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It was kind of tricky holding on to Perkins the bully He squirravity around, so that Brent had to keep grabbing his ared so with her binoculars

"Get him away from me!" she squeaked as they carass and then sat down on him That seemed to do the trick - as et free, it was easy for Brent to keep hi away

"You didn&039;t beat hiht "Because you see I was thinking that you should beat him up, so that he won&039;t beat up any other kids, because - "

"Yeah I got it" Brent stared at the cars in the parking lot This didn&039;t make sense It should be easier Cleaner "Except it wouldn&039;t work Do you knohy Perkins bullies freshrunted and heaved but couldn&039;t get his knees under hier than they are"

Brent rolled his eyes "No It&039;s not that It&039;s because his dad beats hiainst his dad - apparently the guy was a football player in college and he&039;s huge So that&039;s what Matt learned at hoer than somebody else, it&039;s okay to beat them up and take their stuff"

"That&039;squestion Which is what I should do with hiht That just because soer, then they can do whatever they want"

"But it&039;s different! You&039;d be helping people! Do you kno et hurt? Do you kno e for a whole generation of underclassmen!"

"Does that make it okay? Should I beat up everybody those kids wantso complicated "Who decides when it&039;s okay to beat soht to make that decision And even if I do beat him up, then what? Do I have a responsibility to beat up his dad?"

Perkins growled under Brent "You could You could take hi up somebody&039;s dad"

"Even if they are a bad person" Brent rubbed at his eyes "I don&039;t know, Luce I keep thinking abouthe wouldn&039;t want me to do this It wouldn&039;t make him proud And I owe hi to do?"

Brent stood up Perkins took the opportunity to jurabbing his shoulder before he could escape "Listen," Brent said, "I&039; to hit you But if I hear that you&039;re hassling any more kids, then - "

"Then you&039;ll beat me up?"