I'll beat you up!

I talked to DP today after school. During lunch my teacher said we should watch out for him because she thinks he may have joined a gang recently. I saw him after his wrestling practice and we talked a little bit about school and life. Before he walked away I asked if things were okay, if he was getting into any sort of trouble... "no I'm not" "look me in the eye and tell me.." "I promise Ms. Serrano, I'm not getting into any trouble." "You better be telling me the truth otherwise I'm going to beat you up! You're one of my favorite students here so I'm going to be watching you very closely!" The smile that came on his face made my day so much brighter, it was nice seeing that he knows I care about him :)