RE: STACH Short Story Contest #25: 199 words, 5 winners, 15SBD prize pool!
"Could you imagine Kenny calling me a fool and my parents vagabonds!" I fumed.
"What?!" Henry exclaimed, his eyes round and wide as saucers.
"And what did you do?"
"I ignored him" I replied calmly.
"You what? That's exactly why he's always picking on you, cos you can't do nothing"
I thought about it. I think Henry has a point.
"Kenny knows better than to mess with me, infact, everyone knows that no one messes with Henry the great!" he was beating his chest as he said this. I was almost awed by his strength and confidence.
"It's high time we thought that fool a lesson! Come on, let's go show him what you're made of."
I was reluctant, but Henry dragged me and before I knew it, we were standing before Kenny and his friends.
"If you're man enough, touch me!" I said with a shaky voice.
Kenny's big frame alone sent shivers down my spine, but "Henry the great" was with me...or was he?
I looked around for Henry but he was nowhere to be found. By this time, Kenny and his friends had descended on me.
I trusted Henry, look what he did to me!