The Karate King ~ Jack Brewer

Chapter 8 - Bully

*3 days later, at school*
~Y/n's POV~
Well, I guess I have a bully now. What did I do to get one? I'm not sure, but I have one. How do I know? They are pinning me against my locker. For no reason at all. I squirm as much as I can to try and get out, but of course, it doesn't work. My bully laughs at my silly escape attempt. "What do you want?" I ask my bully. "Nothing. I just love making fun and bullying people," they say. Typical answer for somebody like them. Right as I was about to shout for the principal, Jack comes in and kicks them to the ground, making me get dropped to the floor.

I wince in slight pain from falling down. I'm pretty sure I just rolled my ankle. I guess I won't be the best at karate anymore. Jack turns and looks at me. Without saying a word, he picks me up bridal style and takes me to the nurse's office. "I'm sorry Y/n. I'm the one who caused you to roll you ankle," Jack says with a sigh. I grab his hand and give it a slight squeeze. "It's not your fault, Jack. You saved me. Thank you for that," I say with a small smile. He nods and gives a small smile back. The nurse comes back and confirms that I rolled my ankle. "So much for being the best in karate," I say, letting out a forced chuckle. Jack just looks at me in silence. He looks kind of.. sympathetic? "You still are," he says, squeezing my hand. I think that's the nicest thing he's ever said to me..

The nurse suggests that I stay in here until my aunt and uncle can come and pick my up and take me to the doctor. And with that, Jack just gets up and starts to leave. "Jack wait," I say, making him turn around. "Thank you again. For saving me from that bully," I say with a slightly bigger smile than before. "You're welcome Y/n," he says with a nod and a small smile. Then he turns and leaves the room.

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My aunt, uncle, and I are now at the doctors office. The doctor says that I have to wear a brace for a few weeks and that I have to take a break from karate until I can get the brace off. And I get a break from school too since that involves a lot of walking. That's exactly what I expected. Oh well. I guess I'll just have more free time to watch TV at home. But a question is still in the back of my mind: why did Jack protect me? I'll have to try and ask to see. Even though I most likely won't be getting an answer, I have to at least try. I'll try to get an answer from him in 3 weeks, which is when I get my leg brace off. I get 3 weeks of no school and karate. The school part is okay, but the karate part I'm not the happiest about.

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~Jack's POV~
I hope Y/n is okay. After all, it is sort of my fault for her rolling her ankle. But at the same time, I guess it's not because if I didn't save her she couldn't gotten hurt even worse. I still feel guilty either way. Now she probably won't be able to do karate for a few weeks, which I know she won't really like. I'm just so confused on why I saved her. I'm not starting to like her, am I? Whatever. Just because I saved her doesn't mean she hates me any less. I just hope she doesn't decide to try and talk to me about when I saved her.

A/n: Mr. Knight-in-shining-armor???