The next day
Leo
As I got to school the next morning, I spotted Piper talking to Dan. The way she stood seemed as though she was confident, but I knew that look. She was scared. I walked closer, weaving my way through the mass of students hanging out in the hallways. I began to hear their conversation. "Can I help you Dan?" Dan looked seriously pissed off. "Yeah, you can help me by telling who you're going out with." Piper retorted, "Why, so you can date him first?" I winced, Dan wasn't usually going to stand for that, but I doubt he would start a fight with a girl in the hallway. "Shut up. So I can beat the crap outta him. No one beats Dan Gordon to the punch." I measured my chances, if Piper didn't tell him, he'd hit her since people were leaving for first period, and fat chance that would happen while I was standing there. If she told him, he would beat me up, but she wouldn't tell. I stepped forward into the light. Piper's face broke into a grin. Dan turned to me. I was afraid he was gonna punch me immediately but he didn't know that I was the one who was dating Piper.yet. He was about to find out.
"Piper, you ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine Leo. We need to get to English Lit. Class though." Piper walked toward me and I held out my hand. She smiled slightly and took it. We walked away waiting for the explosion from Dan. It came immediately.
"What the hell is going on here? Leo, you going out with Piper?" I turned, shouldered my bag, and stared up into his face and said,
"Yeah, what about it?" Dan's face turned purple and he smashed his right fist into his left hand.
"I'm going out with her, man! She's mine!" I choked back the laugh I was holding. I'd seen Piper going at Dan but I held her back.
"Dan, one thing. Piper's not someone's property. She's a girl with feelings and junk. She's one of the most perfect girls ever. If you think that I'm gonna let you hurt her, you're wrong. She's a person, a great person. You obviously don't know that because if you did, Piper wouldn't be almost breaking my arm trying to get at you." Dan stepped forward and I knew he was gonna smash me into the ground. Piper was fighting me, tring to beat up Dan. Whe she heard my speech she stopped fidgeting. The entire hallway went quiet. Then a girl stepped forward. "Dan, he's right. You treat all girls you go out with the same way. You're a pig." Another guy stepped forward and stood behind me. "You, Dan. You wanna beat him up, you're gonna have to beat me up too." I realized it was Dan's best friend. Then both my brothers stepped up. ThenPrue, then Andy, then Phoebe, then a whole bunch of the popular kids stepped up behind me. Pretty soon, basically the entire school was behind me. Dan looked scared and finally gave up and walked away. Piper leaned forward, and kissed me gently. All the kids were congratulation me on my victory, then everything turned silent again. Up walked the principal. He latched onto my jacket and started pulling me away. Then he grabbed Piper and started pulling both of us toward the office, all the while, explaining th erules, and how gangs were not allowed and how fights were against the rules. Then someone spoke up. "Yo, Mr.Defranso!" Leo and Piper didn't do anything." It was Dan's best friend, the one who had stood up for me, Hank. Mr. Defranso turned was surprised to see Hank step up. "It was Dan's fault Mr. D. He cornered Piper and said he was gonna beat up her boyfriend cuz he wanted to go out with her. Then Leo stepped up and led her away. Finally Dan realized Leo was Piper's boyfriend and started yelling stuff about how Piper was his and how he would beat Leo up and stuff. Leo said this great speech about how Dan basically treated women like dirt and property. Then everyone stood up for Leo cuz Dan looked like he was gonna beat Leo into the ground. Then you showed up and started leading them away. I don't know much about the school rules, but that seems unfair." It was the longest speech Hank had ever made, I was told.
Piper
I swear that Dan Gordon infuriates me! First he threatens me, then Leo, then argh! He thinks I'm a piece of meat to be handled and sold. God! Thank god for Leo. If he hadn't held me back I would be expelled. He was great. Then the whole school stood up for us, then we were dragged off to the office when Hank, the quiet one, Dan's best friend, speaks up. Then a miracle happens. Mr. D apologizes and lets up go. Then the whole entire school erupts into cheers. Not only have we defeated Dan, the sexist pig, but also we've proven the principal wrong. I felt on top of the world. Leo leaned over and kissed me on the lips in front of the entire school. He didn't care who saw and neither did I. Finally the school quieted down and everyone shuffled to their classrooms. Leo and I sat down at our desks in English Lit. and Mr. Remo began his usual lecture on how Shakespeare was important. I raised my hand and excused myself to the bathroom. I was walking down the hall, which was completely empty, when I got pulled into a staircase that led to the top of the building. A rag was stuffed in my mouth and my hands were tied. I was led up a flight of stairs till the person pushed the door open to the concrete floor and the open sky. I was pushed into a sitting position on the floor and I finally got a good look at my kidnapper. Through the barrel of a gun. It was Dan.
Leo
As I got to school the next morning, I spotted Piper talking to Dan. The way she stood seemed as though she was confident, but I knew that look. She was scared. I walked closer, weaving my way through the mass of students hanging out in the hallways. I began to hear their conversation. "Can I help you Dan?" Dan looked seriously pissed off. "Yeah, you can help me by telling who you're going out with." Piper retorted, "Why, so you can date him first?" I winced, Dan wasn't usually going to stand for that, but I doubt he would start a fight with a girl in the hallway. "Shut up. So I can beat the crap outta him. No one beats Dan Gordon to the punch." I measured my chances, if Piper didn't tell him, he'd hit her since people were leaving for first period, and fat chance that would happen while I was standing there. If she told him, he would beat me up, but she wouldn't tell. I stepped forward into the light. Piper's face broke into a grin. Dan turned to me. I was afraid he was gonna punch me immediately but he didn't know that I was the one who was dating Piper.yet. He was about to find out.
"Piper, you ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine Leo. We need to get to English Lit. Class though." Piper walked toward me and I held out my hand. She smiled slightly and took it. We walked away waiting for the explosion from Dan. It came immediately.
"What the hell is going on here? Leo, you going out with Piper?" I turned, shouldered my bag, and stared up into his face and said,
"Yeah, what about it?" Dan's face turned purple and he smashed his right fist into his left hand.
"I'm going out with her, man! She's mine!" I choked back the laugh I was holding. I'd seen Piper going at Dan but I held her back.
"Dan, one thing. Piper's not someone's property. She's a girl with feelings and junk. She's one of the most perfect girls ever. If you think that I'm gonna let you hurt her, you're wrong. She's a person, a great person. You obviously don't know that because if you did, Piper wouldn't be almost breaking my arm trying to get at you." Dan stepped forward and I knew he was gonna smash me into the ground. Piper was fighting me, tring to beat up Dan. Whe she heard my speech she stopped fidgeting. The entire hallway went quiet. Then a girl stepped forward. "Dan, he's right. You treat all girls you go out with the same way. You're a pig." Another guy stepped forward and stood behind me. "You, Dan. You wanna beat him up, you're gonna have to beat me up too." I realized it was Dan's best friend. Then both my brothers stepped up. ThenPrue, then Andy, then Phoebe, then a whole bunch of the popular kids stepped up behind me. Pretty soon, basically the entire school was behind me. Dan looked scared and finally gave up and walked away. Piper leaned forward, and kissed me gently. All the kids were congratulation me on my victory, then everything turned silent again. Up walked the principal. He latched onto my jacket and started pulling me away. Then he grabbed Piper and started pulling both of us toward the office, all the while, explaining th erules, and how gangs were not allowed and how fights were against the rules. Then someone spoke up. "Yo, Mr.Defranso!" Leo and Piper didn't do anything." It was Dan's best friend, the one who had stood up for me, Hank. Mr. Defranso turned was surprised to see Hank step up. "It was Dan's fault Mr. D. He cornered Piper and said he was gonna beat up her boyfriend cuz he wanted to go out with her. Then Leo stepped up and led her away. Finally Dan realized Leo was Piper's boyfriend and started yelling stuff about how Piper was his and how he would beat Leo up and stuff. Leo said this great speech about how Dan basically treated women like dirt and property. Then everyone stood up for Leo cuz Dan looked like he was gonna beat Leo into the ground. Then you showed up and started leading them away. I don't know much about the school rules, but that seems unfair." It was the longest speech Hank had ever made, I was told.
Piper
I swear that Dan Gordon infuriates me! First he threatens me, then Leo, then argh! He thinks I'm a piece of meat to be handled and sold. God! Thank god for Leo. If he hadn't held me back I would be expelled. He was great. Then the whole school stood up for us, then we were dragged off to the office when Hank, the quiet one, Dan's best friend, speaks up. Then a miracle happens. Mr. D apologizes and lets up go. Then the whole entire school erupts into cheers. Not only have we defeated Dan, the sexist pig, but also we've proven the principal wrong. I felt on top of the world. Leo leaned over and kissed me on the lips in front of the entire school. He didn't care who saw and neither did I. Finally the school quieted down and everyone shuffled to their classrooms. Leo and I sat down at our desks in English Lit. and Mr. Remo began his usual lecture on how Shakespeare was important. I raised my hand and excused myself to the bathroom. I was walking down the hall, which was completely empty, when I got pulled into a staircase that led to the top of the building. A rag was stuffed in my mouth and my hands were tied. I was led up a flight of stairs till the person pushed the door open to the concrete floor and the open sky. I was pushed into a sitting position on the floor and I finally got a good look at my kidnapper. Through the barrel of a gun. It was Dan.