Jeff wanted to run away, these two boys were staring at him like he was some creature in the zoo. He slowly moved behind Chris and stared past his arm silently. He shivered.
"Oh, back off Jay," He said. "Your almost as scrawny as Jeffo is."
Jay looked indignant for a minute and crossed his skinny arms. "Please, I'm like a foot taller then him!"
"Yeah, cause you're a year older then him!" Chris argued back in his behalf.
Jay looked pissed off and he crossed his arms still looking indignant then he sighed. "Yeah, yeah whatever." He responded.
Chris shook his head and laughed. "Lets go, we got so little time and so much to do it in." He said and hurried towards the back of the gym. He started to scale the fence then paused and hopped back down. "If I give you a boost." He said to Jeff. "Can you make it over the top?"
Jeff looked up slowly and studied the top of the fence, which was a good three feet above his head. He slowly looked back and Chris then nodded. Chris grinned and kneeled down. He held his hand out and Jeff put his foot in it. Chris hefted him upwards and he grabbed the top of the fence and pulled himself upwards till he was straddling the fence. He hadn't taken the chance to open his eyes and look around when Chris climbed up next to him.
"John holds wrestling events here on Thursday nights. He don't mind if we sit on the roof to watch. But we got to be up there before the show starts so the paying customers don't see us." He concluded.
Jeff finally opened his eyes and looked around silently taking everything in. The yard was huge at least a hundred feet long going back to the edge of some woods. The grass ended about 10 to 15 feet from the back of the building. Stands were set on either side of the door. In the middle of the yard, which was more of a huge field, was a real wrestling ring. With four sides and well, a ring. Surrounding the whole yard was a stone fence.
He felt someone climb up behind him and he looked over his shoulder and got a dirty look from Jay who was getting a boost from the older Adam. After Jay was sitting on the fence Adam climbed up and sat down watching silently. The four boys watched the empty yard for several minutes.
"So who goes first this week?" Adam asked.
Chris shrugged and looked down the good five-foot drop to the grass below. "Don't know."
Jay smirked coldly. "I know who should go." He stated.
"Who?" Adam asked.
Before Jeff could move hands landed on his back and shoved him off the fence. He tried to grab the fence his hands scrapped against the stones and he dropped like a brick to the grass below. He hit and the air slammed out his lungs leaving him struggling for air on the grass. His vision dimmed out and blackness crept in on the edges.
His hands pawed at the grass as he struggled to pull air into his lungs. He heard a soft thump on his right and Chris was leaning over him. "Easy Jeffo." He said sitting him up.
Jeff coughed weakly and sucked air into his lungs. "Ow." He whispered.
"Its okay kiddo." Chris said gently rubbing his back, as Adam and Jay jumped down next to them.
"What were you thinking idiot?" Adam snapped helping Chris get Jeff to his feet. "You alright kid?" He asked.
Jeff nodded slowly breathing shallowly.
Jay shrugged and smirked. "He's the new guy, I figured he should go first.
"You're an assclown ya know that Jay." Chris said leading Jeff towards the fence. Jay glared but followed the three back to the fence. "Okay, Jeff were going to heft you up there and you need to grab the top and pull yourself back up."
Jeff nodded and Adam and Chris started hefting him up. He reached out he heard Jay say a little to loud. "Oh JEEZE He's bleeding."
Chris nearly dropped him and he clenched his teeth to keep from crying out. "Where's he bleeding?" Chris snapped from below him still holding him up. He reached for the top of the fence again and started pulling himself up. He straddled the fence and looked down silently. His right arm was a mess, hunks of skin hung off where they had been scrapped off by the fence. Blood was gushing from his left thumb and he studied it thoughtfully as Chris scrambled up next to him.
Jeff looked at him silently biting his lip as Chris studied the injury to his hand and arm. "Does it Hurt Jeffo?" He asked.
Jeff just shook his head and looked back down to his banged up hand. Chris sighed and jumped down into the field and looked at Jeff. "Come on, we got to get that cleaned up."
Jeff jumped down and almost fell Chris caught him then looked up as Adam and Jay scrambled up and jumped down at the same time. "We can take him over to my house." Adam said.
"Mom's home and she'll clean it up no problem." He grinned. "And then we can have some Cookie's."
Chris nodded in agreement. "Come on Jeffo lets go." He said taking Jeff's un-injured hand he led him after Adam.
Jay followed feeling disgruntled but not wanting to miss out on the homemade cookies of Mrs. Copeland.
TBC…..
