~Reality~

Chapter 21 "Handled it fine"

I turn around the corridor making my way to English. That's when I see two-three seniors cornering......Michelle. At least, that's what I think her name is.

She had acne blotches, freckles and spot and they were bullying her for it.
"Nobody likes you and nobody cares about your ugly face" one of the boys says droplets of spit falling on her face. They push her towards the lockers. I hear her whimpers. I slowly make my way towards them.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing?!" I say.
They turn around. One of them who seemed like the so called leader of the three raises his eyes mockingly.

"Nothing that concerns you, so why don't you run along to class...." He says motioning for my name.
"Nothing that concerns you" I reply mocking him.
"Look who's got a sharp tongue here guys" He says with a chuckle. The girl and boy behind him laugh.
I see Michelle looking at me gratefully. And I motion for her to slip away. I try to keep them distracted.
"What's your problem huh?" I say to them, "what makes you think you can bully her like that?" I know I should probably stop talking because I could get into even more trouble, but I can't find it in me to care. I guess that's my impulsiveness....
"I could ask you the same thing" he says nonchalantly. I clench my fists.
"Shut up" I say.
"Shut up" the girl says in a nasally imitation of my voice. They burst out laughing again. I look behind them and note with relief that Michelle was gone.

I know I should probably walk away, but me being me, decided to talk to them further.
"Why were you bullying her?" I ask them.
They shoot me an unimpressed look. "Anyone can figure that out, 'whatever you said your name was'... any person with a face like Michelle should just like, I don't know... stop showing their face."
I scoff, "Well I personally think she's beautiful"
"Sure she is, go on then, kiss her 'beautiful face' " he says mockingly.
My face turns red in anger. "Maybe I will" I say and walk away. They burst out laughing behind me and I hear them walk away.
"Hey" I hear someone say. I sigh and turn around.
"What?" I say exasperatedly. "Oh it's you" I say, seeing the familiar face of Pranav.
"Good to see you as well" he says rolling his eyes.
"In case you haven't noticed, I'm late for class" I say.
"Well just saying! That's a nice job you did there. I was about to intervene, but you seemed to have handled it fine."
"Thanks" I say.
"We still on for tomorrow?" He says.
"Yup, get ready to lose." I say smirking.
"Sure.." He says drawing out the 'u'.
"Great, now bye!" I say waking away.
"Bye," He says. I feel him shaking his head behind me. I smirk, oh he is so going to lose.

I walk for a while, rushing, since I'm probably late for class when suddenly Michelle appears beside me.
"Thanks for what you did back there." She says a bit shyly.
"Really, no problem. You don't deserve to be treated that way." I say.
She smiles. "Did you mean what you said?" She asks suddenly, "about me being beautiful.."
"Of course I did. You really are beautiful. And your personality somehow adds to that beauty." I say.
She stops in her tracks. "That's the best thing anyone's ever said to me" she says.
I raise my eyebrows, "Really?". She nods. "Well, those who think you're worth anything less, aren't worth your time."
She smiles shyly.

I suddenly have an idea.
"Hey, check out this channel today evening at around 7, she's gonna post a song you're gonna love." I say showing her my own channel.
She looks at me confused but smiles anyway. "Sure, I'll check it out today evening.... Hasn't she like started her channel just a few days ago though?" She asks.
"Yeah... But I know she'll be posting a song today.." I say (of course I do, it is MY channel).
"No, but like, how does she have like 25 subscribers so soon? And how does her video have more than a 100 views?"
I gasp, "wait what?" I check my phone and sure enough, 25 subscribers. I marvel at Cody. How in the world did he spread the news so fast?! I calm myself down.
"Hm, I don't know..." I say genuinely.
"Ah well...she must be that good" she says.
"Hope so" I mutter under my breath, "anyways, I gotta go Michelle. It was really nice meeting you."
"Yeah, you too. Hope we can be friends."
I smile, "definitely".
I go through the rest of my classes and text Cody to meet me at my house at 3. He replies in affirmative.

I wave a goodbye to the three and make my way towards home.
I contemplate whether or not I should tell mom and dad about the channel but decide against it. This is something I want to do without anyone knowing and with least interference, though I'm sure they'd understand why I do it now...
Thankfully mom goes to the supermarket each Friday at 2:30 making it the perfect day for shooting a new video.
For about an hour I just listen to music and do some art and craft.
"Bye honey, I'll be back in about in an hour and a half." Mom says.
"Okay!" I reply, "see you!"
Cody arrives about 5 minutes after mom leaves.
"Hey!" He says while entering through the window again.
"There is a thing called 'door' you know.." I say.
"Yeah yeah, sure. You decided on the song?" He asks.
I roll my eyes at his previous statement and nod. "Yup" I say.
He nods, as if impressed. "Nice"
"Wait though... how did you manage to gain the channel 25 SUBSCRIBERS?"
"I dunno, it just circulated the school pretty fast." He says shrugging.
I nod, though not completely convinced. There has to be a way he was able to circulate it so soon. The only person I'd shown it to was Michelle.
"Hm.." is all I respond with.
"Anyways, let's get on with shooting and all" he says.
"Okay" I say taking a deep breath, "let's do it"

(To be continued in the next part)

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