Sometimes There's Good In Evil (Dil Howlter)

A fight & the Headteacher's Office

It was the end of another school day, thank fuck. I headed to my locker and got my school bag out and was about to go to Tabitha's locker when;

"What's little emo girl gonna do now, eh?" A familiar voice ran through my ears. I quickly turned the corner and there stood Tabitha, who was pushed up against a wall, surrounded by Erica and her shitty ass friends. Tabitha had fear written across her face.
"Let me go!" Tabitha shouted, struggling to get away from Erica's grip. The girls laughed.
"You think I'm going to let go that easily, Tabby?" Erica sneered.

A crowd had formed around the girls. People from all year groups wanted to get a taste of the action. I couldn't let it continue. I breathed in and speed walked towards Erica, pushing a couple of people out of the way.

"Get the fuck off her!" I yelled, slamming my hand against Erica's shoulder and forcefully pushed her away. She stumbled back, her friends helping her to regain balance. I glared at Erica. I had rage staring right at me in the face. I checked for a second to see if Tabitha was ok, when I suddenly felt pain shoot through my head. I stumbled and fell to the ground, cupping my head as it throbbed in pain. Gasps echoed through the hallway, and was quickly interrupted by teachers shouting to clear the area.

I looked up and saw piercing green eyes staring into me. He was the one who punched me in the face. It was Erica's boyfriend, Nick.

Nick was one of the popular people who thought he was the centre of the universe. He would always interrupt in lessons just to get a laugh from his mates and always got detentions. You can see why he was dating Erica. Match made in heaven.

He lowered his head until it was barely touching mine. I gulped.
"Don't do that to her again, got it?" He whispered, teeth gritted. I raised an eyebrow.
"Well, if she wasn't pushing Tabitha up against the wall and bullying her, none of this would've happened." I muttered back. Nick lifted his head slightly, he was still full of anger.
"Tabitha might've provoked Erica."
"Are you fucking mental? Tabitha probably wouldn't hurt a fly. Erica just does that stuff for the fun of it, and to show off to you so you'll be happy of her and then make your way into bed with her. You know it's true, don't deny it." I knew I was going too far, but it somehow felt good. Suddenly, he smacked me across the face, making me groan in pain and cup my head once more. I felt him get pulled away from me by a teacher, while another one made sure I was ok.

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"Thank you for coming, so we can sort this out." Our head teacher, Mrs Poole, calmly said. Tabitha, Erica, Nick and myself sat in front of her desk ready to sort the incident out. She grabbed a pen ready to take notes and statements from the four of us. Of course the other two were gonna bullshit.

"So Dil, tell us your side of the story." Mrs Poole stated. I sat up slightly.
"I was walking from my locker to Tabitha's and as I turned the corner near the MFL block I saw Tabitha pushed up against a wall by Erica. It was clear to see Erica was tormenting Tabitha, and since Tabitha is a good friend of mine, I couldn't let it go any further."

Mrs Poole scribbled down notes as a chorus of tutting played beside me. I continued.

"So I pushed Erica away and made sure Tabitha was okay and then Nick suddenly appeared out of nowhere and punched me, because y'know, it's Nick, no surprise there."
I felt eyes pierce into me, all with different emotions. Tabitha was trying to hold back laughter, and Erica and Nick stared at me with anger and disgust. Nick sat forward.
"Shut up asshole!" He shouted. Mrs Poole told him to calm down. I looked over at Tabitha and smirked.

"Then what?" Mrs Poole made sure the attention was on me and not Nick.
"He got up in my face and told me not to do that to Erica again and I told the truth; if Erica hadn't had done what she did none of that would've happened. Then he had the audacity to blame Tabitha for it, then once again, I told the truth. He didn't like to hear it and smacked me." I was finished. That was all I had to say. That was what happened after all. Mrs Poole nodded.

"Thank you Dil. Tabitha, would you like to add anything else?" Tabitha shook her head.
"Not really. Well, Erica did push me up against the wall for pretty much no reason." I heard Erica tut and laugh sarcastically. Mrs Poole turned to look at her.
"What's funny Erica?"
"I haven't heard so much crap in my life." She said. I raised an eyebrow and sniggered.
"Really? Tell us then, 'princess' your side of the story."

The fight was on.

Well, I was with my friends and Tabitha barged into me. Then she went all bitchy and I snapped." I saw Tabitha getting more annoyed every second. She was going to burst.
Mrs Poole wrote down a quick note.
"No I didn't." Tabitha half-shouted. She shot a look at Erica.
"Liar."
"Oh, because I'm more like a liar than you are."
"Okay, okay. Ladies, calm down." Mrs Poole tried to stop the situation from escalating again.
"Now, Nick, would you like to add anything?" There was silence for a moment. He finally shook his head. Good. I didn't have to listen to his voice.

Mrs Poole was content with what notes she had and said we could leave and return to lesson. Erica and Nick walked off to class in their infamous 'walk like you own the place' strut and Tabitha and I slowly made our way to lesson. I looked over at Tabitha, who was staring straight ahead. It was clear she was pissed off. She had good reason to be. The biggest bitch in the school made Tabitha out to be someone she isn't, and she'd only been at the school for three weeks. We carried on walking down the deserted corridors until we arrived at biology. I was about to walk in when Tabitha pulled me to the side. I stumbled a little but regained a bit of balance.

"What's up?" I asked.
"What if Mrs Poole suspends me for doing something I didn't do?" Tabitha said, her voice was shaky. It was clear to see she was shaking in fear. I pulled her into a hug. I felt her arms wrap around my back and gently lay there.
"She won't suspend you." I reassured her. She broke up the hug and straightened up her tie. She smiled slightly and opened the door to our biology class.

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