I have always been told "never give up."
Sometimes that is really hard to do. There are always things coming against me.
Today I arrived in my first hour class and sat by two of my best friends Jamie and Zoe. We chatted about random things until the bell rang and miss Davis entered the room.
The door shut behind her with a thud and she announced what we would be doing that day.
We were to get in groups and read through a couple chapters of to kill a mockingbird. We hadn't finished the assignment but told her we had so we would have time to catch up with all the latest drama.
"Did you hear that Jessica Baker and Jeffree Jacobs got in a fight last weekend?" Zoe said
"I heard they were in his car in the Walmart parking lot!" Jamie quietly exclaimed.
"Well.... Two different stories that the world may never k ow the answer to." I said with a chuckle.
"Do y'all want to come over tonight and maybe we can talk my mom into letting you girls stay all night so we can catch up." I said.
"Absolutely!!" They both said excitedly.
The class period went by so fast. The bell rang and before we knew it the day was almost over. It seemed like it was a perfect day.

I was walking down the hall to my 7th period class when someone grabbed the strap on my backpack and thrust me against the wall.
"What the heck!" I shrieked examining my shoulder.
"Haha, oops sorry!" Said Megan, the girl who would make my seemingly perfect day turn to disaster.
"Maybe you should watch out next time, you never know who's gonna bump into you." She said with a snicker.
I wanted to hit her so bad, but kept my cool because I knew she only wanted a fight.
I started to walk away when she grabbed my shoulder and turned me to face her.
"Why don't you do something carter?" She asked while grinning.
"Because there is nothing to do." I bluntly replied.
"You only want to make my day miserable and I'm not going to let you." I brushed her hand away and started to walk down the now empty hallway.
It seemed that she had given up and decided to leave me alone, until I felt a sharp pain in the bend of my knee and fell to the ground.
"What the heck!! Stop!!" I yelled wincing in pain.
I picked myself up and faced her.
"You gonna do something now?" Megan said pulling her sleeves past her forearms.
"Yeah! I'm gonna walk away." I said holding my fists to my sides.
I took a blow to the shoulder. That was when I snapped.
I threw my backpack to the other side of the hall and quickly pivoted my feet and looked her in the eyes.
She quickly knew that she messed with the wrong person.
My fists balled and went up to my torso where they stayed for a moment. I thrust forward and socked her directly in the nose. Blood dripped down lips.
"Its on!" She barley muttered out due to the pain.
Her fists came up and she swung at me but missed by a little.
I moved to the side and gave her a swift kick to the stomach.
She winced in pain and her face grew pale. Megan grabbed my hair and pulled my head to her chest. She hit her fist against my head. I quickly escaped from Her grasp and reached for her legs. I grabbed her behind the knees and lifted her off of the floor. I took a step back and dropped her. She fell to the floor with a thud, and cried in pain. We both looked up at Mr. John, and my friend Donovan sprinting down the hallway to break up the fight. They quickly realised that it was over as they looked at our faces and saw that both of us were bruised and crying. Donovan made it to my side and pulled me close.
"Are you okay carter?" He asked.
His voice immediately calmed me and I replied "I think so."
My cheek pressed against his warm chest and I hugged him tightly.
Mr. John and Donovan escorted us to the office where we waited for the principle. Donovan hugged me and told me it would be alright and left.

"Now ladies, I have checked the cameras and I already know who caused the fight." Said Mrs. Shaffer.
She pulled her glasses off of her wrinkled face and placed them on her wooden desk. She glared at each of us, handed me a note, and said "you may go miss Jacobs."
"Thank you." I said before exiting the office.

I was suspended for three days. I had no idea what punishment Megan had received but that wasn't any of my business.
All I knew was that I was going home.