Chapter 9: The Fight
Calvin and Hobbes sat down in an empty seat near the back of the train.
"What did I do?" Calvin asked.
"Well," Hobbes began, "You lied to everyone on the train and now your only friend besides me is mad at you."
"That jerk!" Calvin exclaimed, "So I lied! Big deal! I lie to you all the time, and you don't care!"
"What was that?" Hobbes asked angrily.
"Nothing," Calvin said quietly.
"You know you have to apologize to John," Hobbes told Calvin.
"Why? John should apologize to me!" Calvin replied angrily.
"What for?" Hobbes asked.
"Ummmmmmm…for being mad at me!" Calvin told him.
"Uh-huh," Hobbes said.
"Ok! Fine! I should apologize! But I'm not gonna!" Calvin said loudly.
"Why not?" Hobbes said sternly.
"Because I already apologized to him!" Calvin was practically shouting now.
"That was for something different!" came Hobbes's reply.
There was a long silence between the two of them.
All of a sudden, Calvin lunged at Hobbes.
"YAAAAAHHHHH!" he screamed.
Everyone on the train was looking at the kid who seemed to be losing to a stuffed tiger.
"I don't care about what you think, you stupid flea bag!" Calvin shouted.
"Oh yeah! Well bring it on! Don't say that to me! I'm not gonna apologize to John!" Calvin screamed at Hobbes.
John looked up at Calvin, but Calvin was too busy to notice.
For a moment, they stopped fighting to catch their breath.
John was going to say something to Calvin, but before he could, the two began fighting again.
Conductor heard the commotion from the front of the train.
He looked through the door window and saw Calvin fighting Hobbes.
"Here we go again!" he said to himself.
"You stupid, ugly, horrible excuse for a tiger! I will-"
But Calvin was interrupted as he was lifted in the air.
Calvin looked up into the angry face of Conductor.
"Hey, Conductor! How's it going?" Calvin said nervously.
"Follow me into the back room," Conductor said sternly, "and bring Hobbes."
"Oh, great! Thanks a lot, Calvin!" Hobbes whispered sarcastically to Calvin.
"Shut up!" Calvin hissed.
As Calvin and Hobbes were being led into the back room everyone but John "Oooooooo"ed.
"SHUT UP!" Calvin screamed
Conductor looked at him angrily.
"PLEASE!" Calvin quickly added.
