By Your Side; Ksimon

Chapter Two

Simon's POV

I walked into my Geography class, it was my last class of the day. I sat down in my seat, it was in the complete left corner of the room, the first seat.

JJ sat behind me, every class I heard him talking and not paying attention. If he wasn't talking and distracting people, he was asleep.

But today was oddly silent. He wasn't talking, and he wasn't snoring.

I decided to ignore him, working on my work, but all I could feel were the daggers being engraved in my back.

I stared at my Geography test, I had studied all night, yet everything on my paper looked like nothing i'd seen before.

My heart was pounding as I kept doing my work, becoming more and more nervous as I didn't know what was on the paper, and feeling JJ's eyes in my back.

I raised my hand, not being able to take it anymore, "M-May I be excused?" He lifted his eyebrow, "T-To the bathroom."

The teacher nodded, signing my pass as I quickly slipped out of the room, not looking at JJ a I left.

I headed down the hall and quickly into the bathroom, taking a deep breath. Looking around, I saw that no one was in here.

I numbly went to the sink, splashing water on my face. "Come on Simon, you know this..." I whispered under my breath as I stared at my face in the mirror. Pimples circled my lips and around my cheeks. My hair looked shaggy and bags were under my eyes like I hadn't slept, I was up all night studying for this damn test and I couldn't remember a single thing.

Before I got the chance to wipe my face a boy came in, smoking a cigarette as he glanced at me. Immediately I recognized the guy from earlier, the guy who slammed my locker shut.

I got a good look at him for the first time, he had tan skin, and muscles popping out from his shirt. He was the same height as me, and I was fairly tall for my age. My eyes widened as I realized who he was, he was a varsity player for football. He stared me up and down, slowly walking towards me.

Wiping my face, I took a couple steps back, till I was pinned against the wall. It was cool against my bony back. He slammed his first into the wall next to me, throwing his lit cigarette to the ground.

The smell of smoke made me want to cough, but I kept in in, scared.

His face was inches away from mine as his lips sneered. Before I knew it he locked his fist, slamming it right into my face.

I crumpled to the ground in pain, feeling dizziness wash over me. I curled into a ball on the ground, getting ready for another blow, right before he got slammed into the row of sinks.

I was coughing from the overpowering smell of smoke, the cigarette was pretty close to me, but I was in to much pain and shock to move.

My vision kept swarmming in and out as I tried to focus on what was happening. A darker figure swung and connected with the guys face, sending him stumbling back. As I focused more, I saw it was JJ.

The tan guy hit JJ in the side hard, causing him to tumble back, but JJ came back, hitting him with one more hard blow.

The guy tumbled out of the bathroom, running away, leaving just me and JJ. JJ grimaced as he rubbed his side from where he must of got hit.

I saw him smash the bud under his foot then everything fuzzed back out, I let out a cry of pain that I was trying to hold in, but even I knew I was extremely weak.

I could feel a hard grip on my shoulders, almost enough to hurt as the man shook them. I groaned, closing my eyes for a moment, making him shake me harder. I heard him say my name, a couple of times, getting louder each time before I opened my eyes once more.