Bullied

•••••Aaria's POV•••••

I woke up with a headache. 

I turned and saw it was only 3:15 A.M. 

I kept on tossing and turning but couldn't sleep. I got up from my bed and opened my drawer and took Aspirin and gulped it with water.

 I laid back and kept looking aimlessly in the darkness. After some time, I felt my eyes getting heavy and fell asleep. 

" Aaria "

" Sweetie " 

I felt someone shaking me. I slowly opened my eyes and saw my aunt looking at me worriedly.

 I confusedly sat up and looked towards my clock and after seeing it I opened my eyes widely. 

Oh shit...

 It's 6:10 A.M.

 Ohh no, I'm late. 

I looked at my aunt and saw her hurriedly picking my clothes from my closet and putting them on the bed. 

Aunt: You're late sweetie, hurry up. Go have a bath and hurry. 

I hurriedly got up and took a shower as soon as possible. 

I grabbed my light blue woolly sweater and white high waisted jeans and put them on.

 I grabbed my things and hurried back downstairs. 

I grabbed sandwiches from the kitchen counter and got in the car with Uncle and aunt. 

I fixed my wet hair and combed it with my fingers. I checked my watch and saw it was 6:40 A.M.

 I sighed in relief because I still had 20 minutes before my first class. 

Aaria: Thanks for waking me up aunt. 

Aunt: Thank god that I noticed your absence or else you'd have missed your school. (Looking at her from the rearview) 

Aaria: I had a headache last night and took some medicine and slept. I think I slept for a long time because of medicine. 

Aunt: Are you feeling good now? 

Aaria: Yeah(Nodding). 

We reached my school. I got off the car and after bidding Bye I made my way towards the main gate. 

I saw the trio with Benny standing near the main gate. 

I almost forgot about them. I put my head down and hurriedly went inside the school with the crowd. 

Thank god that they were busy talking. I made my way towards my locker and started to get my books. 

Suddenly I heard students whispering. I closed my locker and saw most all of them were looking at me and whispering something among themselves.

 I started to feel more conscious, nervously I put my hand on my neck and realized that there's no cap. 

Instantly I started to regret wearing a woolly sweater instead of a hoodie. 

After putting my hair in front, I started to make my way towards my class.

 Why are they looking at me? 

What are they whispering about? 

Are they talking about me? 

I need to get out of here. 

Suddenly I felt myself in the air after tripping on something. I used my hands to grab something but failed. 

I fell hard on the floor and I saw everyone laughing hard at me. 

"Attention seeker "

I heard someone say (students laughing) 

Unknowingly my eyes started to tear up. 

No one came to help me, not that I expected them to help me.

 I hurriedly started to grab my things. 

As I stood up, a searing pain spread through my body as I was harshly shoved towards the lockers. 

My breathing started to get heavy and tears made their way out of my eyes. I ground my teeth because of the pain.

 I placed my hands underneath my body to support myself in getting up as everyone was enjoying themselves laughing at me.

 I never felt this helpless after the last incident in my previous school. 

It felt like the same incident was repeating itself in a different place. 

That day Robert didn't help and left me like I was unknown to him and today no one will help me either. 

I wanted to cry and shout out aloud at everyone. 

But... I can't even open my mouth. 

(Have you ever felt that you just want to shout out your frustration loudly at everyone? Use every ounce of your strength to tell them, but you can't speak. It feels like someone is choking you and you can't speak. You just have to see and hear everything they say. I'm feeling the same way. I want to cry loudly, but I can't. Not in front of them) 

I tried...

I tried hard to live a different life in another city but....... (Sobbing)

 I shouldn't have believed that everything would change...

 It star.... started all again......(Sobbing).

 Tears made their way from my eyes as I realized that I couldn't even stand up because of the sprain in my ankle.

 "What is going on?"

 I heard the familiar voice of Daxton.  

My tears started to fall more rapidly after hearing his voice. 

I don't want them to bully me. I don't want them to see me in this condition. (Sobbing) 

I saw crowds dispersing and the trio with Benny in front of me.

For a moment I wanted them to save me but then I realized that I hope the same with Robert too but he left me there alone. I cried but he didn't look back even once and probably they'll leave me like that too.

I hung my head down because I didn't want them to laugh at me like others. 

"Who did this"

 I heard a very angry and cold and terrifying voice of Ethan. 

I flinched back hearing his voice. 

I slowly looked up and was very shocked looking at Daxton and Xavier.

I looked towards Ethan and saw him looking directly into my eyes.

I could see him fisting his hands and his jaws clenching hard.

I saw them walking toward me. 

They're going to hurt me. 

I shouldn't have woken up and come to school today.

 Ohh God, please save me.

 I started to crawl back and hit the wall. 

Now there's no way out of this. 

Benny came towards me and crouched down and looked at me carefully.

 She looked so angry. 

Is she angry with me? 

She stood up and started to shout at everyone. 

I was unable to understand anything, I just wanted to hide and cry myself to sleep.

 I wanted to go home. 

I want to run far from here(Sobbing)   

I felt my head getting heavier by every minute and suddenly I felt my closing slowly. 

            •••••Daxton's POV •••••

We were waiting for Aaria and then I saw Benny. 

I pulled her with me and told her to wait for Aaria with us.

She was telling me to leave her but I didn't leave her because Aaria can ignore us, but she won't ignore Benny because she's her friend.

Yesterday she just disappeared. We looked for her but she was nowhere to be found. 

Today I decided that I wouldn't let her run away from us. 

It was getting late so we decided to look for her in the building. 

We were going towards her locker and saw a huge crowd in the hallway. 

"What's happening here?" I asked loudly and saw everyone's eyes going wide. 

Something's fishy. 

As we walked towards them they started to make way for us.

 What I saw shocked me to my core. I saw Aaria on the floor. She was crying and sobbing.

 I don't know what happened to me at that moment but I couldn't say anything for a moment.

 I was shocked to see her like this. 

Ethan: Who did this to her? 

I came back to my senses when I heard the very cold angry voice of Ethan. He looked so angry and pissed. 

I never saw him this angry except the time when he came to know the truth about Maria.

 Benny, me and Xavier hurriedly went towards her. 

Benny was fuming after seeing Aaria like that. 

I'll make them pay whoever did this to her. 

Benny started to ask. 

Benny: Who did it? Who did this to her? 

I was getting irritated because none of them was talking and they were standing like statues.

 Daxton: Come ahead and confess before I break every one of your bones.

 I angrily spat and looked towards Aaria and saw Ethan carrying her in his arms and Xavier running somewhere.

Ethan: Daxton find out who did it to her and bring them to me. (Angrily)

 I heard him say.

Daxton: Okay. 

I saw him walking towards the medical room. 

"Benny go with him " 

She nodded and picked Aaria's things from the floor and followed Ethan. 

"Now this is going to be fun."

 I said, looking towards the students.