The Fall- Robby Keene

middle schoolers

After yesterday's events with Tory, I had agreed to go back to the dojo. I guess you can say I agreed to join without actually saying anything. I walked in the dojo with Robby as everyone was warming up, Tory looked over at me before heading over.

Tory- hey after practice, do you want to go hang out at the mall?

Julia- uh sure, I don't think I have anything to do after this. you cool with that, Robby?

Robby- hm? oh yeah sure.

I nodded as we went to change. Once we did that, we began to practice. It was normal practice just a little harsher than how Daniel trained us, I won't say I love it, but I can't say I hate it. After practice, I had changed back into my clothes before Tory, and I headed to my car. Robby said he was going to stay back because he had something to do for Kreese, so I didn't question him. The drive to the mall was silent and odd, we weren't used to one another, so this was just weird. We got to the mall and headed in; I followed Tory into a few stores as we ended up starting a conversation. We were having a decent time as we made it to the food court, I even paid for our food considering i was the only one who brought my wallet.

Tory- alright I got to ask, why did you look at Robby early when I asked you to hang out? you asked him for permission to do something

Julia- I don't know, I just always have done that

Tory- well stop it, you are your own person. don't ask him permission like some 4-year-old whose asking her dad if she can have some milk

I couldn't help but laugh at her statement, it was descriptive and odd. She ended up joining in after realizing what she had said.

Tory- no but seriously, don't ask him for shit. does he ask you for anything?

Julia- depends on what you mean by that

Tory- *laughs* oh my goodness, now I see why he picked you

I shook my head as I took a sip out of my drink, she continued to talk when I heard loud voices coming from behind us. The mall was quiet, so those voices stood out the most. I turned my head and saw Sam's brother, Anthony and his friends. I could kind of overhear what was being said, but not much.

Curly hair- come on LaPusso! just run to that display and steal the sunglasses off the stand, no one will know!

Anthony- there's cameras! they would see me and my dad *cuts off*

Purple shirt- just do it, man! don't be a pussy!

Blue jacket- come on LaPusso! do it!

All of his friends started chanting 'do it' over and over, I'm kind of shocked no one overheard them because of how loud they are being. I watched Anthony stand up from his seat and start to walk, I took that chance to get up myself and walk behind him. Once I was close enough, I touched his shoulder making him jump and look at me with a scared expression.

Anthony- Julia? you scared the crap out of me! where did you come from?

Julia- my seat. what do you think you're doing? I thought you had more common sense than this. If your dad or mom found out about this, they would *cuts off*

Anthony- please don't tell them! Julia, come on. it's just some light messing around.

Julia- your about to steal from a store. that's illegal, Anthony. you have two options; one you go ahead and steal the sunglasses anyways or two you walk your ass back over to your friends and deal with the back lash of being 'a pussy.' make the smart choice, Anthony.

He looked at me than at his friends who were watching him. He shook his head before turning on his heel and started to walking towards the store. I groaned internally because of how dumb this kid was being. I walked after him and grabbed his wrist making him whip his head around to look at me.