Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 96

Violet’s P.O.V.

“Did you guys quarrel again?” Noah asked me in an amusing tone and I just pouted. Quarrel???? What happened the last night, and what he did, I didn’t know why, I couldn’t go closer to him. “No… we didn’t quarrel… why did you ask?” I asked Noah in a low voice. I moved a little towards him so that I could face him. We were in the bus right now. Both the volleyball team and the football team were in the same bus. I was sitting with Noah and Kyle was sitting with Ethan two seats ahead of us. “He was gloomy when he entered the bus”, Noah told me and I just blinked while processing what he told me.

Kyle was in a good mood the last night when he left me in the guest room. He was okay in the morning, then what happened that spoiled his mood? “It’s not me”, I told him and he nodded while pursing his lips. “Forget it… he is always like this… hot and cold”, he shrugged his shoulders and then put the earpiece plug in his phone. “Would you like to listen to some music”, he asked me and I nodded. He then shared earpieces with me. I put the earpiece in my right ear as I was sitting near the window on my left. I leaned my head back on the backrest and closed my eyes. He was listening to “Last First K**s” from one direction. I loved this song so I enjoyed listening to it.

Suddenly the k**s came to my mind. He took my first k**s just like that. He was not even my boyfriend and still, he kissed me as if I only belonged to him. The way he hugged me after that, he needed that embrace at that time. I could feel it but why he always did this to me and then became cold once again? He stirred emotions inside me and then threw a bucket cold of water on me that I was nothing but a source of fun for him. He always did this. He always brought pains to me for his fun. “Hey”, I suddenly felt a hand on my shoulder. I opened my eyes and looked at Noah in confusion who was now looking at me in concern. “Why are you crying?” he asked me in a worried tone.

I immediately put my hand on my cheek and felt wetness. I lowered my head because I had no idea why I was crying. “Uhhh.. it’s nothing… I.. I was thinking.. I was thinking about my grandmother”, I lied to him. “What about her?” he asked me immediately and I took a deep breath. “Her death anniversary is approaching and I am planning to go to her grave after coming back from the tournament”, I told him whatever came into my mind but it was true that my grandmother’s death anniversary was in the next two months and I would be here at that time. “Don’t worry… I will go with you after we come back”, he immediately wrapped his hand around my shoulder while comforting me.

“What happened to your grandmother?” I was startled when I heard Rein asking me something from the back seat. “God, Rein… you startled me”, I scolded him while patting my chest. He pouted and then looked at Noah was also glaring at him. “What happened to your grandmother?” he asked me again and I took a deep breath. “Her death anniversary is coming and we are planning to go to her grave after the tournament”, I told him in a flat tone and cleaned my face first. I didn’t want him to notice the tears on my face. “You cried?” he suddenly asked me and I sighed internally.

I was the only girl on the whole bus and I was sure that everyone would know that I cried. It was so embarrassing. “No… I am not”, I muttered and then looked out of the window. “Sit down… she is angry now”, Noah scolded him but I didn’t pay heed to them. I didn’t know why but sadness spread inside my heart. In school, I had seen so many couples, hugging and embracing each other, boys coaxing their girlfriends, and girls trying to get all the attention of their boyfriends. The harmony and care between them always made me think about having a caring boyfriend. Kyle was not my boyfriend but he was doing everything that made me lean on him for support. Then his cold behavior made me feel abandoned again.

“You are okay?” Noah asked me again in a worried tone and I just hummed in response still looking outside. The song had been changed thrice which I didn’t pay attention to earlier but the line “You Broke Me First”, took my attention. I closed my eyes and just listened to it. I put my head on the window glass while listening to the song. I was not heartbroken yet I felt like that. I was not in love yet I felt like that. He should be with me if he really cared about me. But he was not. I only meant that he didn’t care about me. I felt Noah’s hand on my shoulder again but I didn’t open my eyes. He gently massaged my shoulder and I just let him what he was doing. It was comfortable though.

“You are okay?” Noah asked me again in a worried tone and I just hummed in response still looking outside. The song had been changed thrice which I didn’t pay attention to earlier but the line “You Broke Me First”, took my attention. I closed my eyes and just listened to it. I put my head on the window glass while listening to the song. I was not heartbroken yet I felt like that. I was not in love yet I felt like that. He should be with me if he really cared about me. But he was not. I only meant that he didn’t care about me. I felt Noah’s hand on my shoulder again but I didn’t open my eyes. He gently massaged my shoulder and I just let him what he was doing. It was comfortable though.

I felt him wrapping his hand around my head and then he slowly pulled my head towards him and then put my head on his shoulder. I didn’t open my eyes because I was not sure how I was going to behave right now. I wanted to cry but not in front of Noah. He had sensed my sadness but I was sure that he was thinking about my grandmother not about Kyle being responsible for this. “Take a nap. I will wake you up”, I heard him asking me in a gentle tone, and then he started patting my head gently and slowly as a mother patted her child to make him sleep. I snuggled a little into his shoulder and then let the sleep take over me.

In my sleep, I felt that someone lifted my head a little up. I immediately opened my eyes to see the person beside me. I was sensitive to touch and this was familiar yet I didn’t recognize it. “Sleep”, I heard Kyle instruct me in a cold tone. I immediately closed my eyes and put down my head on his shoulder again. I was having illusions now. Noah was sitting beside me and I was thinking about Kyle. I scolded myself mentally in my sleep for constantly thinking about Kyle. I opened my eyes again when someone gently shook me. “We reached?” I asked in a sleepy voice while lifting my head up from his shoulder and looked outside.

I yawned and rubbed my eyes to remove the sleepiness. The bus had stopped and I saw Noah standing outside the bus. I yawned again and moved my head inside when I snapped my head in the same direction with wide open eyes now. Noah was standing with Ethan and Dustin and they were talking about something. If Noah was there then who was beside me? I snapped my head in the other direction and immediately jerked my head in shock. Kyle was looking at me with a gloomy expression. “Don’t you think that you are too comfortable with him?” he scolded me immediately while shrinking his nose in anger.

“So what if I am comfortable with him, huh? Does it your concern?” I asked him in a calm tone while looking straight into his eyes. “We are not in a relationship, Kyle where I need to keep my distance from other guys because you don’t like it. Like you, he is also a friend”, I cleared my stance and then took a deep breath. I had enough of his bullshit. He stared at me while breathing heavily. “We need to go out”, I reminded him that we were still inside the bus and the team was waiting for us outside. “You can k**s him as you kissed me?” suddenly he asked me in a gloomy and accusing tone and I blinked in disbelief.

I raised my finger at pointed at me. “I kissed you? Are you real, Kyle? I kissed you or you kissed me suddenly… you… you took my first k**s just like that… and … and now you are accusing me of kissing you. When did I initiate the k**s?” I almost yelled at him in the end. I was now trembling in anger. “What k**s?” I was startled by the sudden questioning by someone else. I screamed a little in panic and looked in front of me. Ethan was standing there while looking at us in amusement. “Uhhhhh… no… nothing”, I immediately replied to him and glared at Kyle. “Let’s go”, I ushered him so that I could go out.

He clenched his jaw while staring at me angrily and then stood up from the seat. He passed Ethan and now had an amusing smile on his lips. “I told you that he has feelings for you”, Ethan said to me with a chuckle and I glared at him while coming out of the seat. “He hasn’t and won’t ever….. ever mention it again”, I immediately denied his statement and warned him at the same time. “Okay… take it easy, girl”, he immediately surrendered in a light tone while walking ahead of me in front of me. He took my bag from the upper shelf and then we both walked out of the bus. “Here… drink this”, suddenly David approached me and gave me a bottle of juice.

He clenched his jaw while staring at me angrily and then stood up from the seat. He passed Ethan and now had an amusing smile on his lips. “I told you that he has feelings for you”, Ethan said to me with a chuckle and I glared at him while coming out of the seat. “He hasn’t and won’t ever….. ever mention it again”, I immediately denied his statement and warned him at the same time. “Okay… take it easy, girl”, he immediately surrendered in a light tone while walking ahead of me in front of me. He took my bag from the upper shelf and then we both walked out of the bus. “Here… drink this”, suddenly David approached me and gave me a bottle of juice.

“Thanks”, I immediately thanked him with a small smile and took the bottle for him. To be honest, I was really thirsty and wanted to drink something. “You were sleeping when we had refreshment. I kept this for you because it will take time to go for lunch”, he told me and I nodded. I unscrewed the bottle and drank some mouthful. The coldness of the liquid soothed the dryness of my throat. I saw Kyle glaring at me while standing with Noah and Dustin but I averted my gaze from him immediately.

“Has everyone arrived?” I asked Ethan after finishing the juice. David took the empty bottle from me and threw it in the trash can. “Uhhhhh… now”, he told me while looking in the other direction. I followed his gaze and saw the other buses coming inside the parking lot. “Let’s go”, Ethan said to me and I nodded. “I will be with my team”, David told me with a small smile on his lips and I nodded to him too. “He is very friendly to you now”, Ethan commented while walking towards the others. “He still needs my help with assignments”, I told him truthfully but didn’t look at his face. I lowered my eyes a little because I didn’t want to see one particular person right now.

“Halo, kids…. I am Mr. William Smith, a teacher from West High School. Welcome to our school”, I heard someone introducing himself as a teacher here and he welcomed us in an enthusiastic tone. “Kevin”, he suddenly exclaimed happily and I looked up this time. I saw Mr. Stammers and Mr. Smith gave each other a brotherly hug with wide smiles on their lips. They seemed to be friendly with each other. “You haven’t changed a bit”, Mr. Smith said to Mr. Stammers in a teasing tone. “You too either”, Mr. Stammers replied to him in the same tone. “Let’s talk later… at first… let me show you all your rooms and other areas”, Mr. Smith said to Mr. Stammers and then signaled all of us to follow them.

“Ethan”, suddenly I called him in a low voice while walking with everyone. “What happened, princess?” he asked me in a low tone. “Where will I stay?” I asked him in a low voice but I was scared now. I was the only girl in the volleyball team, and they would not let me stay with the boys but I didn’t want to stay with the cheerleading team. It would be a nightmare for me and we had to stay here for almost fifteen days. He narrowed his eyes and I gulped hard in fear. “I will not let you stay away from us, princess. Don’t worry… you will stay with the team. I will talk with Mr. Stammers”, he immediately comforted me and took my hand.

I was a bit relaxed but my heart was now hammering hard against my rib cage. I couldn’t stay in the same room with Sia. She would kill me any time in my sleep. The fear was now stuffing my chest again. “Hey.. calm down.. I said that I won’t let you stay with them then listen to me… don’t panic”, Ethan immediately squeezed my fingers gently and comforted me in a hushed tone again. I just nodded while thinking about what was going to happen to me.