Paper Antlers

Chapter 10

"You never could stay away from a good fight, even when you're out matched idiot." I heard Callie whisper. I blacked out for a moment. My right eye was swolen nearly shut. Then I was under the bleachers with Callie, Frank, Mikey, and Ollie. "Is it bad?" I whisper. "sort of, but you broke Ryan's nose!" Ollie said. "Yeah, there was blood all over his stupid face. He's beaten up me and Ollie before but you sure handed it to him." Frankie cheered. "Then I grew 5 inches and I was good." Ollie laughed. "Just a coward really." Mikey sighed. The left side of my face was bruised and there was a small cut below my cheeckbone. The right side of my face was worse. Ryan had struck closer to my eye, and when I blacked out I had landed on that side. There was a larger cut (apparently towards the last punch Ryan had drawn a blade) from my right cheeck bone to almost my mouth. "You are so lucky my mom is a doctor." Callie huffed as she patched up my face. "Why do you carry around a little medical kit anyway?" Ollie asked. "In 6th and 7th grade James used to get beat up a lot, after the 4th fight, I started carrying it around." Callie replied. "Damn bro, I guess that red was like a target or something. What happened in  the 4th fight?" Mikey laughed. "I um got cut up real bad. I was going to lunch and this group beat me up in 6th grade." I said, wincing a bit when Callie put 3 stitched in my face. Then I showed them a few scars on my side (where Callie had given me bruise cream to put on). "I got my fair share too, I feel ya bro." Frank said, pulling up his sleeve to reveal a scar just below his left shoulder that ran to his elbow. "I'll suprised if you two graduate in one piece." Ollie said, shaking his head. "Callie backs me up 99% of the time and if she gets to me when the fight is over, she always patches me up." I said cheerfully. "I'm a black belt." she answered because my response triggered a few confused faces. "Come on patchwork rag dolls, dinner at the diner, my treat!" Mikey suggested.