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He leans close and that silver tooth catches the light, winking down at loved fist floats inches froht the need to flinch that shakes through me
I s my fear in a bitter wash of saliva "Made you work for it though, didn’t I?" It’s all bravado For hi But I say itspit the words out
His face burns ever redder A drop of sweat drips off his nose and splats ontoto be even sweeter"
He spares loved fist connects with asp, choke for air through the blur of agony I haven’t recovered before he does it again
The world darkens for a ht spin and twirl above ain Tully in h with your i around here with imprints?" He leans his face close toanything in the first place Me? I’ve done lots of things Especially to girls like you There was one girl that rodemouth It was so easy to pin her to the backseatbreak her finger Like snapping a twig Herafter that And I made sure she kneould be worse if she told onan al the pain he’s inflicted "And I ain’t never been caught"
He lets this sink in Doubtlessly to feel and appreciateto let nothing bleed through
He continues, "If I hadn’t been tested, nobody would ever have known about me"
The irony is that he’s right Wainwright did sole to freeface His nose, like the rest of hi the outsides of his flaring nostrils Before I chicken out, I lift my neck and crash my forehead into his nose I hit hi it’s only a fraction of the agony he’s feeling
He howls and pulls back, slapping his hands over his nose
It does nothing to block the gush of blood I ignore it, shoving backe of the moment, I jump to my feet While he’s still down, I kick hi his body into a protective ball, one hand still clutching his nose I deliver a fewhe could recover at any second and be on his feet I siabout how it feelsheady and euphoric He starts to push up, and I pressthem down on his head He collapses back down from the blow
My chest rises and falls with heavy pants My ar at hi, I look around
And that’s s at the knees I hit the ground like a limp doll I fall harder than last time My head collides into the mat so hard I think it rattles my brain Jars my teeth and whips my neck
He shows no mercy This time his fist connects with my face in a vicious crack The force stuns s his glove down a second tilove to led face, the loved fist is pulled back for another blow, and so tells me this time, when he hits me, I won’t stay conscious It will knock me out No way can I stay awake for s sith air, but even that movement makes the pain in my face worse Unbearable
I force myself up, but my movements feel slowlike I’m underwater My side screams and I clutch aze focuses, locating the pair on theand straining against each other
Sean is fierce and wild, his bodywith a fluidity and ease that almost seems at odds with the power behind the violent blows he’s delivering every chance he gets He’s gettinghim in the face, the side of the head, the shoulders, the torsoanywhere he can reach Finally, Tully’s not lifting his arms up to defend himself at all anye
Diathered to watch Several call out words of advice and encourage on theuard; disgust washes overa little Another weakness I blink, fight through the dizziness Luckily, no one pays attention toan insensible boy I step forward to stop hi to ging Sean away
"C’ Sean finished him Not me Disappointed in aze scans the crowd, searching For h he needs to see aze lands onaway ever so slightly, water through a sieve
For ain my chest A flutter in my stomach And then I remember myself and what I airl oons when a boy flexes hisher heart feel anything In this place, feelings, senti me down