LUVIE [fin. / unedited]

t h i r t y - s i x

f o u r y e a r s l a t e r

Allen was standing by his locker, not noticing the tall kid approaching him from behind, until his head was pushed into the lockers. Macen Archer loomed behind him, "Where are you going?" He said rudely. "I am going to lunch." He said simply, used to Macen's antics. Allen's lunchbox was held in his left hand.

    Macen mockingly copied his words in a high-pitched voice. Allen only rolled his eyes, while he walked away towards the cafeteria. He snatches the lunch pale from Allen's hands, "What do you have for lunch?"

    "None of your business!" He sternly says. Macen lifts the lunch box above his and Allen's head. Allen tries to jump to grab onto it, he almost reaches it. Only for Macen to move it out of the way. "Macen! Stop it!" Allen yelled infuriated. "This isn't nice!" He stomped his foot and marched back to his locker. Opening it, he grabbed a full water bottle, and hightailed back to Macen. When he reached Macen, he opened the bottle, and flipped the bottle upside down. Spilling it all over Macen's head and back.

    Macen let out a short squeak and dropped Allen's lunch pail. Allen quickly grabbed it and raced away. Trying to ignore the shouts and stares from the other kids. He made it to the cafeteria and quickly hid behind Alek. "What happened?" Alek asked him, standing to the left of him while Alek stood to the right of him. "Macen Archer happened." He growled.

    "I'm going to kill him!" Alek said, marching away from the lunch line. "Alek no!" Allen yelled. His stomach growling, and his need for food eventually outweighed his need for Alek to not kill Macen.

Hours later, Luvie walked in with Sealy trailing behind her. "What is the meaning of this?" Luvie asked the twins, who were currently sitting in the principal's office. "Well..." Allen searched for something to say. "Hi, momma." Was what he settled for.

Sealy was about to say something before a small girl got up from the chair and ran to her. "No! It isn't their fault! Macen was bullying Allen, again, and Alek finally put a stop to it."

"How long has this been going on?" Luvie asked them both, "About four years." Alek answered without thinking. "And this is the first time you have retaliated?" Sealy asked them. They all nod. "Then I see nothing wrong." Luvie said as the principal came out, Macen trailing behind him. 

"Why am I here?" Luvie asked, slightly annoyed. "Your child has engaged in combat with another student."

"Do you know the full circumstances of this incident?" Sealy asked. "Yes, I do." The principal said with a tight smile. "So, mister... you have known that Macen Archer has been bullying my child for the past four years with little to no consequences. Alek retaliated when he was getting tired of his brother getting bullied and picked on and this education system not doing anything. So tell me, why is my child getting punished?"  Luvie said with a frown.

"Whoa, momma bear, take a deep breath." Sealy said with a laugh. Luvie only rolled her eyes at Sealy. "So, does that mean we can go now?" Allen asked us with a wide smile. "Yes, let's go." Luvie said with a smile, ignoring the principal's protest as she walked out of the office. "Have a great day mister," Sealy said with a small smile, then hurried behind Luvie out of the office.