Chapter sixteen: Back Off!

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"First, accept sadness. Realize that without losing, winning isn't so great" ~Alyssa Milano

"JEROME!" I heard a voice yell. I ignored it and went back to bed. "JEROME!" The voice yelled again but I refused to listen. I felt something heavy on top of me.
"OOF-" all the air was nocked out of me as my eyes flew open. Their was all my friends sitting on my back. "Get....off" I managed to say.
"Gooooooood morning!" Preston greeted as he pulled off the bed covers when I tried to go back to sleep.
"EWWW! HE'S IN HIS BOXERS!" Lachlan yelled. My face heated up as I threw a pillow in the nearest direction of Lachlan's voice.
"Hey!" Vik squealed as I felt the pillow hit my back.
"Gettttt uuuup!" Mitch wined as he crawled in my bed and pushed me over the side of it.
"Mitch!" I yelled as I hit the cold floor. "God dam it, how'd you get in?"
"The front door was unlocked" Vik explained as he sat down on my bed.
"Get changed, we're leaving in twenty minutes" rob mothered. I felt his cold hands go under my arms and he heaved me up. They shuffled out of my room and I pulled on some clothes. I heard laughing come from downstairs as I was tying my shoes. I quickly brushed both my hair and teeth.
"Awwww, look at baby Jerome!" Preston cooed as they were looking at family photos.
"Yeah, he was adorable....what happened to him?" Vik asked as he picked up another one.
"Hey!" I took the photo out of his hands. I put it back on the desk, pain filled my heart. "I heard that Vik"
"Sorry" The third eldest apologized.
"Hey, Jerome. Where's your parents?" Preston asked as he looked at another photo.
"Their on a road trip, I'm here alone" I answered as we headed out the door.
"What? You've been here all alone?" Rob asked. I nodded my head.
"What do they do?" Mitch asked "you never told me"
"Jesus, Mitch. I don't know, I don't care" I sighed. I rubbed my eyes, a bad habit of mine.
"Don't do that" Rob dragged my hand away from my eyes. I wined as a child, he laughed at my actions. We walked into the school, we were on the senior section....dammmmmm.
"HEY NERDS!" Some guy called out to us as they hit us with a peace of scrunches up paper. I gritted my teeth and clenched my hands into a fist.
"Calm down, Jerome" Lachlan hissed In my ear. Ever since the fight with JJ and his friends, they spread rumors about us. I've hated it, everyone giving us dirty glances. We can't walk alone anymore because of how bad the teasing got.
"Awww, look at that. The little one is mad" the laughed at us. I knew that they were talking about me.
"Hey" some guy grabbed my hoodie and pulled it close to his face. I recognized that it was JJ. I huffed out an annoyed breath. "This is our spot, shorty"
"We were just passing by" Rob came to my rescue as he held onto JJ's arm. He tried to pry me free, but he pushed Rob backwards. Rob let out a frighten squeak as he crashed into the lockers.
"Don't push HIM" I tried to control my anger, but failed. I felt his cold hands connected with my cheek.
"Jerome!" They yelled. I turned around and saw that my friends were being held back. This made my blood boil, I ignored the pain on my cheek as I turned back to be faced to faced with JJ.
"Let them go!" I tried to free myself once again. "DONT HURT THEM!" I shouted.
"Shhhh, don't yell! We don't want anymore problems, do we?" I looked pleadingly at the other children in the hallway. The laughed at us or ignored us.
"Don't hurt him!" I heard vik's small voice rise above the crowd. I turned around to see Vik being held back by Ethan. Ethan pulled viks hair witch caused him to yell.
"Shhhhh, you should be quiet" he pulled harder with causes Vik to scream more. This made my blood boil more. "If you know what's good for you"
"Just leave us alone!" Lachlan pleads. It hurt to see the youngest in pain, "let go of my arm! Y-Your twisting it too high-AAAH!"
"IM GOING TO KILL YOU!" I yell as I tried to go attach Simon who had his arms twisted behind his back.
"I-I....I cant breathe!" I looked at Preston's face slowly turning purple because of Tobi's head lock. I kicked and screamed, my friends copied my actions, but the other children's voices drowned out ours.
"Come on, boys. Really picking on freshmen?" A voice asked. I was released and collapsed on the ground.
"So, what are you going to do about it?" JJ spat. I looked up to see the president of the school.
"We talked about this, head to your class" he ordered. JJ squared up to his face, they were about the same hight. Neither men looking to back down.
"Lets go" JJ growled as he and his crew walked away. The president didn't even give us a glance as he walked past us. He abruptly stopped and looked at us.
"Well, are you coming?" He asked. We nodded and scrambled to our feet, we followed him in the now empty hallway.
"Thanks" Lachlan told him.
"I'm not doing this cuz i like you. I rather sit and watch you get beaten, but it's my job. Next time be more careful because I won't be their to stop it" he growled. We were taken back by his attitude.
"Y-Yes" Mitchell stutters as we headed into our side of the school.
"I'll tell the teacher that you were all with me for the moment and apologize to them" he instructed as he dropped us off at our homeroom.

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