200 MILES AWAY

CHAPTER TWENTY- ONE: LAST DAY AND LASTING PAIN

Bruce
As I walked in to my school, I felt a warm summer breeze flow past me, the humid air reminded me that summer vacation is close and I can't wait to hang out with my Francis friends. I trudged up the stairs with my heavy backpack and a giant paperbag to pack up my stuff.
Since today was like the second to the last day, the first period, we can do anything!
While I was playing Clash of Clans, one my close friends asked me to come sit with them.
Suddenly, they turned to me

Mason: "Bruce, in truth, you're not actually our friend."
Randolf: "Yeah, you're not even one of us."
Mason: "And we don't like you and hate you."
Bruce: "Why?"
Mason: "Well, because, you're annoying and sensitive."
Randolf: "And Gay for me."
Bruce: "What the hell? I wasn't serious about that."
Emmanuel: "And you hit on my cousin."
Bruce: "I never said a word to her."

But despite my reasons, they will not listen. I could not help my shed a single tear and another. What a way to end my school year. But I desperately wanted to be a part of something.

In iMessage -=2 hours later=-
Bruce: "Please let me be a part."
Mason: "No, fuck off."
Bruce: "You said we were friends."
Mason: "That was just a thought."
Emmanuel: "So how do you want to settle this?"
Bruce: "I'm sorry?"
Emmanuel: "That doesn't change a thing, dipshit."
Mason: "Yeah, the only ones who would listen to you crying are your turtles."
Emmanuel: "Because they can't run away from you."
Mason: "Especially, if you died, no one would care."
Emmanuel: "We especially replaced you with two new members, one of them is gay."
Bruce: "I thought you hated gay people."
Mason: "No, we just hate you. Hahaha"

Mason: "During recess, they approached me and kept shouting insults and pushed me around. You're so full of yourself thinking you're so smart, you didn't know about us backstabbing you!"
Bruce: "I kind of knew."
Randolf: "You always like that you know shit."

I hope this day ends, or never happened at all. I really need some emotional support.
Surely, enough, the clock hit 3pm. I had to rush out of there fast before they confront me. While everyone was saying their goodbyes, Mason's group followed. There were about five of them taller than me.

Randolf: "Since you won't commit suicide, we'll have to push you to it."

Then their grouo pushed me around and beat me up. Pushed me against the blackboard,and with their flying punches landed on my shoulder. Great, my left arm is disabled. As they kicked me around and strethced my wrist to the limit, I felt so much pain. Even though, it might be unrealistic, I can see red in my eyes from the pain. And with their combined strength threw me over, and one choked me.

Bruce: "Please forgive me. I'm sorry."

Then they only hit me stronger. One kicked me to the blackboard and to the wall, that kind of broke my back.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, Randolf grabbed a knife, what the hell, how did he sneak that in.

Randolf: "Well, you always wanted a piece of me. Now i'll get a piece of you."

Shit. He sliced my arm but it didn't come off, but still, lots of bleeding, and on a minor note, my lips and and fingers are now bleeding. I never thought they'd go this far.
Suddenly, I saw a knee heading towards my pr----

Bruce: "Shit! What the fuck?!"
Randolf: "You know, cursing doesn't you. Stupid wimp."

They soon left, and I looked around the classroom and saw broken tables and scattered papers and my bad completely broken, and my giant paper bag just sitting there. I looked behind me and saw a giant crack on the board. I'm thankful I survived this rampage.

And now we go back to the time Gem dropped her cake as she saw Bruce injured badly.
As Gem scanned through me remembering where my injuries, she was also preparing some medications, and beside her, on my glass table a first-aid book for reference.

Gem: "Oh Bruce, there are some cuts and bruises in your shirt."

She then reached out for the buttons to undress me. I grabbed her hand and just said to her,

Bruce: "It's okay, it's not that serious." I said smiling
Gem: "Oh come on, it's for your own good," she said smiling back "Besides, I'm doing that as a friend who cares about you, not as a lover."

I then pressed my finger on her lips, you know in a nice way, to shut her up, mainly because I don't want anyone else knowing about this. My parents would probably make a big deal about this. And the fuss will make things worse.

Bruce: "Haha Gem. I'm alright. I don't need to have my top removed."
Gem: "Awww" she said in a joking disappointed tone. And ew, your finger's blood is all over me and the floor!"

Gem then quickly grabs some Q-Tips and a band-aid. Well, I'm guessing with the way, she reacted to me telling her about the cuts and bruises on my chest. I probably shouldn't tell her that I got kicked in the place where God inly meant for it to be treated nicely.

Bruce: Ow Ow Ow." she applied alcohol on my cut in my arm.

Gem then flashed a smile at me to comfort me.
I have to admit there's something about her being with me that comforts me and is basically tender. Is this what people feel when they're with their opposite sex best friend?

Later, after one hour of tending to all of my bruises, we ordered lunch and ate in my bedroom soecifically, we indian-sitted on my bed facing each other slurping noodles. Gem then out down her cup.

Bruce: "I'm guessing you're full?"
Gem: "Well, you guessed wrong haha. I have to move back to my house."