Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 36

Kyle’s P.O.V.

“Can you ask her if I also can come with you?” Ethan asked me in a low tone while giving me an innocent look and I narrowed my eyes at him. “Don’t you have your assignment to finish?” I asked him in an annoying tone and he grinned sheepishly this time. “That’s why I want to come with you. You know about my partner and she is no help. I am sure that Violet can help me with my assignment too”, he tried to reason his request and I scoffed. “Don’t make your assignment and your partner an excuse here. I know why you want to go”, I said with the scoff and he laughed this time.

“You are my best friend, Kyle…. No… you are my brother and that’s why you know me well. She doesn’t talk much in the school and I don’t know what to do to know her more. I even don’t have her number”, he put down his pen on the desk and slumped down on his chair while giving me a helpless look. “So?” I asked him dumbly and he glared at me. “I like her and to know her better, I should spend some time with her outside the school and you know her schedule”, he once again put everything on me and I huffed while putting my pen down on the table. “You want to spend some time with her in her home?” I asked him with a surprise and he immediately grinned once again.

“You are really something, Ethan. I can give you her number. Ask her out and make her understand your feelings for her but don’t mix studies with all this”, I said to him in a stern tone and looked back at my notebook once again. We were sitting in his room to finish our homework when he started asking me about Violet and my visit to her home tomorrow. I didn’t know what he saw in her that he started liking her. She was…. Okay… I accepted that she was beautiful and different from other girls. I never saw her wearing any kind of makeup on her face and still she looked beautiful than any other girl in the school. She was also a brilliant student and helpful to everyone. Still I saw no reason that made Ethan starting like her.

“What are you thinking?” I came out of my thoughts hen Ethan shook me from my shoulders while asking me in concern. “Uhhh… nothing… just the answer of this question”, I immediately made an excuse and without looking at him. “Okay… do one thing… give me her number… I will ask her myself”, he suddenly asked for her number and I looked at him annoyingly. “You are so annoying, Ethan”, I complained while taking my phone from the table on the other side of my book. I didn’t want to give Violet’s number to him but I had no choice here. He knew that I took her number the other night.

I gave my phone to him and started working again. My mind was not working properly but I kept myself busy so that he wouldn’t bother me again. It was already eight in the evening. Violet should be in the diner finishing her shift there. “Dustin wants to talk to you about tutoring him”, Ethan suddenly spoke again and I looked at him with raised brows. “He asked Violet first but she refused him because of her job in the school and in the diner. She also suggested him to talk with you in this matter. You both are genius in math”, Ethan told me but went a bit sarcastic in the end. I smiled at him and he glared at me this time. I am the only one who was good in math in our whole team.

“Okay… I will talk to him tomorrow”, I said to him and he nodded. He also straightened his back once again and we then concentrated on our homework. We had a very tight week the next week because of the match on next Saturday and that was why, we all had only two days to finish our assignments and homework so that we could submit them on time before the match. We can’t compromise our studies for the sake of our game. We both didn’t talk much after that and finished our homework. I cracked my neck after finishing my homework and looked at Ethan. He was still writing but was about to finish his homework too. “I am going to the washroom”, I informed him and he just nodded.

I stood up from the chair and went towards the washroom inside his room. I took a deep breath and leaned against the door after entering the washroom. My parents didn’t contact me after our fight at school. They had frozen my account but I didn’t have any complaints here about that. It was their money and they could do anything with that. The problem was that I had no money right now and I needed to replace a job soon. I couldn’t depend on Ethan and other boys for my requirements. Tutoring was a good idea but I was a bit hesitant about tutoring Dustin. He was also my friend and I couldn’t charge him.

I went towards the sink and put my hands on the edge of the sink and closed my eyes. Everything was completely messed up for me. I left my parents’ house without even thinking once. I couldn’t go back by myself. I had to do something to prove that I could survive without their help. I mean, there are so many orphan children out there in the world that work hard to fend for themselves. I was better than them and I could do the same to fend for myself too, right? My mind was in a daze right now and I was really not sure about what to do next.

I came out of my thoughts when my phone started ringing. There was a unknown number on the caller ID. “Halo!”, I picked up the call and said to the person who called me. “Hey…. ummmm…. I am Nathanial Atkins from freshman year. I got your number from one of my friends who is in the volleyball team”, he introduced himself to me. “What do you want from me, Nathanial?” I asked him a calm tone. He was a bit nervous when he spoke to me first. “Ummmm… I…. I am very weak in maths and I also have problems with economics”, he paused and I raised my brows in confusion. Ethan also looked at me questioningly. “Tell me how can I help you in this matter, Nathanial?” I asked him again in a calm tone. There was no reason for me to be rude or angry with him.

“Ummm…. I heard from my classmates that ….. that you are good at teaching and…. and”, he stammered and I smiled bitterly this time. I knew what he wanted to ask me but was hesitated because everyone knew I belonged to a healthy family. “You want to tutor you, right?” I asked him in a calm and gentle tone. “Yes…. yes… I.. I am really weak in these subjects. Please help me”, he pleaded to me and I could feel his desperation in his voice. “Why did you take these subjects when you are weak in these subjects?” I asked him again in the same tone. I heard him taking a deep breath before he spoke again. “It was not me but my mother. She wants me to study these subjects”, he told me in a low tone and I took a deep breath this time.

“Don’t worry… I will help you…. but I will charge according to hours”, I said to him and Ethan looked at me with surprise. “Yes… yes… thank you… thank you…. I will pay whatever you will charge me…. but please tutor me”, he immediately agreed to what I said and pleaded to me again. “When will you want to start”, I asked him again. “Whenever you want to start. I am ready for any time”, he replied to me immediately. “Okay… meet me in school during our lunch break. I will tell you the charges and timings too”, I said to him before hanging up. “What is it?” Ethan asked me and I smiled while looking at the blank screen of my phone. “I got another tuition”, I told him and looked at him this time.

“Really…that’s a good news, brother. In this way, you don’t have to look for a job and you can arrange all the timings of your tuition according to your schedule”, he said in a cheerful tone, and I also nodded while smiling. It seemed that God was also helping me. He closed one door for me but opened another for me and I am really thankful to God for giving me this opportunity. I could earn money through my own abilities and I didn’t have to look to my parents now. I was still low on money but it was just a beginning and I was sure that soon I would be able to earn enough for myself. I had to be patient and I would show my parents that I didn’t need their money to fend for myself. I only wanted him to treat me like their son not like a commodity.