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,520 we, we got some problems and Zach's like what's up? 369 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:57,440 Because in Zach's mind, this went perfectly. 370 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:00,840 He's like, dude, Ben was so mad out there. 371 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:04,920 Like I had to calm him down. I told him you went home and I 372 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:07,680 told him to leave with his boys. Like I don't know if like I 373 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:09,960 don't know how Ben feels about me anymore, but like dude. 374 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:13,760 And Zach's like for what? Like just talking to Maddie like 375 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:15,240 who cares is like, Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah. 376 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:18,400 He knows and they look at each other for a second, James like 377 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:21,200 yo, first on the side for a second. 378 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:24,560 Good stuff, my boy, you did it, let's go. 379 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:26,600 But now back to the serious conversation. 380 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:28,000 Dude. Nah, Nah, he knows about 381 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,200 everything. He knows about you going behind 382 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:32,840 the at the house. Like I don't know who saw. 383 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:34,600 I don't know who told him, I don't know if he saw. 384 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:38,840 All I know is he's mad and he's planning his revenge right now. 385 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:43,400 So this point, like Zach's heart sinks a little bit just because 386 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:47,080 like he doesn't care that like Ben is mad at him, but he just 387 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:49,120 does. Like it was so close to being a 388 00:18:49,120 --> 00:18:52,440 clean victory and now he's low key going to be kind of just 389 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:56,480 worried for the rest of the weekend going into Monday. 390 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:59,320 What is Ben going to plan? Because of the fact he didn't 391 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:02,400 say yo, like I'm mad like this isn't over or something like 392 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:03,480 that. That'd be different. 393 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:05,840 The fact that James basically relayed the information that 394 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:09,480 Ben's going to try and get revenge, which is kind of crazy 395 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:12,200 bro. Like what does Ben mean by 396 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:14,120 revenge? Cause Ben has been like the 397 00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:16,320 school bully. He's been a problem for a while. 398 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:21,360 But as as Ben got older he got more and more almost like 399 00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:23,480 sophisticated with his bullying bro. 400 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:28,320 Like he went from in like third grade giving wedgies to like in 401 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:32,600 7th grade doing some great like some crazy stuff like Loki Keen 402 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:34,320 cars. Like if he got caught for that, 403 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:36,440 you know, he almost got in big trouble, but they couldn't 404 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:39,520 really pin it on him. But yeah, so that's essentially 405 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:42,520 where we stand. And I don't know, he's Zach's 406 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:44,920 just like, Nah, dude, I don't want to deal with this, bro. 407 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,960 Yeah, so many ways. It's kind of a tough situation. 408 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:52,360 Zach is like, he was just off of like a great moment. 409 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:54,760 And anyways, they eventually go to sleep. 410 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:57,800 It's the weekend. Zach's like, not trying to think 411 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:01,720 about it too much 'cause like he's also like, yeah, Liam was 412 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,120 probably, Ben was probably in the heat of the moment. 413 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:07,000 He's probably just saying a lot of stuff. 414 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:10,360 You know, if you're really angry in the moment, maybe you've also 415 00:20:10,360 --> 00:20:12,000 had a couple drinks. It was a party, right? 416 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:15,000 You might be saying a lot of stuff, but you know, a couple 417 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,200 days go by, you kind of let it go. 418 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:20,840 It's not like Ben was actively like in love. 419 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,280 I mean, OK, he did a big crush on her, but it's not like he 420 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:26,840 was, you know, had a lot of progress with this girl. 421 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:28,280 You know what I'm saying? Like, it's not like he made a 422 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:31,680 lot of distance with this girl. He barely did anything. 423 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:35,720 Like, he was, he was barely, he was barely able to even speak to 424 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,400 her. So maybe he'll come to his 425 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:42,240 senses, maybe he'll realize like, Nah, like, whatever. 426 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,560 This is kind of whatever. I was overreacting. 427 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:48,520 Like, you could still dislike Zach, but at the end of the day, 428 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:50,080 are you really going to do something crazy? 429 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:53,320 So anyways, as the weekend went on, you know, Zach was sex, 430 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:54,920 wasn't really thinking about too much. 431 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:58,600 You know, he's texting, you know, texting this girl. 432 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:01,760 Life's pretty good. Yeah. 433 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:04,360 And he actually almost completely forgot, like, forgot 434 00:21:04,360 --> 00:21:08,560 about, you know, what, what Liam said or what Ben said he was 435 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:12,800 going to do. And yeah, so anyways, he, you 436 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:15,760 know, wakes up on Monday morning, doesn't think anything 437 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:20,840 about it, makes his way over to school, walks into school, and 438 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:22,320 that's when James runs up to him. 439 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:24,400 Immediately. He's like, bro, bro, this is 440 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,400 crazy. And, you know, Zach has 441 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,360 completely forgotten about all the Ben stuff. 442 00:21:28,360 --> 00:21:30,560 He's like, what's up? Like, what's crazy? 443 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:31,680 Like, what are you talking about? 444 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:35,480 Yeah, so anyway, Zach's like, like, what are you talking 445 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:39,840 about? And he's like, dude, like Ben is 446 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:43,240 waiting for you. Like, he's waiting for you to go 447 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:47,440 to your first period class. He's with his goons and he has a 448 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:50,600 baseball bat. People are saying he's going to 449 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:54,600 try and whack you with it. And Zach's like, what? 450 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:56,360 Yo, real quick. He made it this far into the 451 00:21:56,360 --> 00:22:00,600 video comment bat down below. 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If you want to see my life. 473 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:05,320 I've been posting on Snapchat a lot more. 474 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:07,760 Connor Pugs, I got the star in there. 475 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,160 Yeah, add me up in there and let's say let's just get right 476 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:12,440 back in the story because it's about to get crazy anyways. 477 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:15,080 So Zach is kind of just looking at him, like, what do you mean 478 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:18,520 he's waiting with a bat? Like you're crazy, like, and 479 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:19,960 James, like, bro, why would I lie to you? 480 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:21,600 And he's like, I don't think you're lying to me. 481 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,760 I just think that like you were told like false information. 482 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:26,600 He's like, all right, bro, do you want to peek around that 483 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:27,880 corner? Because Zach was going to turn 484 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:29,480 the corner. He was going to go down the 485 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:30,960 hall, and that's where his class was. 486 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:34,000 So Zach, like, kind of timidly peeks around the corner, and 487 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:39,320 sure enough, Ben is there and he's standing there with his two 488 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:43,720 goons and he has a baseball bat. And, like, people are walking by 489 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:45,480 and he's, like, telling them and pointing. 490 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:48,120 So I think what he was doing is he was just basically telling 491 00:23:48,120 --> 00:23:51,800 everyone because he was angry. He wanted his revenge to be 492 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:53,200 public. Yeah. 493 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,240 So anyways, Zach, like, turns around the corner. 494 00:23:55,360 --> 00:23:57,800 His heart's like, racing. He's like, James, what the hell 495 00:23:57,800 --> 00:23:59,600 do I do, buddy? Like, what do I do? 496 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:03,520 And James like bro, like that Ben kid has been a crazy kid for 497 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,400 a while and we know that he's been getting a little bit off 498 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,480 the rails, but like this is next level. 499 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:12,320 It acts like this is insane. I didn't do anything against 500 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,080 him. Sure, he had a crush on the girl 501 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,720 who is into me, but he didn't try. 502 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,720 And also, even if he did, bro, she gets to choose. 503 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:24,160 She's got her own choices. She's got her own autonomy. 504 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:28,040 Like why are you mad at me? Like this is just how things go. 505 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:31,480 I didn't even do anything like against and James like bro, I 506 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:34,080 don't know, man. Like, this is like, dude, I 507 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:38,480 don't disagree, agree with you. This is absolutely crazy and 508 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:40,760 there's no doubt about that, Zach. 509 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:42,760 Just like, oh bro, what's this happening to me? 510 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,200 This is also stupid. Like what the hell, guys? 511 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,320 What is going on? So, you know, Zach turns to 512 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:50,560 James. Like, what do I do? 513 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,120 Do I just, like, avoid. Do I go around? 514 00:24:53,120 --> 00:24:55,200 Do I just skip my class? I don't want to skip my class. 515 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:58,600 And James, like, OK, well, I also don't want you to skip your 516 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,600 class, but I also don't want your head to be beaten in with a 517 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:03,920 baseball bat. I think that's fair to say. 518 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,680 And Zach's like, yeah, I know. But like, what do we even do? 519 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:08,800 So they're kind of just standing there for a second. 520 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:13,280 And because at one point, here's the thing too, is like, if they 521 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:17,040 wait there for too long, eventually Ben and his goons are 522 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:19,880 going to realize that, you know, he's not coming to this class 523 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:22,800 and then they're just going to hunt him down and he's literally 524 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,520 just around the corner. So this boy James, like bro, 525 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:29,080 like this is so cooked. Like this is so messed up. 526 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,640 I don't even know. Like, I what does someone do in 527 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:35,160 this situation? So they're kind of just waiting 528 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:39,120 there and that's when things start to get crazy. 529 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:43,400 So there's like a security guard at the school, but there's only 530 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:46,840 like 1 security guard and he's like barely a security guard. 531 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:51,400 He's almost like works as like janitor and maintenance and a 532 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,360 security guard. He kind of like wears all hats, 533 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:59,280 so he's not prepared. So essentially since the bully 534 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:03,320 Ben was telling everyone that he was going to beat this other kid 535 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:07,840 with a baseball bat, well, let's just say that word got around 536 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:11,520 and word also got around to the faculty and staff. 537 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:13,960 I think someone was like decided to tell on it because they were 538 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:15,680 like, yo, someone could get seriously hurt or die. 539 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:19,880 Like I got to step in, which honestly, if I was in James or 540 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,880 or Zach's position, I would have probably immediately just been 541 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:25,280 like, yo, someone's trying to beat me with a baseball bat. 542 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,040 Like, that's not cool, but someone beat them to it. 543 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:31,440 So James and Zach are just standing there and trying to 544 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:33,960 figure out what to do. And that's when they see a squad 545 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:38,560 of four police officers March into the building and March 546 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:43,520 right past them down the hallway to where Ben is right now. 547 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:47,200 So Zach and James, like, peek their heads around the corner to 548 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:49,760 see what's going down. They see the four police 549 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:53,040 officers March up to Ben, who's, like, talking to someone. 550 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:56,680 So he's standing there swinging around a baseball bat, talking, 551 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,040 someone, not even noticing the four police officers, like, 552 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:02,920 marching up to him. And by the time Ben notices, one 553 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:06,480 of the police officers grabs the bat from him, and the other one, 554 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:08,280 like, handcuffs him against the wall. 555 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:11,480 So there's all this turmoil, all this stuff's going on. 556 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,080 And that's when one of the because, like, Zach's looking 557 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:15,680 around the corner just like, oh, my God. 558 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:17,560 And that's when Zach feels a tap on his shoulder. 559 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:21,280 So Zach turns around, and he sees one of the teachers there 560 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:23,040 being like, hey, Zach, can you, like, can you come with us? 561 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:25,320 And Zach's like, yeah, sure, whatever. 562 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:28,640 So he walks out, like, goes into like principal's office, sits 563 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:32,040 down. And so I'm getting this, like, 564 00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:35,960 Zach, all this information from James, who stayed essentially, 565 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:40,160 once Zach was taken away, the four police officers, like, LED 566 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:43,680 Ben out of the school. Like, out of the school. 567 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:47,440 Dude, it was crazy. And so anyways, he was, Zach was 568 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:51,120 sat down and the teacher was like, hey, like, are you good? 569 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,840 Zach's like, yeah, well, I am now. 570 00:27:54,360 --> 00:27:57,040 I like, I got a feeling, you know, like you got some 571 00:27:57,040 --> 00:27:58,120 information about what's going on. 572 00:27:58,120 --> 00:27:59,720 They say, yeah, like why didn't you come tell us? 573 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,360 He said, I didn't know till like 5 minutes ago. 574 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:04,960 One of my buddies like, stopped me and said like, hey, I heard 575 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:06,520 that, like that was trying to do something crazy. 576 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,920 And they say, yeah, like, we got the reports. 577 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:12,640 You know, we meet, we take that stuff super seriously. 578 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:14,320 You know, he was holding a baseball bat. 579 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,280 Like, can we get any more context to like why this 580 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:20,160 happened? And at this point, Zach's like a 581 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:26,000 girl that he likes, likes me. The teacher's like, OK, good to 582 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:27,240 know. Like, good to know. 583 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:28,960 That's the reason why. Yeah. 584 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:34,480 So anyways, basically Ben has not been back to school since. 585 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:40,240 So this happened about a couple months ago and it I don't know 586 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:43,200 for sure if Ben got expelled or suspended. 587 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:46,600 I'm he has to have some kind of punishment, but he just went off 588 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:48,840 the face of the earth. Like at this point, it's not 589 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:52,520 like Zach's like seeking him out, but Zach, James and all 590 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:54,360 their friends have not seen him in the neighbourhood. 591 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:58,120 Doesn't mean he's necessarily moved out, but also they haven't 592 00:28:58,120 --> 00:28:59,920 seen him. So there's a chance that, like, 593 00:28:59,920 --> 00:29:03,040 his whole family just picked up and went somewhere else, which 594 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:03,920 is kind of crazy.