Ch. 4- Back Off!
"S-Stop! Please!" Simon pleaded as Derek beat him again.
"This is what you get for being smart with me in class." Derek threw a punch at his face, but J caught it and twisted his wrist.
"I don't think it's Simon's fault that he's a genius and you're a dumbass." She said, letting go of his fist.
Derek dropped Simon to hold his wrist. J caught him.
"Are you okay?" J asked him.
"Everything hurts." Simon said softly.
"I'll take you to the nurse. And I'll fix you up." J offered. Simon heard everyone laugh at him.
"I-I think I can take care of myself, thank you." He responded. J was shocked.
"Um, are you sure?" J asked. Simon jumped to the floor and stumbled a little.
"Yeah," Simon caught himself "and maybe you should stop."
J blinked.
"Stop what? Caring about you? Protecting you? Being there for you? Because I don't think I can do that, Simon." She told him.
"You have to. It's humiliating for a girl to have to protect me!" Simon yelled "So back off! I can handle myself."
"Okay, um, obviously I'm not needed." J's filled with tears as she flew away.
Simon looked down. He felt a hand on his shoulder.
"You did what you had to do." Said Alvin.
"But it was still kind of mean…" commented Theodore. "You made J cry."
"I hate myself." Simon sighed and walked away from his brothers.
The next few days, J wasn't there when Simon needed her the most.
"Where's J?" Derek asked.
"I don't think she's coming." Simon sighed.
"What a shame. There's no one to stop me from destroying your face."
Simon was beaten up.
I know it's short. More is coming soon. One more chapter.