Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 35

Violet’s P.O.V.

I slumped down my shoulders tiredly after filling all the bottles for the players. They were practicing for more than half an hour and take five minutes break after fifteen minutes to drink some water or energy drink that they brought from their homes. “Let me help you”, Albert came for my aid and I gave him a grateful look. “Thanks”, I said in a light tone and then we both carried all the bottles back to the court. We put down all the bottles near the benches and he looked at the players. He was resting after Dustin swap his place with him a few minutes ago. Albert had some pain in his hands.

“Are you okay?” I asked him with concern and he narrowed his eyes in confusion. “I heard that you are having pain in your hands”, I said to him clearing his confusion. “O that… yeah.. I hit the ball hard and”, he told me and paused while taking a deep breath. “If you want then I can bring the spray for you”, I said while looking at his wrists that was looking a bit swollen right now. “Nah… I am alright. I will be okay after some rest”, he said while trying to move is wrist in circular motion but hissed in pain. I pursed my lips into a thin line resisting myself for checking his injury.

“Let me see”, I couldn’t resist myself when he hissed again and raised my hand towards him. He once again looked at me in confusion and gave me his wrist. I had taken a certificate in advanced first-aid last summer and hence knew about sports injuries. We both were now standing near the benches facing each other. I gently pressed the swelling area on his right wrist and he hissed aloud this time. I took my lower lips in between my teeth while checking his injury. “Is everything okay?” I heard him asking me in a low tone in worry. I looked at him with concern and then looked around for Mr Stammers.

“You are making me worried, Carter”, Albert said in a worried tone. “There is nothing to worry about but you have to take rest for a few days. It seems that you sprained your wrist”, I told him truthfully and he sighed aloud. “What happened?” I looked up and saw Noah standing near us while looking in between me and Albert. “He can’t play. He has sprained his wrist”, I told Noah truthfully. “What?” Noah shrank his eyes in confusion immediately and looked at his wrist in my hand. “I am bringing the medical kit for him”, I said and then looked at Albert. He pulled his hand from my hand.

I was about to walk away from them when Noah suddenly grabbed my hand and stopped me. “I am coming with you”, he said and before I could refuse his help, he dragged me towards Mr Stammers’ room. “You know that I can go alone”, I said in a low tone while trying to remove my hand from his grip. I didn’t know what was with them. They all dragged me like a sack with them and it really annoyed me like hell. “Yeah I know but you also know that Kyle has instructed all of us not to leave you alone”, he said in a firm tone and I just rolled my eyes while rolling my neck too.

We both reached at Mr Stammers room and I walked towards the cupboard where he told me the medical kit was. I unlocked the cupboard. Mr Stammers had given me a bunch of keys for the locks here the next day of my joining. “How did you know that he has sprained his wrist?” I heard Noah asking me a question when I was locking the cupboard again. “I am certified in the advanced first-aid and in sports injuries”, I told him and walked back to him at the door with medical kit. “You are?” he asked me while raising his brows in surprise and I nodded while smiling a little. “You are really something, Carter”, he said with a chuckle and I just shook my head.

We both walked out of the room and he closed the door behind us. “So having fun with your new toy, Noah?” we both looked behind him and I flinched a little in fear when I saw Sia standing behind him with two of her minions. She had a disgusting look on her face that was directed to me. “Whether I am having a fun or not, it’s none of your business, Bishop”, Noah answered him in a cold tone while dragging me behind me as he was now facing her now. Sia rolled her eyes and crossed her hands against under her breast giving a push to her breast. “I don’t know what you guys have seen her. She is nothing but worthless s**t”, she once again spat venom against me and unconsciously my grip on Noah’s hand tightened immediately. I lowered my eyes as I didn’t want to see that hatred in her eyes for me.

“She may be a worthless s**t in your eyes but we know what we see in her”, Noah once again defended me and then looked back at me. “Let’s go”, he said to me in a gentle tone and once again pulled me closer to him. “For how long you will manage to save her from me, huh?” we hardly had taken two steps forward when Sia asked him a question that made me tremble a little in fear. I gulped hard in fear and looked up to Noah who was now looking behind us. “Do you know that Mr Stammers and your father are best friend?” Noah suddenly asked her a question which also surprised me. There was no reply from Sia and Noah chuckled mockingly this time.

“Let’s go”, he said to me once again and then we both walked away. “Is this really true?” I asked him in a low and timid voice and he looked down at me with amusement. I knew that it was kind of gossip but I was really curious. “Yeah.. this is true. Mr Stammers and her father are best friends since their school time. Mr Stammers also belongs to a rich family but he chose to be a teacher instead of taking over his family business. Mr Bishop always meet him whenever he gets the time and their friendship is still famous in their circle. My father was also from the same school”, he told me while walking with me towards the court. I was really surprised to know about Mr Stammers.

I guess now Bishop had a bigger thing to worry than me. Now I knew why Mr Stammers and Mrs Stone never fear her. We both reached where Albert was sitting on the benches and Mr Stammers was inspecting his injury. “Give me the spray and wrap bandage”, Mr Stammers looked at me and immediately asked me for medical aid that he needed for treating Albert’s injury. I immediately put down the medical kit on the bench beside Albert and opened it. I gave Mr Stammers the spray first. He sprayed at the place of injury on Albert’s wrist and then looked at him. He still had a painful expression on his face. “You will be alright, kid. It’s just you will not play on this Saturday”, Mr Stammers said to him and he lowered his head.

“Hey.. don’t be sad. You have the whole session ahead”, Mr Stammers patted his shoulder encouraging him. He smiled but I could see how sad he was. Mr Stammers stood up signaling me to wrap the bandage around his wrist. I nodded and then took out the wrap bandage from the medical kit. I sat down at the place of Mr Stammers on the bench and passed a small smile to Albert. “What happened to him?” I heard Kyle’s voice this time and looked up. He was looking at Albert with concern. “I… I sprained my wrist”, Albert replied to him but didn’t look up. I took his wrist gently in my hand and starting bandaging his wrist. “I am sorry, cap”, Albert said once again in a very low tone.

“Hey… it’s okay… it can happen to anyone”, Kyle immediately sat down on the other side of the bench and wrapped his hand around Albert’s shoulder. He was really a good captain who knew how to cheer his teammates when they really needed someone. “Mr Stammers said that I can’t play this weekend. I want to play, Kyle”, Albert looked at Kyle and almost pleaded to him in the end. Kyle smiled and rubbed his shoulder gently. “If he said that it means that your injury is serious and you have to rest until your wrist heal completely. We have the whole season ahead and we need you for all those matches. You know this, right?” Kyle was gentle and soft on his tone and this surprised me.

Clearly Albert was not happy with the situation but he couldn’t do anything here. “Done”, I said to Albert and then stood up while taking the spray from the bench. “You don’t need to go back right now. We will put it back after the practice”, Noah who was standing silently all this time said to me after I closed the kit. I just nodded and then looked back at Kyle who was looking at us with raised brows. I lowered my eyes and then went to fetch a water bottle for Albert. I took three bottles from the other bench where we had put the water bottles earlier. I came back to them and then gave all of them the water bottles. Albert thanked me in a low tone. My hand trembled a little when Kyle’s fingers touched my fingers when I was giving him the bottle. For a second, our eyes met but I immediately looked away avoiding eye contact with him.

I bit my lower l*p nervously and then looked at others playing on the court, only to distract myself. I was still biting my lower l*p and sat down on the other bench giving them some space to talk. I felt a jolt of electricity running through my fingers to all over my body when Kyle fingers brushed my fingers. I had never felt anything like this before. This was not the first time that Kyle touched me but I never felt like this earlier. I rubbed those fingers gently while biting my lips. “How many times do I need to say to you not to bite your lips like this”, I flinched and looked up when I heard Kyle saying something to me. I blinked while looking up at him as he was now standing in front of me. He leaned down towards me and pulled my l*p out of my teeth. He brushed his thumb over my lips and I gasped. I immediately looked away and lowered my head anxiously.

“Did you ask for off this Sunday at the diner?” he asked me after a while in a low tone. I nodded but didn’t look at him. “Yeah… Mr Byers said that … that I can have my day off on Sunday”, I told him in a low tone while looking here and there, but not at him. Suddenly, someone called him and he ran away after a few seconds. I took a deep breath of relief and slumped down. Tomorrow is Saturday. It meant that he would be at my place and I had to spend the whole day with him in a closed space. I still feared being with him in a closed space. I guessed I had to do something to control my fear if I really wanted to work with him the whole year.