GRACE ☾ G.BLYTHE

14| fight!?

『 14|fight!? 』
❝See you at home. ❞

"My brother told me that I could go to aunt Josephine's party." I say exciting to Olivia when we walk to school, our arms are linked and we walk in the same pace.

"So, who exactly is this aunt Josephine?" Olivia asks when we are almost at school. "It's Diana's aunt. She is really nice and a little mysterious."

She stops walking and I turn around to look at her. "Wait, if she is Diana's aunt, why do you call her aunt Josephine?" I chuckle and explain that it is a habit of mine.

When we arrive at school the only people who are actually inside are Mr Phillips, Mike and Gilbert. Gilbert told us this morning that he wanted to go early so he could ask something to Mr Phillips before class starts. Seems like they still have a conversation.

"I have a strong work ethic, Sir, and I've chosen my vocation." I hear Gilbert say as  Olivia and I hang up our coats. The class starts to fill with other students and I say 'hi' to my friends.

Mike sees we're here and he walks up to us. "He's been rambling all morning to me about being a doctor, and asking for some extra help. I told him he should ask Mr Phillips first before asking me for help. Thought Mr Phillips knows more about things than I do."

"My father is dead, sir." The whole room goes silence. I look to Gilbert and Mr Phillips and feel the tension between them. "Yes. Well... the metaphor still plays." Mr Phillips waves Gilbert to his seat and focuses back on his paper.

With an angry look, Gilbert turns around and sits in his seat. Olivia leads me to our seats, but my eyes are locked on Gilbert. He looks sad and frustrated. I want to sit next to him, tell him that things will be okay. But to be honest, I don't know if they will.

He sees that I look in his direction and manages to give me a weak smile. I swift my look to Mike and mouth "please" while I nod towards Gilbert.

Diana is the last one entering class and taking her seat. I can see that something is wrong. "Father has a cold. We're not going to aunt Josephine's party either." I gasp. Before I could say anything about it, Mr Phillips cuts me off and begins his class.

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Everyone dislikes mathematics. That's just a fact. I used to kind of like it, but now I suck at it so I don't anymore. But you don't even need it that much in life anyway, only for counting how many bales of hay you need or have. It's very difficult too. Sometimes I just want to go to the front of the class and wipe out all the formulas that Mr Phillips wrote down.

Olivia is different. She likes it very much and is without a doubt at the top of the class with mathematics. For me it is a big pro that I sit next to her and that we're friends. I can copy some of her stuff and then she'll explain it to me on the way back home.

The door of the class slams open and everyone turns their head in shock. It's Adam. What is he doing here? "Adam Barnes, that is not a way we walk into this class." Mr Phillips tells him, but Adam ignores Mr Phillips and walks straight towards Mike, like he is his prey. Adam pulls out and his fist meets the side of Mike's jaw.

The whole class gasps as they start fighting. "Adam!" I say as I stand up, but he is too busy to listen to me. I run over to the fight and so does Gilbert and Olivia. I try to stop Mike and Olivia and Gilbert try to stop Adam. After a good 10 second and some help from other classmates, we Manage to pin them both against a different wall.

I could see the fury in Adams eyes and the confusion in Mike's. "Mr Barnes and Mr Miller, in my office please." Mr Phillips opens his office door and nods them inside. I look into Mike's eyes and let go of his shirt. I mouth sorry to him as he walks to Mr Phillips's office, followed by Adam.

We hear vague shouts of Mr Phillips and some people start laughing. "What the hell was that?" Gilbert asks, no one answer him. He looks at me and asks me if I'm okay, I just nod and he pulls me into a comforting hug.

The office door of Mr Phillips opens and Adam walks out first. "See you at home." He says to me before he quickly leaves. Mike and Mr Phillips walk out second and Mike starts to pack his things. I pull out of the hug and look into Mike's eyes, he shrugs and takes his things and walks outside.

"Get to your seats everyone." I walk back to my seat next to Olivia and we look at each other half shocked and half scared. Is Mike sacked? What happened in Mr Phillips's office? Why did the fight happened in general? We didn't get answers to those questions but we did get more mathematics formulas.