AURELIA
After getting food, Esme and I walked to a table where we sat down to eat, and chatted a bit. We had about twenty minutes left before this period was over and we had to get back inside before the next class started. "Are you in any pain?" Esme asked. Laughing I told him no, I barely felt any pain as I fell. He simply smiled at what I said.
As time was close, we got up five minutes before and started making our way to class, me to chemistry and Esme to History. With goodbyes and a hug, we went our respective ways to our classes. Going in, I said hi to the teacher and went to hug Saph before we took our seats.
Coming close to my face, Saph whispered in my ear "What just happened in Gym? Are you okay?" She questions worriedly. With a sigh I replied back to her "I'm okay, but I'm so embarrassed everyone witnessed that, he better watch out it's payback time." She watched me with a worried face, which morphed into furrowed brows then finally bursting out in laughter. Looking at me, she says "Okay girl, I'm all for the plans you've made for Cyra, just you wait till Dora hears this." Smiling then furrowing my brows, I wonder what Dora has to do with knowing what plans I have for Cyra, but thinking better, I don't say anything.
As more students filled the classroom, taking their respective seats. Almost the entire class, turned and kept looking at me, snickering and whispering, sparing me a look and smiling to themselves. I scowled at most of them that looked my way, it was all because of that jerk. God, I wanted to smack his face one more time, but this time with a pie.
None of them stopped with their snickering, not until the teacher came in and told them to keep quiet as class was about to start. I had a gloomy face throughout the entire class, Saph tried to make it better a few times but it just won't work. I mean, can you blame me? It was only my second day of a new school and I already had a reputation, clearly, and not a good one. Just wait until my parents get called in for a parents/teacher's conference. That's when I'd really want the ground to swallow me up, not that I'd mind if it does right now.
People kept giving me dirty looks and at the peak I was at, I didn't even care anymore, I let them, without retaliating. But it did bother me, I didn't let it show, but it hurt too. People judge me without even knowing me. Thank god I already made good friends, that wouldn't judge me. I really would make that beautiful blue-eyed boy pay for how he's making me feel, I thought with my face in a frown.
By the time the fifth period came around, my anxiety had risen to the point I think I might have a panic attack any second now. Going into class, I find Dora, going up to sit next to her. Looking at me, she goes "Are you okay, you don't look too okay, you look very pale." I tried to smile at her but failed, so I just said "I'm fine, I-I'll be fine." "I heard what happened with you and Cyra in the gym, I'm so sorry about that." "Yeah, me too. I'm going to get him back though, I promised him that."
I watched her reaction, her eyes went wide and she whispered out loud, "What, you can't do that, it's just going to make things worse for you!" Furrowing my brows at her, I say "Why not, he's a bully, and you have no idea how embarrassed he made me feel this morning, having over a hundred of other students to witness his entertainment." Letting out a sigh, she says "Okay fine, I get he made you feel bad but if you two continue this, it might just blow-up big time in one of your faces. And honestly I don't want either of you getting hurt."
I thought about what she said, and I really didn't want to entertain the idea but he started this, and it really looked like whether or not I did something back to him, he would still find a way to embarrass me. Not only that, she said it with one of us, so it meant she cared not only for me but also for him. Maybe they were frenemies, I didn't want to question her, it would make me look nosey and that was not the kind of person I was.
Smiling at her, I say, "It's okay, I really get what you mean, I'll be careful, I know you're worried." She returned the smile still holding a worried expression on her face. Remembering I had a bottle of cold soda in my bag, from earlier, I took it out and took some huge gulps of it, I already felt better as it went down my throat.
As lunch came around, Dora and I walked hand in hand to the cafeteria where we met the rest of the girls. Seating ourselves at the table, they all looked at me with worried expressions. "Oh god, don't tell me you guys know too," covering my face I let out a groan. "Just how fast do news travel?" I asked curiously. "Very fast," they replied together, bursting out laughing, I joined in too.
The mood from before was lightened and it was a relief. Up until the neighboring table, a guy stood up and pointed at me, announcing to the whole cafeteria, "Look, there's the girl who couldn't wait to do her pushups in the gym this morning," The entire cafeteria bursts out laughing at me, and then the snickering and whispers began. Safe to say, throughout lunch, about a hundred groans were heard from me, very angry and frustrated ones too.
A few times, my eyes caught Cyra's from across the lunch room, he and his boys were seated in the opposite direction. And every time our eyes caught onto each other, the corner of his lips quirked up at the end, smirking as if he saw something funny, I was fuming, scowling at his stupid adorable smirks, and the girls saw that, they'd tell me every time to calm down and that its okay.
But it wasn't, Cyra was ruining my time here at St. Valkyries and that was unacceptable. I was supposed to have the best time ever, and make friends and just have a great year as a junior before moving on to being a senior, but he wasn't letting me enjoy myself with the friends I've made and my school year. No, it was only my second day of the entire school year and just look at the chaos he'd already cause, the stupid jerk!
Looking back, I was once again greeted with his smirk as the rest of his boys at the table erupted in laughter. Look, I just wanted to burst into tears right now, just think for just the three periods I've been in for this morning, how much mocking laughter's were thrown at me. And I wasn't even being funny, so imagine the embarrassment I had to go through without even doing something worth what I was going through.
But I was strong and I wouldn't let him do this to me, make me feel so small that I couldn't do anything or retaliate in any way just because he was king of this school, it didn't make him bullying me okay. And I wasn't going to just sit here and do nothing. Getting up from my seat, I walked to no specific destination in mind, all I knew was that I wanted to embarrass Cyra the way he did to me, right here, right now so everyone could witness their king's downfall.
As I'm reaching one of the food stand shops, I see pie, and an idea comes to mind, an evil smirk coming to my face. Going over, I asked the vendor the flavors of pie she had, she listed out; Grape, Strawberry, Banana pecan, and Apple pie, each with their respective fruit toppings. Smiling to her, I say "Strawberry is perfect," Paying for it, I hold it in my hands as I walk to Cyra and his companions table, everyone's eyes on me as I go.
Reaching up just behind him at his table, his boys looked to me with smirks on their faces, Ha! Just they wait until I wipe the smirk completely off all their faces. It will be filled with horror by what I'm about to do to their friends, and I couldn't wait to hold the final expression, which would most likely be laughing at Cyra with hopefully the cafeteria joining in with me.
Touching his shoulders, I said his name, "Hey Cyra," Turning around to look at me, he stood and as he did, my sight moved from his face to his chest. Oh shoot, I was going to pie his face but he's so tall, it'll just make me feel stupid, as the pie would drop from his face to my face. But never mind, his chest would have to do, yes, it would have to do. Putting the smile back on my face, I looked up into his eyes, and I said, "Heard you liked strawberry pie, so, I thought why not bring one over."