Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 38

Ethan’s P.O.V.

I looked at Violet who was searching for something on her laptop seriously. A small smile crept onto my lips when I noticed her biting her lower lips from time to time while working on her assignment. She was really different from other girls. I wondered what took me so long to notice her. She was always there, right in front of us. We used to make fun out of her miseries but never tried to look into her bright sides. She was fragile but strong at the same time. Everyone made fun of her because her parents abandoned her. To be honest, I never found this funny. How hard can it be for a child to see her parents walking away from her? We all envy her being so strong and free-spirited because deep down all of us knew ourselves and we knew that we were not as strong as she was.

“You are acting like a creep right now. Stop staring at her like this”. I came out of my stance when Kyle hit me on my ribs with his elbow. He muttered those words almost in my ear angrily. I pouted while looking at him. It was when I realized that I was looking at her all the time. He glared at me once again and then resumed whatever he was doing in the book. I was annoyed by his nagging but couldn’t say anything to him. I just made a face at him and then looked at my assignment. I g*****d internally because I really didn’t want to do research right now. All I wanted was to spend some time with Violet so that I could know what she thought about me.

“Are you hungry?” I looked up at her when I heard her asking something from us. “Huh?” I asked her in confusion. “Do you want something to eat? It’s almost evening”, she said again and I looked at Kyle who was also looking at her. “Did you finish your part?” Kyle asked him in a low tone and I looked at him annoyingly this time. I felt a bit hungry and here he was talking about the assignment. “Yeah.. I am almost done with the research. I have collected all the information. All I need to do now is to finalize them”, she answered him in a gentle tone.

I looked at her with raised brows in surprise because she only took half of day to finish her research and here I was, still struggling to concentrate. “Can you make more cheese sandwiches that you made another day?” he suddenly asked her and I looked at him in confusion. I couldn’t remember Violet giving any lunch box to him or any cheese sandwich that she made. “Yeah”, she replied to him and then put down her laptop on the table. She stood up and passed a small smile at me before going to the kitchen.

“When did you have these cheese sandwiches, huh?” I asked Kyle and he looked at me dumbfounded. “I… I… well (he cleared his throat while looking in the other direction).. I ate her lunch once”, he said after a while and I raised a brow in suspicion. We were never apart in school. Then when did you have this sandwich? “Did you finish what you were doing?” he suddenly looked at me while asking. “No… I.. I am having some problems”, I answered him while grunting. I looked back at the screen of my laptop. I took a deep breath and then started my work again. I needed to finish this today so that I could finish the whole assignment by tomorrow. We also had other assignments to finish in the next three days and it seemed really impossible to me right now.

“Here… I brought some juices for us too”, I looked up after a while when I heard her sweet voice once again. “Thanks”, before I could say anything, Kyle thanked her in a cold tone. I also passed a small smile but looked at Kyle with a pissed expression. He hated her but always stayed close to her. I didn’t know what kind of hatred this was. This was beyond my understanding. She put down the tray on the table in front of us and sat down on the single seat once again where she was sitting earlier. We all took the sandwiches from the tray and a glass of juice. I found something on my topic, so I concentrated on my work this time while eating the sandwich. “Violet”, suddenly a child shouted her name and I looked up. I saw a cute little girl running towards Violet while yelling her name.

“Daisy… we are studying right now. Come after some time, sweetie”, Violet immediately embraced her and asked her sweetly. “But I want to play with you. You promised me”, the girl asked her in her sweet voice while making a pout. “I know, honey… but I have to finish this today. We will watch a movie tonight”, Violet made another promise to her. “Promise?” the girl asked her in her innocent voice again. “Promise”, Violet replied to her and kissed her on her cheek. The girl also kissed her on her cheek and then looked at us. “Hi”, she waved at us and I waved back immediately. Kyle also waved but looked back at his laptop. The girl ran away after that.

“Don’t fall for her innocence. She is Daisy”, Violet told me and I looked at her with confusion. “So, she is the girl who pulled that prank on you and Dustin with her brother, huh?” Kyle asked her in an amusing tone and Violet nodded immediately. My eyes widened in shock when I realized who that girl was. “O My… she looks so innocent”, I exclaimed and Violet just shook her head while smiling. “You will not know when they will scare the hell out of you”, she commented once again. Kyle chuckled at her comment and I smiled in amusement. “You don’t like horror movies, huh?” I asked her while working on my laptop.

“Yeah… but Daisy and Thomas love horror movies. They are just ten but they have watched almost all the horror movies that have been produced till today”, she said in a light tone, and I looked up. There was a smile on her lips that I hadn’t seen before. She loved those children so much that I could tell now. I looked at Kyle and he was also looking at her. I raised brows in amusement once again when I saw him smiling while looking at her. “So… which movie are you going to watch with them tonight?” I asked her and she looked at me this time. “I don’t know… they never listen to me and it’s really hard to say no to them”, she said in a defeated tone.

“So…. Thomas and Daisy can bully you too?” Kyle asked her in an amusing tone and I laughed this time. She glared at me and I laughed harder. “They don’t bully me… it’s just difficult to say no to them”. She defended herself immediately and this time, Kyle laughed with me too. She huffed in annoyance and then lowered her head once again. I looked at Kyle and we both laughed again. She was really easy to bully. After that, we concentrated on our work. I cracked my neck when I finished my work. “Are you done?” I asked Kyle and he nodded. “Let’s call the day”, Kyle said and I nodded.

“Let’s finish the rest part tomorrow. You have to get ready for your date with Thomas and Daisy too”, Kyle said to Violet in a teasing tone and I smiled widely at his comment. “That is not a date”, she said while making an annoying face. “Of course that is. You are watching a movie with them at night. I am sure that they will stay with you tonight, right?” he asked her and she huffed and pouted. My heart skipped a beat by her innocent look. “You have to come a bit early tomorrow. I … I have to go to work tomorrow evening”, she said to him and he nodded. “Can I come too?” I asked her while passing a broad smile at her.

Violet looked at Kyle before answering me. “Of course… you can come too”, she replied to me nervously, still glancing at Kyle from time to time. Kyle was not looking at us. He was busy with his laptop and notebook as if he was ignoring us, but I could see that he was not happy. “Do you have any problem, bro?” I asked him and he looked at me blankly. “Nope”, he said in a flat tone and then shut down his laptop. We had done with our work today. I was still behind but they had almost finished their assignment. “We will pick you up from the diner in the morning after your shift then”, he said to Violet while packing his bag.

I was also packing my bag now but what he said surprised me once again. Since when did he know about her shifting timings? I had this hunch earlier that he spent that night here in Violet’s house. Now I was sure that he was here and that was why he knew about Violet more than me. I didn’t say here anything just packed my bag. It seemed that I needed to talk with Kyle. He kept something secret from me when he never did this before. We all stood up from our spots and Kyle looked at me this time.

“Let’s go then”, I said to him and he just nodded. We both looked at Violet at the same time. She was looking at us timidly with her clear watery eyes. She really had beautiful eyes. “Okay then, we will meet you tomorrow”, I said to her with a smile and she nodded. Kyle and I walked towards the door and she followed us. “Dustin texted me a while ago. He, Justin and Noah are at the club right now”, I informed him about the other’s plans. He looked at his phone and nodded. That was a group message. “Let’s go there then. I guess it’s time to talk with Dustin”, he said with a sigh, and I pursed my lips into a thin line.

Kyle was adamant not to bend in front of his parents’ demands this time. I couldn’t blame him here though, because his parents were wrong this time too. It should be his choice to date a girl, not theirs. Not even Kyle but also I hated Sia from the bottom of my heart. We didn’t hate Violet this much. I didn’t want him to stay away from his house and his parents, but this time, they didn’t leave any choice for him but to leave them. We both walked towards my car outside Violet’s house. I looked back at Violet who was standing at the door of her house looking at us. I waved one last time before hopping inside the car on the driver’s seat. I looked at Kyle who was now sitting on the passenger’s seat. He still had no expression on his face, but I knew that his mind was a mess right now.