The First Love

Friendship Rules

Mindlessly, I walked into the Physics room. Mr Fury was teaching the class but this didn't occur to me as being important. I walked straight to the back of the room where Tony was being looked after by the older boys. They saw my reddened fists and left in a hurry, leaving me with Tony.

"What did you say to him Tony?" He turned away and them winced, his neck sore from being bashed into the lockers for so long. "I'm Bucky's favourite. He only picks on you if you say something to him. So please just tell me what you said!" Tony looked at me and for a slight moment, I thought I saw fear in his eyes. "I told him to leave you alone."

I sighed and hugged him. "That's not all of it. What else Tony?" He nestled his head onto my chest and began cleaning up my hands using a tissue from his pocket. "Ok clever clogs. I told him to leave you alone and all that, and he said why." I waved my hand for him to go on. "Well then I said because he'd have to go through me instead." He sat up and scanned the room for a bin.

I placed my hand on the side of his face and instantly his eyes locked with mine. "Stop blocking me out Tony. I'm your best friend. I'm like your brother, your science brother! Just tell me what's going on in that large brain of yours." Tears started to form in his eyes and he mumbled something under his breath. "What?" I asked. He repeated himself but still I couldn't hear. "Pardon?" He sighed. "I like you! A lot!"

The class turned around in their seats and stared at us like we were goldfish in a bowl. Mr Fury did his best to get their attention back to the solar system, but this was prime time gossip right in front of their eyes. "You mean-" I said half-heartedly. I didn't need to finished my sentence as Tony nodded. A couple of tears fell from his cheeks. I held onto his hand behind our backs so the class couldn't see. I squeezed his hand and he squeezed mine back. I had my friend back.