The Ballad of Hate

CHAPTER 6

Scarlett:

   I have always known pain, much more than an average person should, weather you talk about physical or mental, but watching your twin and her best friend, who you consider a little sister, beaten by bullies is an another level of pain. 
Kendal and Clary are kicking Juliette and Anastasia, while Bianca is holding me, I'm thrashing in her hold and scratching her. I manage to get out, running towards them, when a grip in my hair brings me back.
Bianca throws me on the floor of the empty classroom, my head collides with the tiles, it hurts. Bianca kneels down next to me, pure rage on her face, brings her hands down on my throat and starts choking me. I try to pry her hands off but it's no use, no air is coming through my windpipes, black dotes are dancing in my vision and I feel numb.
Suddenly, the pressure from my throat lifts, I come back to senses, my throat burns and I start coughing like crazy. Tears are burning in my eyes, I look up and see Bianca with Clary who is holding her back.
"If I see you sluts near my boyfriend again, I will do worse than this." Bianca warns and gets out of the classroom with the two butterflies following behind her while laughing.
I look at Juliette and Anastasia who are both sitting on the floor, tears are staining their faces and I can't help let mine slip too. I crawl towards them and hug them. They immediately release the sob they were keeping captive, I can't help but wish Bianca, Kendal and Clary death for this, they did this all because of what? Because Kendal saw me making out with Bianca's boyfriend, Ace Lambordi, in her imagination. I never did that, they just wanted another reason to bully us, so guess they used their imagination.
"I didn't make out with Ace Lambordi, Juliette. I swear I never did, they're lying. I'm telli-
"I know, Scar. I never believed what that bitch said." Juliette says in a reassuring way.
"Me too. I didn't believe her either." Anastasia says which makes relief flood through me.
Juliette turns to Ana, holds her hand and says with pain coating her words, "You should stop being my friend, if you hadn't befriended me on your first day , you wouldn't have had to go through so much bullying and pain. You don't deserve this, Ana."
Anastasia shakes her head and tightens her hand around Juliette's, "If being your friend means I have to get bullied, I don't care. It's worth every insult, every punch and every kick. It's all worth it, and don't you dare blame yourself for anything or else I'll tell Daniel you have a crush on him."
Juliette gasps, her eyes widening and landing on my face. Ana smirks and I chuckle, she starts panicking and talk gibberish.
"Calm down, Jul. I know about your long term crush on Daniel, in fact, I have known for quite a long time."
"Oh My God! Did you tell Daniel? Is that why he's always smirking at me? Oh god, I'm going to die of embarrassment." She hides her face in her hands.
I and Ana both are laughing, I grab hold of her hands and pull them away from her face. "Relax, your secret has been safe with me and it will be." She relaxes.
"Daniel doesn't like me, he only has eyes for you. He only looks at you and I doubt he sees me anything more then his best friends annoying twin." In that moment, I'm tempted to break the promise I made to Daniel about never telling Juliette about his long term crush on her. God! I wish I could tell her that she is the only one he sees, that he's heads and heels over her, that he has a 1000 pictures album in his phone containing only her pictures and that he deletes everything else but never a single picture of the album when his storage is full, in fact, he keeps adding more by clicking candid pictures of her when she isn't looking or taking from me. I wish I could say everything.
"That's absurd, Jul. He doesn't like me, I'm like a sister to him." But of course I can't.
"Yeah, and if he breaks your heart, we will kick his arse." Anastasia says.

We somehow managed to get out of the school without anyone noticing our limping figures, thankfully, they attacked us after school and we didn't miss any classes or else Dante would have got a phone call from the school.
   I have a bruise on my neck, a handprint, Bianca's. Juliette is standing next to me in front of the mirror, we're both applying foundation to hide the bruises as we will be called down for dinner and everyone will be there. We do not want more drama.
   "Is it all hidden, Scar?" Juliette turns towards me, her face shows no signs of any bruises.
   "Yes, its hidden and what about me?" She observes my face and approves.

Juliette:

   Scarlett is holding my arm, it's hard to get down the stairs when my whole body aches, so she's helping me. I never, even for a second, believed that Scarlett made out with that bastard Ace Lambordi. My sister is too fucking good for that pice of trash, end of the story.
   I have to stop with the limp when we reach the dining hall, they cannot suspect anything, not that they will care, but still I'll have to act like I'm grand.
   I let go of Scarlett's hand when we reach the den of the devils, she tries to hold me again but I shake my head and walk ahead myself confidently, trying to hide the slightest limp.
  
   We both sit in our usual place, the conversation restarts after it faded away when we entered, like, seriously, is this a tradition or something?
   I notice Mr. Alessandro is looking at Scarlett with a weird expression, I'm observing him, trying to identify what he is holding in his eyes when they flicker to me and my soul nearly leaves my body.
   "There is a matter to be discussed with you two, Scarlett and Juliette." Dante talks for the first time, the hall goes silent and all eyes are on us. I really hope they didn't notice the bruises through the foundation. Maybe the foundation is bad, after all, it's the cheapest one.
   "We have not forgotten the insult you made towards dad this morning, so because of it, you both will be punished." Dante says in a calm tone.
   Scarlett's wide eyes turn on me then back to Dante who continues. "From tomorrow, which is Wednesday, to the next Wednesday, all maids will be given holiday and you both will do their work after returning from school. No buts and no objections, you'll learn a lesson and think ten times before insulting dad."

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