Pumped-Up Kicks (A Logan Lerman Story)

Chapter 37

Telly's P.O.V.

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Never in my life have I really thought Jace would get in a fight. He's like a giant teddy bear. And to be honest, I didn't think he would get his ass kicked.

I was packing up my bookbag and shut my locker door when I heard screaming down the hall. Unamed bodies rushed past me in a blur almost like moths to light. Out of instinct and curiousity my legs lead me like everyone else. I heard punches being thrown and taken. I was pushed to the back of the barricade as it all unfolded. Everyone chanted around the battlers instead of pulling them apart.

Me being me I pushed my way to the front and took it all in. A frieght stricken Remie stood on the side and watched in terror. And so did Bryn,Topher,Jen,and Jared. It took me a second to realize that blood was staining the floor tiles. My eyes trailed to the body taking punches on the floor. And just like Remie i covered my mouth in horror. Logan hunched over Jace and threw punch after punch to his face. I was frozen. And he didn't stop. Not one bit. More blood left Jace's face and it turned red. Logan was just smashing it. I was pretty sure that either his nose or jaw was broken if not both.

I was tired of being a witness to a massacre. I dropped my bag from my shoulder and ran up to Logan. My small fist connected with his jaw. And that stunned him enough to snap out of his daze. "Leave him the hell alone." I screamed at him. I took in his appearance. His eyes were starting to swell and his lip was busted. A groaning Jace bled uncontrollably underneath me. My gaze never left his. My hand started tingling. Everyone was silent as i looked down and helped Jace up.

"Touch my friend again and I'll blind you." I picked up my bag from the floor and dragged him away from the crowd. I threw him in the passengers side of my car and took a deep breath. He opened the glove compartment and pressed an ass load of napkins to his face. They were stained red immediately. "You have to apply pressure so it'll stop bleeding." My eyes locked with the road as i sped down the empty streets to the closest urgent care.

"It would be easy if the son of a bitch didn't break my nose." I looked over swiftly. His eyes were swelling and starting to close. "I can barely see and my leg really hurts. Like I can barely feel it."

"I'm like 147% sure that those are black eyes. All you have to do is put ice on them. And yeah it might be broken." I pulled into the parking lot of the virtua center. I helped him out and we limp-walked our way into the emergency room. I rushed to the receptionist at the desk. "Hi my name is Chantel Allegria and my best friend Jason Wills had just been beaten to a pulp. He can't really walk."

"Oh my. Okay we need to get him help immediately." A big ass flock of nurses came rushing with a gurney. As soon as he was on it he was whisked away from me and I was left in the empty waiting room. I sat down and read an old issue of Star for a few minutes before I heard his muffled screams.

Almost on cue, Remie and Logan came in with the Pumped-Up Kids behind them. "OhMiGawd Telly. Are you okay." Remie couldn't get the words out fast enough.

"Yeah I'm fine. Jace however isn't if you can hear him screaming." I stated the obvious and she rolled her eyes.

"He wouldn't be if he could mind his own damn business. Don't defend him he started it." Logan complained. To my surprise there were only a few bruises and a small black eye.

"I'm not the one thay broke his nose,leg and gave him two black eyes. You did." I spat with poison. Who did he think he was. He had to be the most moody person on the planet. One day he's being all nice to me and the next he's giving me his ass to kiss.

"Oh come on. He can't be that bad." Topher spoke up before I could wrap my hands around Logan's neck. Louder screams came next. "Well I stand corrected."