Picture of Levi's friend James
Levi's P.O.V.
Parker and I walked to my class and the door was locked.
I knocked on it and Mr. George opened the door. He came out into the hallway and looked at me.
"Levi, you're late." He told me. Well no shit!
I nodded my head and he turned to Parker.
"Hey Daniels! What are you doing here?" He asked Parker shaking his hand.
"Well, you see coach, I was throwing the football around with Levi and I lost track of time. So don't blame him for being late. It's my fault. And besides, it's not like he's done anything wrong before." Parker told Mr.George.
"Okay. I won't mark him late. Thank you, Mr.Daniels. I'll call down to your teacher and tell them not to mark you late. You can go to class now." Mr. George told him.
"Thank you sir. I appreciate it." Parker said walking off to his class.
Mr. George turned to me and said "Levi, I'm not stupid. I know that something happened to your eye and that you despise football. Now I'm not going to question it or make you tell me what happened. So get inside the class and sit in the back row." He told me.
"Thank you sir." I said as we both walked in and I walked to the back of the class and sat down beside my friend James.
"Dude, where the hell were you?" He whisper yelled.
"I'll tell you later." I whispered back.
He nodded and we payed attention to what Mr. George was teaching.
After school...
I'm driving home with Bradley and Parker and I can tell they're still mad.
As soon as we pulled into the driveway and the car turned off, I got out and ran to the house.
I used my key to quickly unlock the door and ran to my room.
"Levi!" I heard Bradley call.
"Getting changed!" I called back.
I changed into a pair of jogging pants and a hoodie.
I opened my door and went to go downstairs when Parker pulled me into Bradley's room.
He let me go and I asked "What do you want?"
Bradley had a yearbook open on his bed and Parker pointed to it.
"Show us who did it." He told me.
I sighed and looked through the yearbook until I found him.
I pointed to the kid and Parker asked "That's him?"
"Yeah. That's him." I answered.
He showed Bradley and he said "That's Tanner Reynolds. He's in Rhett's grade and is a huge dick."
"Why do you even care who did it? I'm not even your brother remember?" I spat referring to what he told Val on Sunday.
Parker sighed and looked down.
"Because we do. I'm pretty sure you'd want to know if somebody beat up Rhett." He said.
"I wouldn't need to. Rhett wouldn't have gotten beat up. He would have kicked the kid's ass." I replied.
Bradley and Parker looked at each other and smiled.
"True." Parker agreed. "But I bet you guys would have killed the kid." I said.
"Totally. We would have did this." Parker said putting me in a headlock and pretending to punch me in the stomach. He made sound effects and said "Then I would have body slammed him and Bradley would start beating him up."
He threw me onto Bradley's bed and Bradley pretended to punch me.
"Then the kid would lay there lifelessly and we'd bury him." Bradley said and jumped on me.
"Dude, get off." I said. He smirked at me and started poking my side. I started laughing and Parker started poking my sides and stomach.
"Stop." I pleaded.
"'Say that Brad and Parker are the best stepbrothers ever.' And we'll stop." Parker said.
"No way. I'm not saying that." I laughed.
"Are you sure?" Parker asked tickling my neck.
I screamed and said "Fine I'll say it. Brad and Parker are the best stepbrothers ever."
They stopped and Bradley got off me.
"Come on, let's go get some ice on your eye before my mom and your dad see." Parker told me.
I got up and followed him downstairs.
We went to the kitchen and he got me an icepack from the freezer.
I put it on my eye and Parker said "He got you good, huh?"
While looking at my eye.
"I guess so. I've never really been beaten up before in all honesty." I replied.
"Seriously?" He asked.
"Yeah. I'm not a violent person unless I get really upset. I've never really had a reason." I answered.
We walked back upstairs and heard the front door open.
"Boys! I'm home." I heard Val yell.
"Boys." Val called as she started walking up the stairs.
I was walking in front of Parker when he pushed me into Bradley's room and shut the door.
"Pretend you're sleeping." Bradley said pushing me under his blankets.
I laid on my side so Val wouldn't see my eye and pretended to sleep.
"Boys? Where are you?" Val asked.
"In here." Parker said opening the door.
"Where's Levi?" I heard Val ask.
"He's asleep. He was really tired today. He didn't sleep well last night." Bradley answered.
"Well, I brought home pizza for you boys so can you please wake him up to eat." Val said.
"Just let him sleep." Parker replied.
"Well you should move him to his bed incase he sleeps through the night." Val told Parker.
"Mom, he's fine. I'll wake him up in an hour." Bradley said.
"Wow Brad. I'm impressed. You never let anybody besides Rhett or Parker in your room. Now you're letting Levi sleep in your bed. I'm proud of you. You know what? If you guys keep this up, you can have your phones back tomorrow." Val told them.
"Thanks mom." Bradley replied.
"No problem. Now come eat before the pizza gets cold." Val told them.
"Parker, you go ahead. I have to finish something. I'll be right down." Bradley said.
"Okay." Parker replied leaving and shutting the door.
I opened my eyes and sat up.
"So I'll bring you up some pizza." He told me.
"Okay. Thanks, Brad." I said.
I could tell he was a little suprise that I called him Brad since I usually call him Bradley.
Scout came in and sat on Bradley's bed.
I pet him and he licked my hand.
"Ew." I said wiping his spit off on Bradley.
Bradley pushed my hand away and said "Do you want another black eye?"
I laughed and he asked me "Are you okay?"
"Yeah. Why?" I answered.
"Well, we never really asked you how you were. That's all." He said.
I nodded and he told me "You can't tell anybody that we have a somewhat soft side okay? We have a reputation to protect. Unless for some odd reason, you get hurt really bad or beat up again, this side won't be shown again."
I nodded my head and he said "Well, I should go get some pizza before Park eats it all. How many pieces do you want?"
"Just one piece please." I told him.
"Only one piece? No wonder you're so skinny." He said walking out of his room and shutting the door.
I laid back down on the bed and Scout snuggled up beside me.
I closed my eyes and fell asleep.
