The day was going by as usual. The only difference was that I was called to the office due to my mother checking if I was actually at school or not. It seemed she was dragging me back to the hospital when I got home. 

When class ended, a certain fat girl was standing at the door staring daggers at Jen. “Jen Hamilton! We need to talk!” 

“Amanda, I do not think we have anything to talk about,” Jen replied. She did not like Amanda either. 

“No, we do. How dare you hit on my man!” Amanda shouted. She quickly gained the attention of the other students. She went to step forward to grab hold of Jen, but I grabbed her hand before she could touch her.

    I dug my ear and stood in front of Jen, gripping Amanda’s hand gently but strong enough so that she could not retract her arm. “Hey fatty, can we talk about this in a quieter place? I do not want you slandering my friend for no reason.”

“You! Let go of me!” Amanda went to pull hard, so I let go. She stumbled backward and almost fell on one of her lackeys. She had many girls and boys who acted as her cronies only because the girl had money. From what I remember, her father seemed to be a politician. Once Amanda got her footing, she looked at me and said, “Let’s go to the back of the gym!” 

After saying this, she glared at me as she walked away. I replied with a wide smile as I called out to her. “If you run out of breath while climbing down the stairs, make sure to take deep breaths. We will wait for you at the gym.”

Snickering could be heard through the hall. No one dared to directly laugh at Amanda but they still snickered under their breath as quietly as possible. Amanda, on the other hand, glared at everyone as she hurried down the stairs. 

I began to follow after her when Jen pulled my arm. I looked back at her to see her worried expression and sighed. I patted her hand and said, “Don’t worry. The ones who will end up being beaten this time are them. If you trust me, then just follow me. I promise I will protect you.”

“Okay….” Jen nodded. Jen always had faith in me. We have been friends for so long, and even though she was more mature-looking than me, she was still my little tail. She had always been shy around others but always so open with me. She also trusted me without a single doubt, no matter what I said. 

I held her hand and pulled her along as we went to the backside of the gym. When we got there, there were at least eleven people. Nine of which were actually people that Amanda brought to beat the two of us up. And more were showing up to watch the show. I could see how mad Amanda was. I guess being embarrassed in front of so many people a few minutes ago made her anger bubble over.

“You slut, you are finally here!” Amanda roared. “You dared to hit on my man!”

“Ummm…. Is this a story about a pig who wanted to eat swan meat? I mean, no matter how you cook it, you will still just be a pig eating swan meat.” My meaning was she was a pig no matter what she did. Although for someone who was, I think, sixteen, maybe seventeen, she did not seem to be all that smart. Then again, I still have about twenty some odd years of life experience more than her, so there was no way she could out-talk me.

“You!” Amanda seemed even more infuriated than before. I wonder if she will die from anger if I keep going. I watched as she stomped her feet in anger, pointed at us, and yelled out, “Take these sluts down! Beat them so that they will learn to never defy me!”

This was it. This was exactly what she said in my memories. I smiled and pulled Jen back before stomping my foot off the ground. I shot forward and arrived in front of the first young man and slapped him in the face quite hard. His head turned sideways along with his body before he fell hard to the ground. With a stomp of my foot, I heard a cracking sound underneath as I used him as a springboard. I think I broke a few of his ribs, but aw well. No skin off my back.

One thing I learned was to never go easy on those who wished to hurt you. Since these bastards were all here to attack us, I will use what is called excessive force to deal with them. I did not punch a single person. Mainly because I was afraid, I would break more than just their nose. But after knocking down all nine of Amanda’s cronies, I stood in front of the big boss with a bright smile on my face. “Amanda, do you know what time it is?”

Amanda, who seemed to be in a daze after all her helpers were beaten up, shook her head absentmindedly. Since she did not know, I decided to kindly tell her. “It’s time for me to help you lose weight. You see, my method is a little painful since it requires me to tenderize your body fat with my fists. Please bear with me.”

“Ouch! Bitch!” Amanda cried out, snapping out of her daze. I punched her right in the face. Blood spurted out of her nose. I was luckily able to hold back just enough to break her nose. Once I did, though, I knocked her on the ground and really began giving her a beating. Those who had shown up to watch the show only saw Jen standing away from the field of bodies on the ground and me pinning down Amanda, giving her a good beating.

“What is going on here!?” A teacher called out. I quickly got up and ran to Jen. I grabbed her hand and scooped her up into a princess carry! Once I had a firm grasp on her, I dashed away as quickly as lightning! I was not about to stay for the aftermath. Jen was looking at me in a daze. I am sure she had a lot of questions, and I did plan to answer them later on, but for now, we had to go to my house as quickly as possible. This way, the time frame for when I was at school and at home would be too off for the school to convict me of mass beating.

While I did plan to skip school after today, I did not plan to cause too much trouble for my parents either. Only when we reached the street where I lived did I stop and set Jen down. “Ai…. Just now… You?”

“I will explain things in a bit. Stay at my house tonight, okay?” I did not plan to tell anyone much of anything, but Jen was different. If I could keep her in the loop, she could also prepare herself.

All in all, today was not a bad first day back. I mean, beating people is fun!