The Bully Affect

You can still pass the message

~Kyle's P.O.V.~

        After school, Chris and I headed over to Jonathan's house. We need to discuss today's events. When we get there, Chris knocks on the door. A few moments later, Kim opens the door. He pulls her into a hug and kisses her. Then we walk down stairs to the others. "Hey guys...." Is all I said at first. One, because I didn't know who some of them were exactly, and two, because I'm not completely sure if Jonathan is mad at me or not from the other night and not helping with the fight. "We need to talk.." I said after a moment. Everyone straightened up a bit. We all sat around on the circle couch. "People are spreading rumors." I start to tell them. "They are saying things like Ema is a whore, a prostitute, she had sex with Evan for money, she's pregnant with his baby, she used her sex money to pay you guys to pretend to be her boyfriend and friends and beat Evan up, etc." Chris finishes, looking at the ground. I look over at Ema to see her starting to cry. Jonathan pulled her onto his lap and stroked her hair as he rocked back and forth to comfort her. You could tell he was mad, because his face was turning red and he had a real serious look on his face. "Evan got suspended though. But I think the real reason why he went after Ema in the first place is because of me." Chris says, looking down ashamed. "What do you mean?" Katie asked, looking seriously confused. "He came up to me earlier that day, accussing me of messing with his girlfriend. He said if I didn't stay away, something bad would happen to someone close to me. We got in a fist fight, and he got detention. I think he went after Ema for payback." He says, letting a tear slip. Kim hugged him. "Its not your fault. You can't help that he is, and probably always will be, a bully. He made the choice to do what he did by himself, not you. Its not your fault. But there will be consequences after this is over. And Kyle, if you think I'm mad at you, I'm not. I'm just on edge right now." Jonathan said. You can tell the stress and emotion is getting to him, because he is on the brink of tears. "Okay, I completely understand man." I said, trying to give a small smile. Just then the phone rang. "Can you hand it to me?" Jonathan asks, pointing to the phone thats beside me. I nod and hand it over. He answers. After a minute or two he finally got done. "It was my mom. She said she was going to be working tonight too." He said, handing it back. "Maybe we should have a little party!" The girl I don't really know says. I think her name is Mason? "Only if its just us." Jonathan says. "Can it be an all nighter?" Katie asked. "Sure." He said, kissing Ema on the head. She has calmed down now. "While you guys set up stuff like food for dinner, I'll run back to Chris's to get some clothes and our school stuff." I said getting up. "I'll come with you." The one guy, Terrance I think is what his name is, said getting up. We walk up the stairs and out the house. Half way to the house, 3 guys came out of nowhere. As they got closer I realized it was Evan and two of his friends. Crap. "Well, well, well, boys, would you look at what we have here?" Evan says. "Not exactly who I was going to go find, but they can still pass a message." He says, running at us when he's done talking. I panic and freeze in place. He knocks me to the ground. He punched me in the face. That knocked my sense back into me. I flipped us over and started to pound in his face. After a minute, Terrance pulled me off of him. I guess he must of took the other two down by himself, because they were out cold. I looked down at Evan. He was knocked out also. "Come on, lets go, before someone comes and calls the cops or they wake up." Terrance says. We run to Chris's and grab the stuff, then head back over quickly.