My Secret Love is a Billionaire

Part 1 - The meet

Claudya was sitting down between two benches at the football stadium, waiting for the class to begin. In any other circumstances, she would enjoy the break, but not now. Even though she was almost eighteen in a few months, she felt like ten because of the fear she was having. Her whole body was trembling. It was like that every day. Her enemies? Some brats from 12th grade, her colleagues, were enjoying bullying her. But this year they thought about getting her insight, even though they were the same age. She was so happy from the 9th to the 11th because of the fact that she was invisible. Somehow she managed to go like that, and those were the happiest 3 years of her life. It was her perfect status, but then 12th grade came and everything changed. Or better say, the cruel faith wasn't in her favor one certain day. She was at the painting class and opened a jar of red paint from her locker, but when she went into the class, Tom, the school bully, wanted to go out, so they bumped into another, making Claudya spill her pain on his shirt. She tried to apologize but his mean eyes were scorching her and she knew he would not let her go. And like that it was. He was a total ass with a lot of popularity. A bad combination for Claudya. The teacher tried to explain too that it was only a mistake, but he would not listen. He whispered to her 'You will pay!' while the teacher wasn't looking, and so it was. At every chance, he and his friends would come to her and call her names. The bastard even tried to squeeze her once into a wall with the proposition that he would finish the harassment against her if she would sleep with him. Then she spat him in the face and he slapped her hand over her face, but she managed to run. She came home with a broken lip, wondering if her mom wondered what had happened. She explained that she had fallen over the bicycle but that was not the case. She was afraid to tell her mother because Tom had important parents in the town, and she was even afraid to go to school. She would cry herself to sleep every night at the thought she had to go to school the next day. They would insult her verbally, calling her names because of her red hair, making her give them her pocket money, and leaving her without serving lunch. They would treat her so badly, for a mistake that even they couldn't say for sure it was hers, and nobody would stop them. She was feeling so close to depression.

Her position was like a child that is suffering and trying to protect himself. She was sitting down with her knees held against her chest and her hands to her ears. It seemed that she wasn't to escape that place any time soon. Even with hands or ears, she could hear who was passing by and just heard the bullies calling her, but in a low voice so no teacher would hear them. They were just loving to inflict pain with no consequences.

She exhaled softly and waited for them to pass her. The place where she was staying was hidden from their eyes but she could see them passing her. They were laughing and making plans for what they would do next to make her suffer more. Teenagers were the worst.

Claudya preserved her position but was biting her lips, not knowing if it was safe to leave her place or not. She had the impression she couldn't hear them anymore but stayed a bit longer just to be sure. She was having painting classes with Mrs. Dwight where she loved to go, especially because the teacher would admire her paintings and was making her feel so good. She could not miss the class with Mrs. Dwight. She shook her head and on the impulse of the moment she raised and went out from her hidden place.

That was a big mistake. She was looking right into her bully's eyes. They spotted a small part of her shoe and waited for her to get out. They were enjoying what they were doing, with no fear. The tallest one was Tom. He started to smile and laugh after.

"Well, well..." he said "What jumped right under the seats on the football stadium, our preferred person!" and started laughing hard along with 3 other of his friends.

Claudia started trembling. All her body was in shivers of fear. Even her jar was trembling but she managed to tell them,

"Leave me alone!" she almost screamed. The fear panicked her and she was unable to fight back. She did not know much but she cursed in her way the fact that she was unable to be a bit more powerful in front of them.