The next day, I noticed something strange: Quigley and Violet were getting a bit close.
Not that it angered me a lot, but I was a bit, dare I say, jealous.
Gory was walking by in the cafeteria. When he was passing our table, Quigley shouted, "Now!"
Violet pulled a lever, and a bucket of oatmeal fell out of nowhere and splattered Gory. He shrieked and frantically tried to wipe the sticky substance off him.
Violet, Quigley, Klaus, Sunny, and Isadora laughed. I smiled, but not a sound escaped my lips.
Don't think Gory didn't seek revenge, though.
One day, as Quigley was alone in the hall, he attacked him and started to punch him. I was heading to the office with the daily roll sheet when I saw the fight.
"Hey!" I yelled, running over. I lifted Gory off of Quigley and slammed him Gory into a wall. "I told you to leave my brother alone you schmuck. Now lay off or I'll have to kick your-"
Quigley attempted a punch at Gory that was futile but still made a bruise, in a small, non-bloody sort of way.
Gory rubbed his mouth and raised his fist to punch Quigley. I punched Gory and he fell, slipping on the floor.
"Hey!" a teacher yelled, storming over. "What's going on here?"
"He was beating up my little brother," I said indignantly. "He was beating up me," Gory said, getting up. "There was a fight going on," the teacher said reluctantly. "To the office. March!"
There we were, on our way to hear bullying advice from the last person on Earth to know about anything, Vice Principal Nero.