The bus halted at the last stop for the morning before we headed to school, and Henry Jackson walked in. He's the school's bully/tough guy dude. He walked down the aisle and stopped next to me. And in that split second, I realized that I was sitting in the sixth seat... The seat that Henry sits in... I didn't feel like moving, so I just ignored him and went back to listening to music.
"Move." He said to me. I glanced up at him and didn't say a word. "I said... Move!" I could see that I was pissing him off, but he had no right to make me move... "No." I said coldly. "What did you say bitch?!" He asked through clenched teeth. I took off my headphones because this song was pissing me off and said, "I. Said. No."
He shoved me against the window and sat down because I guess he got tired of standing up. He glared at me and said "Listen bitch, you better get your ass out of my seat if you don't want me to hurt you. And I don't care if you're a girl!" And he shoved me against the window harder which must've bruised my arm.
My arm was hurting, which totally pissed me off! "I said no you ass wipe! And quit freakin shoving me! You're gonna break my arm!" And I shoved him to the ground. He hit his head on the bottom of someone's seat when he tried to get up. I know I just like totally got him furious right now... Oh well... Whatever... He's being a jerk. Though, I surprised us all when I succeeded at pushing him down... Well, good for me, so whatever.
He came up to me and was about to punch me in the face when the kid behind me blocked it. Why would he try to help me? He doesn't even know me... But how sweet! I thought. He just may be different.. Gah, I shouldn't get my hopes up. I shifted my thoughts back to the current moment in time.
"Dude! She's just a girl! Chill!" He said still holding his fist. "Stay out of this punk!" Henry punched him in the face and I heard a crack. Oh, that's gotta hurt! He groaned and sat back down. Henry moved out of my seat and into his and he took a blow to the gut. I gasped. Seeing him get hurt triggered something that made me absolutely furious! I know I just met him, but he got hurt trying to help me... I felt guilty... And now I like him more I guess...
He recieved more blows to the gut and curled up. He tried to conjur up his strength to punch Henry, but Henry grabbed his fist with one hand and punched him in the face with the other. Dang! He's strong! I felt tears start to well up in my eyes. I've seen a lot of fights before, but I've always though they deserved it. This time, it was different, and this time, it was my fault..
I immediately got up and punched Henry in the face, then the gut. Then I grabbed his arm and flipped him onto the ground. He hit his head hard! The impact made him cough up blood! Like ew.. But OMG! I did that!!! I made someone cough out blood! I felt terrible! Yet satisfied...
"Oh my gosh!" I gasped! "I'm so sorry! I---" Henry cut me off. "Bitch! You're fuckin' dead!" he grabbed my ankle and pulled me with a really strong grip, but I quickly grabbed his wrist and dug my nails into it. He pulled back with a scream of pain. He started throwing punches at random but I dodged most fo them and then at the end, grabbed his wrist and twisted it. I kneed him below the belt and he went down. Ooh, that looked like it really hurt. I though standing over him with a surprised look on my face.
The kid who was sitting behind me was now standing up, his nose bleeding, watching me with awestruck eyes. Just like everyone else on the bus. Except for the bus driver that is. She just sat there and listened to music, totally ignoring everything that was going on. She never cared about anything. Which was good... Because I wasn't getting in trouble. I've never gotten a referral and I don't want one!
We arrived at school and Henry got up, his wrist bleeding from where I'd dug my nails into it. He just gave me a disgusted look, but clearly, he wasn't planning on trying again. He stomped off of the bus, wiping blood and shoving people.
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