bloody fists , e. moskowitz & r. keene

chapter four

Bloody Fists
chapter four

"So that's it? No more karate?"

It was a shock to Davina when Miguel came to school the following day after the Halloween dance, covered in bruises and cuts. The four sat in the library, trying to revise for an upcoming test when Miguel told them that his mother was no longer allowing him to do karate after the incident.

"I guess so" Miguel sighed, the last thing he wanted to do was quit karate.

"It's probably for the best" Demetri replied "it was starting to boost your confidence."

"Isn't that a good thing?" Miguel questioned

"No"

"Yes" Davina told him "Demetri didn't know what confidence meant until he looked it up in a dictionary this morning and then he cried in his bedroom as he accepted his fate that he will never have it. He's jealous that you've offically reached a higher level of confidence than he dreams of."

Demetri rolled his eyes "come on Davina, I've known what confidence means all my life, and I don't cry. Tell me, what has confidence ever gotten anybody except for a black eye and their backpack thrown into the trash?"

"Stop trying to make people think you're confidence by sharing your life experiences Demetri" Davina pointed her pen at him "you're not being confident when you try to stand up for yourself against Kyler and his friends. You're being an idiot whose ego's is a meteor heading to earth."

"Confidence and having a big ego is the same thing" Demetri snapped. Davina huffed, not being bothered to continue the fight, it was like arguing a brick wall.

Eli lifted his head up from his book "well, I thought it was kind of cool how you stood up to Kyler." He muttered.

"Are you insane?" Demetri raised his voice "let me ask you, what is the best superpower anyone could have?"

"Super strength" Miguel nodded

"Wrong"

"Ability to stop time" Davina answered "I mean come on! It would be awesome, middle of test, you freeze time and go find the answers. Automatic pass, the amount of good food you could steal from the cafeteria. I could rob banks."

"Please do not condone thievery Davina." Demetri disappointedly shook his head "and you're also wrong, per usual. Its invisibility. A distant second would be super speed to run away fast"

"Run away from who?" A voice behind Davina questioned, a hand came up to her shoulder. She turned her head, noticing Kyler, she scoffed and shifted her shoulders so his hand fell off.

"Whom," Kylers friend questioned, Kyler took his gaze off the girl to his friend. "It's the object of a preposition. Remember English class."

As his friend was explaining, the three boys jumped to grab their items "we were just leaving" Miguel explained.

The three boys got out of their seats quickly, Kylers hand wrapping around the back of Eli's neck to turn him around, facing the two boys. "Where are you going?" Kyler taunted