Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 87

Violet’s P.O.V.

“Hey, Violet”, I stopped in my track when I heard someone calling me from behind. My heart skipped a beat and I looked for Kyle’s first. My heart started beating furiously because I knew who was calling me right now. I moved back slowly and looked at him with a fearful gaze. This was really too early for him to come here. “Hi… g.. good morning”, I greeted him nervously when he stopped near me. “Good morning… You have an early shift?” he greeted me back and asked at the same time. I tightened my grip on the strap of my bag nervously. “My colleague… she has exams these days… so I am covering for her”, I told him and then took a deep breath.

“Why are you here so early?” I asked him nervously. “Please relax…. I told you yesterday that I mean no harm to you and I am very serious about that”, he lifted his hands in the air only to show that he was not here to do anything bad to me. “I am getting late, David”, I said to him and was about to move back when he suddenly touched my shoulder from behind. I screamed and jumped a little in fright. “Hey… hey… please don’t panic… I really meant what I said… please”, David immediately said still having his hands in the air. I was now breathing heavily in panic. “Please calm down.. you will have a panic attack and… and it will worsen everything… please… please calm down”, he pleaded to me while looking at me in panic and helplessness.

I just stared at him in fear while trying to catch my breath. He just asked me silently to calm down by moving his hands up and down. I took some time but eventually, I managed to catch my breath. “I made one big mistake and I am paying with my life for that. Please trust me that I got my lesson, Violet… please… trust me”, he pleaded again and this time, his voice cracked and I saw tears in his eyes. I gulped hard and then looked around us. We were right outside the diner and I needed to open it now. “I … I need to open the place”, I told him and he nodded. “Let me help you”, he said, and then we both walked towards the door. I was still having my distance from him.

Kyle asked me not to deal with him but I was alone here. I couldn’t guess the real intentions of David and that was why I was so scared. Yesterday, he and Rein came to meet me and they tried to convince me to help them. They all were now getting online classes and they were already expelled from the football team. Rein was about to cry while trying to make me believe in them and I couldn’t deny that I almost agreed to help them. But Kyle was right. I was no match for them and I couldn’t deal with them. David helped me open the doors and then walked inside with me.

“I… uhhh.. I have no work to do right now… so … let me help you today for.. for ..(he looked around)… whatever work you have”, he offered his help and I looked at him in surprise. “You don’t need to do anything… I … I can manage”, I said to him with a small smile. He put his hands inside his pockets and pursed his lips. “Let me help, Violet…. Let me feel this one time that I can be useful to anyone”, he said in a low tone and I pursed my lips into a thin line. Kyle was right. I really didn’t have the ability to recognize the true face of a person. I guess I was going to make a wrong decision once again. “Okay”, I said to him and a genuine small smile crept on his lips. I then asked him to help me arrange the furniture first.

He started putting the chairs in their places and I walked towards the kitchen. I took my phone out as soon as I reached the kitchen and then texted Kyle. After leaving me here in his car, Kyle went back to home and told me that he would come later to pick me up so that we could go to school together. Last night was, I didn’t know what to say. I completely freaked out when Kyle suddenly barged inside my room when I was putting on my night clothes. I was hardly able to breathe when he pulled me into his embrace. I was half naked as I only had my sports bra and thankfully I had worn the pajamas. I didn’t know why but I felt safe in his embrace. I must have lost my mind because a girl should feel threatened to be with a boy in that state if he is not her boyfriend or her husband. I panicked but eventually let him hold me as long as he wanted to. I smiled when I remembered how he ran out of the room as if his a** was on fire. He even left his phone and laptop on my bed which I gave him later.

After texting Kyle about David, I put down my phone in my pant pocket and started working. After five minutes, the kitchen staff arrived, and then we started our daily routine. I saw David towards the counter when he finished his work. “I guess I should go now”, he said to me and I gave him a small nod. “C.. can I have your number?” he suddenly asked me with hesitation while looking at me nervously and I raised my brows. “I know that Ethan and his friends are not leaving you alone, and to be honest, I can’t blame them”, he paused and then took a deep breath. “Online schooling sucks, Violet… there is no fun sitting like a robot staring at the screen of the laptop and listen to the teacher who even doesn’t know whether you are listening to him or not”, he started blabbering about what he was dealing with these days.

“I really miss my days in school. You know that I am already not good in studies but I love being there with all my friends. I miss playing football with them.. I… I miss everything”, he was still saying so many things that I really didn’t understand why he was telling me. “I… I”, he paused and sighed dejectedly. I took a deep breath and then looked at him with a calm face. “I can’t promise anything to you, David.. but… I will talk to Ethan’s mother about giving you guys one more chance… this is completely on her whether she will talk with the school authorities or not”, I finally said what he wanted to hear.

I just blinked dumbfounded when I saw tears in his eyes. He was actually having tears in his eyes. “Thank you, Violet… thank you so much.. After what we did… we… we just hoped that you will forgive us and … (he paused again and inhaled sharply)… thank you… thank you so much”, he thanked me again and again and I felt that I was asking problems to come to me. “Like I said… I only can try”, I wanted him to understand the situation clearly so that he wouldn’t blame me if Ethan’s mother refuses to help them. He immediately shook his head furiously. “I understood what you want to say, princess and I promise you that we will not blame you if they don’t agree because it’s on us not on you”, he said in a sincere tone. I slumped down my shoulders and then looked at the time.

“You should go now. Kyle will be here any time”, I told him in a concerned tone and he smiled faintly. “They are right about you”, he said and I just blinked harder once again, not knowing what to say. “Please exchange the numbers”, he requested again and I surrendered this time. I had customers to attend but I wanted him to go away first. I took his phone from him and fed my number. He then thanked me one more time before going out of the diner. I took a breath of relief and then started attending to the customers. I got busy for a while until Clark came. “Your friend is waiting for you outside”, he informed me and I nodded while attending to the last customer.

After giving the handover to Clark, I went out with my bag. “Where is he?” Kyle asked me immediately as soon as I got out of the door. I was startled to see him close to the door. “You scared me”, I exclaimed while clutching my bag tightly to my chest. He took a deep breath and then took my hand in his hand. Without saying anything else, he walked towards his car with me dragging my body behind him. I was almost a foot shorter than him and he took advantage of his height whenever he pulled me with him. I just g*****d but tried to match his pace. We suddenly moved towards him and pulled me into his embrace as soon as we reached his car.

I didn’t know what was with him by pulling me in his embrace again and again but I couldn’t complain here. “What happened?” I asked him in a low tone. He didn’t answer me but inhaled sharply. He then slowly removed me from his embrace. “Get in the car”, he instructed me and I just flicked my upper l*p in disappointment. He didn’t answer my question but always go bossy with me. I entered the car and he closed the door behind me. He then went to the driver’s seat and buckled himself. I also buckled myself and took a deep breath. “What did he say to you now?” he asked me while igniting the engine.

“Don’t you think that it’s injustice to them that they got the punishment but the person who was behind all this is still free to do anything in school?” I asked him in a calm tone without stuttering this time instead of answering him. “What do you? You want to say that they shouldn’t be punished?” he asked me in an angry tone and I immediately shook my head negatively. “No… this is not what I am trying to say here. They should get the punishment for what they did to me and Ethan and I don’t have any problem with that… but”, I paused and took a deep breath. “Sia is still in school. Once again, she didn’t get any punishment for what she did in this case. I am not advocating for them but I felt that we should give him one last chance to improve themselves”, I said in one breath, and then exhaled sharply.

All this time, I was looking at Kyle and I saw his jaws clenched and his grip on the wheel tightened. “So… he succeeded in convincing you, huh?” he asked me in a taunting tone. I slumped down my shoulders and pouted. “I know that I can’t get the real intentions of people but I am just saying that… that”, I paused when he suddenly moved his head towards me and glared hard. I shrank on my seat and tightened my grip on the bag in front of my chest. “Why are you so naïve, huh?” he asked me in a pissed tone and I just sighed dejectedly because I really didn’t have an answer to this question.

“Have you had your breakfast?” I asked him after some time to lessen the tension between us. “No… I came in hurry when I saw your text”, he replied to me in a calm tone this time. “I prepared two lunchboxes for us. It’s in my bag”, he informed me and I nodded. I didn’t feel hungry, so I decided to eat later after the practice. “I am hungry”, he suddenly said and I raised my brows at him. “We still have fifteen minutes… feed me”, he said again and I just made a face as if he was not looking at me. I took his bag from the backseat and opened it. I took out the lunchbox and put his bag back on the back seat.

I had made cheese sandwiches for him as he liked them in his breakfast. I saw a bottle of juice too. I took one sandwich and then raised my hand towards his mouth so that he could take a bite. I couldn’t understand why he always made me do things for him. He was not a kid yet I was feeding him like a caring girlfriend. He finished the sandwich quickly and then I scooted a little toward him so that he could drink some juice. He could take the bottle from me and could drink on his own with one hand but no…. I had to do this for him. I sometimes really felt pity for his future girlfriend.

We reached school in the meantime and he parked the car in the parking lot of the school. We both came out of the car and he locked the car behind us. “So, you two are really together, huh?” My body stiffened immediately when I heard Sia’s taunting tone. “Don’t pay attention to her… she isn’t worth your attention”, Kyle immediately instructed me and took my hand in his hand. I lowered my eyes and followed him. “Hey… do you think that he cares for you… you are nothing but a thing for him”, she yelled behind me and I felt his grip tighten on my hand. He was about to stop when I tightened my grip on his hand. “Let her say whatever she wants to say”, I said to him softly, still walking with him.

I looked up and saw him looking at me with a small smile on his lips. I immediately lowered my eyes. He released his grip from my hand and then wrapped his hand around my shoulder. “Thanks Bishop…. because of you… I realized that I actually care for her”, he suddenly yelled aloud without looking back and I felt like having a mini heart attack at this very instant.