Fateful Encounter (Completed)

Chapter 07

*A/N Stealing hearts since 1995.

Sharp, Catch, Prize and Ell were sitting at the deserted Arts cafeteria. Jay was still in class while the four were done for the day. Prize have been feeling uneasy and had convinced the other two to talk with Ell. Ell was furious after being informed by his friends of what happened with Arthit. The three were smart enough to not hide any details from Ell this time. Even though Jay had asked them not to, Ell was still the deputy head hazer. So the three sat meekly and waited for Ell to explode.

'What the hell, you idiots? How could you let Jay do something like this? Don't you realize how stupid your harebrained plan is? We could get in to serious trouble if we are ever found out. Not only with our faculty but also with the law. Do you have any idea how powerful the public opinion is? No matter what we do, Arthit has the backing of the biggest entertainment agency in the country. What do you think will happen when you post that video on line? The biggest entertainment agency of the country will slap us with the biggest lawsuit in history. Sharp, isn't it your dream to become an actor? How well do you think that's gonna go with a recorded history of bullying juniors? And you did what? You sent him to be messed up by those engineering dogs. Have you no shame, no pride? By sending Arthit to Forth to be disciplined we are admitting defeat as the sophomore hazing team of Arts Faculty. Not only did they win at every inter faculty competition last year and continue to win so far this year, you had to go and give them first place as best hazing team as well.' Ell almost shouting by now.

'What the fuck was Jay thinking seriously? And he said what? That we had authority over disciplining our juniors? How well is that working for us right now, huh? So well that our junior, the most anticipated entry to our freshman batch this year, was sent to the engineering faculty to be disciplined. We are not only here to command them, we are appointed to protect our juniors as well. How well do you think we are doing that job? What did the dean especially tell us at the beginning of this year? That Arthit was an important admission to the prospect of our faculty. Especially after what happened three years ago with P'August, how important do you think it was for our faculty to get positive publicity. And now we have probably ruined that. What do you think P'Sam is going to do when he find this out? And mark my word, he will know-'

'How? Are you going to rat us out?' Jay asked appearing beside their table, startling the three. He threw a menacing glance at the three who were seated. Ell turned towards their leader with a furious expression.

'Do you think they do not know by now? I'll bet my arm and leg that P'Sam and the rest of the hazing team know about your heroic little deed by now. And what was it that you said? You wanted to discipline Arthit because he has too much attitude? So you conveniently sent him to the engineering hazing team? Because you can't do your fucking job properly as the head hazer of Arts? Very commendable Jay. When the seniors get to know what a failure their choice of leader was, how do you think they are going to react? I'll give you a helpful hint since you seem to be not able to use your brain. They won't spread any red carpet or present you with a bouquet of roses. We are all going to be in a shit pit six feet deep, even our families won't dig us out.' Ell finished breathing hard.

Jay was angry. In fact he was raving mad. He was mad at Sharp, Price and Catch for babbling to Ell. He was mad that his plan didn't work as expected. He was mad at Ell for throwing a bitch fit. He was mad at Arthit for being Arthit. He was mad at the future, at his seniors and basically the entire world. But he can't lose his cool now. Not until he's certain everything is fine. So he simply smirked and crossed his hands.

'I really don't understand why you are being such a drama queen Ell. Sure we asked Arthit to go to the engineering hazing team. But we didn't ask the engineering hazing team to discipline him. In fact I distinctly remember Arthit agreeing to do what we asked him to do. If he was so uncomfortable, he could've said no. It's not like we are monsters now, are we? Even if the seniors found out, so what? We did nothing wrong. Absolutely. Nothing.' Jay finished. Calm and cool.