What Would You Do For Love?

School Yard Brawl: Part 2

Butch's POV

I had never been this angry in my life. I wasn't going to let this asshole get away with hurting Buttercup. There he was on the ground, but he didn't look one bit scared. Well, he was going to be. I picked him up by his shirt collar and punched him in the face.

"Hey, guys, fight!" a boy shouted from a distance. I didn't know where it was coming from. I was too preoccupied with Mitch.

"Butch, man, stop!" That was my brother's voice. Awe, Brick, stop ruining my fun. Didn't he understand that I had to teach this asshole a lesson?

I was distracted enough that Mitch got a punch in, hitting me in the face. I fell back a little, and the little jerk punched me in the stomach. I was winded and fell on my knees.

"Hey, you jerk," Boomer called out. "What do you think you're doing to my brother?" That was Boomer, sweet, innocent, naive Boomer. Didn't he know I could handle this jerk?

I went for Mitch again, wrestling him to the ground. I pounded my fist into his face several times until blood spattered from his nose. I was yelling incoherently at him while foaming at the mouth.

Suddenly a pair of hands reached over on either side of me, forcing me off of him. "Let go of me!"

"No, way, Butch!" Brick yelled in my ear. He didn't understand how much I needed to tear that guy apart.

Some of the other kids were holding onto Mitch, and before I knew it the principal came out and confronted us both.

"Principal Keane," Blossom said. She was looking sternly at me. I also wondered why she wasn't with Buttercup.

"What is going on here?" Principal Keane demanded.

"Just this jerk likes beatin' up on girls," I said, still breathing heavy. "So I thought I'd beat up on him."

"Mister Jojo, Mister Mitchelson," Principal Keane started. "My office, now."

"Blossom," I said. "Why are you here? You should be with Buttercup."

"She asked me to stop you from doing something stupid. So what am I supposed to tell her?"

"Don't tell her anything," I said as I followed principal Keane. I left her there, hoping she wouldn't say anything. I didn't want Buttercup to be any more upset then she already was.

When we entered Principal's Keane's office I just glared at Mitch. It was his stupid ass who started it. I sat down in one of the seats as she sat behind her desk.

"Now, what were you two boys fighting over?" she asked.

"Hey, I was just defending myself," Mitch said. "I was there minding my own business, and this idiot attacked me."

I attempted to get out of my seat, but Principal Keane shot up. "That's enough Mister Jojo. Now, sit." She turned to Mitch. "You are already in enough trouble. I got a call from Nurse Tully and she told me what happened with Buttercup Utonium."

"That's a lie," Mitch shouted. "I didn't do anything to her."

"There were witnesses, Mister Mitchelson. Now, you are suspended for the next three days. I will be calling your Grandmother, and I will be having a meeting with her about your behavior." Then she turned to me. "Mister Jojo, I don't condone fighting in my school, but I do understand why you did it. So for the next three days you will receive detention."

"What!" Mitch fired at her. "I get suspended, and he only gets detention. This is all his fault anyway."

"Mister Mitchelson," Principal shouted. "Do you want to make it a week?"

Mitch slumped back down in his seat and stayed quiet.

"Principal Keane," I said. "Would it be okay if I went to visit Buttercup? I just want to make sure she's okay."

"I'm sorry, Mister Jojo, but her father has already come to pick her up," she said. "I think it's best if you get to your next class."

I rose from my seat and left her office. I went the rest of the day feeling pretty low. I hated school, and I hated it even more since Buttercup wasn't around.