Your Love Is But a Dream (Clara and Wren) novel Chapter 140

"What's going on here?" Clara approached the scene, her brows knitting as she took in Billy's red, tear-streaked eyes. She crouched slightly to meet his gaze, her voice as gentle as possible. "Billy, let go of your classmate. Whatever it is, I'll help you handle it, okay?"

Billy glanced at her, then back at Harvey, before reluctantly releasing his grip.

"He took my stuff and won't give it back," Billy said through clenched teeth, his fists balled tightly as he glared at Harvey.

Clara's frown deepened as she turned to Harvey, saying, "Did you take something of his? If you did, return it now."

Harvey stiffened, his neck straightening in defiance, though he avoided meeting Clara's eyes. "I didn't take anything from him," he muttered.

"You're lying! Give it back!" Billy's voice cracked with frustration as tears welled up again. He lunged toward Harvey, trying to grab his things back.

Caught off guard, Harvey stumbled but quickly recovered, a flicker of malice flashing in his eyes. "It's just a pair of lousy gloves. Who even cares?" He sneered before throwing the gloves toward Billy.

Billy reached out instinctively to catch them, but as soon as the gloves were in his hands, he noticed that one end of a loose thread was still in Harvey's grasp.

Before he could react, Harvey gave the thread a hard tug, unraveling the knitted gloves right in front of him.

Billy stared at the unraveling thread for a moment, frozen, before an anguished cry escaped his lips. "You ruined them! Who said you could touch them?"

He launched himself at Harvey, fists swinging wildly.

The classroom filled with Billy's heartbroken shouts as the two boys began grappling, fists flying.

Harvey hadn't expected such a strong reaction and froze for just a moment before retaliating. Being bigger and stronger, he quickly overpowered Billy, pinning him to the floor.

Clara had never dealt with a situation like this before. She rushed forward, trying to separate the two boys, but their teenage strength and heightened emotions made it impossible. Just as she struggled to pull them apart, one of them pushed her back into the chaos.