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Chapter 6

Dahlia Meadows

We quickly headed to the field as soon as January and I changed.

I joined in the dodgeball game with the other schoolmates of mine. I was playing it nicely until the ball was going towards me, and hit my stomach. I wasn't pissed, until I heard someone speak. "What is this girl doing, you're supposed to dodge. Are you fucking stupid?" Julian says in an annoying voice and the others join to ridicule me. January shouted at them to stop. I turned backwards so I could leave but then I saw a figure who was standing an inch of distance from me. He looked at me unhinged. I mean, I didn't know if he was mad at me. Though, he wasn't looking at me. He was looking in a wrathful stare to Julian. I mean, I didn't know who this guy was? To add it all up, he did was completely irrelevant.

Dallas sighed heavily and patted me. "Don't mind them." He said steadily. I looked up to him with a upset look, I wasn't affected but being affected made its way to me. Everyone looked at us and gossiped like as if I wasn't there. I had no idea why they hated my guts. It was my first time seeing them. I didn't know if I had offended them. "They're like that, they like to make fun of someone for absolutely no reason." January patted my shoulders.

Dallas looked collected and I couldn't read his emotion. Don't mind them, I didn't know if he warned me or kept my emotions strained.

I ran away and absolutely fell down on my back to lean on the boxes at the storage room. I was completely dumbfounded on what happened today. I really thought history won't repeat itself once again, especially the past me who had been bullied for my physical appearance.

"Dahlia." I saw the darkness of the room fill in with the light as Dallas opened the door, his figure shadowed as he stood. "Why'd you follow me?" I looked sideways away from his side, and covered my face as I rested it on my knees.
"Stop crying." I looked up to him, as he held out a handkerchief to me. "I wasn't crying. I just have a cold, thank you for this." I slowly grabbed it and used it to wipe my nose. It was embarassing but what could've been the use of giving a handkerchief to someone he thought was crying? "That's disgusting, you better give that back clean." I looked at him disgustingly, he was a clean freak like he hadn't seen anyone wiping their nose with a a handkerchief. "You seem uncivilized about these things, your parents have been strict."
"Insult me, but never bring in my parents." I had never wanted to get him mad, but here I am. I made him mad because I was too careless to ask such questions like that. I wasn't aware how sensitive he was, so this time it was definitely my fault. "I'm sorry. I was too careless." I looked down as I apologized, because I would be dead if I had seen his deadly eyes looking at my face. It wasn't my plan to anger him or anything.

"It's fine. Just go back at the field or otherwise you'd be skipping classes." as he looked back, and walked out to head to the field again. I followed him as I was five inches away from him, I liked clinging on my friends but to him social distancing was a must for me.

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Dallas

I stopped walking and looked back to take a glimpse at Dahlia. I was sure that she was gonna be ridiculed by these fuckers, especially Julian. That's what I meant by I don't think she'd survive with this type of environment, she didn't know what type of people messed up with her. Meet Julian Andrews, the hot mess of Hamptons. He's completely known for threatening and bullying others. He usually messes up with those boys who were newcomers here, but this time it was a girl — Dahlia, who's a newcomer.
I heard an annoying, loud laugh from him. "That girl is damn weak."

I didn't care at all. I just hated seeing such childish fights. I was sure that she was hurt with what Julian did to her. Since she was my sister's friend, so I couldn't do anything but to also defend her. January herself told me to protect her one and only friend since I was a scary man to others here in the campus. I must be scared for myself because my own sister called me scary.

I looked at Julian and softly let out a "not genuine" laughter. I passed by him and fastly let out a soft mutter, "Ah, this is what they meant by bored fuckers." as I inserted my hand in my pocket. "What'd you say?" Julian shouted. "Nothing, I was talking to someone who's more of a baboon." When I said, baboon, I meant him. "Come say it to my fucking face." He pulled my collar closer to him, he looked so furious. "You're just clearly a warfreak. I'd be walking here but I can't stop thinking about the fact your girl went for me." As soon as I mentioned that he got mad and held up his fist about to throw a punch on me but Dahlia blocked his fist as she grabbed his wrist. "You're fucking childish."
"You just fucking wait Dallas." as he threw Dahlia's hand away in the air. I could say that Dahlia was already cursing him the whole time.

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Dahlia

I went to grab lunch and I met this guy again, Julian. I don't know what's his deal with me but he keeps bothering me. I was totally pissed about him. Then, I saw Dallas settle down on a table with no people at all. I still had no idea why he'd brought up that type of thing in front of everyone. Now I know that's how dirty he plays when someone angers him, now I'm hoping I won't be one of them.

I was waiting in line until I felt someone grabbed my ass. I dropped my tray and turned to see Julian laughing. I couldn't handle it. I had to constrain myself, because I wouldn't get myself too affected so he could stop. I grabbed the tray that I dropped and got a new one.

I grabbed my food and went directly behind Julian. I had my orange juice prepared in the side of my tray. Once I was behind him, I consciously pushed the juice till it reached his head. "Oh, sorry. It seems like my tray wasn't balanced." I said as I was mocking the way he talked down to me earlier. He stood up as his chair backed up far away, now he was totally pissed. "It's everyone versus you. You're already exposed for the fact your girlfriend went for someone." I lifted my fingers and pointed it directly to Dallas. "It must be a hot issue now, it's time to wake up and break up!" as I walked away, pushing him down to his seat.

I went directly to the same table as Dallas. I didn't care what he could say. I had no other choice since there were no tables left.
"You're a rough one." Dallas said.
"That's nothing. You're also a rough one too." I arrogantly replied. Though, I wasn't okay about today.