Searching for Love, Found Wealth

My face turned sour. It wasn’t even called Sitcom, mom’s new company. It was called SimpCom. And how did she know?

“My mom’s position has nothing to do with your treatment to that boy. And why, are you feeling bullied?” I looked her straight in the eye.

“You are a lousy piece of sh…”

“You’re the lousy piece of shit for bullying a kid to get you ice cream when you can be nice to your classmate and they’d throw a free one your way” I interjected immediately.

She rose up to slap me but one of her friends rushed into the class and held it in place. What was that?

“Let me go” she screamed at her but her friend pushed her back. The whole class went “Ahh”.

“First, your elder brother physically abused me. I endured it cos it was your brother. Now, you go to intimidate my cousin brother?” the girl screamed.

I recognized her. She was the one I saved from the bathroom. She looked more better and organized and I had totally forgotten about her.

“What’s wrong with you?” Cara’s voice was low. And I wasn’t sure if I was sensing pain of betrayal in her voice cos the daughter of devil shouldn’t feel all those.

“You don’t deserve any Nicest Student. You’re just the worst. Bully my little cousin again and all your secrets would be televised on her mom’s communication company” she pointed at me.

I wanted to say that they don’t “televise” anything on a “radio channel” but I kept my mouth shut and watched the friends brawl.

Cara got back herself and landed a heavy slap on the girl’s face. The girl retaliated and a heated slap battle started.

Some boys along with the class rep. Joey jumped in to separate the fight. Others were taking pictures and making videos. I didn’t feel so good about that.

I slid away from every camera’s reach and stayed at the back of the class with Jennifer, Sheena, Jacob and Jasper.

Reuben was making a video so was in front. He looked so excited seeing Cara get slapped. If felt kind of good to me too.

But such things couldn’t happen at my old school. The girls insulted themselves for minutes and no teacher came around to settle them.

Really, such never happened at my school. It was a hundred times more monitored and phones weren’t even allowed.

Imagine the shame that those videos could stir up in the lives of the girls. I was really feeling bad for them now.

And not to forget the power of the internet. The whole world would know of their fight sooner.

“You’re the bone of contention, you know” Jasper spoke on my ears.

My heart raced and then came to halt. First time he was officially talking to me, and why’d behave to do it so sneakily.

“Yeah, I guess” I exhaled. But I wasn’t the bone of contention. That girl didn’t defend me from Cara’s bullying but rather came to scold Cara for bullying her said little cousin.

Also to yell at Cara for letting her brother physically abuse her.

Which I don’t think is entirely Cara’s fault as the girl in question isn’t a stone and could leave whatever relationship.

“Wondering if I should live stream now Kyle is involved?” Jacob snickered.

I stood up and saw another boy involved in the fight, tugging at Cara’s shirt. Joey was in the middle trying to break the boy’s hand free.

“Kyle is Cara’s brother” Jasper said to answer my confused look but it got me more confused.

If he was her brother, why should he be fighting her instead of defending. And why was Jasper casually talking to me.

I made a quick peek at him beside me. I was tall but he was taller, obviously. His black hair was scattered across his hair with its mullet style. And he had a mole under his chin.

I made those discoveries just from half a second of looking at him. I was aware of Sheena’s crush on him and since she was besides me, I didn’t want her having the wrong idea.

I shifted closer to the door to escape but some students began videoing the door when Cara was stomping out.

She kept on cursing on the Kyle and mentioned her friend, who I later found out was called Kiera too, a backstabber.

I also understood too that Cara’s brother seemed to have an had genuine feelings for Cara’s friend, Kiera and had used Cara to get Kiera to date him.

Well, along the way, Cara began saying some accusatory complaints making him doubt Kiera’s faithfulness.

That explain why he beat her up. By the time he got to knew the truth, Kiera had already broken up with him.

My judgment, Kyle shouldn’t have distrusted his girlfriend in the first place. And he should never had fought his sister.

If he could be this violent to his own flesh and blood, then he’s saying anyone could.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Either way, the first big fight I was watching in my new school, came to an end without even the cough of a teacher around.

Didn’t they hear the shouting? I was pretty sure they were loud.

I was still wondering how Kyle was Cara’s older brother and was still in this school. We were in our final grade so what grade was he?

“Classes for today will be over if by three no teacher comes to our class. They might not come though using our fight as an excuse” Jennifer whispered to both Sheena and I.

I frowned, “They couldn’t even come to separate the fight. Why would they use it to deprive is of our classes?”.

“It’s the normal drill. No need to complain” she said with finality.

I would have added something but she began flipping through her notes and I registered she was no longer interested in the conversation. Well, weird mood swings she got.

Weird teachers the school got. Weird rules as well. And I’d soon be turning weird if I stay here for any more for any other weird minutes.

I stood up. Left for my Class Form teacher, took a sick leave and went home. My dream school wasn’t so dreamy anymore.