At that time, Howard Coleman, Rusell Henris, and Edward Woods all affectionately called Ruby Gregory "Ruby". Even though every time they uttered these two words, Steve Burton would glower at them a bit, the three were still oblivious to the matter.
So, the first thing Howard said when he went to find Steve was: "Bro, Ruby is being bullied."
At that time, Steve was busy organizing their Christmas gala party for their class. Hearing this, he immediately headed out of the classroom without any further discussion.
Howard quickly followed behind him, repeating to Steve exactly what Madeleine had told him.
After listening, Steve immediately turned around and went to Rusell Henris' classroom, unzipped his backpack, and rummaged around for a bit. He took out a still-sealed MP3 box and headed toward Ruby Gregory's classroom.
The MP3 player was a Sony brand, bought by Rusell to gift his new girlfriend that evening.
