Stopping a Fight
“How
dare you!” hollered Jack as he clenched his fist and punched Tom on his cheek,
causing him to stagger backwards from the impact. I watched in horror when I
saw the look of surprise on Tom’s face morph into a furious glare. He was
undaunted by Jack’s actions. Retaliating with a punch of his own, he hit Jack
squarely on his eye. Immediately, Jack covered his eye and bent over in pain.
Dissatisfied with the result, Tom raised his right foot and kicked Jack’s
stomach with all his might.
Reflexively,
I stepped between both of them and tried to push Tom away. However, he was too
strong for me. Shoving me aside, he advanced towards Jack and raised his fist
in front of his face, threatening to hit him again. Without hesitation, I helped
Jack to his feet and tried to drag him away but Jack was not to be defeated by
someone who was smaller-sized than he was. Ignoring me, he lunged at Tom,
engaging him. Both of them were my friends. I had to stop the fight. Standing
in front of Jack, I pleaded with him to stop fighting.
“Get
out of the way!” he shouted, his cheeks flushed with anger.
“No!” I
retorted. “Stop it! Why are you fighting? We are all friends!”
“Tom is
not my friend!” he said in a cold chilling voice. “Do you know what he did? You
would not forgive him either if you were me.” He said in a voice filled with so
much conviction that I was curious about what could have happened.
I was
about to ask a question when Tom yanked Jack’s collar from behind, causing both
Jack and me to lose our balance. Luckily, I caught hold of Jack in time to stop
him from falling. Incensed by what Tom had done, I pushed Jack aside and pulled
Tom towards me.
“Listen,
both of you!” I hissed. “Whatever the problem is, I’m sure there are better
ways to solve it! Stop this fighting before you hurt yourself!” Then on
impulse, I gave each of them a slap across the face.
My
actions seemed to jolt them out of their anger. Although still looking a little
disgruntled, they agreed to sit down and talk about what had happened. I was
glad that I had managed to stop the fight.
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