Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 113

Violet’s P.O.V.

If a look could kill, then I would have been ten feet under the ground by now. I looked at everyone timidly, as they were all glaring at me as if I had committed a serious crime. Okay, I agreed that I acted dumb, and instead of asking David about the message, I went there and put myself in danger again. I was sitting on the hospital bed, completely hiding my face behind my knees, and was looking at them timidly. Kyle was still sitting beside me, but I couldn’t have the courage to look at him. I was sure that he was also throwing daggers at me right now. In front of me, nineteen pairs of eyes were giving me killing vibes.

“Did you realize what you did wrong?” Ethan opened his mouth and asked me angrily. I immediately shook my head while blinking hard at him innocently. “Tell me,” he asked me in the same tone. “I … I shouldn’t act without thinking about the consequences,” I told him in a meek voice, and he raised his brows at me. “And… and… I… I should call the person first if I get any message like this before deciding how to respond to that message,” I replied in the same small, almost whispered voice. “You have to realize this after committing a big mistake, huh?” David yelled a little this time, and I looked at him apologetically.

He glared at me, and I just blinked hard. “I… am sorry,” I whispered to everyone, and they all scoffed in unison. “You are sorry… you are,” Ethan almost lunged at me and I immediately hid myself in Kyle’s embrace. “Ethan,” Noah and David yelled at the same time. He stopped near my bed while breathing heavily due to his anger. “Aaahhh,” he pulled his hair out of anger, and I trembled a little. I knew that he didn’t mean to scare me because my condition had scared him to death. “Ethan,” Kyle yelled at him while holding me tightly.

I screamed when someone suddenly grabbed my hand and snatched me from Kyle’s embrace. I relaxed when Ethan held me tightly against his chest. He was still breathing heavily. I put my hands on his chest and closed my eyes while putting my head on his chest too. “You stupid, brat… you almost killed me due to anxiety,” he scolded me again and hit me lightly on the back of my head. I smiled faintly, try not to giggle. “Now you have this audacity of smiling, huh?” he yelled again, and I immediately pursed my lips to suppress my smile. “She is asking for a beating, Ethan. I am sure that she will start using her brain for real after that,” I heard Nick suggesting to Ethan in a bitter tone. I immediately looked up at Ethan and shook my head.

“He is saying nothing wrong. You were unconscious. You didn’t see us what our condition was when we saw you as white as a dead body,” Ethan yelled again but the worry and the pain were clearly evident in his eyes. “I am sorry,” I whispered to him with all my sincerity this time. He sighed aloud and put my head on his chest again. Life is full of uncertainty. There was a time when I had no one beside me to take care of me or to ask me if I was alright or not. Now I had so many people including these boys, who worried for me. “I am sorry… for … not using my brain when I should have… I am sorry… for … making you all so worried… I am sorry… for… putting my life in danger… I am sorry, Ethan,” I whispered while apologizing to him, again and again. We were almost the same age. Ethan was only ten days older than me. Still, he behaved like an elder brother to me, and I was glad that he loved me like a brother.

“Guys,” I looked up when I heard Mr. Stammers’ voice. My eyes lit up when I saw Mrs. Parker almost running towards me with a worried look. “Mom,” I called her while removing myself from Ethan’s embrace, and jumping off the bed. “Careful,” she yelled immediately, and both Ethan and Kyle held me tightly when my feet hit the floor, but I felt dizzy and wobbled a little. She came near to me and pulled me into her embrace. She sighed in relief while holding me tightly to her chest. “My poor baby,” she sniffed, and I tightened my grip around her waist. Tears started streaming down my eyes immediately. She was not my real mother, but she was a far better mother to me than my real mother was.

“I am sorry, mom… I .. I am really sorry,” I apologized to her too. “No, my baby… you didn’t need to say sorry… you… you trusted your friend’s name. How on earth had you known that there is someone else behind this, not your friend, huh?” she immediately comforted me, and my heart swelled immediately. She was right about this that I trusted David’s name, and didn’t think anything before going there. I was on my way to the volleyball court when I checked the message on my phone. Two mistakes I did there. First, I didn’t check the time of the message. Second, I didn’t call David before heading toward that place. I really acted like a dumb a**.

“Guys… you all have to go back now. She has got the discharge,” I heard Mr. Stammers instructing all the boys. “We will meet you there, Violet,” Rein spoke this time, and I lifted my head from Mrs. Parker’s chest. “I am sorry,” I mouthed to him too. He made an angry face before walking out of the room with everyone. I could understand their anger, and I didn’t have any problem with that. In fact, I was not scared of them, because I knew that there was worry behind that anger. Mrs. Parker slowly put me down on the bed again. “The doctor discharged you, love, and I am taking you back with me,” she told me, and I immediately shook my head negatively.

“No, mom… I am really okay now. I can come back with them,” I replied to her and she shook her head negatively this time. “You should go back, Violet. You need to rest, and recuperate,” Mr. Stammers said this time. “I am really okay, Mr. Stammers, and we only have four more days there. I promise that I will stay stick with the boys all the time,” I immediately protested, and then looked back at Mrs. Parker. She was still looking worried. “Mom… I am really okay,” I took her hand, and put it on my cheek while giving her a puppy look. This incident was my stupidity, and running away from my responsibilities is a big no for me. I only need to stay alert for the next four days.

She stroked my cheek gently by her thumb, and then put my head on her chest again. I could hear how furiously her heart was beating. “Okay… if you say… but you will be back if .. if anyone says that he sees you exhausted, or dizzy,” she replied to me in a worried tone, and warned me at the same time. “Okay, mom.. I promise that I will not say a word if I feel dizzy or exhausted,” I immediately promised her in a sweet voice. She was the most loving mother. “I know you, girl… I and I know that you will do what you feel right for you. That’s why, I am not pressuring you, but you have to understand that I don’t care about their competition, or about the school. My priority is you, and I will keep my eyes on you there,” she said again in the same worried tone, but her concern for me was what made my eyes had tears again. “I promise, mom… I will take care of myself. Thanks for believing me,” I replied to her in a cracked tone.

She took a deep breath, and then slowly released me from her embrace. “Violet,” suddenly someone called my name, and I looked at the person standing behind Mr. Stammers. “Good evening, Mr. Smith,” I greeted him in a polite tone. He smiled and nodded, receiving my greeting. “I know that it’s not the time to ask you this question, but can you tell us what happened to you? Your guardian is here, and I am sure that her presence will be enough to keep you calm,” he questioned me while looking at Mrs. Parker. She also looked at me with concern. I looked at him, and then to Ethan and Kyle who was now standing up in front of me. “He is also here. If you are comfortable, then we can call him too,” he asked me again in a soft tone.

I looked at mom. “It’s okay, honey… if you are not comfortable, then I can come back again during the investigation,” she immediately comforted me and I smiled at her attempt to keep me at ease. I decided to finish this matter today so that she wouldn’t have to come back again. “It’s okay, mom… I think.. I can talk in his presence,” I answered her with that smile. She smiled and stroked my head once again. Mr. Smith went outside to call Augustus. “Are you sure, Violet, that you will not panic?” Mr. Stammers asked me in a worried tone. “I am sure, Mr. Stammers. His approach to me was wrong, but I think that it was an accident that I got locked up there,” I answered him giving him my speculation about what happened after he left me there.

Augustus entered the room, and my eyes widened in shock. “What happened to you?” I asked him immediately in a shocked tone. He had a black eye and his face was also swollen. He tried to smile but winced a little. I immediately looked at Ethan and Kyle. “What? I just touched him. It’s not my fault that he is so soft,” Ethan immediately retorted, and I huffed. “It’s okay, Violet. If I were in his shoes, I would have done the same thing,” Augustus defended Ethan, and I was really surprised by the change in his tone. He was not sounded as arrogant as he was earlier.

“Now tell us what exactly happened there?” Mr. Smith asked me, and I took a deep breath. “I want to hear him, first,” I demanded while looking at Augustus. To be honest, I was a little scared, but the presence of Mrs. Parker, Ethan, and Kyle was what gave me the strength to face him. Everyone looked at Augustus. He took a deep breath, and then looked at Ethan, and Kyle. “I am interested in Violet since last year and wanted her to be my girlfriend. I tried to talk to her a few times before this incident, but someone always came to rescue her. I asked someone to help me talk to her… alone. She arranged that place, and asked me to wait for Violet there after the football match,” he paused and gulped hard.

I chewed my inner cheeks while processing what he told to all of us. He took someone’s help, and that was a girl. I had no doubt who was behind this. “When Violet reached there, she asked me to leave the place immediately because she was scared. I didn’t listen to her and dragged her forcefully inside that room. We argued, and she refused me again. In a rage, I stormed out of the room and banged the door shut behind me. I felt that I heard her voice calling my name, but I didn’t go back due to anger. That… that was a grave mistake on my end. I should have gone back to see why she was shouting. When she didn’t come back during our match, I got worried and went back there with my friend, Hunter there. I found the door stuck badly. Both I and Hunter pushed hard to open the door, and found her unconscious inside the room,” he finished the whole incident in an apologetic tone.

I smiled when I heard him. He didn’t leave anything behind except the part where he tried to molest me. I contemplated whether to tell everyone about that or not. He should be punished for that too, but I looked at Ethan and Kyle. They were looking at him as if they would kill him in this very instant. I was not going to meet him again, but it didn’t mean that he could walk away from what he tried to do inside the room. I looked back at him and sighed when I saw a plea in his eyes. “Violet,” Mrs. Parker called my name in a worried tone. It was when I realized that I was trembling a little while holding her hand. “I am okay, mom,” I immediately comforted her and took a deep breath.

“This is exactly what happened, Mr. Smith. He was enraged and hurled himself at the door. I didn’t hear him locking the door from outside. I guess what he said was what exactly happened with the door. I am glad that he came back, and took me out of that room, or else,” I paused and shuddered hard while thinking about that creepy room. “Hey.. it’s okay.. it’s okay.. you’re safe now,” Mrs. Parker drew me into her embrace and gently rubbed my back. I closed my eyes and leaned on her chest again. “That’s enough, Mr. Stammers. You two listened to her. Now, do your investigation, and please don’t ask her anything again without my presence there,” she instructed Mr. Stammers in a stern tone while rubbing my back gently.

“I am sorry, Violet…. I am really sorry. I should have come back,” Augustus apologized to me in a sincere tone this time. I opened my eyes but didn’t look at him. I looked at Kyle who was now looking at me. His jaw was clenched, and I saw him balling his fists tightly. I gulped while thinking if he knows something about what happened inside the room. The killing spree in his eyes was enough to tell me that he knew something, or he had an idea about what happened there. He lowered my eyes immediately because he always read my mind, and I didn’t want him to burst here. “Okay…Ethan,” Mr. Stammers called Ethan this time.

“Take her with you and Kyle. I will meet you guys there after finishing all the formalities here,” he instructed Ethan, and I looked up at Mrs. Parker. “Are you sure that you will be okay, honey?” she asked me in a worried tone. I smiled and nodded. “You will call me every day before going to bed, and there is no excuse for this,” she instructed me this time in a stern tone. I immediately nodded while smiling sheepishly. She took a deep breath and embraced me once again. I also hugged her back, enjoying the warmth, and sense of security she was providing me right now. “Let’s go,” Ethan said this time in a calm tone.

Mrs. Parker slowly released me from her embrace and then helped me get on my feet. She held me tightly, and I held her arm to keep myself steady. I was still feeling dizzy a bit, but I was okay now. I wanted to go back only to show that girl that I was not as fragile as she had thought about me. I didn’t know what was in her mind, but she once again managed to hurt me. I couldn’t do anything against her, but it didn’t mean that I didn’t show her how strong I could be if it came to proving myself. I had enough of her schemes. I was unconscious inside that room, and there was no way that anyone could find me soon. I was glad that Augustus came back, and saved me. At least he had the conscience to look for me when he didn’t find me there. But, Sia….

“What are you thinking so hard?” Ethan asked me while walking out of the hospital. Mrs. Parker was sending us back in her car, and then she would go back. “It’s nothing,” I answered him with a tight smile. Kyle scoffed and looked in the other direction. “What’s this with behavior, Kyle?” Mrs. Parker confronted him in a stern tone. “She is lying,” he replied to her in a pissed tone. I gulped hard and lowered my eyes. “Still… this is enough, Kyle. It’s good that the school authority and that boy are not taking any action against what you two did to him. Now don’t scare her,” she scolded him and I immediately looked at both of them with wide eyes in shock.

“We warned him thrice before this incident, mom. He was asking for that beating. You should have seen her when he took her out of that place. For a second, I thought that she is dead,” Ethan raised his voice in the end. Mrs. Parker g*****d in frustration. I looked at her and she smiled helplessly this time. “This is my fault,” I whispered while lowering my eyes. “Yes, this is your fault. You still have a chance. Go back with mom, or else you are going to have a beating from all the boys too. They all pissed at you. For God’s sake, Violet, you were with them for more than ten minutes, after their match finished. You told David that you are going back, yet you didn’t ask him about the message,” Ethan yelled at me again.

“I… I saw the message on my way to you,” I told him truthfully. “I was in a hurry and thought that David has something that he forgot to tell me. So, I ran there,” I told him what happened exactly. He raised his fist in the air while groaning in frustration, and I looked at him apologetically. “Don’t give me that look. I am angry with you,” he immediately yelled at me again. “Guys,” suddenly Mrs. Parker called us and we all looked at her. Kyle opened the door of the car for me. I looked at him but he kept his stern face without looking at me. I sighed helplessly internally and entered the car behind Mrs. Parker. He also came with us and closed the door.

Ethan went to the passenger’s seat. “You two have your birthdays in a difference of ten days, right?” she asked me and I nodded. “What about that?” Ethan asked while the driver started driving the car. “I am thinking to throw a twin party for both of you, what you say?” she told us what she wanted to do, and then looked at me in the end. I blinked while processing what she asked me. After my grandmother, I didn’t celebrate my birthday in the past two years. Before that, it was just me and my grandmother on every birthday. Throwing a party on my birthday was something that I didn’t expect. “You will be 18, an adult, Violet. Still, I am talking with Samantha about the transfer of guardianship. Both I and your dad want to adopt you as our daughter,” she said with a loving smile on her lips. My heart skipped so many beats in a row while looking at her in shock. Tears started building up in my eyes again.

“On your birthday, she agrees to transfer your guardianship, but with your permission. She said that she won’t do anything against your will. She has no problem being your guardian, still, she wants you to decide,” she told me further, and I felt that someone had given me the whole world. If they adopt me, then I could call them mom and dad without any hesitation. Ethan would be my legal brother, and I would have a complete family. “Hey… what’s wrong? You are feeling any pain?” she immediately cupped my face while looking at me with a worried look. I didn’t say but threw myself on her and hugged her tightly. “Violet… what’s wrong, honey?” she asked me immediately while holding me tight in her embrace. “Nothing is wrong, mom… just .. just let me stay like this for a while,” I requested her in a cracked tone while hiding my face in her chest. She took a deep breath while holding me tight in her embrace.