Run away

"Are you crazy!?" I reply with an elevated tone "There's no way I'm staying here!"
After saying that I try to stand up and leave.
Jerome forcefully tries to pull me back.
"Hey, Let me go!" I say as I try to shake his arm off.

Seeing how the scene started to attract some attention he softened his grip around my waist and allowed me to stand up.
Before I can turn around and leave he grabs me by my wrist and stands up from his seat.

"Look kid, you better change that attitude of yours.
You wont do any good to yourself by acting like that, you definitely don't want ME as your enemy.
Think about it." Jerome says as he releases me.

I quickly turn around and walk to the back of the bus.
Tom and his friends are there, and at least that makes me feel a bit more secure.

I spend the rest of the trip looking at the small mark left on my wrist by Jerome's grip.