Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 41

Dustin’s P.O.V.

No one was so close to Violet as I was at that night when I jumped over her in fear due to those stupid kids’ pranks. They scared s**t out of me that night. I didn’t know why they were still her favourite kids. They were really scary and untrustworthy. She held me tightly in her embrace on her lap. I was so ashamed but later I realized how soft she was. She was also scared but still tried to comfort me. She was so caring and I cursed myself for being a jerk earlier to her. We always bullied her because she was too naïve to refute. I couldn’t deny that we have also been protective towards her since middle school. We never let any other boy in the school take advantage of her innocent character. She was my favourite girl and I wanted to know her and that I would always be there to help her by any means in the future too.

I wanted to see her, so I asked Noah to accompany me to her workplace. I promised him to treat him there and he also promised me that he would not tell the rest of them about this. I knew my friends very well. They would tease me to death and I didn’t want to build up my hope so soon because I was not sure what she thought about me. I was hell annoyed by Noah when he started asking her about the other girl. The girl, Jenny, was also a beautiful girl but she was older than us and I can also say that she was smarter than Violet in other aspects. She didn’t flirt with Noah directly but passed a few glances to him with shy smiles. I was surprised to see Violet’s reaction there. She confronted that girl a few times here and there trying not to be noticed but I noticed because I was continuously looking at her.

Noah chatted about that girl with Violet the whole ride. I scolded Noah and gave him a look to keep his mouth shut when I noticed that Violet was somehow uncomfortable with his confrontation. I was glad that Noah understood and immediately changed the topic to the game. He asked her some basic rules of the game and she answered him confidently in a gentle tone. Noah asked her why she left the volleyball team in middle school. She didn’t answer him and looked outside the window. Noah and I looked at each other and we didn’t have to be genius to understand what would happen to her earlier in middle school.

After leaving her home, I scolded Noah for spoiling my evening. It was supposed to be me trying to know more about her but Noah ruined my chance here. He smiled sheepishly at me and apologized but it couldn’t bring that chance back to me. I was so angry with him that I didn’t talk with him for the rest of the ride to his home. I wanted to know her. I wanted to know what her hobbies were. What did she do in her spare time? What did she want to do in the future? What college did she want to attend? There were so many questions about her in my mind and I had no clue when would I get the answers to them. Only she could answer me but we had created a thick wall in between us which couldn’t be easy to break down.

“You are still thinking about her, huh?” Noah mocked me in a teasing tone in a hushed voice when I missed the pass once again. I was glad that he had digested everything that he knew about my feelings for her. “No… it’s just I am in no mood to play right now”, I made an excuse while refusing to accept his accusation. “Do you know Kyle and Ethan were with her the whole weekend?” he suddenly told me something that I really didn’t know and I raised my brows at him in suspicion. “Ethan has finished his biology assignment which surprised me. I asked him how did he manage to finish the assignment and he told me that he got help from Violet as he tagged along with Kyle to her house and they spent the whole weekend finishing their assignments with her”, he told me the whole story and I pursed my lips into a thin line.

“This is good, isn’t it”, I said in a low tone and he raised his brow at me. “You are not jealous?” he asked me while jerking his head a little in surprise. I shrugged my shoulders as if it was not a big deal, but I was clearly jealous. I understood why Kyle was there because he was her partner but Ethan should be there. Why did he tag himself along with Kyle? “Break is over… let’s go”, Noah pulled me out of my thoughts and we both stood up from the bench where we were sitting right now while drinking water. I looked around and found that both Violet and Ethan were not around.

“Hey, Kyle”, I yelled, calling Kyle who was sitting on the next bench a little far from us talking with another member of our team. He looked at me questioningly. “Where is Ethan?” I asked him once again, yelling aloud. He looked around and I saw him narrowing his eyes. He immediately picked up his phone from the bench and dialled a number. I was sure that he was calling Ethan. Suddenly he stood up and ran towards the main building. His reaction startled me and I looked at Noah who also had the same reaction. Without thinking anything else, we all stood up and ran behind him. It was not only me and Noah but the whole team.

“Kyle… wait… what happened?” I heard Justin yelling at Kyle while running towards us. Kyle didn’t stop and in a minute we were in the corridor where our lockers were. “Call Mr Stammers”, I immediately asked Noah when I saw what was going on there. “You f**king b****rd… how dare you to touch him?” Kyle roared at the top of his lungs while prancing over David who was startled by our presence there. My anger was at the top of everything and I punched the other guy standing beside David. Within a second, there was chaos in the corridor as both teams were now quarrelling with each other.

All I saw was Ethan and Violet fighting with the football team. Ethan was bruised so did Violet but they were struggling hard. “How dare you? How dare you?” I heard Kyle once again roaring in anger. I knew one thing now which was that David would not be able to play his next game any time soon. “What’s going on here?” Suddenly, we all stopped when we heard Mr Stammers roaring in anger. I also stopped and stood up from that boy’s body. Mr Stammers walked towards Kyle directly. “What happened, Kyle?” he asked him in a stern cold tone.

“All I saw was that they were beating Ethan and Violet here”, Kyle replied to him immediately in a venomous voice and shot daggers at David through his eyes. “What?” Mr Stammers yelled immediately and looked around. “O my….. Violet”, he gasped in shock, and immediately walked towards Ethan when Violet came out of Ethan’s back. She was holding his hand tightly while shaking in fear. Mr Stammers immediately cupped her face and started inspecting her face. Tears started falling from her eyes and I balled up my fists in anger once again. “Who did this to her? Who did this?” Mr Stammers roared once again and confronted David who was now scared to death.

David didn’t say anything but lowered his head which fumed Mr Stammers’ anger more. “You are done this time”, he threatened him and then looked back at Violet with concern once again. “I am really sir, kiddo. I couldn’t keep my promise of keeping you safe”, he said to her in an apologetic tone. “Why you two are here in the first place?” Mr Stammers then asked Ethan in a calm tone, still holding Violet by her shoulder. “She is helping me with my assignment. I finished my assignment but wanted her to check it once before I submit it to the teacher tomorrow. That’s why I requested her to come with me here so that I could show her my assignment. She was checking the assignment when they suddenly surrounded us and David was the first who tried to hit her when I shielded her”, Ethan told him everything honestly and shot daggers at David through his eyes in the end.

I wanted to strangle David and his team right now but we couldn’t do anything in front of Mr Stammers. Everyone present from our team was looking angry right now. “Take them to my office and called the nurse from the infirmary to treat them. Also, informed Mrs Stone to come to my office”, he instructed me while pointing towards Ethan, Violet and Kyle in a calm tone and then looked at David. “Wait for me with your team in the infirmary. I will talk to you there”, he said to him in a pissed tone and then signalled them to follow him. He signalled Kyle to take care of Violet who was still trembling hard. Kyle immediately walked to Violet and pulled her in his embrace protectively. I was surprised to see his reaction.

“Hey, Kyle”, I yelled, calling Kyle who was sitting on the next bench a little far from us talking with another member of our team. He looked at me questioningly. “Where is Ethan?” I asked him once again, yelling aloud. He looked around and I saw him narrowing his eyes. He immediately picked up his phone from the bench and dialled a number. I was sure that he was calling Ethan. Suddenly he stood up and ran towards the main building. His reaction startled me and I looked at Noah who also had the same reaction. Without thinking anything else, we all stood up and ran behind him. It was not only me and Noah but the whole team.

“Let’s go”, he said to us and then walked with Violet at a slow pace. “You are safe now, princess”, Ethan comforted Violet in a low tone. “I… I am sorry… y.. you g… got all the injuries due to me”, she apologized to him immediately in a low tone. Her head was low but I could say that she still had tears in her eyes. “No need to be sorry, princess. This was what I should do and I can say that all of us would do the same to save you”, he replied to her in an encouraging tone and looked at me to say something here. “He is right, Violet. There is no way that any of us can allow someone to hurt you”. I also comforted her.

She was still looking down. I looked at Ethan helplessly. He really got some bad hits. Kyle didn’t say anything here. He was looking so pissed right now. I knew that everyone knew the reason why David and his team attacked Violet. Sia was behind this attack because only she had the power to manipulate David. We reached Mr Stammers’ office in silence. I asked someone from our team to call Mrs Stone. Kyle made her sit on one of the chairs inside the office. He was about to release her from his embrace when she held his hand tightly. “None of us is going to leave you alone. But you have to file a complaint against them. You have to be brave now”, Kyle comforted her in a gentle tone but asked her in a firm tone.

This time, she looked up and the tears in her eyes were enough to break my heart into millions of pieces. “Nothing will happen if I complain. They will escape easily”, she answered him in a painful voice and all of us jerked our heads in confusion. “What?” Kyle asked her in confusion. I was also confused but I think we all had an idea of what she was talking about here. “Not when I am involved, princess. I don’t want to look into the past but I couldn’t let this slide. Ten boys tried to hurt you in front of me and this is not tolerable for me”, Ethan said in a stern tone and I nodded, agreeing with him here.

“What the hell happened here?” We all looked in the direction of the door when we heard Mrs Stone’s shocked tone. She was startled to see Ethan and then her gaze fell on Violet and her eyes widened in shock. “Violet… O My”, she immediately ran towards her. Violet was still holding Kyle’s hand as if she didn’t want to feel alone. “Th… the fo… ootball team… They attacked me and Ethan near the lockers, Mrs Stone”, Violet answered her while stammering a little. At the same time, the nurse with a medical kit entered the room. She was also startled to see Ethan and Violet. Mrs Stone took a deep breath and then looked at Ethan with gratitude. “Thanks, Ethan for saving her”, she said to him in a thankful tone.

“Thanks to her, Mrs Stone. She was scared still she fought with me and saved me from a few punches too. She didn’t hesitate from kicking and punching them in order to save herself from getting more injuries”, Ethan praised her without any hesitation and a small smile crept onto my lips. We had seen her trembling in fear, but what Ethan told us was something that we could never imagine. “She is brave but never shows”, Mrs Stone also praised her and stepped aside when the nurse went to Violet. Violet refused to let go of Kyle’s hand when the nurse asked him to step aside too. “It’s okay… we are all here”, he comforted her once again and she reluctantly let his hand go. Kyle came near to me and I could see anger in his eyes. “Call for an emergency meeting at your place”, he instructed me, and I nodded immediately. There was no way that we would let David and his team go easily. Especially not in this condition when Ethan was involved.