Ten

"My name's Richard, what's your name?", Richard asked politely. He looked into his eyes, it was a reflection of his emotions, the pain, the agony, everything.

"My name's Luke", Luke replied as he shook his hands with Richard.

Richard could see the pain in his eyes, obviously his cheeks were burning, his jaw and his head was aching and his body hurt him badly, but he tried keeping a smiley face

"Come on! Let's go get some treatment for your face", Richard said.

Luke couldn't walk on his own accord, he obviously needed help to leave the woods and Richard held his hands, slowly taking him out of the woods

"How did you do that?", Luke asked. He puzzled over the fact that another boy of bus age was able to beat up two big bullies and scare the last one away.

This was something worth knowing.

"How did I do what?", Richard asked him. Quite certain, he didn't really understand the question he was being asked

"How were you able to beat those two guys up all on your own?", Luke asked finally