To My Dear Bully...

chapter 1

Yeah, he was a brat. Always pulled some stupid pranks on me. I hated him. A total nutcase. And because of him whole my childhood memories are filled with me and him fighting. And the most frustrating thing was that my mom adored him. She would say “oh…how adorable is little Ethan…. always so cheerful and always smiling”
        “Seriously mom, little Ethan is so cheerful because he scared me by putting fake worms on me” I rolled my eyes. Little Ethan my foot he was little devil with cute smile. It was no use saying that to her. She and Ethan's mom were childhood friends. They started school together, graduated together and had us at the same time. And they were even neighbors. We were born in a week difference. I was elder than Ethan by a week. His dad died before he or me could even remember, so my family had big soft corner for him. My dad even remembered to buy that brat gifts when he brought me while coming back from business trips and during Christmas. But unlike him, his mother was a beautiful angel. My mom is beautiful too, but you know im a kid I only say truth. His mom is way more beautiful. Not only that she always supports me and scolds Ethan when he bullies me. And Mrs. Hunts cooking is So good. my most favorite are her cookies; they are so delicious that once I even choked on them. 
                   Growing up he was the popular one and was always surrounded by people because of his athletic skills. He was the hockey team captain at high school. But I always loved my alone time. He preferred the playground while I just wanted a seat in the library. I loved reading books. It was like I entered a magic world while im reading books. I was able to reach many places through books from the library. I always had perfect scores in my tests and I was the school topper. Yeah, I know what you guys are thinking. You are planning to call me a nerd …. right?? but what’s wrong with being a nerd. I didn’t have a problem with it. Even when the kids at the school called me that, I never cared. They think that having no friends and wearing a spectacle is weird. Hey wearing makeup and telling gossip on everyone in this world like those popular girls is not everyone’s cup of tea. Kids in my school literally would die to be famous. Once a girl acted to faint before Ethan, just to get his attention. You know being his girl friend means popularity. And they think im weird…I know it is confusing.
                        yeah, saying about Ethan, as I said earlier he is the captain of the school hockey team. The peculiarity of Ethan is that, we can know where he is without even looking for him. Just go to the side where the screams of the girls are coming from. He is the hunk of the school. Both handsome and popular. He would be only at school for several months in a year. Either he would go for matches or would have to attend the camps as he was selected for the national team. yeah, he was the youngest player who was selected to be the team member. He just had to graduate to play part of them. But he still managed to get average marks in all the tests. Even though I aced all my tests, my silly mom praised Ethan for getting average marks even without attending any classes. My unbelievable mom. Am I even her child. I should seriously do a DNA test.
                               That was the day after our Christmas vacation. I woke up early to go to school and it was so painful to walk because of the bruise on my knee. Last vacation was so peaceful because Ethan had gone for a camp but he was home this vacation. And he annoyed me for ten days. He was not even getting bored but was enjoying. That brat hasn’t grown a bit. And yesterday I got this bruise because of his snake prank. His mom was so angry that she asked him to take me to school on his bicycle. I thought he wouldn’t agree, but for my surprise he did and from his face, I could see that he knew his prank went overboard for the first time. It felt good but I don’t want his crazy fan girls to see me with him. They would even eat me alive. They are so scary. Thinking about them gives me chills. I tried to change her mind but failed. So, I decided to go early for school before Ethan could see me. I was walking confidently to the gate. I know Ethan would never wake up this early. But he was standing there waiting for me, all ready to go to school…. what the heck…?
                  “Why are you here this early Ethan...?”
“To pick you up. I know you would do something like this. I swear my mom would kill me if I don’t drop you to school today. So please. I know you don’t wanna ride bike with me, and believe me, me too. So, cope up with me today…I will buy you chocolate”
“Who wants your chocolate. As you can see im perfectly fine. And I can walk on my own to the school.” I tapped on his shoulder. Inside hoping he would say okey. And he didn’t. so, I had to go to school with him on his bicycle.
“Grab tight” he said while pedaling. I grabbed his shirt.
“Ethan just drop me at the big tree ...okey”
“That is so far away from school you idiot”
“I know smarty pants. But that would be so good for my health”
“What are you trying to say Diya”
  (Oh!! I have never talked about this right...? my name is Diya... not too late…. i think...)
“You have some crazy fan girls Ethan. They would eat me alive if they see me with you.” He stopped his bicycle.
“Diya not everyone is bad as you think. They are good people.’
“Yeah, only around you”
“This is why you have no friends”
“Its better than having fake friends like you have”
“that’s it. Just get down and walk on your own.”
“With pleasure” I sighed as I walked. glad that no one had seen us together on a bicycle. That day went as normal. That evening I was packing my bag to go home, suddenly a girl came to me and said the librarian had asked me to see her.so I walked towards the library. But for my surprise there were nobody. And the doors of the library suddenly closed. Some girls came from nowhere. They had scary looking expressions. Oh my god I remember this scene from the rom-com comics I read. And it is not a pleasant one. Are they gonna bully me, I already have one bully as my neighbor…and it is far more than enough…
“What do you guys want? Why did you close the door” okey I was panicking right now.
“We just wanted to know what you wanted to do with Ethan you ugly thing. I saw you coming with him today. And this is the first time he is allowing a girl to sit on his bicycle”
“you guys just misunderstood okey. I fell down and had bruise. So, he helped me to get to school. That’s it.”
“Oh, so you acted like you fell down to get his attention ...you slut”
“What …why do I have to do that? im not crazy like you girls are...”
“This slut is annoying me. Girls lets teach her a lesson”
Saying that two girls came to me and hold my hands. And the one talking came to me and slapped me…gosh that was painful. I fell to the ground without knowing. I already have bruise because of that brat. Now his crazy fans are gonna do more. What have I done in past to have brat like him in my life? I have to do something; I can’t die like this. Im so young to die. And I even haven’t had a boyfriend or my first kiss. Should I act like I fainted…? I think I should. I didn’t get up from the floor and was in the middle of acting fainted, suddenly someone opened the door. I opened my eyes a little and saw it was Ethan with my homeroom teacher. Ethan run me towards and picked me up. He panicked as he thought I had fainted. The teacher told him to take me to the informatory in the school. It all happened so quick and I didn’t had time to tell them that I actually didn’t faint. And I was also scared to open my eyes to see those girls. So I kept my eyes closed. And before I knew Ethan rushed to the informatory with me in his hands. He laid me on the bed and called the nurse. What is with his expression? it’s as if he is so scared and sad. Is it because of me? No way he is just scared thinking his mom would scold him, that’s it. I know him. But he was literally crying while saying everything happened to the nurse. And here im acting fainted. What should I do, this would be embarrassing if he knows that I acted to faint because I was scared. But I had no choice, the nurse was going to give me an injection so while she was on it, I pulled Ethans shirt and whispered “Ethan I didn’t faint... im fine let’s just go home”
He was standing there holding my hands. He was bit surprised to see me awake. I thought he was gonna make fun of me for acting fainted. But….