Saving a Friend
When I was in middle school we always wanted to take care of the soccer balls because we wanted them to last and play soccer, so me and my friends were in our classroom looking through the window watching at the younger kids in class at PE playing with the soccer ball that I brought.
Somehow the kids blew up the soccer ball and we were so angry a guy in our friend group said very angrily “They MESSED UP!” just as our chemistry teacher walked in to the classroom, she couldn’t recognize who said it but she heard it very clearly.
We got in our seats and she asked who said it, no one answered, she then asked again and said that if no one answered again she was going to take two points off everyone’s grade.
I thought “Well, I have two extra points for extra work so if I say that it was me that said it then I’m not going to lose any points, that way no one loses anything”. I told the teacher that it was me that said it and then the teacher says, “I’m taking three points off your grade”.
I didn’t say anything, I said what I said and took responsibility for what I stated and I saved everyone’s ass. At the end I got an 8/10 so it wasn’t that bad, and later that year my friend told me that if it wasn’t for me he’d be failing chemistry.
I told him not to worry and that I’ll always be there for him. Simpler times, man. Story credit: Reddit / mattsle22