Chapter 5

Tuesday Morning, I get hit by a MGM (miniature goth missile). After a PDA that got us a couple of "Get a room"'s from students and a throat clearing from a nearby teacher, we started for our class.

"Umm, Lana, not that I am complaining but did you forget something this morning?" I asked.

"No, but with your little growth elixir all my bras are too small. Mom told me just to wear a camisole under my blouse and we would stop at Wally world tonight and buy some."

"Okay, but tell her not to spend too much. I think that there is a place in the mall that can fit you better. Tell her that I promise not to look and that you can pick them out without my input."

Morning went by as usual but at lunch, Lana surprised me by asking if I could sit somewhere else today as she wanted to talk to a friend of hers. I said sure, and gave her half of my bento boxes. I reminded her that she needed to eat good and that I didn't consider school food "good".

I looked around and spotted Craig and some other guys and headed that way. I sat down and asked what was going on. I got kidded about being on my own today but I just laughed it off. Pretty quickly we were talking about the latest online game and I was asked to join their group for a run on Saturday. I explained that I had a date for Saturday but could we do it Friday night. Everyone quickly agreed and we set up a time and place to meet up in the game world. I told them in the future that if they wanted I could probably come up with enough game consoles we could meet at my house and all play together if they wanted. I also had a bunch of older paper RPG's if anyone was interested in playing. Everyone seemed to think that sounded pretty cool so we set that up for the following weekend on Saturday afternoon.

Rest of the day went by pretty quickly. I noticed that Lana was getting a lot more attention. I wasn't worried about it but told her to be careful she might get more attention from the undesirables as she was getting prettier every day. That got me a hug and she told me not to worry, she was my girl and knew it.

Wednesday Morning. Got hit by a MGM again. Another quick PDA that went unnoticed fortunately. Walking toward our first class, I got blind-sided by a shoulder check. As I stumbled backwards, I saw someone grab Lana and heard "Hey cutie, why don't you ditch the rich geek and hang out with a real man?" I used a nerve pinch to lift the guy's hand off Lana and stepped between them. "Don't touch her again" I told guy who had grabbed her. He had on a varsity football jacket so that probably made him a senior. It also made him a foot taller and close to a hundred pounds heavier.

"So Richie Rich, wha cha goin' to do about it?" he snarled at me.

"We can do this anywhere you want, as long as it's off school property." I answered pushing Lana behind me and trying to watch every way at once.

"Fine, 6 pm Fountain Park, and here's some what you'll get if you show up" he said as I heard Lana scream and felt a blow to the back of my head. Now I am pretty tough but you get sucker punched to the back of your head and you know it. Then while I am standing there dazed, the guy in front grabs my arm and slams me into the wall. I feel my lip split and get a "Later, sucker" from the two assholes.

Lana grabs me crying and asking if I am alright. I tell her I am and that I need to make a call.

"Goldsmith and Goldsmith, This is Linda. How may we help you today?"

"Let me talk to Rube Goldsmith." I said with a bit of a lisp from the split lip.

"I'm sorry, young Mr. Goldsmith is very busy. Can I make an appointment for you?"

"Listen, I am not in the best of moods. Page him, tell him that Nate Long, Jr. is on the line and if he wants to continue representing my dad, he will talk to me right the hell now."

I got put on hold, Lana is trying to doctor my lip with a piece of tissue, and I hear. "This is Rube, what's going on, Junior?"

"Thanks for taking my call, Mr Goldsmith. But quit calling me Junior unless you want it right back."

"Sorry, Nate, what's wrong? You sound odd."

I explain what happened. He advises me as my attorney to go to the principal's office and report it.

"Oh, and Nate, try not to hurt anyone too badly."

"Okay Mr Goldsmith, but no guarantees, they started it and I will finish it."

We went to office as advised and got pretty much the response that I expected. The assistant principal asked if anyone had seen the alleged incident. Lana said that she had and was told as she was involved they couldn't take her word. I identified both attackers by their jersey numbers (which they were both stupid enough to wear) and was told that Mr. Brown and Mr. Smith were star athletes and couldn't have possibly been involved. As we are leaving I hear "And Mr Long, any more fighting on school property and you will be expelled." I turned and smiled coldly at him and walked out. I quickly called Rube back and explained what was said. He is pissed now and says he will call the school board. I tell him to hold off until I can send him an audio file of the interview. He tells me to stay out of trouble until he can get things straightened out.