My best friend's brother

Another beating

I went to mine and Jase's room and started watched the second season of American Horror Story for the third time.  I was so pissed I couldn't even pay attention to what was going on in the episode. Jase walked up the stairs and sat next to me on the bed.  "So, what are you up to?"

"Watching tv," I said without emotion.

"You okay?"  He put his hand on mine.

"Fine," I said, pulling away.  I realized that by doing that I set off an alarm in his mind.

"What's bothering you, and don't say nothing cause I know that there's something."  He turned off my phone that was playing the show and put it on the bed.

"It's nothing, I'm fine."  I kissed him on the lips.  Right as he started to speak the phone rang.  I grabbed it and walked out of the room to answer it.  It ended up being someone who had the wrong number, but thank God they called cause I wanted out of the conversation Jase and I were about to have.  I walked down the stairs and caught Cat going out the door to walk Kelly back to her house.

"Can I come with?"

"Yeah, sure, that's fine.  You two okay?"

"I don't really know.  He knows something is up and I don't wanna bring it up if it turns out to be nothing."  Cat agreed and we walked down the hills and through the paths to Kelly's house.  We took the longer way back home so we could talk things out and spend some time away from Jase.

"Hey, look!  It's a little Faggot!"  Cat and I both turned our heads at the same time to see Deric standing there with his little posy of homophobes.  Deric, Stanly, and Josh were dressed in black basketball shorts and dark tennis shoes.

"What do you want dick," Cat said to the boys.

"I'd watch your mouth sweetie if you want it to stay on that pretty little face," Deric replied.

"If you ever touch her, you're going to be so sorry you asshole!"

"Oh, Little Faggot grew some balls while he was away."  Deric stepped closer to Cat and I.  "I suggest you watch yourself before something else puts you in the hospital."

"Watch it Deric." Cat now stepped closer to him, nearly in his face.  "You touch him and see what happens."

Deric pushed her back and took a swing at me.  I ducked and his fist missed my face by an inch, at most.  I stood back up and retaliated with a swift kick in his shin.  He hopped back and groaned.  He rushed forward and pushed me to the ground.  I tried to stand up but ended walking backwards on my hand and knees.  Josh and Stanly ran towards me and grabbed my arms and picked me up.  Deric punched me in the stomach twice before Cat jumped on his back and bit his neck.  He stepped backwards, screaming and hitting her until she fell off.  She kicked him in the balls and Deric fell straight to the ground, practically in tears. 

One guy left me and tried to go after her.  I spun around and got loose from the one holding me and punched him in the face.  He quickly recovered and tried to do the same to me.  I dodged out of the way and punched him in the balls as Cat did.  He too fell to the ground in tears.  I turned around to Cat and the last guy was already on the ground.

"Run," she said panting.  I saw that her lower lip was bleeding.

We didn't stop running until we got to the house.  We ran in the door and slammed it, locking it behind us.  "Glad you guys are home, what do you want for dinner," Tracy said from the living room.  She turned the corner and her normal, bouncy expression fell right off her face.  "What the fuck happened to you two.

"Deric," was all I said.  I fell to the ground about to pass out.  An asthma attack was about to set in if I didn't get my breathing under control.  I could feel my left eyebrow split open and bleeding like crazy.  I could feel the blood slowly dripping down my face.  I turned to Cat and saw her lip still bleeding, she must have gotten hit.