Chapter fourteen/Chapter Fifteen/Chapter Sixteen
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Gregory decided to suck it up and get bullied. After all, his dad was a bully back in the day. How would he react?
Turner hit him with sports balls, he knew it was on purpose.
Turner would shoot spitballs.
He called Elvira the n-word. He called Gregory a hobo. He called the pair Romeo and Juliet.
Gregory just sucked it up. So what if he was being bullied. He still had a house, and air conditioning.
One afternoon, his parents were running late. Turner stayed behind too.
“Hey hobo! Turner shouted. Gregory turned. “Did your parents abandon you again?”
“No. They’re probably just busy.”
“Busy with what? Finding a curb to leave you on?”
Glasses kid, James as he learned, threw a basketball to Turner. “Sorry, but it looks like you should head home with a little gift.”
Turner threw the ball towards his head. He waited for the ball to hit him, but it never did. Gregory looked up. Kelsey had the ball in his hand inches away from his face.
“What the everloving hell is going on!” Kelsey looked at him. “Sorry I’m late. Dad was at a business meeting and mom had an interview.”
Gregory knew what he meant. They pretended That Kelsey and Alec were Gregory’s older siblings, Vanessa was their mom and Michael their dad, the latter might as well have been true for all three.
Turner walked up to him. “I’m just teasing him. Don’t worry. I’ll stop.”
“Is he bullying you?” Kelsey asked Gregory. He nodded sadly.
Kelsey dribbled the ball towards the kid. “So, you're bullying my little bro, are you? Well, you know where bullies like you end up?”
Turner looked up towards the hulking Kelsey. Kells was an imposing figure compared to the four feet tall eight year olds.
“Jail. Or dead.” Kelsey continued. “Or I guess you could still do both. After all, the death penalty is still a thing.” He said it so calmly, it horrified Gregory.
“Bullying isn’t illegal,” James said.
“No. But people like you do drugs. And drink. And then you do illegal things. Like manslaughter.”
Kelsey grabbed Gregory’s arm and started walking him home.
A teacher ran up to him. “Gregory? Do you know him?”
Gregory smiled weakly. “He’s my big brother.”
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“Why haven’t you told us?” Kelsey said as he walked Gregory home.
“I thought you would be mad. You and Mike and Alec bullied people, I thought you would be angry at me.”
“Mike and Alec bullied their siblings. I didn’t get bullied. I got murdered.”
“So you aren’t mad?”
“I think pops is gonna be mad when he finds out you lied.” Kelsey looked down the street. “Wanna get ice cream?”
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