Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 114

Kyle’s P.O.V.

I smirked when Violet’s eyes widened in horror. All the boys laughed at her expression, but none of them wanted to go easy on her this time. “Please,” she pleaded while giving us a puppy look, which made me purse my lips into a thin line to suppress my laughter. “Nope,” Rein chimed while putting pressure on ‘p’ at the end. She looked at all of us like prey looked at her predator. She called this upon herself. They were still easy on her. She sighed and rose slowly from Ethan’s bed. Ethan was also pissed, and that was why he was not helping her there. She slowly raised her hands towards her ears while looking at all of us with pleading eyes. She was still avoiding my gaze because she knew that I was going to confront her later for lying about what happened there in that room.

She slowly bent down, and I rolled my eyes.. The way she was bending herself, it would take her an eternity to lie down on the ground. “Come on, princess… we have to go for dinner too. You went there running. Now finish this at the same pace,” Noah yelled at her playfully. She sagged her shoulders in defeat and crouched on the ground for crunches. This was her punishment for not using her brain when she should have. She had to do thirty crunches as her punishment. They would still be thinking that it was an easy punishment, but I knew her. She never exercises and is not into sports. Her muscles would hurt her like hell later, but she had to remember that pain if she didn’t want to put her life in danger again.

“One”, everyone yelled in unison, as soon as she started doing it. I almost laughed hard when she almost fell flat on her stomach in the fourth. I was standing with Justin and Noah near the wall beside Ethan’s bunk bed. Everyone laughed hard, and I also laughed this time. “Come on, princess…. Six,” Noah yelled this time while counting with others. She was now breathing heavily while trying to complete her punishment. Ethan was still sitting on his bed, watching her carefully. She fell down hard on her stomach again after she finished it. She was now lying flat on the ground on her stomach, panting with an open mouth. “What did you learn today?” Ethan asked her in a stern voice.

“D… do…don’t ac…act…c..are..lessly,” she replied to him while panting heavily. Ethan gave a nod with a satisfied expression on his face. “Come back for dinner later with Kyle, I will keep the food for you,” Ethan instructed her, and then looked at everyone. “You’d better stay away from the danger, princess,” David warned her again. She sat down and scooted back to bed on her buttocks. She immediately nodded while leaning back on the bed. She threw her head backward on the bed and closed her eyes. She was still panting. I walked lazily toward her when everyone went out of the room. I was glad that my friends understood that I needed to talk to her personally. They did have this hunch that Augustus had done something to her inside the room, but both of them lied about that.

I sat down where Ethan was sitting earlier, and put my hands on my knees while staring at her. “O God,” she g*****d and opened her eyes. She looked around and breathed in relief. She suddenly felt my presence beside her and flinched a little. She immediately lowered her head when our eyes met. “Stand up,” I commanded her in a cold tone. She gulped hard and then slowly stood up. She winced a little, but I didn’t help her this time. “Come here,” I commanded her again when she stood up straight. She slowly moved towards me. I saw her balling up her fists. I knew that she was scared right now, but I needed to know what that brat did there, and why she lied to Mr. Stammers, and Mrs. Parker.

She screamed a little when I suddenly grabbed her wrist and pulled her to me. She fell on my lap, and I held her there by grabbing her waist. “Kyle.. wh.. what are you doing?” She immediately screamed again in horror and put her hands on my chest to keep her steady. Her eyes went wide in horror. She immediately looked behind her, towards the door, and then looked at me with the same expression. “What? Can’t I touch you, huh?” I asked her in a calm but accusing tone while raising my brows. She tried to stand up, but I held her tightly in my lap. Her lips trembled as if she would faint soon.

I raised the sleeve of her top roughly. She flinched harder when I didn’t stop. “What is this, huh?” I asked her while showing the bruises on her arm, which had turned purple by now. I saw these bruises on her arm when the nurse pulled her sleeve up to take her b***d pressure. She gulped hard and lowered her head. “He can grab you so hard, but I can’t even touch you, huh?” I asked her in an accusing tone, angrily. She raised her eyes, looking at me fearfully. I tightened my grip on her waist but tried hard not to yell at her. “He held you tightly, right?” I asked her again. She nodded once. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. I opened my eyes again and saw her looking at me with the same fearful eyes. “Did you protest?” I asked her, and she immediately nodded. “I.. I told him.. th.. that he is hurting me,” she said in a meek tone with trembling lips. I didn’t say anything; I just stared at her for a while.

“Where did he touch you?” I asked her in a calm tone, looking straight into her eyes. “Huh?” she asked me in a meek voice which was enough to infuriate me, but I knew that I couldn’t show my anger right now. She had already a panic attack earlier, and that was enough for her. “Where did he touch you… there… inside the room?” I asked her again in a calm tone. She gulped and then shook her head. “Don’t lie to me, love… because I know you well, and him as well. “He is not a saint who will not touch a girl if they are alone in a room,” I interrupted her, indicating that I would only hear the truth.

She gulped hard and lowered her eyes to my chest. She started fidgeting with the cloth of my t-shirt on my chest. I waited for her to answer my question, but she kept her mouth tightly shut. I slowly raised my hand from her waist to the center of her back. I pushed her closer to me, and she almost fell on my chest. “Did he come this close to you?” I asked her in a calm tone, but I didn’t know what I was going to do if she nodded. She gulped again, and then raised her lashes again. She nodded, and my grip on her tightened immediately. “This was it. He… he didn’t do anything other than… than this,” she said quickly this time, defending Augustus.

“Is this okay with you?” I asked her while trying hard to suppress my anger. He touched her, and I knew that it was against her will. She shook her head negatively immediately while looking at me timidly. “No… t.. this is not okay… a… and I guess… I st.. star… started hyperventilating wh.. when I wasn’t able to push him away from me,” she answered me almost in whispers and lowered her eyes again. I wanted to go and search for Augustus again. I wanted to beat him into a pulp now. “Are you telling me the whole truth that he didn’t touch you anywhere else?” I asked her again in a calm tone, restraining my anger.

She immediately looked at me. “He.. he pushed me to the wall, and… p.. pressed his upper body on me. Then he suddenly stormed out of the room. He… he didn’t touch me anywhere else,” she told me truthfully what happened in the room. I took a deep breath and put her head on the crook of my neck. I held her tightly while breathing heavily. Now I knew the real reason for her panic attack. She had her panic attack already when he cornered her, but that shot up immediately when she found the door stuck. She was still trembling in my embrace. “No need to think about that incident. Just keep that on your mind as a reminder that you can’t trust any message like this,” I instructed her again in a calm tone.

She nodded while clutching my t-shirt tightly. I closed my eyes and thought about what to do with Augustus. He dared to touch what was mine. “Did I do wrong by saving him from the punishment for molesting me?” she asked me in a weak voice after some time. “Yes, princess. You should have told them what happened there, at least to mom,” I replied to her in a calm tone. “Molestation is a severe offense, right?” she asked me again, and I sighed helplessly. She was still thinking about him. She was trying to convince her that she did the right thing by saving his sorry a** for a legal punishment.

“I am sorry,” she whispered again, and I tightened my grip on her again. “You scared me to death this time, love,” I whispered to her, and she slowly released my t-shirt from her grip. She slowly trailed her hands toward my back and hugged me. I smiled faintly because this was the first time she hugged me voluntarily. She had been in my embrace so many times in the past, but she had never hugged me like this before. I felt her trembling a little again. “What’s wrong?” I asked her in a soft tone this time. She shook her head negatively but didn’t lift her head up. I knew that she was still scared. “I am here for you. You know this, right?” I comforted her and started stroking her back gently.

“Will they punish Sia this time?” she asked me again. “I don’t know about that, love. But I am sure that this school will demand disciplinary action against her. She used their premises, and it could affect their reputation. It.. it was your luck that you are alright, or else,” I paused and closed my eyes again. I didn’t want to think about what could happen to her there. I was not wrong about Augustus. Although I never heard of him forcing himself on a girl, there is still always a first time for everything. He was obsessed with Violet, and it could lead to anything horrible for her.

She slowly raised her head from the crook of my neck and looked at me. I cupped her face and pulled her face toward me. I kissed her forehead, and she took a deep breath. “Don’t think that my anger has vanished. I am still angry at you for being so stupid. You are an intelligent and sensitive girl, Violet,” I said to her, but paused and narrowed my eyes at her. Her eyes flickered between my eyes and my lips. I gulped hard while looking at her curiously. I didn’t know what was going on inside her mind right now, but my heart started pounding hard against my rib cage. She slowly trailed her hand from my back to my waist.

I felt that my heart would come out of my chest any time soon when her hand started traveling up my chest. All this time, her eyes were on my lips, which made me lick my lips nervously. She stopped her hand on my neck under my ear, and I held my breath. Her hands were sweaty, as I could feel the wetness on my neck. She licked her lips this time and then leaned in closer to me. I still had my hand on her back. I closed my eyes slowly when her face came closer to mine. I felt her hot breath on my face, and my grip on her waist and on her back tightened immediately. I almost whimpered in anticipation when I felt the light softness of her lips on mine. For a girl like Violet, this was a bold step where she initiated a k**s on her own.

“Kyle… what is taking you so long?” we both almost jumped on our feet when Noah barged into the room. “I winced in pain as my head hit the edge of the upper bed, and she fell hard to the ground due to my movement. “Aaaahhh”, she screamed in horror. “Hey,” Noah immediately yelled, and I glared hard at him while rubbing my chest, and my head. Because of his sudden barging, I was now trembling in fear and cursed him numerous times internally. He immediately ran towards us, but I was faster than him. I pulled Violet up gently by grabbing her arm. “Are you okay?” I asked her while rubbing my head, which was still throbbing due to the pain. “Yeah,” she replied to me, but she hid her face in my chest immediately.

“What happened? What were you two doing that you almost missed the whole dinner?” Noah asked me while looking at us in confusion. For the first time, I felt like killing him for ruining my moment with Violet. She almost kissed me, and that dumba** ruined everything. “What?” he asked me in confusion, and I just huffed angrily. He was still staring at us in confusion. I shook my head and then looked down at her. She was still trembling a little, but I knew the reason of her trembling this time. “Everything is okay,” I patted her back gently. I was sure that she was already red with embarrassment.

“Let’s go… dinner is about to finish,” Noah ushered us once again in a hurried tone. “We are coming. You go first,” I instructed him in a stern tone. “No, Ethan said to bring you two with us. Come with me,” he protested immediately, and I felt like punching him hard. I glared at him again while taking a deep breath. “Okay… can… can you just wait outside for a minute….. please,” I asked him while gritting my teeth. He narrowed his eyes first, and we both held our gazes for a few seconds. Suddenly the realization hit him, and his eyes widened in shock. “O yeah… I… I am waiting for you two outside… take your time,” he immediately started walking backward while holding his hands in front of him, indicating that I should take it easy. I will deal with him later. My priority was the trembling mess in my embrace.

He ran out of the room as if someone had put his a** on fire. “Hey,” I rubbed her back gently. “I… I… am sorry.. I do.. don’t know… wh.. wh,” she stuttered hard while apologizing me in a trembling voice. “What are you sorry for, huh? For kissing me?” I asked her in a teasing tone. She clutched my t-shirt so hard that I almost felt her nails digging inside my skin. I laughed this time. I was sure that she was completely red by now. “It’s okay, princess. You did nothing wrong,” I comforted her and she shook her head on my chest. I knew that it was impossible to make her understand right now that it was not wrong between us. I knew that she liked me, and she knew that I loved her.

Noah ruined my moment. Still, I was happy. This not happening k**s was enough to give me hope that she would soon agree to my proposal. “Let’s go. You must eat. You have to take your medicine before going to bed,” I said to her, and then slowly pulled her away from me. She had lowered her head to her chest. I smiled and wrapped my hand around her shoulder. “Let’s go,” I said again, and we both exited the room together. Noah was standing outside. He gave me an apologetic look, and I just gave him an I-will-see-you-later look. “Uhhh… are you okay, Violet?” he asked Violet in a concerned tone. “Yeah.. yeah… I .. I am okay,” she replied to him in a low tone. “Well… Augustus came to us before I left that place, and was asking about you,” he told Violet, and she slowly lifted her head up this time. I tightened my grip on her but kept in mind that she already had bruises there.

“What does he want now?” I asked him bitterly. Noah shrugged his shoulders while looking at Violet. “He was still there when I left the place,” he told me, looking at me this time. I felt her body stiffen, but she didn’t say anything. We reached the dining room, and I saw Augustus standing with Ethan, and David near our table. I didn’t regret beating him. The punch that he received from me had swollen his left eye. Later I came to know that Ethan also beat him in the corridor there. Augustus didn’t protest and took the beating. Noah and other stopped Ethan on time or else he wouldn’t be on his feet right now.

Violet scooted near me in my embrace. We walked toward them and stopped near them. “I just want to know if she is okay, or not,” he said to me in a defensive tone. “She is okay,” I answered him bitterly. He looked back at Violet, and his eyes lingered on my grip on her arm. “I am sorry, Violet… for.. for everything, and thanks for supporting me. I owe you for that,” he apologized once again to Violet, and I raised my brows at him. “Did we miss something?” Ethan asked immediately while looking at me and Augustus. “He grabbed her so hard that she has bruises on her arms. She didn’t tell Mr. Stammers, and mom about this. If she told them, he would be in great trouble,” I immediately answered Ethan, only to calm his suspicion.

“What?” he yelled and immediately came near to Violet. I looked at Augustus, and he gulped hard when he realized what he exactly did with her there. Ethan removed my hand from her arm and lifted her sleeve. “Ethan,” she protested, but he didn’t stop. Augustus also looked at her arm, and his eyes widened in shock. “You,” Ethan yelled angrily again and moved towards Augustus. “Ethan… stop,” Violet immediately pulled him into her embrace, and stopped him from punching Augustus again. “Why did you stop me?” he yelled at Violet this time while breathing heavily in anger in her embrace. “We can’t change what has already occurred.” You’d already beaten him this badly. This is enough. These bruises are nothing in front of the bruises that you already gave him,” she answered him in a gentle and calm tone.

Augustus’s friend was also shooting daggers at Augustus through his eyes right now. Augustus lowered his head in shame. “I am really sorry, Violet,” he whispered in an apologetic tone, and before she could say anything to him, he stormed away. His friend also gave Violet an apologetic look, and then he ran behind him. Violet slowly removed her grip from Ethan’s torso and then took his hand in hers. “I am okay now, and please don’t hold any grudge against him. He has learned his lesson already, and Mr. Stammers told me that his school is also planning to take action against him,” Violet pleaded to Ethan this time.

“We should eat now,” I said to her, looking at my wristwatch. She nodded, and Ethan took a deep breath. “Let’s eat first,” he said to her, and then we all walked towards the table. Everyone had been standing until now. We all sat down, and she sat between me and Ethan again. I looked around, and my anger immediately rose again when I saw Sia looking at us. Her eyes met mine, and she immediately looked away. I have had enough of her scheming now. I had to think of something very quick to keep her away from Violet. “Kyle,” I looked back at Violet when I heard her calling me. “Eat,” she said, motioning towards my plate. I smiled and took the fork from the plate. I knew to whom to talk this time.