Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 83

Noah’s P.O.V.

I looked at my friend helplessly. He was standing a little far from me while embracing Violet. He didn’t deserve the treatment that he got from his parents. He deserved the best. He was the most sensible and responsible among us. He knew how to take care of everyone. He always took care of us whenever we needed him. For us, he was like an elder brother. I saw Violet stroking her back gently. My heart cried for him. I saw tears in his eyes when he came out of the room. Both I and Violet were outside the room and we heard everything that happened inside the room as the door was not locked. I knew that Violet wouldn’t say a word to anyone. She was also a sensible person like Kyle.

Suddenly, I heard footsteps behind me. “Kyle”, I immediately called him because I didn’t want anyone to see them in that state. There was nothing in between them but they could be misunderstood by others. He immediately looked towards me. “Let’s go… the classes are about to start”, I yelled, indicating to him that someone was behind me. He immediately released Violet from his embrace and marched towards me. Violet stood there routed in her place. “I got her”, I whispered to him when he passed me. He just nodded and then stormed away. I didn’t see behind and walked towards Violet.

“Hey… are you okay?” I asked Violet when she didn’t move a bit. Her head was still low. She just shook her head negatively but didn’t look up. I saw some girls coming into the corridor but they were not my concern. I put my hand on her shoulder and lifted her face up after cupping her face with another hand. “What’s wrong? Did he say something to you?” I asked her worriedly when I saw tears rolling down her cheeks. She once again shook her head negatively but sniffed this time. “Hey… come on… everything is okay”, I comforted her and pulled her into my embrace. She clutched the front of my shirt tightly and sniffed again while hiding her face in my chest.

“Wh… why t.. they ha… have to be so mean?” she asked me in a cracked tone and my grip tightened on her. To be honest, I didn’t have the answer of her question. “I … I don’t know princess…. I really don’t know”, I replied to her in a cracked and helpless tone. She sniffed again and I sighed helplessly. “Come on, princess… we have a class to attend”, I pulled her out of my embrace and said to her in a polite tone. “I… I… need to use the washroom first”, she spoke in a cracked tone again. “Okay… let’s collect your bag first”, I said to her and then wrapped my hand around her shoulder. We both started walking towards Mr Stammers’ room again.

I saw some girls glaring at her and I glared back at them with a cold gaze. They immediately lowered their eyes in fear and ran away from there. Like my other friends, I also hated these girls as they took us as their property. We both stopped outside the door when we heard Mr Knight’s voice again. He was still inside the room and was now arguing with Mr Stammers. I balled up my fist and my grip on Violet’s shoulder tightened a bit. My b***d started boiling inside me when I heard Mr Knight speaking nonsense about Kyle.

“He has become arrogant and unfilial. He has no sense of responsibility towards his family and his parents. Is this what school teaches him, huh?” I heard Mr Knight asking Mr Stammers in a very disgusting tone. Violet stiffened in my embrace and looked up at me this time. “Please let’s go”, she whispered in a cracked tone while looking at me with a tearful gaze. “Give me a minute, princess…. Just stay here”, I removed my hand from her shoulder and then knocked on the door, indicating to them my presence there.

I heard Mr Stammers asking me to come inside. “I am here to take the bag, Mr Stammers”, I told Mr Stammers my purpose for coming inside. He was looking pissed right now but was trying hard to conceal his anger. He nodded giving me permission to take Violet’s bag from the cupboard. I opened the cupboard and looked for her bag. “You… you are Kyle’s friend right?” I was about to take the bag when I heard Mr. Knight asking me about Kyle. I took the bag from the cupboard and closed it again. “Yes”, I answered him briefly in a cold tone.

“Do you know how arrogant your friend is? You should put some sense in him”, he spat at me in an angry tone. “I think.. he has inherited this arrogance from you, Mr Knight. After all, he is your son”, I taunted him while shrugging my shoulders arrogantly. His eyes widened in shock and his facial expression became ugly due to anger. “I have a class to attend, Mr Stammers”, I said to Mr Stammers instead of him and then walked out of the room arrogantly. If he thought that Kyle was arrogant, then he should have seen all of us. He would forget the meaning of the word arrogant.

I saw Violet looking at me with wide eyes in surprise. I smirked and then wrapped my hand around her shoulder again. “Let’s go”, I said to her, and then we both started walking towards the lockers. “Th.. that was awesome”, she chirped after we crossed that corridor. I looked down at her in amusement. She was smiling and sparks in her eyes made me shake my head a little. She was happy because I made Mr Knight speechless. “That was nothing, princess”, I said nonchalantly and she just grinned widely.

It was so easy to make her happy. I remembered that her face was still tear-stained. So, I dragged her towards the girls’ room first. “I will wait for you here. Come back soon”, I instructed her while leaving her at the door. She nodded and then entered the room. I went a little far from the door and leaned at the wall behind me. I rested my back on the wall and put my foot a little higher on the wall too. I was sure that Mr Knight would be giving a hard time to Mr Stammers. Mr Stammers could put him on his place but he restricted himself only for the sake of Kyle. “Hey… where is she?” I looked up when I heard Dustin’s voice.

I signaled towards the girls’ room and he nodded. He came near to me and stood up beside me. “Do you think that Kyle can survive on his own?” Dustin asked me in a worried tone and I narrowed my eyes at him in confusion. “I mean… he is now earning for himself while studying. It’s not an easy job to do multiple things at one time”, he showed his concern in sincere words. I took a deep breath and then looked at the door of the girls’ room. Was it easy for Violet? She was also on her own and doing the same thing for herself for the past three years. Was it easy for her?

“What happened?” Dustin asked me in concern once again. “I am thinking about Violet”, I told him truthfully and looked at him. He narrowed his eyes in confusion at first but his expression went straight when he realized what I wanted to say. He took a deep breath and ran his fingers through his hair. Violet came out of the room and looked at us timidly. “Let’s go”, I ushered her while straightening my back. She came near to me and took her bag from me. “Where are the others?” I asked Dustin. “Uhhhh… they said that they would meet us at lockers”, he told me and I nodded.

“Have you submitted your biology assignment?” Violet asked Dustin and I looked in between them as I was walking between them. He g*****d and pouted while looking at her. “I didn’t get the time to finish that”, he complained like a kid to her. “But… you told me the last time that you are almost done with that”, Violet immediately confronted him in a bit raised and stern voice. She was now glaring at him. I raised my brows at her in surprise because this was the first time that I heard her raised voice. “I am sorry, princess… but I really didn’t get the time to finish”, Dustin smiled sheepishly while giving his excuse and then made an innocent face.

“Today is the last day”, she said while glaring at him. His eyes widened in horror and he face-palmed himself while looking at me and then back to her. “I am doomed…. Mom would kill me.. help me… save me, Noah… save me, princess”, Dustin started screaming in horror while whining like a kid. I heard Violet grunting, which again amused me, but I was pissed by Dustin now. “What happened?” I looked in front of me when I heard Ethan’s voice. We reached the lockers and I saw them standing near Violet’s locker. “He forgot to finish his biology assignment and today is the last day”, I told Ethan in a flat tone while walking towards my locker.

“Are you really that dumb, Dustin?” Ethan scolded Dustin in an angry tone. “I… I… really forgot.. really… please do something, Ethan… save me”, Dustin almost cried in front of Ethan while shaking his hand furiously. I scoffed while taking my books for the first two periods from my locker. Every student present in the corridor was now looking at him. “What I can do, huh? Just bear this time”, Ethan scolded him again but in a helpless tone. “Here”, suddenly Violet spoke in a soft tone. I closed the locker and looked in her direction curiously.

“O My…. I love you, Violet… you are the best”, Dustin screamed aloud happily and hugged her tightly. I noticed that she trembled hard in his embrace, which made me concerned about her immediately. Ethan suddenly pulled Dustin away from her. Her face was pale now. “You scared her, you dumbass”, Ethan yelled at Dustin, who was now looking at Violet dumbfounded. “Hey… hey… Carter… look at me… look at me”, Ethan immediately approached her and held her by her shoulders. She was trying to breathe but I could see that she was not able to breathe. I saw Kyle go stiffen and he glared at Dustin. “I … I am sorry… I … I didn’t mean to scare you… I am sorry… I am sorry, Violet”, Dustin yelled in a panic this time.

“Breath… breath… now.. everything is okay”, Ethan comforted her while asking her to breathe properly while doing the same thing for her. She just looked at her with teary eyes and tried to follow his pace. I took a deep breath of relief when I saw her getting normal again. “Don’t ever do this again, Dustin”, Ethan scolded Dustin again, who was now looking at Violet with guilt. “I am really sorry, Violet. You just… you”, he showed the assignment folder in his hand to her while trying to say something. At the same time, the bell rang indicating that it was time to go to class.

“Let’s go”, Kyle said in a cold tone and started walking a little ahead of us. Ethan was still with Violet and I was glad that she was okay now. “What happened to her?” Justin asked me in whispers while glancing behind us. “She is not comfortable with anyone touching her”, I told him in whispers as I didn’t want her to listen to our conversation. “But she was comfortable with Kyle when he carried her to the washroom at Ethan’s home”, he said in a confused tone and I took a deep breath. It was clear to me that she was not comfortable with everyone. She was comfortable when I wrapped my hand around her shoulder and even when Ethan held her, she didn’t flinch or panic. It meant that she had trust issues and I was glad that she trusted me enough to touch her.

We entered the class behind Kyle and he went straight to the last row of the class. I knew that he was going to sit with Violet. I saw Sia glaring at Violet, which made me curl up my upper l*p in disgust. This girl would not get her lesson any time soon. I sat down next to Dustin who was still scowling. “Cheer up… she saved your a**”, I smacked his arm playfully while trying to cheer him up. “But… I scared her. If she continues to be afraid of me like this, how will I go near to her?” he complained again while scowling and I rolled my eyes while groaning a little. I forgot that he had some feelings for Violet too.