Blame
Chapter 4:Even in Death
I looked in shock as Spinner and Johnny shoved eachother. Spinner already had a black eye and clumps of Johnny's hair had obviously been torn out. Johnny's knuckles seemed bruised and bloodied as did Spinner's. Jimmy Brookes was in his wheelchair next to Jane, from Lakehurst,looking on in disbelief. Manny walked over behind me and said,"I hate this!!! Emma,Sean,Liberty,hell! Even Toby seems to believe that fighting will help!! That is why the war started! Why JT was murdered! He stood up for his school and when he wanted to stop the war they killed him!!!" I turned to look at her. "Don't you want to avenge JT as well?" I asked softly.
Her eyes widened and she shook her head, her dark ponytail bobbed behind her. "Of course I do! But only one person did the crime and he's in jail!" She said throwing up her hands.
"But Johnny watched Drake stab JT and he ran." I told her slowly,watching as the fight was broken up by Mr.Simpson and Mr.Armstrong. There where scattered sounds of dissappointment as people realized that this fight was over.
Manny sighed and then said,"We better be heading to class. C'mon." She said grabbing my arm and leading me into Mr.Armstrong's math class. We sat down at our desk and I looked around. Everyone was talking excitedly about the fight that had just occured in the hallways. Mr.Armstrong and Spinner,who was in this class weren't here yet. I could easily guess that Mr.Armstrong was with Spinner in Miss.Hatsilakos' office,explaining what exactly had happened.
Looking behind me I saw Megan sitting two seats behind Manny,smirking. With a groan I opened my math book to the page written on the board and got to work,not really wanting to communicate with anyone.
Just then Mr.Armstrong walked into the classroom and gazed at the classroom with dissappointment in his eyes I quickly cast my eyes back down to my book uncomfortably.
"Quiet down everyone." He said sitting on the edhe of his desk and waiting for the room to quiet down before he spoke once more,"It's really dissappointing to walk out of your classroom and witness students fighting for no reason. I might as well tell you all now,Johnny DeMarco and Spinner Mason are suspended for two weeks. Now I am going to warn all of you,DO NOT fight! I know it is crowded and uncomfortable and that none of you guys really enjoy being in this school," He said casting dark eyes over Lakehurst students and then he looked torwards the rest of us and said,"And I know the rest of you blame Lakehurst for what happened a few months ago and that you guys don't like sharing the school. But that doesn't mean that you can just beat eachother senseless!!"
I heard a snort behind me and knew that Mr.Armstrongs message wasn't getting through. It would only be awhile before World War III began in this school.