Riot

School Fight

The following morning my lower back ached and my white T-shirt had blood streaks across it. My phone had a few messages from Marco, Leon and a guy called Gary who I hooked up with once.

Marco's and Leon's texts were pretty much the same, asking about if I got nicked and where I got to last night.

Gary's text read "Hey babe was thinkin bout u last nite, wana meet up with me 2nite?"

I immediately replied "It was one time, how many times do I have to tell you I was drunk and thought you were someone else."

I hobbled down the hallway and into the bathroom, locking the door I striped down and turned on the shower. The water stung as it washed away the blood from last night down into the drain. I towelled off and stared into the mirror, I had brown hair, grey eyes and fair skin, I was kind of short for a 15 year old. Turning around and glancing back to the mirror revealed several cuts in my back accompanied by some bruises. My shoulder was no better, I grabbed a hair brush and started running it though my long hair quickly before returning to my room. Chucking the towel onto my bed I searched for a clean pair of clothes, I finally found a decent singlet and tracksuit pants. Bounding down the stairs I swung into the kitchen to find a note which said Ben and Sarah were out and weren't going to be back until tomorrow. Reaching into the fridge I took out a container of yogurt, then I slumped onto the couch, flicked on the T.V and replied to Marco and Leon's texts.

"Last night, a raging house party was broken up by the police. Only a three arrests were made. The suspects were arrested for underage drinking, use of drugs and resisting arrest. A truly dumb idea," Said the reporter, grabbing my attention.

Only three people arrested, that was a pretty small number considering that about ten people were passed out. I called Leon and asked if he wanted to come over since no one else was home, he said he would be over in 5.

Ding dong went the front door. I opened it to see a battered face.

Grinning I said "Damn hahaha what does the other guy look like?"

"Very funny," He mumbled as he pushed past and headed for my room.

I followed him down and watched as he flopped onto my bed and kicked off his shoes as I lay next to him.

"After jumping the fence Marco and I ran for about four minutes while sticking with this group of 17 year olds. We stopped once we reached the IGA, so we were just sitting there then the biggest guy of the 17 year olds strides up to Marco then shoves him against the wall and hits him square in the forehead. So not really thinking I grab an empty beer bottle and peg it at him, you should have seen it, the bottle shattered when it connected with his head. Suddenly this guy drops Marco, comes for me and basically beat the shit out of me," He explained.

"Wow, did you know the guy?" I reply

"Nope, he looked smashed though, what's with your shoulder and head?" He said.

"I got knocked out by the cops with a baton and in the holding cell I fell over while taking a dump, not as good as your story but I still ha a pretty miserable time," I laughed.

"Is Marco okay though?" I ask.

"He's okay I think, I only talked to him on the phone this morning though," He answered.

He moved his hand down to my thigh and asked "How long are your parents out for?"

Brushing his hand away I said "Ben is not my dad, my mother got knocked up when she was 16 and my father ran away okay!"

"Woah, are you okay, I'm sorry I called him your dad," He apologised.

I wasn't okay, I hated people referring to Ben as my dad, but I didn't want to bore Leon with my problems so I replied with a "Yeah I'm fine, come on let's go watch a movie," avoiding eye contact I got up and left him.

I was putting Rocky Horror Picture Show into the DVD player while Leon popped some popcorn in the microwave.

"So, how's Gary?" He chuckled.

"You cheeky asshole, he texted me today asking if I wanted to see him tonight, he is such a creep," I said while turning the volume up and clicking play.

"Haha, I can't believe you sucked his dick." I hadn't told Leon that I thought it was him.

"Whatever," I sighed.

"Okay here it is," He said while passing the popcorn towards me to eat.

I grabbed a few pieces and tossed them into my mouth then stared at the screen.

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Catching the bus to school was never a fun experience, people chucked food, guys would ask to see your tits or would brag about how big their dick was. Staring out of the window at the crappy houses amongst mansions I didn't hear Marco's question.

"What?" I turn around to see my friend with a SnapBack on to cover the bruise on his forehead.

"I said, do you wanna smoke some shit after school?" He looked into my eyes waiting for an answer.

"Umm sure, only if it's free though," I replied.

"Yea yea it's free, I'm going to see if Leon and some of the other girls wanna come," He said.

Soon enough Marco had managed to get another guy and three other girls to come. The bus slowed as we reached the entrance to the school, everyone stood up and started pushing to get off the bus, I headed straight for my locker. My first class was science and I had a test of which I knew nothing.

Mr Kal handed out the test while running through the basics such as how to answer the questions and so on.

"You may start now," He announced.

I read the first question 'what is a crystal lattice?'

"What the fuck?" I muttered.

Luckily the test was multiple choice so I decided fuck it and randomly selected all the answers. After science I walked down to the gym for P.E and bumped into a familiar face.

"OI WATCH IT BITCH!" Shrieked the tub of lard from the party.

"Oh it's you, do you always look this ugly?" I look her up and down.

"FUCK YOU YOU LITTLE CUNT!" She launched a slap that connected with my ear.

I rugby tackle her to the ground and lay into her punching her face in. Elbow to the face and one big hit to the nose made it erupt with blood that sprayed all over my white uniform shirt. A year 11 dragged me off the whale and told everyone to back off. I saw Leon and Marco in the crowd giving me the thumbs up with smirks of approval. Mr Kal turned the corner into the commotion, took one look at me and the other girl, grabbed us both and took us down to the principal.

"Your in ISS (In school suspension) for three days," Said the principal.

"Now is there anything bothering you? Maybe something wrong at home?" He asked.

"Nope," I got up to leave but he stopped me, "Because you seem like a smart girl, it would be a shame if you were to throw that away."

"Rightyo," I slipped out the door and headed for the thinking centre where I sat till the end of the day.