As I opened my locker (#204), I could feel people talking about me. I turned around and saw a group of people turn away, facing their backs towards me. I ignored them and opened my locker. I then heard laughter roaming from the halls. All pointing and laughing in my direction. Whatever. I ignored once again. Then, Karmen Kreyovana, the most popular girl in school, came up to me next to my locker. "Well.. well... well. isn't it little A.J Shantley. Or should I say, A.J 'Shorty'" she said as everyone stared. I ignored for the third time. "Having trouble reaching the top shelf?" No. But you're gonna have a hard time reaching anything if you say one more thing. Pretty clever, right? Ha, I wish I had the guts to actually say that to her face. She reached into my locker and wiped her hand, roughly, on my notebooks and my folders and they fell to the cold, hard ground. She then made an evil grin and walked away.
As I fell to my knees to pick up my notebooks and folders, I turned around, looking over my shoulders, and saw Karmen talking with a group of people and looking right at me. She was only about 20, maybe 15 feet away from me. I stood up and faced her. "You must think you're soooo funny don't you Karmen.." I said, feeling anxious.
She turned around to face me.
"Uh, what did you just say?" she asked sarcastically. Uh oh. What have I done. She started it, I guess I'm gonna have to finish it. "You heard me. You make everyone feel like they can't be who they are."
"HA! Look around you, shorty. Everyone is on my side, except you.." she said, putting a fake frown on her face.
"Since when are there sides?! this isn't a fight!"
"Or is it."
Everyone gathered around us as she walked closer to me. I, who was still standing but my locker, swallowed shamefully.
"You wanna start something, shorty?"
"Im not shorty"
Slowly, and loudly, the rest if the school was around us starting to chant, "Fight. Fight. Fight! Fight!"
She came towards me and put her arm on my shoulders. I then put my arms on her upper arms to get then away. She made her move if pushing me towards the locker. To get out of this lock, I took one of my hands and smacked her across the face as hard as I could. She let go, putting her hand on her cheek. She backed up, then stared at me. Without a single thought, she charged towards me like a bull in a china shop and punched me in the eye. I kicked her in the shin and we both fell on the floor, in pain.
Just then, the students surrounding us all ran down to different corners of the school, clearing the halls. Our principal, Dr. Greyton, was the only thing i could see with my one eye. I knew I was in trouble. I should have bit my tongue and held my breath. I would have been perfectly fine. Well, sorta.
The next thing I could see was me sitting in a chair in the school office with Karmen sitting two seats away. Dr. Greyton then took us into a room and started to speak. "I called you're parents. They're on their way to pick you girls up." Karmen, with crocodile tears, looked sadly at our principal. She looked like she had watched a puppy die. A fake puppy, that is. The last thing I remembered from those moments was Dr. Greyton asking us questions. "I sure wish Jeydon was here with me right now" I thought to myself with a sad face.
