Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 120

Violet’s P.O.V.

I didn’t know what fate had stored for me in its bucket. Whenever I think about embracing my happiness, something happens telling me that the word happiness is not for me. Why can’t my life be like other teenagers? I want to live like a normal teenager. I want to experience everything that a normal teenager experience during this age, including their frustration, their sorrows too. Why I had to fight to get what should be mine at the first place? Why can’t they take me as their child when I am their own flesh and b***d?

I understood that Ethan was worried about me, but I was ashamed. I tolerated everyone’s taunt about being abandoned by my own parents, but I always thanked the God for not letting anyone see that humiliation. They assumed so many ways in which my parents would have chosen to abandon me, but it was only me who knew, and that was the only thing that kept myself sane. Now, that only thing was also snatched from me. Ethan was there with me, when my biological father called me. What an irony that he called me for the first time after eight years and talked about the property that my grandmother left behind her.

The shock was that he came to know about me from her other daughter, who was unfortunately my half-sister, and Hunter’s girlfriend. She was only a year younger than me. It meant he was cheating on my mother for a long time period before they divorced. I cursed my mother so many times for leaving me, but now I could understand why she was adamant to leave everything behind. She gave ten years of her life to that pathetic creature known as my father, and what did she get? an extramarital affair? I agreed that she was ambitious and materialistic. She was not satisfied with our living conditions. Still she didn’t deserve a cheating husband. I didn’t know if she was loyal or not in that relationship, and to be honest, I was scared to think anything worse about her. It was

“Talk to me, princess… you are going to be my sister by the end of this month. I want to be that brother that you should have. I want you to include me in your every sorrow and grief. Tell me what happened, I promise you that I will do everything that I can do to make you happy and come out of that problem,” Ethan said in a desperate and worried tone while making me understand how much he cared for me. Without warning, tears started running down my eyes. He knew that my father had called me, and asked me about the property, but he didn’t know what he told me about his other daughter.

Kyle, Ethan and I were sitting on my bed while the other boys were on their beds. I was still processing what my father asked me and was silent because of that. “Ethan told me nothing about what happened to you, princess. I want you to tell me what he knows,” Kyle asked me in a calm tone, but he was still bossy. I sighed and looked at both of them blankly. Ethan blinked, signaling that it was okay to speak now. Ethan had already heard what my father asked me. What else could go wrong, worse than that if Kyle knows too?

“My father… he.. he wants to talk with me ….about… about the property that my grandmother, his mother, left behind her. He wants me to sign that property to him,” I told them what exactly happened. Both widened their eyes in shock. I lowered my eyes because I didn’t want to see their expression. My lips trembled, and I took my lower l*p in between my teeth, to stop that trembling. I didn’t want to cry, but I was not able to conceal my emotions right now. I felt Kyle’s hands trapping me inside his embrace, and I slumped in his embrace.

“Cry… let everything out of your chest, princess,” he whispered to me lovingly, and I sobbed aloud. I hid my face inside his chest and cried bitterly while trembling hard. That one phone call shattered what remained inside me. I felt another hand stroking my back. I knew it was Ethan who was also trying to comfort me. I didn’t know what to feel right now, but I really wanted to scream at my father for everything that he did wrong. I wanted to scream at him for bringing me into this world, and then made me feel unwanted at every junction of my life.

“If he talks with you again, tell him to talk with Samantha,” I craned my head a little towards Ethan without lifting my head from Kyle’s chest in confusion. Ethan took a long breath and smiled faintly this time. “You know why Samantha is your guardian at the first place?” he asked me, and I nodded. It was my grandmother who asked her to take my guardianship after her death, and she would be responsible for everything related to me till my 18th birthday. I nodded, and he smiled. “You are still twenty days away from your eighteenth birthday. Either he has to wait for more than twenty days to approach you for that property or he has to talk with Samantha because she is still your guardian and she can only decide what to do with that piece of property,” Ethan explained to me.

“He is right, princess. Your father can’t ask anything from you till your birthday, because you are the owner of that property, but you are still not authorized to sell or transfer that property. This is the law, and he can’t go against the law,” Kyle also informed me. I looked up at him through teary eyes. “Are you sure?” I asked him while having hiccups. He smiled and stroked my face gently. “Did you forget that my family also deals in real estate?” he asked me gently, and my eyes widened in shock. “I used to help my father deal with the matters related to that business,” he told me, and I just blinked at him in disbelief. He wiped the tears from my cheeks from the back of my hand and took a deep breath through his open mouth.

“We want you to keep this in mind, Violet, that you are not alone now. You have us with you. I… I agree that we are not as capable as our parents are, but we can share all your sorrows with you. We can stand with you against all your problems. Just trust us, and don’t shut yourself like you used to,” he pleaded to me while stroking my face gently. “Trust his words, Violet. Trust is the only thing that we need from you. There is no shame in appearing weak when you are helpless in front of your problems. So, don’t feel pathetic or ashamed because we know that you will replace a solution soon. This is one of your qualities: that you always replace a solution of your problem. I don’t know how your empty brain became so smart for some time, but I know that we will replace a way together,” Ethan joked about my brain once again, and I glared at him.

He laughed, and a smile appeared on my lips too. This was the first time that someone was with me when I really wanted someone to be with me. He was right that I always cocooned myself when a problem appeared in front of me. They were also school-going students like me, and I didn’t expect from them that they would solve my problem by swishing a magic wand, or like the Gennie from Aladdin. It was enough for me that they were with me.

“Thank you,” I uttered sincerely in between my hiccups. Kyle tightened his grip around my torso, and Ethan passed a small smile to me. “Now forget about everything and sleep now. Tomorrow is a very important day for us, and you must cheer for us. For that you need your strength and energy, and you are losing these two things rapidly by crying like this,” Ethan cheered me up again in a light and loving tone. “Okay,” I replied to him while smiling faintly, and his smile went from ear to ear. “This is what my girl,” he chirped and patted my cheek light. My head was still on Kyle’s chest.

“Okay.. I am going now.. You two also sleep early. Don’t stay awake for a long time,” he then gets off bed while instructing us. Both I and Kyle nodded to him. Ethan went up to the upper bed. I sighed aloud and closed my eyes, still lying on Kyle’s chest. He didn’t say a word, but made me feel comfortable with him. His embrace was like a safe heaven to me now. I feel protected and loved in his embrace. I didn’t want to let this feeling go. I started drifting in my sleep on his chest but Kyle woke me up. “You haven’t take your medicine, princess,” he said in a gentle tone. I frowned and slowly looked up while resting my chin on his chest now. I blinked innocently because I didn’t want to take more medicine.

He chuckled and cupped my face. “I desperately want to k**s you right now,” he whispered, and my heart skipped a beat. “This will not work on me, princess. You can’t skip your medicine. Now be a good girl, and take your medicine,” he instructed me again in his bossy tone. I pouted and slowly removed myself from his embrace. There was no use of arguing with him because I knew the result already. He was sitting leaning on the pillar of the bunkbed towards the side table. He opened the drawer and took my medicine out. I was sitting beside him inside the bed.

After taking my medicine, I frowned while making different weird faces. I didn’t know why but the tablet always started melting on my tongue, leaving its bitter taste. I didn’t know how many times, I tried to gulp it down by swallowing it quickly, but these tablets always left their bitter taste on my tongue. He smiled and then kissed my forehead lightly. My eyes lit up when he showed two candies in his hands. “For me?” I asked him immediately in an excited tone. He nodded while smiling widely. “Thanks,” I chirped and immediately took those candies from his hand. I m****d softly while closing my eyes when the sweet taste of candy hit my tongue. They were orange flavor, and I loved this flavor from now.

“I don’t know what I am going to do with you,” I opened my eyes and looked at Kyle in confusion, when I heard him muttering something. Did I do anything wrong again? He shook his head helplessly and then pulled the cover. “Sleep now… as Ethan said… we have a match to win tomorrow, and must cheer for us with all your energy,” he instructed me just like Ethan, and I shrank my nose while nodding furiously. I lay down, and he tucked me inside the cover. He slowly leaned down and kissed my forehead once again. “Dream about me only, princess,” he ordered me in a seductive hushed tone, and a jolt of electricity ran all over my body, making me shudder with delight.

He looked at me with longing in his eyes and I looked at him shyly. “Good night, princess,” he whispered to me, and then went to his bed. I wanted to say good night to him, but I just nodded with a small smile on my lips. I sighed and then snuggled into the pillow. It was soft but Kyle’s chest was a better pillow. They were right. I should talk to Samantha and Victor about my father’s call. They are my guardians and they were also the first ones who gave me their love as a parent. They made me feel that I was not alone by coming to me every time when I got into trouble. I had someone around me. I am sure that they will replace a way to solve this problem.

Kyle’s P.O.V.

I desperately wanted to k**s her only to ensure her that she had me now. None of us need our parents or grandparents’ property and money to live. Although we were still in high school, we both were hardworking, and I am sure that we would replace a way to fend ourselves. I comforted my heart by kissing her forehead. The boys assured me that they would not peak on us now but I couldn’t trust these perverts. They were sleeping but what if they were still pretending, huh? These small moments are our private moments, and I wanted to keep them only for me, and Violet.

I looked down at her sleeping face from my bed. She was sleeping peacefully now, and it made me relaxed for now. Though she told us what her father demanded from her, I had this hunch that there was something more which she was not telling us. She was not a money-lover type girl. She loved her pride and dignity, and to keep them intact, she could go to any extent. I knew that Ethan also had this hunch, but we didn’t ask because it would be a waste to ask her. She would tell when she feels. I decided to talk with my father about this matter after my match tomorrow.

She mumbled something in her dreams, and then flipped to the other side. I sighed and then closed my eyes too. Tomorrow was a big day for me, and I wanted to be energetic for my match. This would be my last match of this season, and this match would also decide my trial for the nationals. I knew that I had to work hard if I wanted to support Violet in the future. She was my girl, mine to protect, and mine to keep content. I could do anything only to see her smiling face. Once upon a time, I hated to see her smiling, and now I was ready to kill just to see that smile. Time always changes, making us realize that everything can change, and I was willing to change everything only for her.