And The Wish...

And the Wish was Interrupted

I felt anger rising up in me when I swing at the voice laughing at my sister.

That boy will pay for knocking her down.

"Haha! Blind Betty can't see!" the boy exclaims from another direction, his laughter now pinned on me. My face flushes with embarrassment as I turn to face the bully.

"Show your face, coward!" I yell out, showing my teeth like a wild wolf would go. "Or are you too scared?"

"I am showing my face, but you can't see me, stupid!"

HE'S IN A BUCKET FULL OF TROUBLE NOW!!!

I throw another punch and know I'm nearby as I hear someone gasp in front of me.

"Why are you trying to hit a little boy?" the bully asks me, laughing.

And he thinks I'm an idiot?

I pull all my rage into this punch and I hit him square in the nose, cracking it from the sound. I hope it's permanent.

"I may be blind," I say, standing up straight. "But I'm not deaf, I heard your ugly voice and smelled the stench too. I think my nose can't work properly anymore."

The bully begins crying. "That hurts, you nutter!"

What on earth is a nutter? Or did he say napture or nupture or nuddet? I can't tell.

"Thanks for your help, sparrow," I hear Rose say next to me. "But I could've taken him on myself."

I felt a pat on my back, and it's not Rose's soft, gentle hands but a large, firm one.

"Fantastic as ever, Sparrow," a little boy's voice compliments me. I blush as I realize who it is.

OH COME ON SPARROW! SNAP OUT OF IT!

I look up for no reason and lose control over my mouth as it turns into a grin.

"H-hey Neil, thanks."

"I should be thanking you, little Sparrow, no one could face Tim." I feel him hug me and blush. "Until my little Sparrow came swooping down."

I feel a hand, Rose's from the touch, pull me back.

"Sorry to interrupt you two lovers-"

"Rose!" I squeal, lightly punching her shoulder as Neil laughs.

"But we need to find those warrants," she continues.

"Warrants?" Neil asks and I nod my head.

"For the sheriff."

Then a woman's voice calls out Neil's name.

"Sorry, Sparrow, Rose, but I have to go clean my room. Mother says it's a pigsty, whatever that is." He holds my hand with both if his. "See you soon."

"Yeah," I say softly to myself as he jogs off.

"Someone's still got a crush," Rose teases. "It's obvious that you two still like each other. Just back together, I know you want to."

"I do NOT!"