Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 30

Violet’s P.O.V.

I was filling their water bottles with Noah when we both heard Dustin yelling at Noah from a distance to stay with me and don’t leave me alone. I was really scared of the way he asked Noah because it seemed that something would happen to me if he left me alone at this moment. Noah only said okay to him and then looked back at me. “Hey…. Everything is okay… why are you looking so scared?” he asked me while giving me the next empty bottle. “Wh… why di… did he ask to stay with me?” I asked him in a fearful tone and he just wrinkled his nose. “For God’s sake, girl…. Don’t be scared so easily… and don’t make your mind work overtime”, he asked me in a teasing tone and ruffled my hair, making me shrink my neck.

“Hey”, I slapped his hand away from my hair and glared at him. I didn’t like someone touching my hair. I loved my hair so much. They are long and black with a little bounce. It was easy to take care of them but a bit hard to redo the braids if someone ruffled from the front. I usually did braids. Noah narrowed his eyes while jerking his head a little in amusement. I just patted my hair and then looked back at the water dispenser to fill the next bottle. Suddenly, someone yelled something aloud about something happening in girls’ room and Kyle is leaving school. I snapped my head towards Noah who was also looking at the boy who was telling this to everyone present in the court right now.

“Now we need to go too, Carter”, Noah looked at me with a hurried expression and then took all the empty bottles and filled bottles from the bench. “Let me carry them”, I asked him and tried to take some bottles but he didn’t let me carry them. He took my hand in his free hand. “Let’s go”, he was looking in a hurry so I didn’t try to remove my hand from his grip. I almost ran beside him because he was taking long strides. We left the bottles near our bags and then he almost dragged me beside him out of the court. I was also curious to know what was going on there which excited everyone and that was why I was also following him without saying anything. “No matter what is happening there, stay behind me, okay?” suddenly Noah instructed me in a low tone and I just nodded while biting my lower l*p in anticipation. Why did he ask me to stay low?

We saw all the students who stayed after school to practise their games standing outside the building where the corridor leading to the girls’ and boys’ rooms started. They were all murmuring something and everyone had different reactions on their faces. “What is going on?” I asked Noah in a very low tone while holding his hand tightly now. I scooted a little closer to him to stay away from all the other students. “Noah.. we need to go… Kyle needs us”, he was about to answer me when Justin suddenly asked him in a hurried and anxious tone. I felt Noah’s grip on my hand tighten immediately but I didn’t say anything because he was worried about Kyle and that I got it here.

He immediately followed Justin and I found that all the players of the volleyball team were running towards the main door of the school. Noah and Justin also started running and I just followed Noah at my maximum speed. I didn’t ask Noah to slow down because I was also worried about Kyle right now. Everyone running with us was looking upset and worried. We stopped near the next exit of the main building where we saw Ethan, Dustin and Kyle standing together and Ethan was holding Kyle in his embrace. I also saw a young couple standing with them there. I could say that they were Kyle’s parents because the man looked like the older version of Kyle. Both had very distinct features.

“Just come home with us, Kyle. We can talk about everything there”, the woman asked Kyle but it was not a plea but a command that made me raise my brows in surprise. “Stay with Albert and don’t go anywhere no matter who called you”, Noah suddenly instructed me and then looked at Albert who was standing a little far from us. They both looked at each other and then Albert came closer to me and stood beside me. Noah once again looked at me with a complex expression on his face and then walked towards Kyle and Ethan. “What is going on?” I asked Albert in whispers because I didn’t want to get any attention here. “I also don’t know the whole story but it seemed that Kyle’s parents wanted to withdraw his name from the team because he once again refused to obey them”, Albert also answered me in whispers and I just nodded as if I understood the situation when the truth was that I was more confused now.

Although I was not a big fan of volleyball but I played this game when I was in middle school and had seen Kyle playing since then. He was really a good player. He became a very different person on the ground. He was sharp on his moves and a very good captain. He always had a grip on the game and on his team. The best thing that made him admirable during a game was that he always knows how to encourage his mates when they went low during a match. I always smiled while cheering them up and, yes, he really had a very charming smile. So, the question that arose in my mind right now was why his parents wanted to withdraw his name when he really had a bright future in this game and also he was not lacking in his studies. He was also a straight-A-grade student.

Did they come to know that he spend last night at my home? As soon as this question struck my mind, I trembled hard in fear and balled up my fists in front of my chest. “Hey… are you okay?” I heard Albert and just nodded while looking at Kyle who was still arguing with his parents angrily. “I don’t care about anything now. You have played enough with my life. It’s you who brought this here…. At school… not me… so don’t accuse me of shaming the whole family here”, he was really rude to his parents as he was yelling at them angrily. The boy really had anger issues.

“I don’t know what to do with you, boy. You have no manners and I am really regretting giving you so much freedom”, his dad also yelled at him and the disgust in his voice for Kyle made me raise my brows in surprise. “Freedom? Do you even know what freedom is, huh? I am caged in that house like a puppet whose strings are in your hands”, Kyle was still loud, but what he said made me look at him with surprise again. I guessed everything that looks at the surface is not what we see in reality. What was the use of having so much money when we don’t have any freedom?

“Sebastian… let’s go from here. He is out of his mind. Let him stay out of the house for a few days. I also want to see for how many days do his friends going to help him. He is nothing without us”, his mom came forward this time and stopped his dad from speaking more. At the same time, he rolled his head and our eyes met. I immediately ducked myself behind Albert because I didn’t want to be noticed by him this time. He was really angry and I didn’t want him to see pity in his eyes because I would hate seeing pity in anyone’s eyes if I were in his shoes. I felt somehow connected with Kyle because I didn’t have my parents’ love because they abandoned me, whereas Kyle was left alone by his parents when he was still living with them.

“For your information, I was not with any of my friends last night. I survived the night on my own and I am sure that I would be better without you guys. I don’t need your money to survive and I am not coming back any time soon”, Kyle was now calm and firm in his voice. His parents looked startled by his revelation, but his wordings made my heart skip a beat. What if they came to know where he was last night? He thought that it was easy to survive on his own without his parents then he really needed to wake up. I knew how hard it was to survive on your own even when I was getting financial help in the form of my grandmother’s pension. I had a home to sleep in at night but he has nothing now.

“Okay… then let me see what you can do without us and our money”, his father said in a venomous tone and then grabbed his mother’s hand before storming out. Kyle was still standing in his place. Ethan, Noah, Dustin and Justin immediately put their hands on his shoulders. I smiled while looking at them. Kyle was really lucky in the matter of friendship. He had friends who supported him no matter how bad the situation was. “Let’s go, Carter”, Albert said to me while moving towards me and I just nodded. I was still holding his arm. “You don’t need to be scared now, Carter”, Albert said in a teasing tone, and I looked up at him in confusion. He looked towards his arm that I was still holding.

“Oh… sorry”, I immediately removed my hand from his arm. He laughed a little while shaking his hand. He looked behind at the group. “I guess… the coming days are going to be hard on Knight. Whatever happened today is not good but he needed to take a stance for himself”, Albert said with a sigh. I didn’t understand the whole situation, but I knew one thing. Kyle also needed the care and love of his parents and his parents should understand this. Money can’t buy everything for you. It can’t give you your parents’ love and it can’t give you your child’s love and respect either. They had to understand that they needed Kyle as much as Kyle needed them. “Let’s go”, Albert said to me once again and I just nodded before going back with him.