I sat down next to Harry and he pointed in front of me "Check out Dre" I looked to see my brother letting a Chinese girl play with his hair.
"Okay he never let's anyone touch his hair, he likes her" I chuckled. Harry nodded and I noticed Cheng approach my brother an' the girl. Dre immediately paused in his dancing, turning to face Cheng. He and the girl talked in Chinese for a few seconds, before he suddenly threw her papers to the floor. She jumped to her feet, shouting at him Chinese while Dre, being the nice guy he is, picked them up for her. Though as Dre tried to hand them back to her, Cheng knocked them out of his hands and back onto the floor.
"C'mon Dude!" Dre exclaimed irritatedly.
"I said leave it" Cheng demanded as Dre picked up the papers. He held them out to her and as Cheng went to knock them out of his hands again he moved them. Cheng hit my brother lightly, but it must've been hard enough to get Dre on the floor. My nervousness increased as Dre rose to his feet, his fists held out in a fighting stance. Cheng turned and smirked, obviously amused with my brothers act. He made a 'Come get me' sign with his hand and Dre ran at him, Cheng crouched down and did some karate move very quickly so that Dre went flying onto his face.
My hands flew to my mouth as I rose to my feet, watching as my brother also jumped up. Dre turned around and ran at Cheng who flipped him over his back, causing Dre to 'thud' onto his own back. Wincing at the contact, I realised Cheng's friends were holding the violin girl back while she pleaded in Chinese. Harry cautiously approached Cheng while speaking in Chinese, and I dropped down onto my knees to inspect Dre.
"Dre c'mon, don't fight him" I begged. He said nothing, merely wiping away a few stray tears and jumping to his feet. I sighed frustratedly, doing the same "Dre stop" He ignored me completely and swung a fist at Cheng. Luckily, I moved out of the way as Dre was once again slammed onto the floor.
"Still want to fight?" Cheng asked as Dre coughed while getting to his feet. He suddenly spun around and backhanded Cheng, causing the Chinese boy to fall onto his back. But my eyes widened as he easily flipped back up onto his feet. I was desperate to just run back home, find my mom or someone to get my brother out of this sticky situation. But I couldn't leave Dre, something worse could happen if I was gone. Cheng proceeded to hit him a few times before flipping him over onto the floor, straddling my brother and slamming his fist into Dre's eye. Finally managing to pluck up enough courage, I pushed Cheng off my brother, quickly falling to my knees to prevent him from doing any more damage "Move Bree" Chen demanded.
"He's my brother, please stop" I begged, shaking my head. I wouldn't move, I'd rather take the hits now than have Dre put in the Hospital.
"Fine" He snapped, storming away with his friends trailing behind. As soon as they'd all cleared away, Harry and the violin girl crouched down to Dre's level.
"Let me help" She said.
"Just leave me alone, I'm fine" He muttered. She nodded with a disappointed expression, leaving along with the Harry.
"C'mon Dre" I sighed, helping him get to his feet. He held his bruised eye and we headed home.
- The Next Day -
Rolling my eyes, I stared into the mirror, inspecting our school-uniform. It wasn't that bad if you edited it a little. For instance, I pulled the skirt up so that it was mid-thigh and tucked my shirt into the skirt, and I also loosened our strange girl-scout tie. Pulling on my plimsolls, I grabbed my backpack and headed into the living room. Since it was our first day, mom had insisted on walking with us, I thought it was social-suicide, but I wouldn't exactly tell her that. The woman was seriously scary sometimes.
"You know, you don't have to come in. I can handle it" Dre told her as we approached the school.
"Don't be silly it's your first day. Besides, we both have to meet the assistant principal Mrs Po" She replied.
"We can find her and you need to get to work right?"
"Are you tryna get rid of me?" She asked, I chuckled.
"No mom it's okay" I reassured.
"Mrs Po" Mom greeted as she saw the principal. They started to discuss some stuff and I completely blanked out, instead choosing to inspect the school. Though one of the first things I noticed was Cheng and his friends near the entrance, all of them wearing their own clothes "...This is my son Dre and my daughter Breanna" Mom said, pulling me out of my thoughts.
"Hello" Mrs Po greeted, I nodded in greeting.
"Hi" Dre said.
"We only wear uniforms on uniform day" She said, I rolled my eyes and sighed.
"Great" I sarcastically muttered.
"And hats are not permitted" She added, looking down at Dre. Mom nodded, immediately pulling off the cap. Unfortunately for him, she noticed he was wearing make-up, and soon spotted the yellow tint to his cheek.
"Dre is that make-up?" She asked, rubbing away some of the foundation.
"I ran into a pole" He lied, knowing that she'd spotted the bruise.
"No you have a black eye! You got into a fight?" She asked.
"Fighting''s not tolerated here" Mrs Po said, shaking her head.
"You heard him he ran into a pole" Mom said, dragging Dre off to the side. They started talking and I sighed while looking at Cheng and his bunch of friends. Mom and Dre soon came back, and it was time for us to enter the school.
"I love you" Mom said loudly as we headed towards the entrance.
"Love yah mom" I chuckled, noticing Dre's irritated expression.
"Mom!" He exclaimed, she tilted her head innocently.
"I love you" She repeated, her tone a little quieter.
"I love you too mom" He whispered, we turned back around and I smiled.
"Oh cheer up Dre" I teased. He glared up at me and I snickered.