Chapter 11 - A Broken Promise I wasn’t sure what to do, but something told me not to get in the middle of them. If Jesse had been able to hit me before, I doubt he’d hesitate to do it again. Karen walked out of the gym. “Hey Jesse, the teacher’s looking for you...” her voice trailed off as she surveyed the scene. “What the hell are you doing?!” she yelled at Nathan as he took another swing at Jesse. She ran over to Nathan and slapped him. “Leave Jesse alone! He didn’t do anything to you!” Nathan gave her a very surprised look, but it didn’t seem like it had hurt him. This was my chance. I walked slowly over to Karen. “What the hell do you think your doing?!” “I don’t remember inviting you into this.” She said coldly. “Well, that (I pointed to Nathan) is my boyfriend, and if you think I’m gonna let a bitch like you get away with slapping him around, your wrong. So if I were you, I leave before you get hurt.” I stepped towards her menacingly. She didn’t move. “I’ll do whatever the hell I want to people who hurt Jesse.” “You know what Karen? You are really stupid to stick up for a guy like him, and to tell you the truth, I feel kinda sorry for you.” She looked at me, amazed. “You feel sorry for me? Why?” “Cuz your boyfriends an ass.” I said tauntingly. Then I hit her. She hit the wall behind her with a thud. It felt good. She wiped her lip with her hand and stared at the blood that was left on her fingers in amazement. I smiled, but slowly, it dawned on me. I had hit her. I backed away from Karen and ran. I didn’t even pay attention to where I was going, I just ran blindly. Somehow, I ended up at my car. I fumbled with the keys, unlocked it, and slid into the front seat. I sat there for a minute. Then I realized why I had come here. I reached into the glove compartment and shuffled through the stuff that was in there until I found a CD case. I put the CD in the CD player and turned on number 7. As the song began playing, I looked through the window and up at the sky. “I’m sorry, Damien... I broke my promise.” I whispered softly.