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Something serious

Mom kicked dad out the house that morning when she came back.

It feels good I kinda feel safe in my house.

Mom held me and Leyal tight.

Mom went to work, I went to school and Kevin stayed with Leyal he hasn't talked to me since he tried to make me no talk to Tyler.

I went to the cafeteria, I glanced at the corner of my eye and saw Bridget. She looks at me while she talked to the group of girls. The said something then the group of girls looked back at me. I frowned and they walked towards me, like i lord the over here.

I haven't seen Bridget in two months. They surround me, about nine girls came.

"Hi, bitch." Bridget smiled walking up to me.

"--I heard you and Tyler are a thing now." The girls looked at me.

"Um. No, we're not actually and, damn, mind your business." I nodded no then smiled.

"That's not what I heard. I heard you and Tyler had sex in the back of his truck during the fireworks." She walked in circles around me. "That's not what happened. Why is this brought up?" I asked crossing my arms.

"Look. Tyler has been my boyfriend since last month." My eyes widen.

Does she know Tyler has been fucking other girls on the low behind her back?

"Bridget, Tyler has other girls in mind other than you," I said.

Bridget frowned. "So you admit. You were fucking with him?" She got closer to me. The other girls laughed. "No, the fuck. He was trying to get with me--" Bridget cuts me off.

"Let's go outside. I should beat your ass." She guided me to the door.

I stepped outside and I watched Bridget. The girls were laughing bribing Bridget to hit me first. They were joking and acting like clowns.

"Hit me, bitch!" She blurted in my face. The girl behind me pushed me into Bridget, causing me to hit her face.

She grabbed my hair punching me in my face.

I hit back, Bridget tumbles to the ground. I started kicking her and beating her. She began to cover her face to block the incoming hits.

People ran outside cheering and encouraging the chaos. They pulled their phones out to record.

Security came out breaking up the fight. A guy wrapped his arms around my waist and lift me to break up the fight.

I didn't release her hoodie I was holding on to.

After the ruckus, I was sitting in the office handcuffed to the bench with the security standing by me.

Bridget came into the room with a policeman. I looked at Bridget, she had a black swollen eye and bruises on her face.

She looked at me and walked in the conference room.

Leyal, Kevin and Tyler entered the office. Tyler looked at me in shock.

I was suspended for a week for fighting on the school ground. I sat in the passenger's seat of Tyler's truck. "Why you didn't tell me you had other girls in mind Tyler?" I said breaking the silence. "Bridget and I was never a couple. It was a one-time thing." He said.

"What you mean a one-time thing Tyler!?" I raised my voice.

"We fucked and that's it. We were at a party about a month ago and we did it." The frustration got worse.

It got quiet again. Kevin and Leyal listened.

We pulled in the driveway and we all got out. Tyler took a breath. "Look Mags," he said catching up to me.

"I'm sorry I put you through drama at school and got you a week's suspension. It's my fault." He explained. "But Bridget was a one-time thing." He added.

"I can't even tell if you're lying and I should trust you." I looked down at my feet.

"I didn't plan to hurt you Mags. I really care about you." He said.

I took a breath and a sudden what sounds like a gunshot sound came from inside the house.

We all ran in the house to retrieve the sound the of the bang. I entered the house, they caught up behind me.

"Mom!" I yelled.