“Then do it, because I ain’t letting your friend go,” he whispered the words, almost like mouthing them.
“Do it, do it,” the cafeteria was filled with the seniors chanting those words. The juniors remained tight-lipped, not even uttering a word.
“Hey, that’s not very nice. If she does it now, you’ll accuse her of attacking you on the academy’s grounds,” that was none other than Jenny, rushing toward us.
She came and stepped between us, also trying to free Gavin from Arlo’s grasp.
“And look at another junior thinking she can fight us,” Arlo turned to Jenny and then smirked. “And a very pretty one too. How is it that you got an ugly bitch and such gorgeous ones defending you?” Arlo asked Gavin, pointing at Lucy when mentioning the “ugly one” and then at me and Jenny when mentioning the “pretty one.”
I instantly felt my stomach tie into a knot, just the way Lucy’s mouth opened a little. I can only imagine the defeat she must have felt, being called lesser than the girl she was jealous of.
And that, too, in front of everyone.
“The ugly one must be after him, and he’s after the pretty one,” the top senior yelled in the most annoying voice.
She was giggling a lot, and it angered me.
“Says the one who look so rugged,” I yelled back, causing everyone to gasp.
“Ohhh! Feisty!” Arlo let go of Gavin, who jumped off the table to check on Lucy. When Jenny was about to give him a hand to get up, he clearly ignored her to make a point that he would choose Lucy no matter what others said.
“What are you? A porcelain doll? An untouched beauty who thinks she can talk big to anyone and get away with it because she’s gorgeous?” I don’t know what it was, but his words made me feel disgusted.
There was no pride in getting compliments from such nasty creatures.
“How dare she-” The top senior rose from her chair and pouted angrily, but Arlo gestured for her to stay back, as he intended to handle it himself.
“How about-” He kept coming at me, and I kept backing down when someone intervened.
“How about you leave them alone?” It was Penn. He came with his friends, a junior, but he had many friends who would end up sticking up for him.
“Ahh! The alpha’s son and the most arrogant one,” it seemed Arlo already knew of him. As the two faced each other, I felt this weird twist in my stomach.
I wanted to throw up, but I refused to do it here. So, I started walking away when the top senior I had yelled at got in my way.
Her name tag said Riri. She was the one who was enjoying this fight the most. She came in to push Lucy and then went back to sit in the audience, only to come back again to bother me.
“Please step out of my way,” I tried to be humble, but she shook her head.
“Not until I make you beg before me for forgiveness,” she pushed me, standing broad before me.
Shit!
I was not able to hold it in anymore.
Helanie:
“Let me go-” I gestured for her to step out of my way, but she kept coming at me. If only she listened to me, she would have saved herself from the upcoming disaster.
“What if I don’t? What would you do then?” she asked, coming so close that I had no choice. I didn’t do it on purpose, but it happened.
The disgusting feeling of throwing up made me gag even more, and before I knew it, I blurted it out, spitting everything on her.
In short, I threw up all over her perfectly pressed uniform.
“Eww!” she screamed, while I coughed and continued to throw up. Chaos erupted throughout the cafeteria as I knelt down, feeling dizzy.
“Get her out of here, someone!” I heard someone scream in disgust.
That was exactly what I wanted to do-to leave!
But this girl had the audacity to step in my way and stop me.
“Hey, let’s get you out of here,” a familiar voice said. I couldn’t even make out the commotion around me as I kept my head down, but Jenny had already wrapped her arm around my back to help me stand.
She helped me rush out, but someone suddenly slapped her hand off my back. I was dizzy and didn’t have the energy for any argument.
“Aren’t you too pretty to be helping someone?” Lucy’s voice was filled with hurt, and I knew she would take the comments too seriously. But honestly, it wasn’t her fault. Jenny did nothing wrong. She even stood up to defend us.
“I’m so sorry, but Lucy, you shouldn’t focus on what they’re saying right now. Helanie nee-” Jenny tried to continue walking, but Lucy interrupted, freeing me from her embrace and wrapping my arm around her own shoulder.
“You don’t need to tell me how I should take care of my friend,” Lucy groaned, pulling me away. At this point, I just wanted them to stop arguing and let me go.
Thankfully, Jenny didn’t follow us, and we managed to get out of the academy without further incident. The moment the fresh air hit my face, I felt much better. But now, I had to clean up, and the pounding headache wasn’t helping.
“You feeling okay?” Lucy asked, rubbing my back gently.
“I feel terrible, Lucy. I don’t know how I’ll ever go back to the academy again,” I muttered, feeling like I wanted to disappear in that moment.
That Riri girl wouldn’t leave me alone now.
“It wasn’t your fault. Anyone would gag with such ugly people-apart from me, being mean to you,” she said, her words making me frown.
I had my body bent over, hands on my knees, taking deep breaths.
“You are not ugly. Don’t listen to them. They were just trying to get a reaction out of you,” I said, trying to make her understand the cruel reality of the world we live in. People don’t really like to see others happy.
“Then why only me? They didn’t try to get a reaction out of anyone else, Helanie. Let’s just admit it-I’m not very pretty, definitely nothing compared to Jenny,” she said, her voice tinged with sadness. She made me feel so bad for her.
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