Alone in His Teacher's House (Marvin Redpost 4)

“Let me see the key,” Stuart said again.

“How about her bathroom?” asked Nick.

“I don’t remember,” said Marvin.

“You don’t remember if you saw her bathroom?” asked Nick.

“Let me see the key,” said Stuart.

Marvin fished the key out of his pocket.

Stuart took it from him. “Wow,” he said, then handed it to Nick.

“Hey, everybody!” Nick shouted. “I have the key to Mrs. North’s house!”

Kids came running from all directions.

“Marvin was alone in her house!” said Nick as he gave the key to Kenny.

“Did you look in her closet?” asked Clarence.

“What for?” asked Marvin.

“To see her clothes!” Nick and Clarence answered together.

“Did you turn on her television?” asked Melanie.

Marvin couldn’t tell who had the key anymore. It was being passed around.

“Did you use her bathroom?” asked Casey.

“He doesn’t even remember if he saw her bathroom!” said Nick.

“What if you were alone in her house?” asked Casey. “And you had to go to the bathroom. Real bad. What would you do?”

“I’d use her bathroom,” said Marvin.

Everybody laughed.

“She didn’t say I couldn’t,” said Marvin.

They laughed harder.

The bell rang.

Everyone started to class.

“Wait!” called Marvin. “Where’s—”

“Here, Marvin,” said Patsy Gatsby, behind him.

She gave him the key.

As he walked into class, he heard Melanie announce, “Marvin’s going to use the bathroom in Mrs. North’s house!”

Several kids laughed.

“Who’s Marvin?” asked the substitute teacher, standing at the front of the room.