Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 104

Kyle’s P.O.V.

I knew that it would be difficult for me to make her agree to be my girlfriend because she was different from all the other girls. She was not like the other girls who were desperate to have a relationship with me. She was Violet Carter, my girl, who had her own rules. I couldn’t deny that her words didn’t pierce my heart. In fact, I felt that someone had blocked my windpipe. I felt suffocated and wanted to embrace her and told her that I never hated her. I told her in my messages that I never hated but she was not convinced. How could I expect her that she would believe me when I was the one who implanted this fear of me inside her heart? I never left any occasion of showing her that I hated her the most and now I wanted her to believe that it was nothing but a façade.

Throughout the match, I kept on glancing at her and vented all my anger on my opponents. Ethan and Noah asked me twice to be calm but I was far from being calm. I never liked to share my feelings with anyone. For the first time, I wanted to open my heart in front of her. I wanted to tell her that she was the only one who had my heart since the very beginning. I wanted to tell her I loved her so much. I wanted her to believe me, and my words. I wanted her to tell me that she also loved me. I knew that she also loved me but I wanted to hear from her. I needed her for my own sanity.

“What’s wrong with you, Kyle?” Justin asked me during our drink break. She gave me the bottle and walked away without even glancing at me once. “I am fine”, I replied to him carelessly and then chugged some water. I was really thirsty but my thirst was not related to water right now. We were right in the middle of the court and everyone had their eyes on us. “She is mad at you”, Justin whispered to me and I just took a deep breath. “Yeah… I know”, I replied to him in whispers and glanced at her once again before taking a mouthful of water. “Do one thing”, he suddenly came closer to me and whisper right inside my ear making me tilt my head a little to see him.

“I can’t see her sad, Kyle, and trust me… I am doing this for her”, he whispered again and now I raised my brows at him. “I know that she loves you but she is also stubborn like you. You will have to think of something much better than a light approach”, he whispered again and I took a deep breath while looking at her. “Justin is right. We can do one thing here for you if you really want to talk to her”, Dustin suddenly chimed in, startling me in the process and I glared at him. “Don’t give me this look now. We don’t have time”, he shrugged me off and then looked at Justin.

“What do you want to say?” I asked them in a flat tone but I was really in need of a helping hand right now. Justin immediately came closer to me and put his hand on my shoulder making me bend down a little. “Go to our room after the match and wait for her there. We will bring her there and then you can have a decent talk”, he told me his plan in the same hushed tone. “Do you think that she will agree to come there, huh?” I asked him in frustration this time. She was avoiding being in close proximity since the morning and they thought that she would agree to be with me in a closed room.

“Who is going to tell her that you are there, huh?” Dustin smirked mysteriously and I widened my eyes in surprise. “She will run away if we tell her that you want to talk to her”, Dustin said further and I pursed my lips into a thin line. “Dustin is right, Kyle”, suddenly Ethan also came to us and now I was completely confused about whose side they were. Ethan had a calm expression on his face but I could say that he was pissed. “Have you seen her eyes? She cried the whole night and after your stunt in the morning, she cried again”, Ethan scolded me and I lowered my head. My friends told me that they would help me and I should wait for the right opportunity, but I ruined everything and made her cry once again.

“This will be your last chance, Kyle. If she agrees, your luck… or else… I will not let you bother her again”, Ethan warned me this time and I just blinked at him in shock. Was he really my best friend? Ethan immediately punched me on arm making me wince in pain a little but I didn’t say a word. “Let’s finish the match first and then”, Ethan paused and took a deep breath. “We will plan how to make you two talk without any interruption”, he said in a calm tone while looking among us. “Yes… let’s finish this game first. We will have our first match for the quarterfinal tomorrow and for that, we have to practice in the evening”, I told them and they all nodded.

After that, I gathered everyone and then we discuss a little change of plan in the attack. I couldn’t mess up my match. This was related to everyone, including her. We all then jogged towards the court when she suddenly called me. I stopped and looked behind me. I looked at her questioningly when she jogged towards me with a water bottle in her hand. “Here… drink some”, she asked me while giving me the bottle. She still didn’t look at me. “What is it?” I asked her while taking the bottle. “Your energy drink”, she replied to me briefly and I nodded. This was an early morning match, and we didn’t have our breakfast yet. We only had a glass of juice before starting the match.

I drank some mouthful of drink and then gave the bottle back to her. “Thanks”, I murmured before leaving for the court. Soon the referee whistled again and we started our match. This was an easy win for us still we needed to concentrate. We couldn’t take our opponents lightly just because they were not as strong as we were. The boys cheered aloud when we finish the game with a good score. We had won all our matches till now and we had to keep this up in the future too.

“Congrats, guys… you guys were amazing today”, Mr. Stammers congratulated us when we went back to the benches. “Thank you, Mr. Stammers…. But our game will start from now on”, I thanked him on everyone’s behalf and stated the fact related to our game. He nodded and then looked at everyone. “I know that you will do your best to win the trophy, guys. I trust you”, he said with a pleasant smile on his lips. “Thank you, Mr. Stammers”, everyone thanked him in unison and he laughed this time. “Okay… go and have your breakfast first. It’s already past 9”, he ushered us and we all nodded.

“I need to take a shower first”, Ethan said while walking toward our bags. “Yeah.. me too”, Noah also said while making a face. “Let’s head to the washroom to have a quick shower and then we will go to have our breakfast”, I proposed and they all nodded immediately. We all took our bags and water bottles from the benches. “What about Violet?” suddenly Vivek asked while looking at her. “She has some work here with Mr. Stammers. She will stay here and we will take her for the breakfast after our shower”, Ethan replied to him and I glanced at her once again. She was standing with Mr. Stammers and Mrs. Stone and they were talking about something.

“Let’s go…I am super hungry right now”, Dustin whined and we all started walking out of the stadium. I was still thinking about how to approach her while walking with the boys. “Kyle”, Ethan called my name, making me come out of my thoughts. “Yeah”, I answered him and looked at him. He took a deep breath and then stopped everyone. He looked around and then looked back at me. “I am bringing her to the room after my shower. You will have only five minutes because you two can’t be in the same room alone for more than five minutes. Everyone around here has their eyes on you two”, he said in a calm tone but the worry was clearly evident in his tone. “Do we need to pay heed to what the others say, Ethan?” Noah asked him in a pissed tone but I shook my head.

“We don’t need, Noah… but we have to pay them a little attention when it involves someone innocent”, I replied to him. He was not happy with the situation but he couldn’t deny what I said. “Okay… then let’s finish our shower first and then you will wait for her in our room. I will bring her there and you will talk to her. We will be out of the room in case anyone else approaches us”, Ethan explained his plan and we all nodded. We all then resumed our walking and headed to our room first to get a fresh set of clothes. My heart was now beating furiously but I had to keep myself calm and cool.

After finishing my shower, we all came back to our room, and now my anxiety was at its peak. “Best of luck, Kyle… just don’t let her cry more”, Noah said to me while patting my shoulder and requesting me in the end. “I will not”, I muttered while clasping my hands anxiously. I was glad that my friends were with me and they all tried to calm my anxiety. Everyone thought that she also loved me but she would not accept this easily. All I needed right now was to make her accept this. I almost stopped breathing when Ethan came back to the room with her. She was looking tired.

Ethan signaled to me and I just nodded once. After what happened in the morning, I was a little reluctant but this was now or never for me. “Violet”, I called her when she was about to go out of the room. She stopped and looked back at me. I signaled her to come near to me. She looked at others but none of them looked at us and kept themselves busy with whatever they were doing. I was now sitting on Ethan’s bed. “What?” she asked me after she came closer to me. “Sit down”, I instructed her. She was about to say something when I raised my brows at her daring her to disobey.

She took a deep breath and then slowly sat down on the bed a little far from me. “I am sorry”, I said in a low voice and the boys started exiting the room one by one. They all gave me a concerned look and it was now frustrating me. I was not going to kill her. I was only going to confess her and to make her understand that I truly love her and care for her. The way they were giving me that concerned look, I felt that they had already taken me as a murderer. “Huh?” she said in confusion. My eyes were now on her face. “I am sorry for the morning”, I said again in a calm tone. A bitter smile crept on her lips but she just lowered her head. “Can I go now?” she asked me in a low tone keeping her head low. “No”, I immediately answered her and saw her intertwining her fingers on her lap. Ethan was the last one who left before giving me thumbs up but looked at her worriedly. I blinked once ensuring him that I will not let her cry now.

“Everyone has gone for breakfast. Let’s go… or else.. you will miss your breakfast”, she said in a low tone again and was about to move her body up when I scooted myself near her. “Kyle… don’t”, she immediately flinched and stood up. I didn’t give her time to run away from me and held her wrist immediately. “We need to talk, princess”, I said to her and she looked up at me angrily. “We don’t need to talk…we… we.. don’t have anything… to.. to talk… just let me go”, she said in an angry tone and tried to remove her wrist from my grip but I tightened my grip on her wrist and pulled her closer to me after standing up.