Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 40

Violet’s P.O.V.

“You are alone with them the whole two days?” Jenny asked me in whispers in a surprised tone and I looked at her with a huff. “Two hell of days…. I was stuck with them for two whole days, Jenny”, I tried to make her understand my point here. Studying with Kyle and Ethan was fun but not enough for me because I was on pins and needles all the time. I didn’t want to be bullied inside my house by them. “That’s what I am saying, na…. you were home alone with two f**king hot boys and all you did was ….. study”, she started in a chirpy tone but ended up commenting on me in a sarcastic tone. “We were supposed to do that”, I said while putting the food in a tray.

“Forget it… you will never understand”, she said in a flat tone while rolling her eyes. I just made a face and took the tray from the counter. I walked towards the table where I needed to serve the order. “Here is your order, ma’am… please enjoy your food”, I said to the couple with a smile while serving them their orders. “Thanks, honey”, the woman said to me with a smile and I just nodded. I took a deep breath and walked back to the counter to put down the tray there. It was Monday evening and there was no rush inside the diner today. I was so glad because I was hell tired. It was really exhausting coming here after the practice. They always made me run to and fro for every single thing. One asked for a towel and at the same time, the other asked for water. Sometimes they made me run behind the ball. I was tired from all running but I couldn’t complain.

I stood up near the counter to take a breather and closed my eyes. I opened my eyes again when I heard the ringing of the doorbell. My eyes widened in shock when I saw Noah and Dustin coming inside. This was the first time that they came here. “Hey”, Dustin immediately waved his hand to me as soon as he saw me. “Hey”, Noah also greeted me in a low tone. “Hey”, I greeted them back nervously and bit my lower l*p in anticipation. “Can we get a table?” Dustin asked me in a light tone while smiling widely at me. “Yeah… th… this way please”, I asked them while motioning towards an empty table.

They followed me and sat down on the chairs. I went back to the counter to bring the menu cards for them. “Here…I … I will bring water for you two”, I put down the card in front of them and went back to the counter to get water for them. “Do you know them?” Jenny came out of the kitchen and asked me excitedly. “Yeah… they are my classmates and…. Kyle’s friends”, I told her truthfully while pouring water into two glasses. “Wow… they are so handsome”, Jenny exclaimed and I looked at her surprisingly. I could see heart signs in both her eyes. She was looking at them with a wide smile. “Jenny….. they are younger than you”, I scolded her in a hushed tone and she pouted while looking at me.

“So what? It doesn’t mean that I can’t admire their beauty”, she answered me and looked back at them with the same expression again. I shook my head helplessly and took the tray from the counter after putting on the glasses. She was really hopeless romantic. “Who is she?” Noah asked me while looking towards the counter when I put down the glasses on the table. “Who?” I asked him and looked behind me. I was surprised to see that he was looking at Jenny who was still standing at the counter attending to a customer with a takeaway. “O… she is my friend and colleague here”, I told him and looked back at him. “What’s her name?” he asked me while looking at me this time. I didn’t know why he asked for her name but I felt to tell him the truth about her age.

“Her name is Jenny and she is in 2nd year in college”, I told him in a soft tone and he raised his brows in surprise. “Really? She looks younger”, he said in amusement and looked back at her. I looked at Dustin who was also looking at Noah right now with an amusing smile on his lips. “Did you decide what you would like to eat tonight?” I asked them in a soft tone this time and they both looked at me. “Yeah”, Dustin answered me this time and then looked at the menu card in his hand once again.

I noted down what they asked me to bring for them. “It will take 15-20 minutes to bring your order. Please wait”, I said to them with a soft smile. “It’s okay… uhhh… at what time will you finish your shift?” Dustin replied to me and asked me when I was about to turn back. “Around 9 after closing the diner…. Why?” I told him and asked him in a soft tone. “Uhhh… it’s nothing… you do your work”, Dustin said to me in a nervous tone. I just nodded in confusion not knowing why did he ask me about my shift? “Dude.. what are you doing/” I heard Dustin yelling at Noah in hushed tone. I didn’t stop to listen to what Noah answered him because somehow I had this idea about what he was doing.

“What happened?” I gave the order slip to the kitchen when Jenny asked me while narrowing her eyes at me. “Nothing… it’s just someone found you younger than your real age”, I answered her in a teasing tone and she raised her brows at me. “Who?” she asked me immediately and I smiled teasingly. “The blonde one”, I told her about Noah’s hair colour and she immediately looked at the boys again. I had my back towards them so I didn’t see Noah’s reaction but Jenny smiled shyly making me raise my brows in shock. Jenny was smiling shyly. Jenny was everything but a shy person. This was really new to me.

“Can I serve their orders?” she asked me pleadingly and I gave her an annoying look. “Jenny… he is younger than you.. don’t hit on him”, I scolded her once again in a hushed tone and she pouted while giving me her puppy eyes. I was about to say something when we heard the bell again. “Now you have new customers…. Let me serve them…. Please, please, please”, Jenny once again pleaded to me and I just shook my head while going towards the new customers. I greeted them in a gentle tone and took them to another empty table. After passing the menu cards to them, I looked at Jenny who was still looking glancing at Noah from time to time with a shy smile on her lips.

The couple placed their orders and I walked towards the kitchen counter once again. Jenny immediately came near to me. “Okay… here is their order”, I told her without giving her the chance to plead again. “O thank you.. thank you.. thank you”, she chirped immediately and hugged me tightly taking me off guard. “Jenny… you are choking me”, I tapped on her shoulders while asking her to lose her grip on my neck. “O sorry”, she immediately released me from her embrace and I coughed a little to catch my breath. I glared at her and she looked at me apologetically. “You go to the register and close for today. They are our last customers”, she instructed me while taking their orders from the kitchen counter.

I nodded and then went to the register. It was almost 9 p.m. Although I was bringing my bike with me every day still I was frightened to meet bad guys in my way. I started closing and concentrated on my work. I was hungry and I already had asked our chef to pack something for me to eat. Mr Byers was very generous and told our chef to prepare dinner for us if we needed any time. They never charged a penny for the food that we ate here. He and his wife always treated me and Jenny as their own kids. Jenny served both last tables while I closed the counter for the day. After finishing my work at the counter, I looked in front of me. I already had prepared their bills. All I needed to do was to collect the cash from them.

“Are you done?” Jenny asked me. She had served the last table too. “Yeah… we need to wait to finish them only”, I told her with a sigh and she nodded. “What’s his name?” she asked me still glancing at Noah from time to time. She was not an easy-going girl and that made me wonder what was going on with her now. She had never shown interest in any other guys before. “Noah… why did you ask?” I asked her in confusion and she mouthed his name slowly while nodding her head drowned in her thought. “Nothing serious…. I was just curious about him”, she said with a shrug, and I took a deep breath. “He is still younger than you by two years”, I said to her in a hushed tone and she pouted again.

Dustin signalled me to bring his bill after some time. I looked at Jenny to see if she wanted to go to them again. “I am good. You finish”, she said and then took the rug from the backside. She was really unpredictable. “Okay”, I said to her and then took their bill from the counter. “Here is your bill”, I put down the bill on the table and told Dustin. He took the bill from the table and put down some money after reading the amount. “We will be waiting for you outside”, he told me and I shrank my nose in confusion. “Do you need something else?” I asked him in confusion and he shook his head. “No… we will drop you to your home”, he said and I jerked my head a little. “I have my bike with me”, I told him without any hesitation.

“We can put that in the trunk. It’s not safe for you to drive so late”, he said as if I didn’t know this. “You really don’t need to drop me. I will be out in the next ten minutes. I am really fine with riding my bike home”, I refused his offer in a very polite tone giving him my reason but he shook his head furiously. “No… We can’t let you go alone… not on our watch. We will wait for you outside”, he said to me stubbornly making me sigh internally. They stood up from the chairs and walked towards the door. I saw Noah waving his hand a little towards Jenny and she waved back immediately with a shy smile on her lips. I just shook my head and took the money and bill from the table. I was surprised to see that he left a good tip for me. I decided to give this tip to Jenny as she needed to buy some books.