Argument Paper

About two weeks ago I got into an argument with one of my fraternity brothers. Here is the situation. Earlier Ryan's girlfriend Carole had dropped off a plate of Buffalo wings from Applebee's. By the time Ryan had gotten back to the house and looked for his wings most of them had already been eaten by another brother named Anthony. I was relaxing in the living room watching television when Ryan walked through the front door after a long night of drinking and partying. He immediately went the refrigerator to look for his wings. Obviously they were not there so he got pissed and targeted me as the one who eat them. He walked back into the living room and I could sense that something was up. I quickly removed my phone and keys from my pocket and placed them on the side, as I knew things were about to get out of hand. He approached me and raised his beer and poured his beer on my head. I then clenched my right fist and with my left hand pulled his shirt over his head (his reaction time was off because of all the alcohol he had had). It took all of my self-control and restraint not to swing at him, instead all I did was take his beer and pour it back over his head. I was completely sober and in control of my thoughts and actions, Ryan then got inches away from my face and started screaming at me and trying to fight me. I repeatedly told him that I was not going to fight him but that he needed to get out of my face and go upstairs. He then suddenly changed his tone and was trying to say that he was apologizing and we were even and wanted to shake my hand. I told him that I had no respect for him at the moment. There was shoving going back and forth between the two of us for a while. All of the other brothers were trying to separate us and convince Ryan just to go upstairs because he was in the wrong. I finally shook his hand just so we would go upstairs and end the entire fiasco.

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