A Series of Unfortunate Events One Shots

The End Part 1

The kids are all 16; there's a reason too. That said, begin!

Universe*

~Sam's POV

"I really wish you wouldn't do this..."

"Lily, I don't want to but if there's a chance it means he'll leave you alone then I want to take it," I replied.

"You'll get hurt!"

"I'll recover."

"You'll get in trouble!"

"I won't get caught."

Lily stared at me with concern in her hazel eyes. This morning on our way to school, she and I had been approached by Cameron Spats; an asshole who lives down the street from my family estate. Cameron has had this creepy attraction to Lily for a few years now and every time we run into him, which thankfully isn't often, he always asks her out or makes some perverted comments on her appearance. (Those comments have, um, increased since Lily "grew up" so to speak...) She always says no, and it's never going to change. Lily is smart, she knows he's an asshole, and doesn't tolerate that awful behavior. I don't know why he doesn't just take the hint and move on; I guess guys like him don't understand rejection. But when he met us today, he'd finally had enough.

He challenged me to a fight for Lily's affection!

I make it a... personal secret that over the years I've developed strong feelings for my lovely red haired friend. Her smile brightens up my day no matter how bad, her hazel eyes are beautiful and they're one of my favorite things to see, and her kind, caring, nature made me fall for her to begin with.

I hate the idea of guys like Cameron coming onto her. I don't believe she's owed to me, but I do believe she doesn't deserve to be disrespected. I need to do something about it. The two of us were walking through the park; it was relatively dark out here right now, to find him where he said we'd meet. I don't know if this is some kind of trick, but something tells me that Cameron isn't smart enough to plan something big ahead of time. The only reason Lily came too was so there'd be a witness in case he did something extreme. Not that I want her to get involved, it's just I'd feel more comfortable knowing she was there to step in.

And the next thing I knew I was tackled to the ground from behind by exactly the person we were looking for. I guess Cameron didn't want to waste any time. I struggled for a bit, but managed to throw him off of my back and already I felt sore.

"Glad to see you showed up!"

"Cameron that wasn't fair, he wasn't ready!"

"Shut your mouth bitch, we'll talk after I've won."

I quickly got up only to be almost punched, but I dodged it. My parents will kill me if I get too visibly injured here; I have to focus on not getting hurt instead of hurting him. He punched again; this one hit my shoulder. While trying to avoid getting hurt, I didn't notice Lily had disappeared. A punch hit my cheek and I could feel a small bruise forming. I don't think he was doing this for a girl, I think he just wanted to unload his own anger issues on me. Some people are just assholes. (No matter what my Uncle Fernald says about people having good and evil inside them.)

It was here that a small amount of blood trickled down my left arm. That bastard cut me with a switchblade! It wasn't a big cut, but it was deep enough to draw blood. But before I could retaliate with any kind of attack, Cameron was grabbed from behind by two sets of arms. Lily returned and stepped between me and Cameron. Since it was so dark I could only make out the headlights from a nearby police car that had showed up. I guess Lily wanted to stop us the hard way.