Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 61

Kyle’s P.O.V.

“Why came you come back so early?” Ethan asked me curiously as soon as we exited her room. “Your mom called me and asked me to come home. Violet’s wound on the lower chest on the left side opened once again when they pulled her up from the wheelchair. I think someone among them exerted pressure there”, I told him everything truthfully. He raised his brows with concern but didn’t ask anything again. “Did she know what happened to her?” he asked me while walking with me towards the living room. “I don’t think so”, I answered him in a calm tone. We both went to the living room and sat down on the couch lazily.

I received her call in the middle of our biology class. I didn’t pick up the call and decided to call her later. Within a minute, I received a text from her asking me to come back home as soon as possible because Violet was not well. I was about to tell my biology teacher about the urgency when the principal barged in and asked me to leave for home quickly. I didn’t need to say anything to the teacher because the principal was now involved here. I didn’t waste a second and ran outside the school. Noah, Dustin, and Justin were also in the class. I just looked at them and they ushered me silently to go. I knew that they would also call me, especially Dustin whenever the class ended.

I called Mrs Parker right after I exited the school building towards the parking area. I couldn’t tell what I felt when she told me that Violet was in severe pain when they tried to put her inside the car. I had never driven a car so fast that I drove today because I was anxious. I tried to stay calm because I didn’t want to show that I was concerned about her. When I pressed her body against mine, she winced again but tried to suppress her voice. I held her tightly against my body because this was the only way not let her to put pressure on her body. She always tried to use her strength and that could also be the reason for the pain which she felt.

“She is going to be alright, right?” I raised my eyes when Ethan asked me in a concerned tone. I took a deep breath and looked away. “I don’t know, bro…. the way she winced when I pulled her up from the car seat…. I don’t think that she would be able to stand up soon”, I told him what I felt and he nodded once again. “Mom told me that her guardians are coming this weekend”, he told me and I looked at him questioningly. “Do they want to take her back?” I asked him and he just shrugged his shoulders. “I don’t know… mom didn’t tell me anything about that. I don’t think that mom will let them take her away in this condition”, he gave his opinion in the end and I nodded this time.

To be honest, I also didn’t want her to go back to her house. Her guardians would stay only for the weekend and then they would go back because both of them were working and they had already taken a few days’ leaves last month when Violet got hospitalized due to Sia’s prank. “Are you coming for the practice in the evening?” I asked him after some time. He nodded in agreement. “Yeah… I have to patch up for the time that I spent lying on the bed”, he said and then took a deep breath. Our match is the day after tomorrow. Our team was under pressure because of Ethan and Albert’s injuries. They were important for the team, but Albert’s injury was more severe than Ethan’s injury and he couldn’t play. Ethan was also not in good shape and I doubt that he could also play this Saturday.

“Do you want something to eat?” I came out of my thoughts when I heard Ethan’s voice again. “Yeah.. I skipped lunch”, I told him, and felt hungry when he mentioned eating something. “Okay”, he said and was about to call someone from the kitchen when Mrs Parker came near to us. “How is she?” Ethan asked her immediately in a concerned tone. I also looked at her with concern. “She is sleeping now”, she told us, and then sat down on the single couch. She sighed aloud tiredly and slumped down her body on the seat. She looked exhausted. “I think you should shift to her room for the time being, Kyle”, she said in a tired tone and looked at us. Her words took both me and Ethan off guard. We both looked at each other in confusion at first and then looked back at her.

“What are you saying, mom? You know they can’t live in the same room”, Ethan retorted immediately. I also nodded in agreement because there was no way that I would sleep with her in the same bed. “You don’t understand”, she said annoyingly, and then looked at me. “Kyle… you have to understand, son… Ethan is still not recovered completely, so I can’t let her stay with her. She needs someone to stay with her all the time and keep an eye on her. According to what the doctor said, she is trying to use her body and is trying to bear the pain whenever she is left alone. I think she is too shy to even call the maids to help her”, she told me the exact reason for asking that favor.

“I agree with you, mom… but…. She will not be comfortable in either of our presence in the room”, Ethan immediately nodded his head in agreement but also reasoned why he didn’t want me to stay in Violet’s room. I knew the other reason too, but I couldn’t say that aloud. “This is not about her comfort, Ethan.. this is about her health. This girl”, she paused and scooted herself a little forward on the couch. “She has endured so much pain in the past that she had locked all her emotions and feelings in a shell. She is scared of asking anyone for help. If I am not wrong about her, then she is thinking about being a burden on us right now. She desperately wants to go home not because she is uncomfortable here. This is because she thinks of herself as a burden on us”, she tried to make us understand her point.

I took a deep breath and then looked at Ethan, who also had pursed his lips into a thin line and was looking at me. We both completely agreed with what Mrs Parker said about Violet. She never spoke in a loud tone. She never said how she feels if something happens to her, good or bad. She had bottled up everything inside her and the thing that scared her the most was not a horror movie but being called a burden, just like her parents used to call her. Still I was not comfortable about staying with her. “You two are her friends. I have seen her comfortable and relaxed around you two. If one of you stays with her then she will be at ease and you can also take care of her movements”, she spoke once again in a calm tone.

I raised my brows in surprise when she called us her friends because both Ethan and I knew that we had never been her friends. “Yeah, mom, as a friend it’s our duty to take care of our friend”, Ethan said in an awkward tone while scratching the back of his neck. “That’s what I wanted to say to you two. What did you say, Kyle?” she asked me and I once again looked at Ethan. “Ummm.. we can do one thing here”, I suggested, and both Ethan and his mom looked at me questioningly. “Let’s replace the sofa in her room with a couch and then both Ethan and I can stay with her. Ethan can sleep on the other side of the bed and I can sleep on the couch. If we both stay with her, then it will not be awkward for any of us”, I suggested while looking at Ethan.

Ethan’s eyes immediately lit up and he looked at me as if I had given him his favorite candy. “Uhhh… I think… this can do also. Let’s do this then… but none of you will shift any personal belongings to her room except your books or other stationery. You will go to your respective rooms to take a shower or change clothes. Her guardians will be here on Saturday and Sunday and I don’t want them to know about our arrangement”, she put a condition and I immediately nodded while Ethan frowned. I smiled at his expression, but I did everything that I could do for him here.

“Take some rest. You have to go back to school for your practice later”, she then said with a sigh and then stood up from the single seat. “Who will stay with her at that time?” Ethan immediately asked her with concern. “I have cleared my schedule for the evening. So, I will stay with her”, she told us with a smile and we both nodded to her. She then walked away to her room again. Ethan lay down on the couch on his back and took a deep breath. “Do you think it’s a good idea to stay with her?” he asked me in a concerned tone and I narrowed my eyes at him in confusion. “I mean she would be in trouble if someone know about this arrangement”, he told me his concern and I took a deep breath. “Who would tell anyone about this, huh? You or me?” I asked him in a calm tone and he pursed his lips into a thin line.

“As mom said, we don’t need to shift our personal belongings to her except our notebooks and books. It meant that we are only studying with her in her room. Who is staying with her during the night time is not a concern for anyone else but us. We have to think about her, not everyone else”, I said in a calm but firm tone. She was bedridden for three days and still had to stay for how many days which I didn’t know. She was a scholarship student and she had to cope with her studies well to maintain that scholarship. There were so many drawbacks for her here and I didn’t know how to help her now. “You are right…. her well-being is our main concern. No one will know anything if we don’t mention it”, Ethan spoke this time with a thoughtful expression.

I didn’t reply to him this time and closed my eyes. “I am going to bring something to eat first”. I heard him again but didn’t open my eyes. I was hungry but my mind was still drifting towards Violet again and again. Why did she have a soft body? When I pressed her body against mine, it felt so good. The best thing was that she never resisted my touch now. I remembered that she always flinched and tried to keep a distance between us whenever I got closer to her in school. She was still uncomfortable around other boys and I always felt that she relaxed every time when she saw me in her room, even if Ethan was there with her. It seemed that she always looked for me whenever someone go closer to her. This trust of her in me was least expected by me and it felt so good that she trusted me so much. The problem was why I wanted everyone to stay away from her when she needed to stay away only from me.