Pride

My peaceful sleep is disturbed by a heavy weight throwing itself over top of me. With aloud grunt I awaken unhappily and angrily throw whatever brick has landed on me across the room. There’s laughter and I recognize it immediately.

“Asshole,” I say to Kai who lies on his back on the floor looking up at me with those dark eyes that are swimming with laughter. I don’t care if he looks…cute…I glare at him for waking me up the way he did. “A simple shake would have been enough.”

Kai shrugs. “But that wouldn’t have been fun.”

Sighing, I rub the sleep from my eyes. I hate week days but sadly I have to go to school. If mom found out I skipped she would skin me alive.

Kai watches with amusement as I drag myself out of bed and across my room. My fingers play with the hem of my boxers. Why is it that I suddenly feel uncomfortable changing around Kai? I peek back at said boy who smiles innocently in my direction.

“Are you going to watch me undress?” I ask. Kai’s cheek flush a brilliant shade a red. I never thought anyone could be come so bright.

“It’s not l-like I haven’t seen it before,” he says quietly beneath his breath. That makes me roll my eyes. Grumbling, I remove my boxers to put on a clean pair then my jeans and a shirt that I smell first before putting on.

Kai and I enter the kitchen. Mom smiles at the sight of us. Breakfast is done and on the table. Shania, having the nose of a blood hound, has already made it to the kitchen and started eating before Kai and I even entered the room.

“Be careful at school today sweetie,” mom says. This has me looking up at her curiously. When she sees my confusion she continues. “Well…everyone knows about you and Kai now right?”

Shania giggles, which earns her a kick from me that silences her.

“I just want you to be careful.”

Oh mom I’m sorry but careful is one thing I am incapable of being in situations like this. No one can be careful in a fist fight. It’s all or nothing and damn it I’m going for it all.

A fist makes contact with my stomach, sending me over in a fit of coughs. Somehow managing to recompose myself, I push up off the ground to grab at Ed’s legs. The troll falls in a fit of grunts. His goons notice this and pull me off him easily.

Three against one? Why does it always end up this way? Fuckers. They’re just doing this because they know if this were a real fight I’d win! Cocky, yes that is I.

Ed gets up to stand in front of me. With a sick grin he twists his hand into the fabric of my shirt and says, “Don‘t bother fighting back.”

“How about just you and I take this outside and we’ll see which fucker loses?” I hiss back. Though I know it’s futile I still desperately try to struggle my way out of these jerks grip. I’m failing. They know this and laugh at my poor efforts.

Damn, I should have known the day was going by too smoothly. Kai and I arrived at school on time and went from class to class without problem. Sure a good many people stared but no one said anything. I bet half the kids in this school thought we were together before this. That kind of pisses me off but whatever.

Back to the point, Kai and I went our separate ways to one of the few classes we don’t share. I was a bit late because…well no reason. I was just dragging my feet and of course Ed and his buds who happened to catch me in the hall had to show me how much they do not appreciate me or the relationship Kai and I have.

The three of them carried us to the hallway leading to the music room. In our school there is a separate hallway that is out of everyone’s way that leads to the music room which just happens to be empty this period. Notice how I say happens. I am pretty sure this was planned.

Obviously they can’t have a fair fight. That’d be too much! I mean damn they can’t do anything remotely nice at all it might tarnish their astounding reputation. Oh was that sarcasm I detected? Why yes, yes it was.

My stomach takes a hit then my face, my stomach again and after that there’s no real pattern. Ed just continues to punch me one time after the other in this secluded area until Ed feels he has done enough damage.

I cough at the impact of being shoved against the wall. With one last kick to my side Ed and his friends walk off spitting not so kind names back at me. I roll my eyes as I slowly get to my feet. My legs feel like jello but that doesn’t keep me from making my way to the nurses office.

I peak inside, hoping she isn’t there. I don’t want to be interrogated. Our nurse does what she wants. If she doesn’t feel like being in her office she won’t be. Today she decided to be difficult and remain in her office. I’m tempted to head off but an ice pack is really tempting.

“What happened?” Nurse Kensa asks at the sight of me. She stands quickly, makes it to my side in record time to examine what damage has been done.

“Nothing…can I just have an ice pack?” I just want to numb the damned burning on both my stomach and face. Maybe I’ll get magic healing powers and it’ll disappear before Kai sees it?

Yeah…right…