Chapter 3: A piece of my mind

(Cry POV)

After I finished dropping the twins off to their school, I made my way to mine and as soon as I entered the school grounds, I immediately saw Leon and his minions walking towards me. I tried to walk past them but Leon stood in front of me while his friends surrounded me in every direction.

"Excuse me." I said

"Or what, fag?" Leon said

"Or I am going to be late for class" I said half-jokingly.

"Oh, so you're talking back now, huh?" Leon said as he backhanded me, making my head shift to the right.

I can feel a stain of blood in the corner of my lip but I ignored it. I don't really give a fuck right now.

"I don’t know what you’re trying to accomplish but you’re certainly not succeeding." I blurted. Oh God!! Did I just provoke him?

"Is that so?" He whispered, then he quickly struck my stomach with his fist. I fell to the ground and I can feel some people gathering around, watching me get tortured by these jerks.

"Painful enough?"

"Fuck you!" I said. He then kicked me and I had a coughing fit. My entire body screamed in pain.

"God help me!" I whispered. There’s pain everywhere. Everywhere I go, it follows me. It lingers. It never goes away. Pain is consuming my entire humanity right now.

"You’re so pathetic, you don’t even know it. Rot in hell, you bastard!" I said as I sneered at Leon. Leon squatted down and pulled my hair to look at him.

"Oh, that's what you're good at, playing the victim card and the good boy reputation, right? Let me give you some tip, faggot! Why don't you fight back sometimes so everybody won't see you anymore as some loser with a miserable life?" He whispered and he lifted me by my hair a bit, probably to slam my face on the ground but a voice stopped him. I knew who it was already. It's Dana, my best friend. She pushed Leon away from me, causing him to stumble back a little.

"LEON, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?" She said as she helped me stand up. I limped a little bit but managed to stand still at last.

"Just giving some advice to this faggot. Look at him, he's so pathetic"

"No, you're the pathetic one!!"

"Excuse me?" Leon growled.

"You know what, I never ever thought that it will have to go down this way!!" Dana said.

"What's that supposed to mean?" He asked. "Oh, I am just going to give you a piece of my mind!!"

Oh no!! Here we go, I don't want to hear any of this!! First of all, Dana Hadler is considered to be the epitome of savage. She does not have to resort to physical catfight against some chicks in the school campus because she does it verbally and she does it well, let me tell you. Nobody has dared to lay a finger on her, and if they do, they are going to get it. She has spoken her mind out to some of her enemies and I have to tell you, their self-esteem hit rock bottom. Dana does not sugarcoat and is brutally honest when it comes to criticizing someone. She is intelligent, eloquent and very studious. She is the head of the debate team and her house always wins. Without her, her team would definitely struggle, BIG TIME!!

She does not usually read fictional books or novels but she prefers to study Psychology. She is very interested in Psychology and human behavior. I know, weird but cool, right? When I went to her house, she has a collection of psychology books everywhere. She likes to observe people's strengths and weaknesses. I can say that she is a very strong and keen observer, that's why some people learn not to show their vulnerable side in Dana's presence because she can use it against them if they ever mess with her. That's when they knew that Dana is someone, not to be messed with. Wait, Dana is about to start her statement.

"Leon, I have known for a long time that you have been crushing on Cry!!"

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUDGE? Leon's eyes widened with shock, anger and...guilt? The crowd's eyes widened as well.

"What the fuck did you just say, crazy bitch?!!!" Leon screamed!

"Oh come on, stop pretending now. Do you really think I don’t notice the way you look at him? Every class we’re in, your eyes are always attached to him. You even got jealous once when Jensen was tickling Cry. Can’t handle someone touching your crush, can you?"

"CUT IT OUT, CUNT!!"

"The truth hurts and you know it. You can't do anything about it because you are stupid and dumb enough to love your reputation more than to follow your feelings. You like him but you bully him because you are in denial but no matter how many times you torture Cry, your feelings for him are just getting stronger day by day, am I right?!"

"You don't know what you’re saying!!"

"Sure, I don’t. Why do you think I win every debate I am in?” Dana asked sarcastically.

Whoa! See what I mean, Dana slays every time she opens her mouth! That's why she is considered the Queen B in Red Archers. Nobody has attempted to dethrone her, and part of me admires that type of respect that she receives from everyone.

Leon, his minions, the crowd and myself included are stunned!

"Any rebuttals?" Dana asked

"Dana, That's enough!!" I interrupted. "Come on, let's go inside before we get late." I added. We walked away from Leon and the rest of the crowd and as I looked back, I can feel Leon's glare towards me.

Is it true? Is Dana right? Would he happen to...like me?