"I'm sorry, Kai. We're classmates, and hitting someone is wrong. Even though you started it, I shouldn't have escalated the conflict," I said, trying to sound innocent. While Kai was seething inside, he couldn't argue, because Tyler was definitely on my side, and it was true that he had started it.
I remembered some teachers would have students shake hands after a fight, so I shook hands with Kai.
He looked a little dumbfounded, the two teachers were a bit amused and exasperated, and Tyler was completely bewildered.
The bloodshed sparked by a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes finally ended with the disciplinary committee intervention.
"You three, remember this! I'll remember you. Next time you cross me, I won't be so lenient."
Later I learned that the head of the disciplinary comm
