Part 16

Justen's POV

When Josh and I were done eating, I had a funny feeling in my stomach. At first, I blamed the food but then I realized it wasn't a sick feeling. I brushed it off and Josh and I got rid of our trash. We walked outside and the feeling grew stronger. What is wrong with me?

"Get them!" I heard someone yell.

I frantically looked around and saw the popular guys from my and Josh's school jump out. They surrounded me and Josh.

"Gotcha," Ryan smirked before punching me right across the face.

"Justen!" I heard Josh cry out.

"Asshole," I said, punching Ryan in his jaw.

Ryan fell back and was replaced with another guy who kneed me in my stomach. It knocked the wind out of me but I ignored it and took a low blow by kicking him in the nuts. The other guy fell to his knees and was replaced with Liam.

"Am I going to have to beat you all up?" I asked, punching Liam and kneeing him in his stomach.

When Liam was down, I felt something dig into the back of my leg. I kicked it back and found out that Ryan had stabbed me.

"Well shit," I said, kicking Ryan again.

All at once the remaining guys tackled me to the hard pavement.

"You may be able to take us down one by one, but together we can beat the hell out of you," I heard Ryan say before a series of kicks and punches rained down on me.

"Stop!" I heard someone yell.

"Harrison, I swear to G-" Ryan was cut off.

"Hello," I heard an adult say.

"Mr. Fredrickson?" Liam asked in a scared voice.

"That's me," I heard the adult say again. "Now, unless you want to be in juvie, I suggest you leave these young men be."

A cop, thank goodness. I could barely breathe and was hurting everywhere. Those dicks were holding me down the whole time which made it impossible to fight back. I then heard Ryan and his gang run away.

"Are you okay?" I heard Mr. Fredrickson ask.

"I'm better now," I said.

Mr. Fredrickson helped me sit up and he went over to three other guys.

Wait, three? I thought it was just me and Josh.

I watched Mr. Fredrickson help Josh sit up before he walked over to two other guys. I didn't care about them though, as soon as I saw Josh sit up, I tried to stand up and run over to him. When I failed miserably, I called out to him instead.

"Josh!"

"Justen?" Josh asked, turning in my direction.

I watched Josh stand up and run towards me. Thank goodness he wasn't hurt as bad.

"Are you okay?" Josh asked, worry in his voice as he kneeled next to me.

"I'm a lot better now," I said, hugging Josh.

Josh hugged back and we sat there hugging for a minute until we let each other go.

"Are you okay?" I asked.

"Yeah," Josh said. "I've got a few bumps and bruises here and there. Maybe a broken rib or two. But you…"

"Do I look that bad?" I asked.

"Well… let's just say you look like you got between a bear and her cub," Josh said.

"Way to put it lightly," I said, laughing before wincing in pain.

"Alright, no more laughing for you," Josh said jokingly before Mr. Fredrickson walked over to us with two boys following behind.