Michael

Stop.

---gym class---

Ezra rushed passed everyone avoiding eye contact to his locker in the locker room. He didn't want anyone to notice him.

"What happened to your arm fag." A boy questioned grabbing Ezra's wrapped up wrist.

"Nothing. Now leave me alone." Ezra opened his locker, but the boy slammed it shut and shoved Ezra against the lockers behind him.

Ezra looked frightened as he was soon surrounded by ten other boys in the locker room.

He tried to walk past them, but was once again thrown against the lockers.

"Leave me alone," he asked as he tried to pass again.

"No," the boy said as he punched Ezra in the face. Ezra fell to the ground, but quickly got up to be met with another punch from a different boy. Then Ezra noticed his brother, Jacob.

"Jacob help me," Ezra begged, but Jacob ignored him and continued to watch.

"Tell your fag brother to calm down and take it Jacob," the first boy yelled at Jacob. Jacob walked up to Ezra and pushed him against the lockers.

"What are you doing Jacob??" Ezra asked as his brother punched him in the face. Ezra fell to the ground scared.

He tried hiding his face as the three began to kick him. "Jacob?! Stop!" Ezra yelled crying.

They stopped as the first boy grabbed Ezra and dragged him into the showers. The other boys began laughing as they heard Ezra's cries for help and for the boy to stop.

Jacob was expressionless. He didn't know what he was doing. He didn't want the other guys to think he was gay if he tried to help Ezra.

The boy exited the showers without Ezra. All the boys left the locker room laughing, but Jacob just stood there. Waiting for Ezra to come out, but he didn't.

Jacob slowly walked towards the showers when Ezra appeared. Besides all the bruises and blood on him he was pale. He looked like he had seen a ghost. He walked past Jacob like he wasn't even there.

"Ezra?" Jacob asked frightened as he followed Ezra to his locker. Ezra ignored him and began to change into his gym clothes. "Ezra?!" Ezra shut his locker and walked over to the sink to rinse the blood off of his face. He brushed passed Jacob to go to the gym.
Jacob chased after him, "stop Ezra! You need to go to the nurse."

Ezra pushed past him and sat with the other kids in the gym class. Everyone stared at him. He looked up at the teachers as they ran over to him.

"Ezra are you okay?" "What happened?" They all asked and he just shook his head 'no.' That's all he could do. He couldn't speak. He began to rock back and forth with his hands covering his head.

"Ezra?!" Jacob cried out as someone shouted to get the nurse. "Ezra I'm calling dad!" Ezra continued to rock back back and forth.

The teachers cleared all of the students out of the gym leaving themselves with Jacob and Ezra. "What happened Jacob?" one of the teachers asked him.

Jacob just stared at his brother. "I'm sorry Ezra," was all he could say.

The nurse soon rushed into the gym and tried to calm Ezra down to look at him, but he pushed her away and got up. He started to walk away before he collapsed onto the ground...