Итак, свидетели допрошены. Два native speakers предложили следующие версии.

A boy came home from school. His mother asked him.
- What a bruise you’ve got under your eye! What happened?
- I fought with Peter today.
- How did it happen?
- Well, I sat at my desk and played a game on my cellphone. Pete came up to me and asked for it to play. I refused and said that I want to play by myself. Then he tried to pull the phone out of my hands. I hid it in my bag it into my bag. Then he hit me in the face.


A boy came home from school. His mother asked him:
- What a bruise you’ve got under your eye. What happened?
- I fought with Peter today.
- How did it happen?
- Well, I sat at my desk and played a game on my cellphone. Pete came up to me and asked for it to play. I refused and said that I want to play it myself. Then he tried to pull the phone out of my hands. I hid it into my bag. Then, he hit me in the face.

Ни одного предложения в перфекте. А сегодня еще не закончилось.
Что будем делать с правилом?