Chapitre 8: Superhero

Taking the shuttle back, Vail and Little Bee can't stop talking about class and their strange sensei. When they arrive at their complex, Mother 1003 reminds them to meet at the rec hall on the second floor for homework. One child asks much to the dismay of others, "What if we don't have homework?" Mother 1003 blinks not comprehending the question, stating, "you still have the assesment from the school that all students have to take on the first day of class." The children feel beaten. Nevertheless, when they arrive, they hurry in to their rooms to grab their designated modem. Little Bee asks Vail, " want to go together?" to which Vail nods. Little Bee grabs the modem his mommy had left on the bed. Before he heads out, the modem dings. Opening up the inbox, Little Bee is greeted with his mommy's face which looks sweaty. On the background is Vail's father running back and forth with some long bump slithering in the ground. You could hear his pleas for help. Little Bee's mommy dismisses him turning to the camera smiling, "Hey sweetie! How was school? Wait...Let me return home before you tell me all the detalle. Just letting you know I'll be home by 6pm. So...we can eat dinner together! Your papá may take a while he let me know. Hugs and kisses." Without a word in, the video finishes, and Little Bee smiles. Hurrying to the rec hall with Vail, they spend about and your finishing the assesment. Some children grumble with their pile of work as Little Bee and Vail head back to their room. Upong arriving, their parents are there, and they are pulled into a hug. Little Bee returns the hug while Vail pushes his dad away from him. Crying Nol asks, "Don't you love daddy?" Softly, Vail responds, "umm...daddy? you s-s-stink!" Vail runs to his room without looking back. Honey bursts out laughing. Nol angrily rushes at her trying to slap her, screaming, "You stink too!!!" Little Bee looks at him furiously, "My mommy NEVER drinks!" Stomping his feet Nol follows Vail. Honey holds her stomach and tries to stop laughing. After a while, she turns to Little Bee, "I'm gonna take a shower." Holding his hand, they head inside. Little Bee wails, "Mommy you dont stink!" Honey smirks, "Oh, Little Bee that's so sweet, but I know I do..." Little Bee rebuttals, "but you said you wanted to know about how school went..." Honey chuckles, "So that's what this is about...?" She ruffles his hair, explaining, "mommy won't take long." Little Bee flops onto the bed muttering, "kk." After a very brief shower, Honey comes in drying her hair. Sitting next to Little Bee, she coaxes, "how was school, sweetie? Was your proctor tall or really tiny? Did the campus have pits filled with gooey clumps of stuff? Did your sensei eat it?" Little Bee sits up and rebukes, "Mommy you dont know!" Laughing, Honey says, "Well then, how was school?" Little Bee begins to recount his day. Looking at his mommy, he then says excitedly, "he told us about superheroes!! He says he likes the classic L-ee-ge of Just-es." He pulls out his blue towel handing it to her, "Mommy can you tie it so I can be a superheroe?" Amazed at what he just recounted, Honey is momentarily dazed. Little Bee shakes a hand in front of her. Coming back, she aks, "where should I tie it?" Little Bee responds excitedly, "around my neck?" Honey ties it and comments in passing, "your proctor sounds like a sensei. I didn't know they would show or tell you all this..." Little Bee chuckles, "Mommy! Sensei is sensei even if he is pr-ac-pro-ktr...He says the holograms of the school don't teach $***" Honey looks at Little Bee and knocks his head with her fist. He looks at her questioningly, "don't repeat words like $*** from him." Little Bee nods and asks, "are they bad mommy?" Honey nods. Little Bee hugs her, saying "I won't say them never ever nada...So don't be mad at me anymore, mommy?" Honey hugs him back, " mommy loves you so she won't ever stay mad at you. Enough about your sensei's dirty mouth. What do we do after tying the 'cape'?" Little Bee shuffles to his bed. He opens up his arms. "Ooh" remarks Honey opening up her arms to catch him. Little Bee jumps into her arms, the he instructs, "mommy, you gotta hold me up high and make me zoom!" Honey chuckles and 'flies' him around the room even jumping with him in her arms from his bed. They plop down on the bottom bunk bed laughing. She looks at him and asks, "does this mean you want to be a superhéroe?". Little Bee looks at her funny, "I don't want to be a héroe mommy. I just want to fly." She perks up her eyebrows and inquires, "Why not?" As if it was obvious, Little Bee points out, "mommy! I'm just a normal kid!"