Progeny by Erik Schubach

of the victim, the 'girl that kicked their asses.' It was sort of sexy. Bloody hell, what is wrong with me? Perspective Sammie, perspective! Later that night I asked June why nobody told them about Abbey, she was just defending herself and doing it in quite a handy manner. Maybe they could get the guys thrown in jail or expelled from the Academy. She simply said, “Because we only saw the tail end of what happened. It would be their word against hers except the self defense part, we all saw it. But the Academy is zero tolerance and if her name came up, she'd get expelled too. Everyone was protecting her. AJ is a pretty kick ass woman.” I'm not sure if any of that made sense. Why would the college punish her for what those plonkers did? But I didn't argue. I found myself wondering if Abbey was OK. I hope she isn't alone right now. I sketched a bit then went to sleep, replaying the fight, or lack there of, in my head. I realized she hadn't landed a single blow. It was basically the big tosser beating himself up. She just made sure she wasn't where his fists were. For some reason, this made me smile. She never hit him once. I sighed and let my exhaustion claim me. Chapter 4 – Distractions Saturday I made my way to the library to study, I found myself too distracted in my dorm room thinking about last night. First the revelation that I was completely wrong about Abbey being a bully, then her confrontation with those boys. I was wondering if I was also wrong about her reasons for s