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A Thousand Ways to Stay Sorry Pt. 1
Andrew Wiggins is a bully. He's always been a bully. I remember first grade, when Shelley Hemingway was playing in the sandbox at recess and Andrew put a rhino beetle that he'd found under a rock by the edge of the playground in her hair.
Shelley screamed so loud! To this day I think she is still traumatized by it. She rolled herself up in a ball and rocked back and forth crying loudly. The teachers tried to calm her down but she just kept on crying.
I glance over at Shelley and she sits by herself at the lunchroom table rocking back and forth over her bologna sandwich. Shelley is very awkward. Very thin and pasty. Her straight black hair always hiding her face, accept for her thick coke bottle glasses and thin hook nose.
She always wore red or green dresses. Deep dark reds and hunter greens to be more specific. Colors that made her skin look more translucent and like a worms flesh. Then there is her scent. Not a pleasant smell, but more the smell of warm urine. Like she pee'd her pants then just let it dry in the sun.
I feel really sorry for her. I dont think she has any friends. At least none that I know of. And Andrew Wiggins still torments her on a daily basis.
Then there's poor Owen Thompson, the fat kid from my street. Everyone calls him Owen One ( 0 & 1 ) due to his one attempt of sticking up for himself after Andrew pantsed him in front of the girls volleyball team last year. He flailed his arms in a pinwheel style with his head down and rushed at Andrew, who just side stepped and stuck his leg out tripping Owen. Owen fell flat on his face breaking his nose in the process.
I can't say it was much of a fight. I think Owen beat himself up more than Andrew did any damage. But in the end at least the nickname is pretty hilarious!
Then it was my turn. A bunch of us were gathering over Jenny Stapletons house after school cause her parents were both at work. I went straight over there from school so I had my backpack with me. In it were all of my school books and my sweaty gym shorts from that days gym class.
I had a huge crush on Jenny, so when she asked me to help her carry some boxes to her basement, I happily obliged dropping my backpack in her living room untended.
When I came up from the basement Andrew was squatting over my backpack with his pants down shitting in it. At first I couldnt believe what was happening. Then, when the reality of the situation finally overcame me, I got extremely angry.
We fought in Jenny's front yard. I landed a few punches and held my own for the first minute or two, but his size and strength overcame my onslaught and he got me on the ground. Then the fight was over for me.
I woke up with a busted lip, a swollen eye, and a backpack full of books, sweaty shorts and a pile of shit dumped on my face. My parents had to pay for the books because I threw them away. It cost them over $300, but I never told on Andrew.
The list of Andrew's victims goes on, and so his list of enemies grows as well. Andrew Wiggins' days are numbered for sure. I just wonder if he knows it or not?
Andrew has always been a big boy. For as long as I've known him he's always been big. Definitely the biggest boy in my whole school. Only Lizzy Thompson compares to Andrew in size.
Lizzy Thompson is as tall and slender as an evergreen sapling. Always wearing boys clothing and wearing her hair short with obvious intention to make herself undesirable to boys. Her pretty face, accented with perfectly placed freckles and her glowing smile made that a difficult thing to do.
Although she was tall, she walked with a nimble gracefulness that made her look as confident as a ballerina. Her confidence made her intimidating to the boys and un-approachable. So without the distractions of boys, she spent her time in solitude in the library after school studying. Lizzy was quiet and beautiful yet was silently thought of as a nerd. That's why when Andrew's attention turned to her, nobody expected what followed.
Nobody!

It was early morning, and the school meal program was set up for breakfast. Lizzy stood in the line holding a tray with a plastic spoon, napkins, a small apple and two 8oz. cartons of milk. As she stood looking at the assortment of single serving boxes of cereal trying to decide on corn flakes or rice Crispies, Andrew crept up behind her with a devilish grin.
Lizzy was wearing a pair of blue and white pinstripe slacks that tapered at the ankle, a white button up shirt that looked as though it may have once been an ugly bed skirt, and as if her outfit wasn't hideous enough, a pair of rainbow suspenders completed the look.
As Andrew reached for one of Lizzie's suspender straps, Lizzy spun around and swiftly brought her knee up into Andrews groin.
It sounded as though a cat got its tail caught in a wood chipper as Andrew howled. He buckled over and grabbed his crotch, making sure everything was still there but judging by the sound coming from his mouth they might not have been.
Some who witnessed this claimed they saw his balls literally launching from his mouth. I mean, she got him good!
Lizzy didn't stop there. As Andrew curled and began to fall to the floor, Lizzy grabbed him by the back of his mullet and with a lightening quick right hand, landed a punch that flattened his nose and sent blood spraying in every direction.
You could hear Andrews past victims shout out with excitement. I couldn't believe what I was witnessing. Andrew Wiggins was getting his ass kicked by a girl!!!
It was quickly broken up as Mr. Bogan, the vice principal was there in a flash. He grabbed Lizzy and pulled her away from Andrew before she could cause any more damage.
"Lizzy Thompson! What has gotten into you? Go to the principals office this instant!" he yelled.
Aside from Andrews' wailing and crying, the cafeteria was silent as every witness to Lizzie's assault digested what they had just seen. The crowd was in awe, but I knew everyone was feeling the same way I was. I could see it as I looked around in everyone's face. They too felt some vindication in what Lizzy had just done. We all felt that Lizzy had given Andrew one for us all. But we also all knew that this was only the beginning, and that Andrew would not let Lizzy get away with what she just did to him.
We didn't have to wait long for it either.....

to be continued.....
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