Joey flinched at me like he was going to punch me in the face but then went too far and, in fact, actually punched me in the face. “Oh, sorry, dude. I meant to almost punch you, not to punch you.” “Dude, what the fuck? Quit being such a dick!” I held the side of my face, screaming. “Who the fuck you calling a dick?” Joey reached back and punched me in the other side of the face. This time deliberately. To this day I have never again been punched by accident, apologized to, and then immediately punched on purpose. I swallowed my pride and held in my tears. There was business to attend to.
