Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 98

Violet’s P.O.V.

“Hey”, I heard someone beside me and looked in her direction. I saw a blonde girl smiling at me. “Hey”, I greeted her back while filling my plate with food. This was dinner time and we were again in the lunch room. “I saw you with the volleyball team of North High. Are you a member of the team?” she asked me and I narrowed my eyes at her in confusion. “I am the team assistant”, I told her and then looked in the direction of Vivek who was with me. “Uhhh… my name is Bella, from West High… and you”, she introduced herself in a friendly tone and I looked in her direction once again. “I am Violet”, I gave her my name out of courtesy but I was not feeling comfortable with her around me.

“Violet…. So you don’t play?” she asked me and started filling up her plate too. I shook my head and looked for Vivek again who was now so engrossed in choosing between drumstick and steak that made me shook my head helplessly. “What’s his name?” she suddenly whispered in my ear and I flinched almost tossing my plate in panic. “Geez…. I am sorry… I didn’t mean to scare you”, she immediately held my plate and looked at me apologetically. “Violet…. What happened?” Vivek was immediately beside me and he asked me with concern while glaring at Bella. I was about to tell him when I saw Bella blushing and she lowered her eyes slowly removing her hand from my plate.

“Nothing happened, Vivek. She was just trying to talk with me and I was busy looking for you”, I answered him while emphasizing his name and looked back at Bella with a mischievous smile on my lips. I answered her question but didn’t ship my friend, did I? She immediately looked up at me and her eyes lit up. “By the way, she is Bella…. Bella Murphy from West High and she is an athlete”, I introduced her to him and he looked at her politely this time. “Hey, I am Vivek… Vivek Shah”, he gave his proper introduction to her and raised his hand to shake hands. “Bella was surprised when I told her full name and which sport she was in but blushed again when Vivek raised his hand. She timidly raised her hand and shook hands with him. “Hi”, she replied to him shyly.

“Would you like to join us?” he asked her and I was sure that she was tempted by his offer but I knew that she also had a group here. “I would love to… but maybe some other time…my friends are waiting for me there”, she pointed in another direction and I looked there. I saw a few girls and boys sitting around a table there. “Okay then… let’s talk later”, he replied to her and then looked at me. “Go and take those drumsticks quickly”, I ushered him and he looked behind him. “I will be back”, he said hurriedly and then walked back to that counter. I smiled while shaking my head.

“I am sure that you are not his girlfriend”, she suddenly whispered and I shrank my nose in disgust. “No… of course not… he is a friend and teammate”, I immediately cleared my relationship with him and I could see the relief on her face. “If you want his number… then you can give me your phone”, I offered her in a casual tone and then pretend to take a step forward. “Wait”, she immediately stopped me and I giggled. “You are really mean”, she complained playfully and I giggled. She giggled with me and then gave me her phone while glancing at him. “He is also the president of the Physics club in our school”, I told her while entering Vivek’s number in her phone. “How did you know what’s my full name?” she asked me in a curious tone.

“The school achievement board has your photo, name, and the sport in which you won 3 gold medals last year”, I told her truthfully about where I saw her information. “Wow… you are amazing”, she breathed out and I just shrugged my shoulders. “No… I am not… I am just a …. Girl”, I shrugged my shoulders again and then took a deep breath. “He is a nice guy by the way and he never dated any girl before”, I told her about Vivek and winked in the end. Her eyes widened in shock but a wide smile appeared on her lips. “Thank you, Violet… you are a sweetheart. Give me your phone so that I can feed my number there”, she immediately asked me and I took my phone out. I didn’t have so many friends and if I got a new friend, for the time being, it didn’t bring any harm, right?

She fed her number into my phone and then called on her phone to get my number. “Let’s meet after the opening ceremony tomorrow. Where is your room?” she said while giving my phone back and asked me in a light tone. “Uhhhh… I am staying with my team in their room”, I told her truthfully because sooner or later, this would be a topic of gossip here. She jerked her head back in confusion. “Did the school management allow you?” she asked me in a low tone and I nodded. “Yes… I… I have some… some special condition that I can’t stay with the girls’ from my school. So, our teacher has taken special permission from our principal and your principal too”, I told her the situation truthfully. She looked at me in confusion and then shrugged her shoulders.

“Never mind…. If teachers don’t have any problem with this arrangement and they are the ones who arranged this for you… then who we are to say anything? I will call you later and then will you tell me more about him?” she said in a careless tone in the beginning and her voice got low in the end when she looked behind me. “Let’s go”, I was about to answer her when I heard Vivek’s voice. “Yeah… sure”, I winked at her mischievously and she giggled before waving her hand at me. “She is weird”, Vivek murmured while walking back to our table and I looked at him annoyingly. “She is nice”, I immediately corrected him and he looked at me with raised brows.

“Never mind…. If teachers don’t have any problem with this arrangement and they are the ones who arranged this for you… then who we are to say anything? I will call you later and then will you tell me more about him?” she said in a careless tone in the beginning and her voice got low in the end when she looked behind me. “Let’s go”, I was about to answer her when I heard Vivek’s voice. “Yeah… sure”, I winked at her mischievously and she giggled before waving her hand at me. “She is weird”, Vivek murmured while walking back to our table and I looked at him annoyingly. “She is nice”, I immediately corrected him and he looked at me with raised brows.

“You trust someone like this? You met her for the first time”, he immediately complained and I scowled. I wondered what he would do if he comes to know that I gave his number to that weirdo. “I don’t trust anyone so soon, Vivek. It’s just … that girl.. Bella… she gave me a friendly vibe and (I moved my shoulders up and down while giving my opinion about Bella) and… she is the first girl who approached me in a friendly manner”, I looked at him while finishing what I wanted to say. She was actually the first girl who approached me in a friendly way without showing any disgust about me.

“What happened?” I heard Ethan asking me in concern and I looked in front of me. We reached our table. Ethan took my tray from my hand and put it down on the table. I put my one hand on his shoulder and went inside to sit down on the bench. Kyle was sitting on the other side as we sat in the afternoon. I felt his gaze on me but didn’t look at him. He had already misunderstood my relationship with Ethan and there was no way that I was going to explain anything to him. He could think whatever he wanted to think. “She made a new friend here”, suddenly Vivek said in an amusing tone and I glared at him immediately.

“Really?” Ethan asked me curiously and I sighed. “A girl talked to me a while ago. It’s not like someone wants to be my friend just like that”, I answered him in a flat tone. In fact, Bella approached me because she wanted to know about Vivek but I couldn’t tell him that. “What did she want from you?” Kyle asked me in a cold tone this time. I looked in between Ethan and Kyle while thinking about what to tell them. “Uhhh… nothing.. she was about to ask me something when Vivek asked me to go”, I made a lie trying to sound true. “Stay away from her if she approaches you again”, Kyle warned me and I pouted while looking at him. He suddenly bit his lower l*p while looking at my lips and I immediately averted my gaze from him to my food tray.

“But she gave you her number”, Vivek suddenly spoke again in a confused tone and I looked up once again and glared hard at him as he was sitting right in front of me on the other side of the table. “You gave a stranger your number just like that?” Ethan scolded me this time and I rolled my eyes internally. “She is a girl.. not a boy”, I defended myself immediately while looking at him with a troubled expression. “Yeah.. she is a girl and you have problems with girls… not with boys… don’t forget that”, Noah scolded me this time and I huffed while glaring at all of them. “Forget it… just stay away from these kinds of approaches again”, Ethan said and then patted my shoulder. What was wrong with giving my number to a girl? It was not like that she would give my number to a boy, or would she?

I gulped down hard when the thought hit my brain. Of course, she could give my number to anyone else. What if someone sent her to me to get my number and I gave my number so dumbly? I closed my eyes and cursed myself internally for being so dumb. When would I get my lesson? “What is use of scolding yourself now, huh? The ship has already sailed”, Kyle scolded me in a low tone and I pouted while playing with my food on the plate. “Hey, Kyle”, I looked up when I heard David calling him. “What?” Kyle asked him and I also kept my eyes on him. “I wonder how you always know what she is thinking. Do you know mind-reading?” David asked him with a playful smile and I glared at him with a murderous gaze. “This is because she always thinks so loud that you can hear her thought right outside your ears”, Kyle answered him while mocking me and everyone burst into laughter.

I lowered my hand down and hit on his thigh in anger. “Why are you hitting me?” Kyle immediately hissed in pain and yelled aloud. Everyone stopped laughing immediately and I tilted my head towards him as I had my head lowered while looking at him in disbelief. Was he real? I didn’t hit him so hard that he was crying like a baby? He was looking at me with a painful expression as if I had broken his bone there. I huffed and then looked back at my food tray. “Let’s finish our dinner first. We have to wake up early in the morning”, Ethan then ordered everyone, and all resumed eating their dinner.

I lowered my hand down and hit on his thigh in anger. “Why are you hitting me?” Kyle immediately hissed in pain and yelled aloud. Everyone stopped laughing immediately and I tilted my head towards him as I had my head lowered while looking at him in disbelief. Was he real? I didn’t hit him so hard that he was crying like a baby? He was looking at me with a painful expression as if I had broken his bone there. I huffed and then looked back at my food tray. “Let’s finish our dinner first. We have to wake up early in the morning”, Ethan then ordered everyone, and all resumed eating their dinner.

Suddenly my phone started vibrating in my pant pocket. I had kept my phone silent. I took my phone out of my pant pocket and saw it was Mrs. Stone. “Yes, Mrs. Stone”, I immediately picked up the call and answered her. “Violet…. You will have your shower and other business in the washroom assigned for the teachers. So, come to my room in the morning”, she instructed me and I pursed my lips into a thin line. I was already a trendy topic here due to my stay with boys but taking shower in the teacher’s washroom would put me in limelight. I wanted to refuse but I couldn’t afford to be in the same place with Sia alone. “Okay, Mrs. Stone”, I replied to her after a few seconds. She hung up and I bit my lower l*p while looking at the blank screen of my phone.

“What did she say?” Kyle asked me and I came out of my trance. He was sitting on my right side and Ethan on the left side. So he could see who has called me easily. “Nothing serious”, I replied to him and then put my phone back in my pant pockets. I heard him huffing but didn’t pay attention to him. He always replaces a topic to fight with me. I was sure that he would replace something here again to fight with me. “We need to talk”, he whispered to me when Ethan was talking with Mathew and Noah on his left side. “We don’t”, I answered him in a low tone but didn’t look at him. “You are still mad”, he said again in the same low tone. “I am not”, I answered him still in a low tone.

“You two”, suddenly Ethan interrupted us and I flinched hard in my place. Kyle immediately put his hand on my shoulder to keep me in my place. I looked at Ethan with a fearful expression. He immediately looked at me apologetically. “You two should talk”, he then said in a low tone again while leaning a little toward me. “There is nothing to talk about, Ethan”, I immediately answered him in a low tone while patting my chest and then looked back at my plate. Kyle’s grip on my shoulder tightened making me feel some pain there but I didn’t hiss or yanked his hand. I just kept on stuffing my mouth with the food.

Ethan sighed aloud and then resumed eating again. Kyle removed his hand after some time. I moved my shoulder a little to ease up the pain but didn’t look up again. Everyone around us was chatting happily and here I was, filling my mouth with food as if someone would snatch my food away from me. Why I was so alone when everyone had someone to accompany them? The boys tried to include me in their talks but they couldn’t keep this for a long period. They restricted themselves around me from saying so much boys’ stuff and I didn’t want to be a burden on them. Still, I was a burden on them, all thanks to Sia and her scheming. Why my life was like this?

I felt tears in my eyes but didn’t let them come out. I couldn’t cry here. They all would worry for me and this would get everyone’s attention. Suddenly, Kyle pulled my hand downwards under the table and intertwined our fingers. “Drink some water first”, he instructed me in a low tone and I tightened my grip on his fingers. Why I got comfort with him when I shouldn’t?