Bad Day to Let Go (PG) by Christina Anton

Disclaimer: Sailor Moon is not mine. It is owned
by Naoko Takeuchi and some other people that I
can never remember.

It was stupid. I know that. I couldn't
stop myself though. After all the years of
patiently enduring all the crap I get from
people who don't understand me, I snapped.

It happened in gym class at about 9:30 AM.
We were playing basketball, which I don't like
much and am not very good at, but I tried my
best. There were three others on my team. One
was a friend of sorts, and the other two were
people that I thought might actually do
something that class. The first game we played,
the two only caught the ball when it was thrown
to them and hardly ever moved their feet. The
second game was like that, as was the third. By
the fourth game, I was very frustrated with
them. Through all the games, my friend and I did
all of the work. The other two just stood and
watched, only playing if they were forced to.

Here is how the fourth game went: the two
just stood in the middle of the court while my
friend and I did our best to play against three
other people. In order for one of our opponents
to not make a score, I knocked the ball out of
bounds when it left her hand before it would
make it to the basket. One of the girls doing
nothing said to me, "Baka, even I know you're
not supposed to make the ball go out of bounds."
I then told her in a heated voice why I did it
and just kept playing. Here comes the start of
this mess. After watching the ball come two feet
near them and them not even trying to get the
ball, I tell the one closest to me, which just
happened to be the one that had spoken to me
before, "Would you two move around and actually
play the game?" I admit that I used a harsher
tone than I should have, and I knew the girl
liked to fight. She responded by saying, "We
would if you'd actually pass the ball to us!"
That made me angry. I should have let it go and
kept on playing, but everything I had had to
deal with for the past several years seemed to
come crashing down on me. I shot back, "I would
if you would actually move around and get the
ball!" By now, she was in my face and I was in
hers. All of the other girls were watching, and
the sensei was over on the other side of the gym
with the boys. The girl said, "What are you
gonna do about it, ne?" She shoved me. I guess I
hadn't moved back as far as she wanted me to,
mostly because I hadn't wanted to. She shoved me
again. I was almost to the wall and didn't want
to be shoved into it, so the next time she went
to shove me, I put my hand up to push her hands
out of the way. I guess she thought I was going
to push her back, because she then started
hitting me. I was very angry then, so I started
hitting her back. The fight was all a blur to
me. I know I kicked her in the abdomen a few
times and I was hitting her with my fists. I
later learned that I had hit her in the jaw and
bruised her ribs.

By the time the sensei had broken us up, I
wasn't hurt at all except for a scratch on my
knuckle that probably had come from hitting her
in the jaw. I couldn't stop shaking. The sensei
sent the other girl to the office and told me to
stay where I was while he got the class to calm
down.

Class was ending then, and the sensei sent
everyone to get changed. He walked me to the
assistant principal's office. I walked in and
the assistant principal and the girl were
sitting across from each other.

I was still shaking, and when the
assistant principal gestured for me to take a
seat, I was releived. The sensei told her what
he saw happen, and he even defended me a little.
He then left the room and closed the door behind
him.

The assistant principal then asked me what
had happened. Apparently she had talked to the
other girl before I had come into the room. Our
views on what happened mostly matched, and the
assistant principal ws happy that we were honest
with her. The other girl and I apologized to
each other, and because of that, we weren't sent
home that day. However, we both did get a three
day out of school suspension. Needless to say, I
really didn't like that. I kept thinking, "How
will my mother react?" She had said to me once
that if someone were to start hittin me, I was
to defend myself. But I was NOT to start the
fight myself. I hadn't thrown the first punch,
but I guess my words had.

All that day, people were talking about
it. A few of my teachers hadn't heard about it
for which I am glad. I worried about what my
mother would say when I got home. The assistant
principal had called the hospital that my mother
works at to tell her about what had happened and
what the consequences were.

When my friends had heard, they were
shocked to say the least. Usagi-chan said to me,
"YOU got into a fight like THAT Ami-chan!?! What
got into you!?!" What got into me? Everything is
what got into me. People don't seem to think that
I have a breaking point. I guess the girl's
refusing to do anything was the 'straw that broke
the camel's back'.

When I got home that day, my mother was
waiting for me. The first thing she said to me
was, "Explain yourself young lady." I put my
books down, and explained to her what had
happened. Even though I hadn't hit her first,
she was still very angry at me. My punishments
were that I was not allowed to go out with my
friends, not to call anyone on the phone unless
it was an emergency, not to get on the computer
(I have my own private one, but rules are
rules), and to do the dishes and clean the house
for the three days I'm suspended. I was also to
get up and do everything just as if I were going
to school every morning. Later that night
though, she had calmed down and been a bit more
lenient. She changed the punishments to: not
going out with my friends, not getting on the
computer until school would be out for the day,
doing the dishes and cleaning the house, and
getting up early. At least now I can call my
friends, and I don't use THAT computer much
anyway.

I admit I do deserve the punishments. Mom
won't be there to see that I follow them most of
the time, but she trusts me enough to follow
them, and I will. It is just going to be hard to
go out with my friends and fight evil monsters.

It is morning now and my mother is at
work. Luna and Artemis are at the window waiting
for me to let them in. They don't look happy.
It's going to be a long three days.

End

Author's Notes: A lot of the things in this
story really happened to me. I did get into a
stupid fight and that is how it started and what
I remember of it. I picked Ami for the character
for it to happen to because she's my favorite SM
character and she is a lot like me. I read alot,
am smarter than alot of the other students at my
school (though I don't have an IQ of 300), and
I'm also a virgo, if that will explain my
personality any. Remember everyone, fighting is
not the answer for petty disputes :)

Oh, if you want to know why I put the no computer
punishment in, it's because my mom really did do
that to me. It was one of the worst ones for me
because I love my computer so much.

Started: 12/5/00
Finished: 12/7/00

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