Chapter thirteen: Protect you

Her legs were weak and trembling as she struggled to walk. her every step was slower than the last one. she made up to the roof and knelt in a corner. covering her face, she started crying. how easily ezra set her up, she couldnt even explain herself. not to mention the last time she dropped her drink in y/n dress and humiliated her.

Other bullies may have played the role of villains but Ezra played the role of a victim. blaming everything on y/n. This time she blamed her for her fake state. The teacher didnt even bother to ask for evidence. they blindly believed her. like her father's position over the school.

Lately, the roof has become the only place where she could stay without being bothered. rumors were spread throughout the school. they glared at her wherever she went. They called her weird names and threw stuff at her.

she kept sobbing in the corner because these were the only things she could think about. how many more days ...? how there was no way out ...? she looked up at the walls. the thoughts of jumping off passed her mind. " who's bothering me in my sleep!" she was startled by the sudden voice and turned around to find a guy in the next corner. he stretched his arms while  looking annoyed and disturbed by her.

"was it you!", the guy puts his hands in his pocket and walked up to her. y/n stood up while attempting to walk off, "Im sorry..."

"hey stop!" she stopped in her track. "you think it's that easy, stepping in my territory then you decide to walk off?", he looked cold and stiff, but equally disturbed. y/n could imagine him shouting any time soon. but he didnt. she was too used to people threating or shouting at her. while being tired of it, she gave up on escaping. she just couldnt add another person in her villain list.

The guy stood for a while, he kept looking at her as he turned his head a little. realizing the situation, the look on his face gradually faded. even if y/n didnt look him in the face, his expression was now a completely new thing.

he puts his hand in his pocket to reach out for something. her eyes shifted to it. she was surprised to see him handing her a handkerchief while his hands were shaking hesitantly. after a small silence, she took it from him. before anything else, he walked away.

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A while later she prepared herself to walk down. she wanted to believe that she wont regret it any sooner. her steps slowed down as she reched her classroom. her bullies were sitting just infront of her, chatting and laughing with one another. she tried to avoid them while walking away but they failed to give blind eye to it.. "hey you!" she continued walking but ezra's sidekick grabbed her arm. students were gathered to see what the top girl would put up again.

"Is that y/n?"

"I heard she was expelled for hitting ezra."

"What's the fight about?" Ezra stood infront of her as she folds her hand over her chest with a smirk on her face, " I thought you ran away long ago, crying to your nonexistent parents." her friends burst out in laugh at her not-funny joke. even if other students witnessed a bullying, they were forced to remain silent on the matter. knowing what ezra was capable of.

"Have you seen how easily I set you up, this is what you get for hurting my best friend. In fact, you deserve worse." her hand rises to hit y/n. she closed her eyes to endure the pain but it didnt come. she opened and saw someone stopping ezra's hand, "How dare you!!", she loosed her hand off his grip. 

The sidekicks were slowly backing up when they saw him glare. y/n reconized him as the one in the rooftop. he walked between her and ezra.

"look who it is, Jay! I didnt expect our long time meet to be like this.", she tried to aside his anger with her fake act. Jay remained quiet. she singed the other students and the crowd dissappeared, sill eavesdropping from their seat.

"Why are you creating a scene again?" he asked with his cold and deep voice.

"Scene?! why would I do that? she's the one who kept hitting me. look at my state. She's someone we should really avoid-" before ezra could finished, Jay turned to y/n. she stood there helplessly. He stared at her without doing anything. Ezra was bored of the rest and walked away. knowing well that she wont be able to continue.

"she set you up, wont you explain yourself?" he suddenly asked which almost startled the other. she brushed her arm nervously, "they didnt give me a chance to explain."

"Come with me."