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( SWEET CREATURE. )
emmett hummed to himself, his nike clad feet hitting the pavement softly with each step he took. he walked with his head down, his oversized green sweater covering his hands.
"em!" at the sound of his name, emmett turned around, a smile immediately making itself known on his face as he saw his friend, finney and his sister, gwen. "hey finn!" finn and gwen caught up to him and the trio walked, gwen rambling about some guys to the two.
finn only sent emmett an exaggerated eye roll and emmett had to hold his laugh back, instead smiling softly as he hummed and nodded along to what gwen said. it was normal for the three to walk to school together, and it was also normal for gwen to ramble about things on the way there.
today she chose to ramble about which guy she would rather marry and why, stating so many different things and speaking so quick that emmett could barely keep up. at this point, finney had completely spaced out, being good at tuning gwen out at this point, his gaze stuck in front of him as he continued his walk.
as they neared school, the trio slowed down at the sight before them. a crowd was quickly forming around something, the kids loud voices encouraging whatever was going on. emmett immediately perked up, having an idea of what could be going on inside that circle. "oh, shit" he muttered, before breaking into a fast walk and beginning to push through the crowd in order to get closer, finney and gwen not far behind him.
a smile immediately overtook his features, watching as his other friend, robin stood before some kid named moose. robin had his fists ready, jumping from side to side, eyes narrowed into slits as he eyed moose, who only taunted him. robin taunted back and whatever he said enraged moose so much he decided to throw the first punch.
emmett was shocked but got over it quickly seeing as robin was able to dodge the punch with ease, instead landing a punch of his own on moose, whose screamed out in pain. "hell yeah, rob!" emmett cheered, laughing as moose stood, only to be knocked on his ass. "em, stop." finney spoke firmly from beside him, face pulled back into a grimace. emmett chose to ignore his friend, only placing a hand on his shoulder before screaming out some more, "break his nose! knock the fucker out cold!"
he laughed joyfully as robin continued to wail on the much bigger boy, not stopping and definitely not giving moose time to help himself. the fight went on, everyone wincing and 'ooh'-ing as the sudden noise of bone cracking sounded, and following it was a loud wail from moose, who cradled his now bleeding nose with both hands.
emmett's smile immediately fell as he watched one of moose's friends, adrian, jump in. the boy threw himself at robin, tackling the boy and pining him down before throwing punches at the boy, who covered his head with his arms. "oh fuck no" emmett mumbled, eyes narrowed as he began to shrug his backpack off. "finn, hold this for me" he muttered, shoving his backpack into a protesting finney's arms.
in a second, emmett had dashed into the circle, prompting more sounds from the crowd. he tackled adrian off of robin, who had quickly stood up, sending emmett and adrian a glance. "what the fuck!" adrian seethed as his back made painful impact with the hard floor, the hot cement digging into his back. "make it a fair fight, asshole!" emmett screamed in his face, keeping adrian pinned down but a harsh punch to the face knocked him off the boy.
"son of a bitch!" emmett exclaimed, clutching his nose in pain as adrian punched him in the ribs, hard. although emmett was quick to react, throwing a hard punch back, his rings leaving indents on adrian's cheek. he could hear the blood pumping in his ears, the adrenaline making him forget about his now bleeding nose. he was quick to keep throwing punches at adrian, who only managed to hit him a couple more times, neither of them being enough to get emmett off him.
he tuned everything out, the cheering of the crowd, the stinging of his nose, the uncomfortable feeling of blood dripping down his chin and staining his green sweater. he never once stopped, delivering punch after punch to adrian, until the crowd quieted a bit and only then did he stop, fist in the air and ready to come down. at first he wasn't sure why the crowd had quieted down until he took a good look at the boy below him. adrian's face was heavily bleeding, tears escaping his eyes.
for a moment, emmett stared in disbelief, not believing what he had done. he quickly stood up, ignoring the pain in his ribs as he looked at robin, who was already looking at him and standing above moose, who looked in fare worse condition than adrian did. emmett could only wince, slightly feeling bad for the two boys, whose other friends immediately helped them up, and immediately the crowd began to disperse.
soon, only finney, robin, and emmett were left, gwen having left with her friends who excitedly murmured about the intense fight they had just witnessed. "holy shit" emmett wheezed out, bending over and clutching his stomach in pain. no doubt a bruise would form, something that emmett dreaded. "you okay, em?" robin asked softly, putting a hand on emmett's shoulder, who only smiled weakly, "fine" he muttered, standing straight and accepting his backpack from a worries finney.
"your nose is bleeding" the boy muttered, eyebrows furrowed in concern as he eyed emmett, who used his sleeve to wipe his chin, where the blood had dripped down to. "of course it is" he muttered bitterly, glaring down at the ground, "this is my favorite sweater" he muttered, staring at the blood stains in disgust.
—JUPITER SPEAKS! hiii i was unhappy with the first version of this book so i decided to rewrite it in hopes of getting out of my writers block and i think it helped!! im super excited to keep rewriting the rest :) i had to cut the bathroom scene out which im planning to make into a whole new chapter, hopefully with more detail and some of my own things added in!!
