Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 59

Kyle’s P.O.V.

“Now sleep as you have to go to the hospital tomorrow”, I instructed Violet after making her lay down on the bed again. I adjusted the pillows around her and tucked her inside the cover. She was still looking at me timidly. “What?” I asked her in a calm tone. “Will you stay with me for a bit?” she asked me in a low tone while blinking innocently. I looked at her with surprise because this was the first time that she wanted me stay with her. “What is it?” I asked her in a calm tone and put my hand on the bed on the other side of her waist.

“I am not feeling sleepy and… and”, she paused and lowered her eyes once again. I waited for her to finish her statement. “I don’t want to stay alone”, she muttered in a low tone, but I heard her. I didn’t know why but I felt happy inside. I cleared my throat and took a deep breath. “Okay…. Tell me then.. what do you want to do?” I asked her, still sitting in the same position. “You… you can sit here (she patted the bed on her other side) comfortably. You are also tired”, she asked me with concern. “Uhhh… give me five minutes… I have to tell Ethan that I will be with you for a while until you sleep. He is waiting for me in his room”, I said to her when I realized that Ethan was still awake and waiting for me in his room.

Although he was alright now, I was still staying with him in his room. Mrs Parker had instructed Violet to call her if she woke up in the night and feels the need to use the washroom. “Okay… I will wait for you”, she said in a low tone again, and I pursed my lips into a thin line. I stood up from the bed and walked out of the room. I saw her looking at me when I closed the door behind me. A small smile crept onto my lips because of the way she was looking at me expectantly. This girl would be the death of me.

I went upstairs to Ethan’s room while thinking about her. “What took you so long?” Ethan asked me as soon as I reached there. “She is still awake and I don’t think that it will be better to leave her alone”. I answered him but didn’t tell him that she wanted me to stay with her. He yawned aloud and then looked at me tiredly. “I am feeling sleepy. You go and stay with her for a while. Mom and dad are still out. It’s not safe to leave her alone like this”, he said to me, and lay down on the bed. I was really surprised to hear him. He was interested in her and instead of saying that he would go to her, he wanted me to stay there. It was not like I had any complaints about that. Still he disappointed me a little. It could be a good opportunity for him to stay with her alone. Well, his loss here, not mine.

“Okay”, I said while shrugging my shoulders, and then checked the water bottle for him. He had already closed his eyes and had pulled the cover to his shoulders. I had already taken his medicine and had a full water bottle on the nightstand. I didn’t need to worry about him now. After switching off the light in the room, after switching on the night lamp, I closed the door behind me and then walked downstairs. Mr and Mrs Parker had to attend a party tonight and they were still out. I was glad that Ethan reminded me of that. I almost forgot about that. I opened the door of her room without knocking. I saw her looking in my direction with a startled expression, but her expression softened when she saw me.

I closed the door and went towards her. She smiled a little which made me smile back. “Still didn’t feel sleepy, huh?” I asked her in a teasing tone this time and she pouted. “I only slept and ate all day. How can I get to sleep so soon then?” she asked me with a pout and I just smiled while shaking my head. I once again sat down at the edge of the bed near her bed. “You… you can come here if… if… you want”, she once again tapped at the place on the bed near her on the other side. “Do you want to watch a movie?” I asked her and climbed the bed. I was also feeling tired by now and wanted to take a little rest.

I lay down near her at a little distance and flipped myself towards her side while putting my head in my hand, resting my elbow on the bed. The distance was safe because the pillows were placed in between us. I placed them earlier to make herself comfortable during her sleep. “I don’t feel like watching movies”, she said in a low tone again. “What do you want to do then?” I asked her again, as I didn’t know what to do while staying with her alone here in this room. This was the first time that I was alone with a girl in a room. “Do you have Netflix?” she asked me after a while and I raised my brows at her in confusion.

“Jenny told me about an interesting series on Netflix “Stranger Things”. She said that it’s a good series to watch”, she told me about some series on Netflix. “Jenny?” I asked her in confusion because as far as I knew, she didn’t have any friends. “O…. she works with me in the diner. She is in her second year of college. She likes to watch series and movies so much”, she immediately told me everything about that girl, Jenny. “What do you like to watch?” I asked her in a gentle tone. I didn’t know anything about her likes or dislikes. I was now curious to know about her. She took a deep breath and then looked up at the roof. “I like to watch romantic and action movies. I don’t like horror movies”, she spoke after a while once again in a low tone.

She looked cute when she frowned while telling me about her dislike about horror movies. “You believe in ghosts?” I asked her with amusement and she looked at me again. “Don’t you?” she asked me in a bit raised voice this time. I shook my head once negatively. “No… I don’t because there is no such thing in the world”, I replied to her and she frowned again. “So… what do you do in your free time?” I asked her again and she made movements of her eyes as if she was thinking hard. Was it such a difficult question? “Forget it… I know what you do?” I said when she didn’t answer me for a good one minute.

She looked at me again with a curious gaze. “You like to finish your homework or assignment in your free time”, I said in a flacon tone and poked her forehead playfully. She pouted once again, making me chuckle this time. She really looked cute with this pout. “It’s not like that”, she immediately defended herself and I laughed this time. “You have no TV in your living room and no other entertainment app on your laptop. I saw the history of your laptop and everything there was about studies or something like that. You searched for songs on Youtube and nothing else. Then what else you can do to pass your time, huh?” I reasoned what I said about her free time entertainment. She gasped and looked at me with wide eyes in shock.

“Yes… I saw the history of your laptop when I came to your home for our assignment”, I accepted what I did that day. “This is called stalking”, she complained and I grinned. “So what? I can check upon you”, I said in a careless tone, as if I had every right to do that. “And why is that?” she immediately asked me in an annoying tone and I looked at her with surprise again. This was the first time that she responded so quickly and without stuttering a word. I leaned towards her with a sly smile on my lips. She scooted her head a little away while looking at me with wide eyes. “Because you are my princess”, I teased her again while announcing my claim on her. She huffed and then looked at the roof again.

I laughed at her reaction and leaned back in my previous position. I then put my head down on the pillow still looking at her. I was now half lying on my stomach right now. “Did you miss them?” I suddenly asked her in a low tone. She looked at me in confusion. “Who?” she asked me in a confusing tone. “Your parents”, I asked her in a hesitated tone this time because I didn’t know how deep her wound was. I regretted asking her this question the very next second when her expression changed into painful one. The pain in her eyes was so deep. She immediately withdrew her gaze from me and looked at the roof once again.

There was once again silence in the room and I cursed myself for hurting her this time. “I…. I don’t miss them… the… they chose me to leave on their own accord. Th… they chose their happiness over me… they were responsible for bringing me into this world but they refused to take responsibility because their happiness was more important to them than mine. I don’t miss them … the.. they are not worth it”, she replied to me in a cracked tone with that painful expression on her face. I was about to say something when she looked at me again. “But I missed my grandmother…. she was the whole world to me… I really miss her”, she spoke again and choked on her voice this time as she had tears in her eyes now.

“Hey”, I whispered and scooted myself towards her. I wrapped my hands around her head and pulled her head on my shoulder. She didn’t resist and put her hand on my arm clutching it tightly. She sniffed and I felt that someone stabbed my heart with a knife. “I hate them…. I hate them for what they did…. they made my life a laughing stock for everyone…I… I heard everyone laughing at me for being abandoned by my own parents. They… they taunted me… without thinking that… that… I was only nine…. a child… I didn’t know why they were laughing at me. All I knew was that my parents fought and then left home. All I saw was my grandmother crying silently whenever I was not around her… I hated them… I hated them for what they did to me”, she cried while telling me her hatred for her parents.

I gently stroke her head while listening to everything that she said. I felt that my anger towards my parents was nothing in comparison to her hatred for her parents What they did to their own child was awful. I left my parents because I wanted them to think about me, not about their business. Still, they called me, and came to meet me so that they could persuade me to come back home. They didn’t abandon me. I knew their reason but I was glad that I still had them in my life. For the first time, I felt that I was not the same as her. She endured so much pain and humiliation because of the selfishness of her parents all those years. My parents were also selfish but they still wanted me in their lives. She was still crying in my embrace and I didn’t know what to say to her to comfort her. This was the first time that we talked normally and I regretted tormenting her all this time. I was envious because she had the freedom that I wanted, but this was not her choice.