Chapter two
Rey stared blankly at the math homework, which lay in front of him. Who the hell ever used this stupid completing the square shit? He groaned and shoved it aside, knocking over Torrie's soda.
"Hey, watch it there," she cried, jumping up so the soda wouldn't get on her. Billy mopped up the mess and stared at his friend.
"Rey, what's wrong?" he asked, "don't tell me you're still pissed about Noble?" Rey nodded, looking out through the window. "Well, just don't worry about it, Jamie never does anything, we all know he's just talk." Rey laughed at that.
"I know that. It's just I don't want to be the one who wouldn't fight, ya know? I want him to be," Rey explained, straightening up in the booth. Both of his friends nodded to show they understood. He suddenly felt the need to be alone, saying bye to his friends and after promising to treat for everyone next time, he left.
* * * * * *
He had no idea where he was going when he left, all he knew was he needed to go for a walk or something. He heard footsteps soon after he began to walk through the park. He turned but saw no one there. So he continued. Less than a minute later he heard the footsteps again, still no one. He felt himself get angrier and angrier at every sound.
"Alright, Noble!" he cried turning around, "Come on man, I'm not afraid to fight you!" The sound stopped. Rey waited in anticipation. There was nothing. He laughed to himself, shaking his head and walked on.
He didn't hear a sound until he was almost out of the park. He didn't have time to react when he was sucker punched in the stomach. Rey doubled over in pain, and he was kneed in the face, possibly breaking his nose. He crumpled on the ground. He felt three different feet digging into his side. Kicking harder and harder with each blow.
The kicking stopped. Rey rolled over, groaning in pain. Someone knelt over him, "Don't fuck with me." That was the last thing he heard before getting hit in the face again and blacking out.
* * * * * *
The cops didn't seem to buy his story that he didn't see who had jumped him, but they left well enough alone. That was the last thing Rey wanted, he knew damn well who it was and he sure didn't want the cops to interfere.
His nose, luckily, wasn't broken, but that was the only good news. He had a minor concussion and two broken ribs. The black eye and fat lip weren't pretty either. And despite his mother's offers or pleads, he went to school the next day. Nothing on his mind but Jamie Noble.
"Are you sure you should be here?" Torrie asked,
"Don't worry about me, okay? I'll just take care of what I need to do, and everything will be alright," he answered.
"Not if you get taken home in an ambulance, then it won't be okay," reasoned Trish Startus, Torrie's best friend. Rey ignored his friends' protests as he got up to find where Nobel was eating.
He spotted him, eating and laughing with Nidia and Tajiri. Probably laughing about the night before. "Hey, Jamie!" he called, limping slightly. Jamie looked up. Slightly taken aback by Rey's appearance.
"What the hell happened to you?" he asked.
"Like you don't know," Rey snapped. Jamie shrugged, only making Rey even angrier, "Don't play dumb with me."
"Look man, yeah I said I wanted to fight, but I didn't have anything to do with." Jamie motioned with his hand at Rey's battered body.
"Bull shit," Rey retorted.
"Believe what you want Mysterio, but I didn't do a damn thing to you. Yet." And for some reason, Rey did believe him.
* * * * * *
Rey walked into his Chemistry class, confused. A single rose lay on his desk. "Why Mr. Mysterio, you seem to have a secret admirer," laughed his teacher. Rey laughed with her, but he didn't find it too funny.
"Did you see who left it?" he asked, hopefully.
"A blonde girl, I think. I've never seen her before, but she was very pretty."
Rey stared blankly at the math homework, which lay in front of him. Who the hell ever used this stupid completing the square shit? He groaned and shoved it aside, knocking over Torrie's soda.
"Hey, watch it there," she cried, jumping up so the soda wouldn't get on her. Billy mopped up the mess and stared at his friend.
"Rey, what's wrong?" he asked, "don't tell me you're still pissed about Noble?" Rey nodded, looking out through the window. "Well, just don't worry about it, Jamie never does anything, we all know he's just talk." Rey laughed at that.
"I know that. It's just I don't want to be the one who wouldn't fight, ya know? I want him to be," Rey explained, straightening up in the booth. Both of his friends nodded to show they understood. He suddenly felt the need to be alone, saying bye to his friends and after promising to treat for everyone next time, he left.
* * * * * *
He had no idea where he was going when he left, all he knew was he needed to go for a walk or something. He heard footsteps soon after he began to walk through the park. He turned but saw no one there. So he continued. Less than a minute later he heard the footsteps again, still no one. He felt himself get angrier and angrier at every sound.
"Alright, Noble!" he cried turning around, "Come on man, I'm not afraid to fight you!" The sound stopped. Rey waited in anticipation. There was nothing. He laughed to himself, shaking his head and walked on.
He didn't hear a sound until he was almost out of the park. He didn't have time to react when he was sucker punched in the stomach. Rey doubled over in pain, and he was kneed in the face, possibly breaking his nose. He crumpled on the ground. He felt three different feet digging into his side. Kicking harder and harder with each blow.
The kicking stopped. Rey rolled over, groaning in pain. Someone knelt over him, "Don't fuck with me." That was the last thing he heard before getting hit in the face again and blacking out.
* * * * * *
The cops didn't seem to buy his story that he didn't see who had jumped him, but they left well enough alone. That was the last thing Rey wanted, he knew damn well who it was and he sure didn't want the cops to interfere.
His nose, luckily, wasn't broken, but that was the only good news. He had a minor concussion and two broken ribs. The black eye and fat lip weren't pretty either. And despite his mother's offers or pleads, he went to school the next day. Nothing on his mind but Jamie Noble.
"Are you sure you should be here?" Torrie asked,
"Don't worry about me, okay? I'll just take care of what I need to do, and everything will be alright," he answered.
"Not if you get taken home in an ambulance, then it won't be okay," reasoned Trish Startus, Torrie's best friend. Rey ignored his friends' protests as he got up to find where Nobel was eating.
He spotted him, eating and laughing with Nidia and Tajiri. Probably laughing about the night before. "Hey, Jamie!" he called, limping slightly. Jamie looked up. Slightly taken aback by Rey's appearance.
"What the hell happened to you?" he asked.
"Like you don't know," Rey snapped. Jamie shrugged, only making Rey even angrier, "Don't play dumb with me."
"Look man, yeah I said I wanted to fight, but I didn't have anything to do with." Jamie motioned with his hand at Rey's battered body.
"Bull shit," Rey retorted.
"Believe what you want Mysterio, but I didn't do a damn thing to you. Yet." And for some reason, Rey did believe him.
* * * * * *
Rey walked into his Chemistry class, confused. A single rose lay on his desk. "Why Mr. Mysterio, you seem to have a secret admirer," laughed his teacher. Rey laughed with her, but he didn't find it too funny.
"Did you see who left it?" he asked, hopefully.
"A blonde girl, I think. I've never seen her before, but she was very pretty."