The Fight

My friend Will was sitting outside when the school bully in training, Stefen, decided he would start up with Will. Will's dad is not a well liked person around here. Everybody knows him and he's done something to just about everybody it seems. The family name is like a curse word here. So most of the crap his dad should get, lands on Will, his little sister, and their mom. The way I look at it is that they have no control over what he did but these people around here are determined to make Will, his sister, and mom's lives as horrible as possible. I just can't go along with that. So when he started his crap, I told him to leave him alone. So Stefen decided I was asking for a fight. I told him that I didn't want to fight but if he was dead set on a fight, I would oblige him. He started telling me everything he was gonna do, so I hit him square in the mouth. Then when he raised up and started toward me, I hit him again, right in the nose. And then followed that with a punch to the stomach. He went down like a sack of bricks. He didn't get up after that for a few minutes. After I was taken to the principles office, he went to see the nurse. I got 3 days of suspension but the principle is a good friend of my dads, so that was the end of it.
But things are so confusing now. Since I got into the fight, I am kinda popular. I'm still the guy that doesn't talk but now it's a cool thing where before it was creepy. I talked before the fight but no one ever noticed it. Now when I say something, other kids actually listen. And people are talking to me now and everybody knows my name.
And I've liked this girl since I got here. She is smart and real good looking. But she's one of those girls that doesn't try to look good, she just does. And I found out that she likes me. Which is cool. I sat with her during 1st break. I bought her a coke. We just talked for a few minutes on the steps outside the side door. It's weird liking a girl. Even weirder is that she really likes me for me. She said that she liked me since the first day but was afraid I wouldn't like her. I also found out that everybody was always talking about me because no one knew anything about me except for I was in Katrina and I was living with my aunt and uncle. They didn't know where my family was, if I had any family, or anything. I just showed up one day almost a month into the school year with clothes that didn't fit and out of style. My aunt and uncle's church was gonna do a money drive for me but I told them not to do that (like I wanted everybody to know any of the stuff about me and my family's situation). But she told me that most everybody just wanted to know who I was and where I was from.
The guy I got into a fight with is the cousin of my online friend Pony. He thought it was funny that I beat up his cousin and didn't know it. But since the fight, he hasn't been that bad of a person. I guess we've kinda got an understanding now. He knows that I won't allow him to do that stuff to someone 2-3 years younger than he is. Now if he wants to try bullying someone his own age and size, he can have at it. I really think his bullying days are over. He wasn't much of one to start with but now that he's been taken down a notch in the school hierarchy, he can't afford to take another beating.
So for about a week I was popular. Then as with everything, it died away. Basketball season is in full swing and our team is supposed to be good this year. And baseball season will be starting up soon and I'm gonna try out for the high school team. I probably won't get on the team but I'm gonna try. The coach usually only chooses Jr's and Sr's, so a freshman has no chance. But I like those odds. I think I can beat them. But being serious, we don't have a underclassman team (B team) so there will be alot of us available for early summer league practices.