Fateful Encounter (Completed)

Chapter 10

The sophomore hazing team was gathered at Jay's room. Surprisingly Ell was also present with them. However the tension in the room was so thick that you could literally cut it with a knife. Jay was fuming. Nothing has gone according to plan and all he had was the video of Arthit singing. What good is that going to do? There were thousands of videos out in the internet with Arthit singing while playing the guitar.

And now even his friends were against him. Earlier he'd asked Sharp to retrieve the camera they'd installed in the engineering cafeteria and the little shit had refused saying he's not going alone. It's all because of Arthit. First Ell turned his back on him. Now after the little performance in the evening by that little piece of shit Arthit everybody was against him. Don't they know what a fake Arthit was. For God's sake that fucker was also an actor. They are trained to cry at the drop of a slate. 

'We were in this together. I wasn't alone when we decided to discipline Arthit. Don't you dare put the entire blame on me.' Jay said through clenched teeth looking at each of his friends. 

'Dude, I'm not putting the blame on you. Just that I don't want to go to the engineering cafeteria alone.' Sharp said defensively.

'Fine you cowered. I'll come with you. I cannot believe I'm stuck with pussies like you. You were all for teaching a lesson to Arthit. But you can't take a little heat because of who he is. What kind of seniors are you? What kind of friends are you?'

'The kind that would stop you from doing stupid things.' Ell said heatedly.

'What the hell is stupid about doing our duty as hazers? Arthit deserve it. He deserve to be screwed over like we planned to.'

'Are you even listening to yourself? All the shit that's coming out of your mouth? Why can't you see sense? Who are we to screw up someone's life? What right do we have?'

'We are his seniors. He was supposed to be here three months ago and go through the hazing just like the rest of freshmen. But he was too busy with two sticks. And what does the little shit do as soon as he comes to the campus? Strut around like he own the place, girls screaming every time they see him and even the teachers are asking for his autograph in classes. the entire faculty is a mess. And you want us to look away? Is that why we are the hazing team?'

'That's it, isn't it? You are jealous of Arthit. His success and his fame. You are not doing this because you are the head hazer of arts sophomores. You are doing this because your single brain cell can't handle the amount of jealousy you are feeling. And you are using your position to manipulate us into doing what you want.'

'You fucking dare lay all the blame with me? Who was it who said that Arthit needs to be taught a lesson? Who came up with the idea of making him sing in the first place? You are accusing me of jealousy, but all of you were the same. All of you wanted Arthit to go down. And I showed you how. Now after seeing an excellent display of crocodile tears you are all turning against me. Me, who have had your backs, your friend.' 

'Both of you shut up.' Catch shouted making everyone jump. He's had enough. No matter the motive, what's done is done. They couldn't change it. What mattered is how they are going to proceed from here on wards and their friendship. He hated to see his friends fight. For a moment everybody was quiet in the room.

'We screwed up. No matter how you try to paint it, we screwed up.' Catch said in a quieter voice.

'We shouldn't have done what we did. But we did it anyway. We all were in it. Now we should all make amends.' Prize said, speaking for the first time.

'I'm not saying we should fess up or apologize or some sappy shit like that. I'm saying we should forget about Arthit and Forth. Let's just go retrieve the camera, delete the video and forget about the entire thing. And if we ever cross paths with the engineering hazer team, we ignore them. We don't get in their business. Let's live our college lives to the fullest with the people in this room.' He finished with a final tone. Catch, Ell and Sharp agreed. They all looked towards Jay.