Moving on

Fight

It was the first day back at school. The summer holidays were over. Idylwild was finished, and Brandon had already been home a week before anyway.
"I can't believe we have to go back to school. I mean where the hell did summer go?" Mariana whined as she shoved her books into her school bag.
"Well I did summer school, so it's not like Im going back to anything new." Callie added as she too packed her bag.
"It's like 'yay summer' but before you can enjoy it its fricken over."
"Oh hey, language Miss Thang." Stef said as she walked passed the two girls room.
Callie tried not to laugh.
"Sorry, mom." Mariana replied peacefully.
"Ok, come on guys. Let's go, let's go!" Stef said making her way down the stairs.
Callie slung her bag over her shoulder and hurried out the door.
When she got down stairs she saw Brandon still sitting at the kitchen table. His hair was still messy and he wore the same shirt as he did the day before.
"Brandon? get changed! Come on we gotta go." Lena said.
Brandon stood up without a word and turned to make his way back up the stairs.
He passed Callie as he made his way up and he didn't even look at her. He just went about his business and carried on.
Callie watched on as he made his way up the steps and then his slumped figure disappeared.
They left before Brandon was done so he took his car to school.
It was the usual day back to school. Kids would be all tan and looked as if they had grown five foot. Some would be relieved and happy to see their friends again or some would hate it because of others they didn't like. Everyone looked good and awake. Come the end of the year and everyone looked half dead and in their pjs.
"Why are you sitting here?" Mariana said sitting down next to Callie at one of the tables.
Callie gave her a look. "Well you know me, I have hardly any friends." She smiled.
"Ok so what? You're gonna be loner Callie all year?" She laughed.
"Shut up." Callie laughed back then bit the apple she held in her hand.

Brandon sat with a few of his friends. The other guys "observed" and talked about how hot some of the girls looked. But not Brandon. He just sat there carving into a stick with his nail.
"Damn, look at Caitlin. She's looking hot." One of them said.
"Yeah, that's going straight in my basket." Said another.
They all cracked up laughing. All but Brandon.
"Damn, what about Callie?" One said.
Brandon suddenly looked over at them.
"Yeah she looks good." The guy said.
"Guys, shut up." Brandon said angrily.
They all looked at him.
"What?" The guy with the shaved head said. "She's your sister, right. Got it."
"Sister? Wait wait wait didn't you guys hook up?" A guy with a blonde hair and green eyes said as he sat down across from Brandon.
"Talya told us." He giggled. "Now she's your sister. That must be weird."
"Shut up!" Brandon yelled standing up and slamming his hands on the table. His face made with rage.
The guy with blonde hair looked over at Callie and spoke again. "Because She. Is. Fine." He smirked wickedly.
Brandon jumped forward and punched him square in the nose and pushed him over so now they were both in the dirt.
Brandon pulled back his fist and punched him again in the cheek. Blood dripped from the guys nose and by now everyone had noticed what was going on.

"Is that Brandon?" Mariana said standing up looking over to the crowd gathering.
Callie looked over instantly and then flicked her legs out from the table and stood up.
"What the hell." Mariana said rushing over.
Brandon took a punch to the face and then another at his mouth.
A crowd of people had formed a circle cheering "fight, fight"
Callie and Mariana pushed through the crowd of people and watched on in horror and Brandon took punches and threw punches.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Timothy yelled pushing through the growing mass of students.
He ripped Brandon off the boy and held him by the collar of his shirt.
Brandon's face was bruised and bloody. His lip was split and blood dripped from his nose. His cheeks were turning red and purple.
"What the heck is going on?!" Timothy yelled as the other boy stood up and as she released Brandon from his grip.
Brandon looked up and his eyes met with Callie's. They were frozen in fear.
He looked away and at the boy with the blonde locks.
"You two! Principles office, now!" He shouted.
Brandon turned and walked. The students had moved out of the way so it was now like he was walking through a passage. They all just feared him.
"What was that?" Mariana said in a hushed voice to Callie.
"I don't know." She replied as she watched him walk.

"Stef! Are you home?" Lena shouted as she made her way through the door. Followed by Brandon.
Mariana and Callie were already home. Brandon had to wait after school. He was in so much trouble that he had to stay in detention for the last lessons of the day.
"Yeah. What? What's-" Stef said as she entered the house a few seconds after Lena and Brandon. She stopped talking when she saw the state of Brandon. "What the hell happened?" She asked angrily as she gazed at him and then at Lena who was fuming.