Rewind by H.M. Montes

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    “Calm the fuck down man.”  Bryan said from beside me.  “You’re knuckles are turning white because your fists are bunched up so tight.” 
    The students all filed out of the gymnasium, Bryan and I waited to go meet with Sydney and Theresa until the last person was gone.  Sydney was stuffing her pompoms in the small black bag and trying to hold back tears.  “Hey,” I knelt down beside her, “You okay?”  I said. 
    “Just fine Cade.”
    “Bullshit, I know you didn’t want that to happen.”
    “No actually, I…never mind.”  She quickly stood and started to walk away from me. 
    I caught up with her and stepped in front of her, “What the fuck were you going to say?”
    She shook her head and angrily wiped tears off of her face, “Nothing.  Move I’m going to be late for class.”  She stepped around me and caught up with the others. 
    “What the hell was that about?” Bryan asked.
    “I have no clue.”  I said and shook my head.  We followed Theresa and Sydney as they parted from their friends to go to their classes.  Once they were in the classroom Bryan and I walked over to a bench and sat down.  We talked about different things we each wanted to buy for our motorcycles, discussed charity events that the MC club was going to be doing the following week, and about me patching over to the same MC club as him.  It was something I had been thinking about but couldn’t decide if I wanted to be tied down to one club or not.  I enjoyed being able to help other clubs out and being able to leave town for days at a time without having to answer to anybody.  The girls rushed past us on their way to their next class, Sydney didn’t look at us and Theresa was busy texting on her phone.  I needed to find out what Ronnie had said to her, finding the asshole was my next step.  I watched as Sydney and Theresa bounded up the stairs and disappeared through the doors.  Ronnie and a couple of his teammates were laughing and talking as they approached us.  I stood from the bench and heading right for him.  “What the fuck did you say to her?” I demanded as I stepped closer to him.
    He waved as his friends kept walking, “I don’t think that’s any of your business mister macho.”
    I grabbed him by his jersey and yanked him against me, “That’s where you’re wrong you little fucking prick.  I know what you did to her, I seen the pictures, I read the texts.  Stay the fuck away from her, or don’t and see what the fuck happens to you.”
    Bryan grabbed my wrist and separated us, “You’d be smart to listen to that warning, it’s your one and only.  Touch her again and,” he shrugged a shoulder, “hurt her again.  You’re going to be lucky if you aren’t swimming with the fish.” 
    Ronnie threw his head back and laughed, “You fuckers think you scare me?  I love her nothing you say will change how we feel for each other.”  He stepped past us and jogged up the steps of the building. 
    “I’m going to strangle the cocky mother fucker.” 
    “Well, you’ll have to hold off because the MC just text me that they are ready for their vehicles to be brought to the club house.  Theresa didn’t give me a key to the dorm I’m assuming you didn’t get one from Syd, so, either we interrupt them in class or wait.”
    “We’ll just wait.  I’m fucking starving let’s go get something to eat, I can’t handle much more god damn drama today.”  I told him and started walking towards our motorcycles. 
    This was the last class for the two of them so we could just meet them at their dorms after lunch.  We rode to a small dive bar downtown; the place wasn’t busy so we each ordered a nice frosty mug of beer, double cheeseburger and fries.  We ate in silence as I tried to think of different things Ronnie would have said to her that would have made her turn so bitchy and distant towards me. 
    “You need to turn your brain off man I think you have smoke coming out