The Badass Nerd

Chapter Seven ~ The End Of It

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Luke's POV

Unbelievable.

That's the first thing that pops up into my head whenever I think about Merryn. I mean, come on. Merryn, the schools biggest nerd, is really someone completely different to what everyone else thinks. I swear to God that the girl I seen yesterday was Merryn. Who else could it be? Back at the fighting bar, that was definitely her name that was called, wasn't it? Or were my ears fucking around?

"Dude. Are you okay?" I snap out of my thoughts and look over to James as he continues talking, "You've been staring at the floor for half and hour."

Sighing, I get up and walk over to the mini fridge in my room, grabbing out some Ginger Ale. I know, so manly right?

"I don't know man, everything that's happened lately has just been weird," I say, opening my can, "I mean, finding out who Merryn really is was shocking. But for some reason, I'm happy about it."

"Happy? What do you mean?" He wonders.

Well shit.

"Okay, fine. Well, youseeIhatebullyingMerryn," I blurt out. I don't think that Harry understood any of that but I hope he didn't.

Suddenly a huge grin spread on his face, causing his dimples to show. "I'm not the only one! I'm not the only one!" He exclaims.

I just look at him weirdly as he hops from sofa to sofa like a fucking kangaroo.

"James," I say, "Please stop."

He obeys and sits back down in his seat. "What did you mean when you said that you weren't the only one?" I ask, curiosity taking over my mind.

"It's pretty simple to be honest. I hate bullying Merryn too," He admits.

"Why?" I wonder.

"Well, I just hate hitting girls. I mean, sure I love to box and street fight all the time, but hitting girls is something I hate," He states, "So, why do you hate bullying her?"

I close my eyes and sigh. Whenever I ask myself that, I instantly regret everything. I bullied her for years on end and it was horrible, "Because she seems like a really nice person. I only bullied her because of my reputation. And don't get me wrong. I regret it. I regret it so damn much! I just don't want to be the bad guy anymore."

You never wanted to be the bad person.

"I know where you're coming from mate, don't worry. But, do you think we should tell the other guys? Because if we don't want to continue to bully her, and want to get to know her instead, then we obviously need to tell them," He explains.

"Yeah. It's the right thing to do," I agree.

~*~

"Finally!"

It's been an hour since James and I had that conversation about the whole bullying Merryn thing, and it's been only ten minutes since the other guys, Ryan, Brad and Harry, had got here so us two could explain everything.

We have just finished telling them our opinions and I guess you could say that it went well because right now they won't stop smiling like weird ass weirdos.

"Finally, what?" James asks, confused.

"I'm says finally because us three," Brad says, pointing to them all, "Have been dying to get to know this girl but we all thought that you two would basically kill us if we told you."

"Is this all true?" I wonder, shocked.

Ryan and Harry nod their heads.

"Well you guys should have told us because we have been bullying her for years and none of us actually wanted to do it in the first place!" I state, getting angry.

"Sorry man," Harry speaks.

"No. No, it's fine. I shouldn't have shouted. Sorry dude," I apologize, standing up off the couch.

"Okay, so here's the plan," James starts, "For the whole of tomorrow we aren't going to talk to her or scare her or anything. Okay? We're going to try and get on her good side and gradually try talking to her. So for example, if you sit next to her in lesson then try to make a friendly conversation. Alright?" He finishes.

We all nod out heads and Ryan speaks up, "This is the end of it. For good."

Merryn's POV

"Noooooooo! The chicken will die if you do that you bastard!"

"Well I'm sorry that this thing did a shit on me!"

"You better be! Because I did not just go and randomly buy three chickens!"

"It was your dare!"

"But you're the one who dared me!"

Okay, so you're all probably really confused right now and are like dafuq is this so please, let me elaborate. After watching The Kings Of Summer, the rest of the gang came over, apart from Fred, and we all started to play truth or dare. When Sam asked me, I agreed on a dare and she dared me to go and buy three chickens from the old lady down the road. Now this lady in particular is a bitch. Yeah, she may be 83 years old, but boy she is sassy as hell!

So anyways, I went out and managed to buy three chickens. But we have no clue what to do with them now. So Matt, one of the members of the gang, decided to fill up the small swilling pool so it's deep enough for the chickens to stand in, and then threw all the chickens in there.

"They could drown!" I shout.

"Not they can't!" Matt replies.

I hope they won't drown.

"Fine! You win, but you can clean up everything," I huff.

"Fine!" He responds.

"Oh my God you two! You act like you're kids!" Dylan exclaims, another gang member.

Let's just quickly get something straight. In my gang there are seven people. Dylan, Matt, Sam, Chloe, Justin, Fred and myself. As you know, Fred is currently in hospital, Dylan is here along with Sam, Chloe, Justin, Matt and myself. Kapish?

"We basically are!" Both me and Matt shout at the same time, causing us both to laugh.

"Okay fine, well I'm going home now. So I'll text you guys later, bye!" Dylan shouts over us.

"Bye Dyl!" I respond, using his nickname.

I turn back to Matt, who is currently picking up a chicken, and walk over to him. Matt is literally like the big brother I never had. Well, all of the guys in the group are like the big brothers I never had. As well has Sam and Chloe being the sister I never had. They're all older than me by a few years. Justin is the eldest, being 19, Sam, Chloe and Matt are 18 while Dylan and Fred are both 17. But I'm here on my own being the youngest, 15.

"Hey dude, I'm going to head home too. It's getting late," I say, helping with the chickens.

"Sure things boss," He states, making me chuckle.

"Tell Justin and the others that I'm heading back to Ms Jackie's?" I ask.

"Sure, sure," He says.

"Okay, well bye buddie," I say, kissing his cheek.

He kisses my forehead, "Goodnight."

I walk away from him and back into the house, walking downstairs to where I left my bag, and back up while quickly walking out the front door and to the orphanage.

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