The King' roar

7.

Biology was torment now that he's back, his presence was all over the place and driving me crazy. But my focus went somewhere else when I noticed Stella trembling next to me. She must be so scared, going back to the same place where she left pieces of her self-respect and confidence. 

Wanna go to my place after? We can get pizza and get ready together

I surprised myself with this note to be fair, I usually don't really invite people to my house if I can avoid it, but she looks like she could use someone to have her back. Plus, a part of me feels like it's my duty to help her cause I couldn't help Bailey. So I pass the note to her.

Her eyebrows furrow as she reads my note, I already know she doesn't wanna go, but I'm not letting her quit. 

"I don't think I'm gonna go Nora..." She whispers quietly.

"Not acceptable." I state without even looking at her. I'm not letting her say no. We're going. And she's gonna have the night of her life.

After the class I make sure she's in my eyesight so she can't run away. She notices that and is very annoyed by the fact.

"But I don't get it Nora! Why are you making me go?" She semi shouts getting attention from our dear classmates. We were at her locker. I get closer to her and lower my voice, not wanting others to hear us.

"Because Stella, you've been hiding long enough, you let her get away with everything. Well not anymore! She's a bully, and I know it's scary having to confront her, she's your worst nightmare, she makes you feel exposed and vulnerable, like you came to school in your underwear only. But you don't have to feel that way! It's your choice and your choice only! You can feel like crap for the rest of the days, do her homework, tutor her and her twit friends, let them make fun of you, entertain them or you can fight back! Give them something to laugh at, but don't care that they're laughing cause it really doesn't matter! So they laugh, they call you names, they trip you, you're still here. So why waste time stressing about it? Make the right choice, show them what you're made of." It's challenging keeping my voice down this whole time but I manage to, and I'm glad I said it all to her. I feel relieved and it seems that she does too. 

She wraps her arms around me and thanks me.

"I don't know what I've done in life to deserve such a gift from God, but I sure am thankful for it." It makes me blush a little. It's nice to feel needed. 

"Let's go now! I still need to get my stuff and then goes the getting ready part." I drag her by the arm to my locker. On our way there I feel a pair of eyes on me. It's him, but for a second he doesn't look mad, angry, he looks different. There's something behind this look and it makes me feel an explosion in my stomach of all the feels. I can't help but think he might've heard us talking, but then I remind myself that's impossible. He was way to far. Even I couldn't hear it at such a distance, let alone him. But my core just couldn't ease down. And then his look changes, he tenses up and looks at me weirdly, curiously.

"Nora are you... wow, when did you put those lenses in?" My heart stops. Not here, not now, not with all of these people here. Not with him here. I clench my fists digging my nails into my palm searching for a touch with reality. My brain keeps searching for an answer as I try to keep my breathing normal.

"Oh these? I thought they would cheer you up!" I fake a smile and put hands over my eyes and fake taking them out while turning her my back.

"Why did you take them out?" She asks as 'I put them back in their container'.

"They irritate my eyes so I don't really like wearing them as often." I shrug my shoulders not really wanting to talk about it. She of course wouldn't shut up about how my eyes were electric and beautiful but I didn't even listen to her and while I was taking my stuff from the locker all I could think about was that he saw me. I knew he did. He saw my eyes. And something told me he wouldn't believe my lenses story. He saw them change after all.

Kind of short but I had to start from somewhere, anddd there's more coming! I was gone for a really long time but I guess it just happens, I lost my superpower for a while, but now I'm back and better!

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xxxx C