“BREAK IT UP!” hollered one of the newer gym teachers, his voice booming through the hall stragglers. The man was of average height, making him at least a foot shorter than both her brother and Jason, but still his call sounded off like a wave rushing right towards them. Renee’s eyes widened in shock. What else had to happen now? Who else needed to be involved? She didn’t bother to study the new guy’s features. Her brother wouldn’t take it well, making her punishment worse. Bruce still held her arm all too tightly against him as she looked back for Jason. “It’s better this way,” she mouthed to him. “It’s not,” Jason replied and got to his feet, ready to surge forward when the teacher’s hand clasped his shoulder. “This argument is over,” the man interrupted. Jason’s eyes swirl