Hell's Aftermath; The Mirror and Nothing More

"Mrs. Young is Jeff Thomas in the nurse's office" I asked already knowing the answer.  She replied. "Yes!"  I left the cafeteria as fast as I could, and headed for the office area.  Pete was there and he didn't look happy, but my business was with Jeff.  He had a badly swollen black eye, a broken lip, and what might have been a head wound.  He didn't respond to my presence at all, but I still felt as if I needed to be there next to him.  Then I felt eyes on my back, I turned around to find Pete looking over my shoulder.  "Why are you here?" Pete asked as if I wasn't welcome here.  "I came here to see him!" now I wondered why Pete was here.  "Do you know anything about what happened?" I asked as I stared at his eyes.  "Yeah, it was Parker and James.   I stopped them from beating on Jeff."  Out of the vice principal's office came two officers along with Parker and James.  All of this pain and suffering caused because they thought I was hitting on Pete.  Pete's face spoke of betrayal and anger.  He stared at our team-mates as they were put into the squad cars.  Even I could feel his anger.  As I was getting ready to leave a kid walked in who caught my eye.

He is tall around 5'9".  His eyes are green and his hair is brown.  He is very easy on the eyes.  I hear him speak and I'm instantly taken.  He's not quite a jock and not quite a prep.  I overhear that he is new and that his name is Doug.  I don't need him as a friend but I want him as a friend.  Our gaze meets for a second.  He doesn't break it and I felt a ping in my soul.  "Hi" I broke the ice.  "Hey!" my hopefully new friend said back.  "My name is Alex." Hoping for something a little bit more.  "Doug here, see you around." I hope he's right.  I caught a glimpse of Pete and Jeff.

I was pulled back in by my heart.  Pete was quick to acknowledge me.   "Have you seen your car?"    "No, did I need to worry about my car?"  "You might want to check it out."   I quickly made my way to my car.  From what I could see the car was fine.  I just wish the same were true for Jeff.  Seeing him injured really got me upset.  They couldn't get to me so my ex team-mates used Jeff's battered body as a message to me.  Pete smiled at me and looked behind me.  "I think the new guy enjoys the view."  I turned my head and sure enough, Doug was catching a glimpse.  He came in and saw Jeff.  His face went from friendly to disgust.  "What happened to him?"  I turned my head to Jeff and then back to Doug and said "Homophobia.".