#girlfriend posts

My Girlfriend: If it matters to you, then it matters to me.

“Lay off Gary, he’s not even a senior!” Leo was sick of Mitchell thinking he could pick on anyone smaller than him. Especially someone who was as tiny and harmless as Chekov. Mitchell sneered at Leo and went back to shoving Chekov around.

“What are you going to do about it McCoy? I heard one more fight and you’re going to be expelled. And Chekov can take it. Can’t you kid? Wasn’t courage invented in Russia?”

The younger boy winced at the pinch Mitchell landed on his side.

“Hey!”

Mitchell turned to face the new voice. The military brat who had transferred there just a few weeks ago. Jim, according to the introduction their english teacher had given them. “Bug off, man.”

“What the hell did this kid do to you? Come on, Mitchell you’re too smart to pick on kids like this.” Jim had something tucked into his jacket that Mitchell was eyeing warily. Not much was known about this kid, who knew what kind of crazy shit he would stir up. He could have had a gun under his jacket for all they knew. The thought made Leo’s blood run cold.

“Fuck off, Kirk.”

Jim sighed and turned to Leo. “Here could you hold this so I can beat this guy’s ass?” Jim proceeded to pull the smallest, dirtiest kitten Leo had ever seen out of his jacket.

“Uh… Sure.” He took the kitten carefully and cradled it in his own jacket, trying to sooth it while it mewed pathetically after Jim.

The fight itself wasn’t particularly long. Chekov scrambled away and Jim managed a solid punch to Mitchell’s jaw while he was distracted, putting him to the ground and leaving Mitchell yelping. From there, there were a few hasty promises to leave the smaller kids around and then Jim was coming back to Leo’s side.

“Hey thanks, man. I found her in a ditch on my way to school and I couldn’t just leave her out there you know?” Jim took the kitten back, pressing her face to his and cooing at her softly. The kitten started purring right away and nuzzled against Jim’s cheek.

Leo couldn’t help but stare. “Uh, yeah. That…makes sense.”

Jim grinned at him and tucked the kitten back into his jacket. “You’re McCoy, right? We have english together. I saw you doodling the skeleton on your notes, labeling it. Pretty cool.”

“Thanks. Thanks for standing up for Pavel, by the way. I would have jumped in but…”

“Yeah, I heard you’ve already had issues with a few fights. You don’t seem the type of guy.”

Leo shrugged. “I don’t like bullies. You don’t seem like the type of guy to rescue a kitten on the way to school.”

Jim chuckled and bumped his shoulder against Leo’s. “That’s just because you don’t know me yet.”

Leo was pretty sure he had just gotten himself into a whole mess of trouble, but as far as he could see he got a life long friend to go along with it.