Friend or Foe?

Chapter 1

It's a new day and Damian had just gotten to school. As he does every day, he goes over to his locker. Normally Riley would be there, waiting for him so that he could walk him to his first class, but Riley hadn't today. Damian concludes that Riley is either not here today or still mad at him for some reason.

As he is rearranging the things in his locker, the principal comes up to him. "My office, now." The principal states sternly. Damian figures that the filthy bullies must have told on him. He didn't really care much.

He follows the principal to his office, and just as he suspected, there sits Travis with a bandaged nose, along with an older woman that looks to be his mother. Damian signs. "You mind telling me why one of my top students has a broken nose?" the principal asks.

"Sure, I punched him." Damian says nonchalantly, which only pisses the three of them off more. The principal signs, trying to keep calm. "And why would you do that?" He asks Damian. Damian gives Travis a dirty look, "Because Keller over here has been harassing and assaulting a friend of mine." Damian says sternly. Travis looks shocked, giving a pretty good act of innocence.

Suddenly Travis's mother stands up defensively. "My boy would never do that. And he's the one injured, you're clearly making up a sob story." The mother says before sitting back down. Damian rolls his eyes. "Damian, you are one of my best students." The principal says, and Travis looks extremely annoyed at this. "Why would you do something like this when you have such a good record?" he asks softly. Damian signs in annoyance, "I just told you why." He says coldly.

"Travis's family has been friends of this school for years now, and I've known the boy since he was little, I know he wouldn't do something so foolish. Now tell me the real reason. Is it for attention, are you jealous?" The principal questions, putting his hand on Damian's shoulder. Damian pulls away from him, extremely annoyed at this point. "You clearly don't know 'this boy' as well as you think you do. You might need some new glasses because the ones you have now don't seem to be helping with your clear state of blindness." Damian says in annoyance.

The principal looks at Damian in disbelief, "Well, I'll say! I was willing to be nice and perhaps even let all this go if you would've just told me the real reason. But now you're insulting me? I never would have expected this from a Wayne of all people!" The principal says, furious. Damian simply scoffs at this.

The principal rushes over to the phone. He dials something in and picks it up. "Hello? Ah yes, Mr. Wayne. I wish we could speak on better terms, but your boy doesn't seem to like that idea." The principal says with an extremely offended tone as Damian just rolls his eyes. Dramatic much? He thinks to himself.

"Your father says the Butler shall be here shortly to come pick you up, because you, sir, are suspended for 2 weeks." The principal says as he puts the phone down. Travis looks back at Damian and gives him a dirty look. Damian doesn't seem to care.

He knows that his father will be mad when he gets home, but it doesn't bother him much. "I assume that is all?" Damian says, getting ready to leave the room. The principal glares at Damian and motions his hand for Damian to leave.

Damian goes over to his locker and puts some of the stuff into his backpack. He zips it up and throws the bag over his shoulder as he walks towards the exit. The other students watch him and whisper rumors about why he might be leaving. He ignores their childish behaviors.

He goes over to the spot that Alfred normally picks him up. He texts Riley to inform him that he wouldn't be at school for the next two weeks. Riley responds with "Why?" Damian explains that he broke Travis's nose. He's left on read. Damian sighs and puts his phone away.