ELOISE POV—
It's official, Reed hates me. I don't know what I have done but he has been glaring at me since the moment he has laid his eyes upon me.
But coming to the next topic, I am kind of insulated me from the class. Not that I need to be friends with those little brats but it's not a good feeling to be hated for no reason at all. So, I want to know why I am left out. I go and tap a meek-looking child on his shoulder. He turns and looks at me.
I asked, 'Hello, my name is Eloise Stark. I think there was no need of introduction, as you should probably already have known me. If you would like, you can call me Ellie. Can I ask you something?'
'Hi, Ellie, my name is Edward. Yes, you can ask what you want to ask,' replied the boy called Edward.
I said, 'Why none of the children are talking to me? They are kind of ignoring me. Did I do something?'
The boy looks at me in shock after this. He looks around us, checking if anyone is listening to our conversation.
He said, 'I thought you would not notice this,' oh please like I wouldn't notice, I am not some little child, 'and I also thought you wouldn't care.'
'Why?'
He said, 'Reed said that you are rude and not-friendly at all. He also said that you threatened him. And for the not caring part,I said, it's because your aura screams that you want to be left alone.' What!! Reed said this, I know he hates me but I didn't think he hates me that much. And about the other part of what he said didn't matter to me, as it was cent percent true. But the question is why Reed said that?
I said, 'Don't believe him. He is just a filthy liar.' Edward looks up at me with a scrutinizing look but nonetheless nods in understanding. This boy, Edward is kind of an intelligent one. He understood quickly what was good for him. Jeez, I sound like some kind of villain.
Now, I have to confront Reed lying Richards and kick his ass. I know he is still a kid but he is a toxic kid. If his parents are not correcting his attitude, then I have to do it myself.
After sometime, I corner him when no one is near him. He glares at me as soon as he sees me.
I asked, 'Why?'
He looks up at me innocently and said, 'What do you mean by why?'
I glared at him and said, 'You are trying to isolate me from the rest of class and I dare say, you are doing this well, spreading rumours about me is a good tactic.'
His expression slowly changed from innocent to hatred. Wow, talk about an unstable kid.
'I have no obligation to tell you anything,' replied Reed sarcastically. Honestly, he is kind of pissing me off. I sighed and took a deep breath. I have an idea on this behaviour of his. Maybe the reason what I am thinking is the reason on why he is behaving like this. Let's test out.
'You are jealous,' I said smirking. He looks shocked and was about to say something but I didn't give him a chance to say. I continued, 'Yes, Reed. No need to be surprised at all. You are jealous my father is Howard Stark. You are not only envying my father's wealth but also my father's status. My father exceeds our father in both of the fields. Your father, Nathaniel Richards is just a member of the S.H.I.E.L.D. whereas my father holds a significant position in the S.H.I.E.L.D. and looking at your reaction you know about this secret organisation.'
He looks at me in shock and horror. As expected of someone like him. From this early age, he knows about a lot of things.
He said, 'You are just a 4 years old kid. How the hell do you know about the S.H.I.E.L.D. and my father?'
'I can ask the same thing to you,' I shot back at him, 'You are a kid yet you know about your father's occupation and where he works. I also know that your father has left you and your mother for this job of his.'
'You—'
I raised my hand motioning him to keep quiet. I said, 'Your father chose his job and his desires instead of you but my papa didn't. He balanced it perfectly.' I looked at him mockingly. Reed glared at me with the utmost hatred he could muster.
I am not some kind of creep who enjoys torturing kids but this bastard kind of deserved it. He took a few steps as soon as I stalked up to him. There was an element of fear present along with the whirlpool of hatred in his eyes. Good, I can make him understand my point now.
'You want to hit me, don't you? But you can't even lay a single finger in my body. You are too afraid of my father. Ok, let's make a deal.'
'What deal? I don't have to do any type of deal with you. Bitch, you—'
'Mind your language, Reeds,' I interjected and glared at him. I continued, 'I made you deal because I believe in a second chance. But keep in mind, I can do whatever I want and this is possible due to my father. If I shed only a single fucking tear in front of him, you know very well what can he do. His only darling daughter got bullied by her peers due to some boy named Reed, he won't like it. I can assure you that much. So, you are going to accept whatever deal I present to you.'
When I completed my statement, he looked at me with undisguised fear. Then, he nodded at me. So, Reed knows what's good for him. As expected of a prodigy, he didn't disappoint me at all. In my past life, I had faced this situation a lot of times and I couldn't fight back due to a lot of reasons. But in this life, I refuse to get bullied so easily. I am not alone. I have dad, mom, Jarvis, Peggy and my cousins.
'Here's the deal Reed, you are going to apologize to me in front of the whole class for spreading rumours about me and as long as you are here, you would stay out of my way.'
Reed looked like he wanted to refute. One glare from me and that was all needed for him to agree. But what happened next shocked me. He started to tear up but somehow controlled it.
I steeled my emotions and walked up to him. Time to land the final blow.
'Don't cry Reed, it's your fault that you made an enemy of me. But then again, if you want to cry then you can go and cry to your daddy dearest. Oh my! How uncouth of me! You don't have any father, your father abandoned you. Ok, no problem, you can just cry in your pillow when you sleep,' I said smirking evilly. Wow, I am smirking too much today.
Hearing this, Reed ran away from me. I kind of feel bad for him, I shouldn't have said that. But, a part of me was feeling satisfied by how this turned out.
After this incident, Reeds publicly apologized to me. But I was still the little brats avoided me probably thinking that I forced Reed to apologize me. Well, it didn't matter now that I stood up for myself and got justice for me in my own way. Honestly, how the hell did they thought a four years old little girl could even do anything to a seven years old boy. Me, not much, but my dad probably can. Howard Stark being my dad is both a boon and a curse for me.
After finishing the rest classes, I dashed out of the classroom. Within a minute, I reached the front gate and saw my parents waving at me to come to them. I ran at my full speed and hugged them both. Dad lifted me up in his shoulders and said, 'Whoa! Ellie, calm down. See we didn't go anywhere. We were here all the time.'
Mom said, 'Your father is correct. We were here all the time. Now, Ellie, tell me did you behave well in the class?'
I pouted and said, 'Yes, I know that you two stayed here all the time. I am not a child and yes, I behaved properly in the class.'
Both of them just laughed me off. Yah, yah, just laugh at me.
Dad asked, 'Did you make new friends? Did someone bully or hurt you?' Upon hearing this, mom also looked intrigued.
I made a thoughtful face and after sometime, I smiled and said, 'Yes, dad, I made a lot of new friends and no; nobody bullied me. '
'Good,' said mom.
I said, 'Let's go home. I want to eat ice-cream.'
Then, we got into our car and started our journey back to our home. Overall, today's day was good. I really showed Reed, who's the boss. Besides I like Dr Doom more than Mr. Fantastic. Thinking about this I want to rephrase it by saying that yeah today's day was really great.