Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 28

Violet’s P.O.V.

“That’s all for today and today I am going to give your assignments that you all need to submit by next Friday. This is a group assignment and I have already made the pairs. You have to work with your partner as both partners will write their own conclusions as the summary in the end”, Mrs Byers, our biology teacher, announced at the end of the class. I sighed internally and waited for her to announce the pairs so that I could know who was going to torment me on this assignment. If my partner was someone from the outcast like me, then it would be better for me, but if not, then I was once again doomed. Kyle yawned a little while putting his hand on his mouth. He now always sat beside me in all the classes that we had together. After what happened that day, I guessed that they had decided to support me and that was why, Kyle or any of the volleyball team members sat beside me in the classes.

“Violet Carter and Kyle Knight”, I flinched hard at my spot when I heard Mrs Byers announcing our names together. Kyle also looked at me with raised brows at the same time and we both looked back at Mrs Byers. I was looking at her dumbfounded whereas Kyle was looking at her with an amused expression. “I don’t have the whole day, you two”, Mrs Byers said in an annoying tone and I looked at Kyle once again as he was sitting outside. He stood up slowly and went to her for getting our assignment. I peeked towards the other girls and most of them were sending death glares to me this time. Why are all the teachers making things difficult for me now? I was sure that Sia would know about this soon and then she surely would do something to me.

“Hey, Carter… take this”, I came out of my stance when I heard Kyle asking me something. I looked at him with a blank expression and found him standing near me with some papers in hand. He had a bored expression on his face right now. “Oh”, I said and took the assignment papers from him. “We have a match next Saturday. Therefore, we have to submit this assignment before Wednesday so that I can concentrate on my play. You are also working with us, so you have to keep yourself free too”, he said while putting his book inside his bag. I just nodded while looking at the assignment blankly. “Hey, Carter…. Back to earth”, he waved his hands in front of my eyes while yelling at me annoyingly.

I looked around and found that Mrs Byers had already gone and the class was almost empty now. “What’s wrong with you?” he suddenly flicked on my forehead again while yelling at me angrily this time. I hissed in pain and immediately rubbed the area while lowering my eyes. I wanted to glare at him but this wouldn’t do anything good to me. “W.. when will y.. you w… want to do this assignment?” I asked him while rubbing my forehead. He sat down once again and put his hands on the table. “Am I that bad, huh?” he suddenly asked me in a low tone and I scoffed internally. “You should have asked this question to yourself”, I said to him internally and looked at my bag this time.

“I… do… don’t think so”, I lied while cursing him internally because I couldn’t voice my thoughts out in front of me. I didn’t hear anything from him for a few seconds. “What are you waiting for, huh? Pack your bags”, he said in a loud voice once again and I just nodded. I immediately packed my bag and he stood up from the chair. I looked up after packing my bag because he was still standing there. “Hey, Kyle…. Are you coming or not? I am really hungry”, I heard Ethan yelling and that was when I realized why he was waiting for me. This was lunchtime and I needed to go with him. I immediately stood up and he scoffed while shaking his head. I cursed myself internally for being clumsy and dumbfounded in front of him most of the time.

“I… I need to go to the washroom”, I said to him after we walked out of the class. “You can use the washroom near to canteen”, he said and I just nodded. I needed some free time from him and the girl’s washroom was the only place where none of them could follow me. Ethan and Noah were waiting for us outside the class. “What did you bring for lunch, Carter?” Noah asked me and I looked at him in confusion. “Uhhh… I … I had an early mor… morning shift… so, I.. I didn’t br.. bring anything”, I told him truthfully and he nodded. I didn’t look at their faces for their expressions. I felt that Kyle’s grip on his bag strap tightened a bit making me gulp down hard. I still couldn’t believe that he spent a whole night at my home last night and we sneaked out early in the morning so that no one could see him with me. I now could say how it feels sneaking out of the house without being seen by your parents with your boyfriend. Kyle was not my boyfriend but I was protecting him like that.

“Your parents will be here after school. They want to talk with Mr Stammers”, I heard Ethan telling Kyle something about his parents. “You can go to the washroom. We will wait for you here”, I suddenly heard Kyle instructing me in a cold tone. This was my queue to leave them alone now. “Okay”, I said and then almost ran towards the girl’s washroom. I took a deep breath and patted my chest to keep myself calm as soon as I entered the washroom. A few girls were already there. Some of them were washing their hands and one was redoing her makeup. I lowered my eyes once again when I saw Millie who was redoing her makeup. I didn’t stop and immediately entered a stall.

I finished my business there but waited for everyone to go out. I didn’t want to be confronted by Sia or any of her minions. I heard some steps going out but didn’t know who went out. I took a deep breath and then went out of the stall. I was startled to see Millie standing there putting her hands on her h**s while looking impatient. “O now you want me to wait for you, huh?” she taunted me and I just looked at her blankly. “I didn’t ask you to wait for me”, I said in a calm tone and then went straight to the sink to wash my hands.

“So you have a voice now, huh?” she came behind me while taunting me and I just jerked my head a little. She was also from a rich family but I was not scared of her because without Sia she was only a hollow threat, nothing else. “I was never mute. If I didn’t speak to you and this made you think that I am mute then it’s your fault, not mine”, I said in a calm tone while washing my hands. I didn’t even look in the mirror because I didn’t want to see her ugly face filled with horrible make-up.

“I am here only to deliver a message to you. Sia wants to meet you. So you better show up, you know where, after the practice today or else you know the consequences”, she tried to threaten me and this time I looked at her coldly. I closed the tap and moved behind towards her. “You will once again throw me inside the closet, right? This is what you want to say, huh?” I said to her in a mocking tone making her widen her eyes in shock. “After that, if the teachers will ask me about who does that to me then I will have no choice but to take your name because we both know that we can’t take her name. So, are you ready to get suspended again, then I am ready to face the consequences”, I said to her in a very cold tone while looking straight into her eyes.

Truth to be told, this was the first time that I spoke back and this was really a good feeling. Millie was one of those two girls who got the punishment last time. I heard that her parents took back all her credit cards for a month because of that punishment. She also belonged to a rich family but her parents were strict. I didn’t stop there to listen to her more and went out of the washroom. “What took you so long?” I was startled and was about to scream when I heard someone asking me as soon as I got out of the door. I found both Kyle and Ethan standing in front of me and it was Ethan who asked me. “Listen to me, you”, I heard Millie behind me and she stopped right behind me while swallowing her words.

Both Ethan and Kyle were looking at me with concern and their expressions turned into cold ones as soon as Millie came out of the door. “What was going to say to her? Tell us”, Ethan asked him in a cold tone while Kyle glared at him. Both had balled up their fists tightly which frightened me. I walked towards Kyle timidly and stood behind me, now looking at Millie. She had frozen on her spot and was looking at them with wide-open eyes in shock and fear. “Now you have no words, huh?” Ethan taunted her once again in a bitter voice. “N… nothing… I … I .. was saying nothing”, she replied to him while stuttering hard.

The corner of my lips curled up in mockery because it was really fun to see a bully scared by another bully. “This is my last warning to you, Mathews… stay away from her or face me every day like your worst nightmare”, Ethan threatened her in a very cold tone and Kyle grabbed my wrist at the same time. It was not a tight grip but tight enough to make me hiss once. Millie just nodded, still looking at them with wide-open eyes. Without saying a word, Kyle moved behind and almost dragged me with him followed by Ethan. I g*****d internally, but once again, I was helpless in front of him.