Mr. Tom And A Fist Full Of Rage.

After the Maths class, Mr. Tom calls Amanda to his office. She was the only one who had not done his assignment. And as she walks to his office she walks with Ashton. "If he touches you just shout my name." Ashton says. "Oh! So now you are the knight in the shining armour!" Amanda says. "No... You are the cutest girl in school. You think even the teachers won't want you?" Ashton says. "Someone is jealous..." Amanda says smiling. "Go!" Ashton pushed her into the office.

She finds Mr. Tom marking the other students' assignment and when he sees her he drops his pen. "Mr. Tom, I'm so sorry for not doing your assignment I..." Mr. Tom stops her. "You don't have to explain yourself. Just sit." He says. And Amanda slowly sits on the chair at the table, infront of him. She does not like the way he looks at her. She feels like he is undressing her with his eyes.

"I did not call you for your assignment. Infact I don't care if you don't do your assignments. I called you for another reason." Mr. Tom says. "Which is?" Amanda asks. She can feel this get weird too quick. "Can you come over my place later? I have a surprise for you." He says. "What surprise? And I'm pretty sure a child like me should not be coming to your place." Amanda says. "It's hard to explain. You will just see." Mr. Tom says. "Um... I think we are done here." Amanda says as she picks her bag and stands to leave.

Mr. Tom sees that and he rushes to her and grabs her hand. "Wait!" He says. And Amanda panics. Why is a forty-year looking Man grabbing her hand? Why is he that close to her? "Please let go of me." Amanda says. And her voice is shaking. She is breathing hard and fast. She does not like where this is going. "You know what I'm trying to do here. Don't act like you don't know. How about this... you come over my place later and I promise you will not have to work hard for your grades the entire year?" Mr. Tom asks.

"Please let go of me. You are making me uncomfortable." Amanda says. Tears are forming in her eyes. Mr. Tom grabs her neck and starts playing with her hair. "Don't cry. I will nott hurt you." He says. And Amanda shoves his hand away as she shouts. "Stop!" Ashton hears her shout from outside. And he storms into the office to find Mr. Tom touching Amanda.

He acts fast. He does not even think of what he is doing. He grabs a trophy at the shelf and rushes towards them. And with the trophy Ashton hits Mr. Tom. He smashes the trophy on Mr. Tom's head and it breaks as Mr. Tom bleeds and lets go of Amanda. Ashton then grabs Amanda and pulls her behind him. "Get out if the office." Ashton says. And he has changed. He looks like a beast. Amanda did not know that Ashton can become this angry, and he is doing this for her. He actually cane to save her.

Mr. Tom turns to Ashton and punches him. The punch throws Ashton back and he falls in his back. "Who the fuck are you kid? You think you can fight me?" Mr. Tom says as he nurses his bleeding forehead. Amanda runs out if the office and stands at the door. Ashton stands and grabs the chair that Amanda was sitting on. He rushes to Mr. Tom and smacks him on the head with the chair. Mr. Tom goes numb and he passes out, falling hard to the floor.

Ashton then rushes out of the office as he grabs Amanda's hand and they run.

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Today Ashton walks Amanda home. And since they got out of school they have not spoken. It has been weird. No one knows what to say. Amanda decides to break the silence.

"You know you can get expelled for that." She says. "No. He won't do a thing." Ashton says. "And how do you know that?" Amanda asks. "He was harassing you. He won't even report because he knows he will be asked why I hurt him. Then he will have nothing to say." Ashton says. "Thanks for that." Amanda says. "I told you I'm your knight." Ashton says with a wide smirk. "Uh! now you turn cocky! Let me remind you it took one punch to knock you to the floor." Amanda says playfully.

"Okay... next time I will let you fight and see how many punches it will take you." Ashton says. "If you don't save me next time I won't be your girlfriend." Amanda says. "Okay then. I will save you all the time." Ashton says.

"Good boy."

"So... now you're my girlfriend?"

"No yet." Amanda says and she laughs and runs and Ashton runs after her. "You tricked me!" Ashton says as he catches up with her and she struggles to get out of his grip. She slips away from him hands and starts running again.

Ashton follows and catches up with her easily. They are both laughing hard and having so much fun. And when Ashton grabs her she leans in and kisses him. It shocks him. He was never expecting that from Amanda. She gives him a long kiss. And he pulls her closer as they kiss in the middle of the street.

Everything fades away. His lips feel good on hers. She wants to kiss him forever. She has her arms around his neck and he has his arms around her waist. Their souls meet in the kiss and their hearts beat together. Then after almost on minute they both pull back. "Wow!" Ashton whispers. It takes a second for him to snap out of the kiss. "Does this mean what I think it means?" He asks. "I don't know. Maybe it does." Amanda says. And they hold hands as they walk home and laugh and joke.