Gavin looked up from the swing set when he heard footsteps approaching him. He easily noticed that they were seventh graders, and to his despair, he was a sixth grader. The only thing that bugged him about it was that the seventh graders always found their fun by picking on the younger students. These three people normally only bugged Gavin when Michael wasn't around. It rarely happened, but it happened.
Michael was with his friends on the other side of the park playing basketball. He didn't want to leave Gavin alone over there, but the Brit had insisted and promised that he'd be okay. The games were never long because they always ended up with teams arguing or claiming that the other was cheating. When the first person had pointed a finger towards another boy and yelled, Michael quickly left. He hated it when they argued, mostly because he got in trouble for blowing his lid and normally punching someone. He quickly went over to the swing set where he had left Gavin, and froze when he saw Cody going over and poking at Gavin. As usual, the Brit only looked down and murmured something about the other leaving him alone.
Michael gave a small growl in the back of his throat and marched up to the three. "Cody!" He yelled, and the boy quickly turned towards Michael. Cody only snickered, "Come here to save your princess?" He asked with a snarky tone, and Michael rolled his eyes. Trevor, a stalky and tall brunet chuckled at the remark, and Michael only rolled his eyes. "I just want you to fuck off and leave Gavin alone."
Gavin quickly looked up and bit his bottom lip. He disliked it when Michael would try and protect him. It only got the Jersey boy in trouble. Michael was once suspended for almost a week because he had punched some guy in fourth grade. He was quickly snapped out of his thoughts when he heard a loud thump hit the floor. He gave a small gasp when he found Cameron, Cody's side kick, on the floor. "M-Micool, don't!" He warned quietly before he got up quickly and went to Michael's side.
"I only pushed him." Michael replied sourly, glaring up and Cameron. "Y-You're overreacting…" He said quietly, and looked at Michael. Michael turned to face Gavin and frowned, "No, I'm not! They pick on you every day. They always start at poking you with remarks, but it normally end up with pushing and hitting." Gavin, sadly, had to admit that it was true. Once he was too upset to go to their next class that he faked an injury to stay at the nurse's. Even if they didn't get to hit him, they said things that stabbed through him badly. "Mi-cool…"
"Listen to your girlfriend, Jones. Don't want you getting in trouble again." Trevor mocked as Cameron reassembled himself and got up. Michael shot a glare over to the trio, and Trevor's smirk faded slightly. They all knew what Michael was capable of, though they usually tried to ignore it. "Shut the fuck up, Trevor, you piece of shit. I swear to god I'll-"
"Michael Jones!"
All of the boys looked over where the voice came from, and Michael groaned when he saw the monitor storming her way over. "Dammit…" Michael murmured under his breath. The lady grabbed Michael's arm and glared at him. "What on earth did you just say to Mister Bradford?" She asked hoarsely, giving Michael's arm a small tug. Michael, in no mood to mess around, gave an innocent smile. "I saaaaiid; 'Shut the fuck up, Trevor, you piece of shit'. I was going to continue, but you decided to strut on over here, and interrupt me." He replied, smiling wider and more innocent.
The woman's eye twitched at Michael's reply, tugging Michael's arm again and this time, bringing him across the playground and into the building. Gavin looked over at the trio in front of him, and quickly ran after the woman. He found them in the halls and quickly ran towards them. When the monitor saw Gavin, she stopped dead in her tracks. "Gavin, it's not time to go in yet. Go back out." She demanded, but Gavin shook his head. "I-I want to go with Michael."
Michael gave a small smile as if to say 'it's a lost cause'. Gavin looked at Michael but his attention was brought back to the monitor when she snapped at him. "Go back outside, Gavin!" She snapped again quickly, and Gavin flinched at how loud she had been. He looked back over to Michael, who rolled his eyes.
"Don't worry, Gav… go back outside." He was pulled by the monitor before he turned back to Gavin. "Oh- and don't forget; you're my boy."
"Gavin, come on… please hear me…"