Cupid's assistant

Chapter 29

There was chanting all around me, I got dizzy and my ears started to ring. I looked around me but only saw blurs of people cupping thier mouth to chant louder.

I felt some one tap my shoulder and I turn around to find Jacob. He was searching my face worriedly. "Go get the principal or somebody," I tell in his ear over the noise. He looked resistant at first but then he left to do as he was told.

Simons fist was still clenched at his side. The two boys was glaring at each other daring the other one to throw the first punch. Simon looks around at the crowed and his face gets softer and less angry as he looks around. Then he sees me. He and I look at each other my eyes pleading him to not do anything. His eyes were showing his vulnerable side.

After what seemed like eternity just looking into each other's eyes he turns his head back to Daniel his face hardened again. "You know what you aren't worth it. I'm going to let Sophie deal with you. She is lot more brutal than I am. And she would enjoy it a lot more." Simon says and starts to walk towards me but Daniel reaches for him turns him around growls at him for being a coward and punches him in the face making Simons face turn to the side and have spit fly out of his mouth.

"You shouldn't have done that." Simon laughs wiping the spit if his face. "Sophie is going to be even more brutal when she deals with you later." And he walks off. The crowed doesn't really know what to do and slowly they break apart and go to their classes.

Then it's just Daniel, Jacob, the principal and I left in the hallway. The principal said, "Young man you are going to have to come with me now."
Daniel looks around like he was going to escape, he turned to see me with my hands on my hips glaring daggers at him and he turns around and walks with the principal to his office.

Jacob and I watch in silence until they were no longer visible. "You ok," Jacob asked me walking towards me and gave me a comforting hug.

I look up at him, smile and say, "not right now. But I will be." He smiles back and then I turn in the direction Simon went and ran. Why? I don't know, but my feet just kept going and guiding me until I bumped into someone. Or should I say Simon.
He turned around to face me. "We need to talk," we said in unison. We stared at each other waiting for one another to start the conversation. "Later?" I asked, "I would do it now but I already kinda skipped first period so..."

"Yeah, sure," Simon replied a little awkwardly shifting form one foot to another. "But I won't see you back at your house. My parents got in last night so I moved out this morning."
"Oh," I say for some reason I felt a little disappointed but also relieved. "I'll text you later. But I really need to go to second period now." I say and walk away and he calls out a goodbye.

After a few minuets of second period I got called to go the principal's office. I walked in and Daniel, Kevin and Simon were already in there. "Please have a seat Miss Bennett," our principal Mr. Bourke said and gestured to the open seat between Simon and Daniel.

I say down reluctantly and the principal turned his swivel chair to look directly at me and folded his hands on his desk. "we just need to get the full story here and you were a reason these two were fighting and you were also a witness. You are not in trouble," he reassures me. I nod saying I understand.

"Ok, so what we have so far is that you and Mr. Reynolds were dating. Then Mr. Crawford decided he was interested in you and Mr. Crowe saw Mr. Crawford pin you to the wall kiss you and tell you that Mr. Reynolds is cheating on you when you reminded him that you have a boy friend. Then you escaped," he says running his hands through his hair. "Am I correct so far?"

"Yes sir," I say. Then I start to turn red and the good girl switch in me turns on. "You should also know that when I ran away I skipped first period," I blurt. everyone looks at me funnily but I just turn red, smile and shrug.

"Ok..." Me. Bourke says, "thank you for telling me. You are in trouble. But considering the circumstances-and I supposed to do this but I have sympathy for you-so you have detention today after school and your off the hook." I smile and thank him.

"Then your friend Mr. Crowe is about to get in a fight with Mr. Reynolds for cheating on you but decides that it's not worth it and leaves. Then Mr. Reynolds decides to punch Mr. Crowe anyway." Mr. Bourke continued and we all nodded. "Any more to this story?" He asks to be met with silence.

"Ok well Mr. Crowe you are not in trouble at all. You did the right thing.

Mr. Reynolds you are being suspended from school for 2 weeks and you are not allowed to participate in the schools production of 'Rent' or any other school activities for the rest of the year. Your suspension shall start as soon as your mother who's already been called comes down here to pick you up.

And Mr. Crawford you will have a 3 day suspension but may suffer worse consequences if Miss Bennett chooses to sue for assault. Your suspension will start as soon as your mother comes to pick up as well.

Mr. Crowe and Miss Bennett you may go back to class. Oh, and your parents have been notified of the incident already. "

Simon and I get up and walk out into the hallway. We walk together in an uncomfortable silence for a while. "So. Um. Can you meet me tonight? At our spot?" Simon asks looking nervous and unsure.

"Yeah, I can do that," I say before I left him in the hallway and turned into my class.