Detention | ✔

6. Retaliation

After Jerry pulled me off of Calvin, he kept me in a chokehold as Calvin stood up.

"You little chicken shit," he said. I chuckled nervously, but then he punched me in the face, blood starting to run from my mouth.

I almost dropped to the floor, but Jerry held me up so that another punch could hit me, this time in the stomach. Then another, and another. I could feel all the organs in my body shifting around, rearranging themselves.

I was getting dizzy, the world was spinning around me, then everything went black.

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My eyes flickered open to an ugly face in front of mine.

"Jesus Christ!" My eyes widened, my hands reaching behind me to pull away from the horror I faced. Miss Perris' face was all up in my grill, that my poor heart couldn't handle it. (Cries)

"What happened?" I asked, looking at all the other faces that were staring at me.

"Ya got beat," Jerry said in a sing-song voice, and sticking out his tongue. He was then elbowed by Anastasia, who was standing to his left.

"How are you feeling?" she asked.

"Like shi--" I stopped, remembering Miss Perris was in the room. She was staring at me, waiting for me to finish my statement. I chuckled nervously. "Like a truck ran over me."

"Well, that's how you ought to feel, 'cause ya look it, too," Calvin's voice echoed from in front the class. I squinted at him, sitting on the floor in a corner. He then continued, "And, it's your fault I'm here, in a timeout corner." At this age we're still being placed in those? Come on, Miss Perris. Do better.

"Aww...just your luck," Anastasia laughed.

He grunted then turned back and faced the wall, mumbling to himself.

Miss Perris brought a glass of water for me to drink, "I hope you really are feeling okay." I nodded my head and drank the water.

Jerry moved away to the front of the class, sitting in a combination a few feet away from Calvin. Anastasia and I stayed at the back of the class. She brought our bags from the front, then we sat and continued talking and playing games.