Problematic // Vikklan Au

Chapter 18

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Lachlan's POV

My breathing was strained and heavy as I heard my name echo through the air. With shaking limbs, I rushed up to the stage and shook the hands of Mister. Fritz, the new principal. He smiled warmly, and I felt my heart speed up as I was handed my diploma and posed for a school photo before hurrying back to my seat.

I squeezed Vikk's hand briefly and lightly before his name was being called. I watched him stand up and walk towards the stage with his black gown whipping in the air behind him. They shook each other's hand before he was being handed his diploma and taking a quick picture.

The principal motioned for the Brit to stay on stage as he walked up to the microphone and tapped it to make sure it was working. "Vikk, can you please tell us how the notorious bully and his gang changed into such a sweet group of boys? Please, as you explain, could you call up the people involved? I think you're an amazing example," Mister. Fritz smiled, and Vikk took the man's place at the microphone.

"Well, many of you know that I was the school bully and that Mitch, Jerome, Rob, and Preston were apart of it," Vikk announced, and I looked after the boys as they walked up to the stage to stand with Vikk.

"We were known as The Pack, and we would hurt anyone who dared to cross our paths. Well, one day a new kid came along, and we wanted to turn him into one of us. Brandon was the new kids first friend and had already warned him ahead of time about us," Brandon walked up to join them, leaving me to be alone in the group of seats we had took over.

"After meeting the new kid, Mitch detached from us and joined him and Brandon. We went to confront them, but Rob was quick to join them as well. We got in a free-for-all, successfully losing Preston and hospitalizing the new kid while Jerome was sent home for weeks. After then, I gave up. I mean, who wouldn't when everyone you thought were there for you left?" Vikk laughed, and so did the crowd.

"Well, Jerome joined us afterwards, and soon we were just a group with an extra member and different intentions. After so much drama and so much chaos, so much heartbreak and pain, here we stand. Most of our story is to be unheard, but what is to be known is that Lachlan, you have changed all of us, and here I am today, engaged to you. I'm so happy that I am, and if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be here at all with a mindset far from bullying," Vikk smiled wetly, and I was shedding tears.

I walked up to the stage and took the microphone, "When I came here, I didn't see these men as bullies. I saw them as people with twisted minds who weren't accepted for themselves. Really anyone who puts their mind up to it can save a bully with the right words and choices. In the end, I have never met such amazing and loyal people than these goofballs right here," I grinned widely and we exchanged in a large group hug with the crowd cheering in the background.