Dying in silence

ontana Pov

The closing bell rang after he said that.

Huh?

He’s going to help me?

B… but.. how?

“I’m going to help you gain your courage”he cleared out my thought.

“H… how?”I asked.

“You will see for yourself later”he replied and I scoffed.

“Why not now”

“I know what I’m saying, Psy… Barbie”he quickly corrected himself.

He shifted on his chair nervously.

Is she shy now or he just don’t want to hurt me again with his words?

“I’ll head to the class first then, I need to go carry my bag”

Oh.

Mine is still there also.

“Can… can you help me with mine also?”I asked.

“I don’t know your seat and I can’t even identity your bag”he stated.

“Hmm?. Let’s go together then. Even though I know you know you’re just pretending not to know my seat”I said and sat up on the bed.

“Why did your hair look so disheveled..”he mumbled.

“Huh?….”I touched my hair.

How can I even know whether is rough or not by just touching it.

There should be a mirror in this room.

“Gosh, just come here”he gestured.

I stood up and walked to him.

He brushed my hair back with his palm and I watched as he slowly removed his head band.

He moved it closer to my head and I felt goosebumps all over my body.

Oh, God.

He fixed the band on my hair and his cold hand brushed against my forehead in the process making me to froze for some seconds.

Geez.

Get a grip of yourself, Fontana.

The door opened revealing Fred, he was with my bag.

Oh, thank God.

But… his eyes was fixed on the closeness between Darrel and I.

Gosh

This looks embarrassing.

“All good….”Darrel muttered after fixing my hair properly.

“Uhh… thanks”I said shyly.

And as if noticing a presence, he turned around.

“Uhh… did I… uhm.. interrupt you guys?. Just.. just came to drop her bag, I’ll leave now anyway”Fred said nervously and quickly came to drop my bag on the bed.

“No, you didn’t int..”

“Yeah, you can drop it and go”Darrel cut me off and I turned to him.

I furrowed my brows and he just stared at me.

“O.. okay, then, bye Fontana”he waved at me and left.

I glared at Darrel and he smirked.

“What was that for”I asked him.

“Me playing the role of a teacher to my student. You can’t be nice to everyone”he explained and I scoffed.

“I’m a nice person and nothing can change that”

“Of course. Now I get why you were really gullible, I didn’t say you should hate them, you can’t just be nice to them all and that’s why you were easy manipulated by your classmates”he rolled his eyes.

“And let me get this to you. As from tommorow on, you’re going to act brutal which means the end of miss nice”he said and left.

Gosh!

That punk!

I carried my bag and also moved out of the room.

I walked to the lots and there I found my driver, waiting for me.

He rushed to open the car door and I stepped in.

Then, he also came to the driver seat, turned the engine on and drove out.

The ride was a long one but we finally arrive at the mansion.

He went to park the car in the garage and I got down before he would think of opening the door for me.

I started walking towards the house and the guards at the entrance bowed immediately they saw me.

“I told you to stop doing that, it sure feels uncomfortable”I said to them and opened the door.

I walked inside the living room and Samantha came rushing down the stairs.

Oh, what the hell.

“Oh my, Fontana”she stopped to catch her breath.

“I.. almost got fired today”she panted.

Fired?

“I don’t get your words, Sam”

“Gosh…. Fontana… your father called your school today but they told him you are not attending their school, he even asked the principal to check the school list but they still couldn’t find your name in the school register. Then, your father called me and asked me if you had changed your school and I replied him that you haven’t. He told me they couldn’t find your name in the school register and asked me if there is a possibility of you changing your name but I said no. He got angry at me and… well, that’s a long story, I’m happy you’re back he safe and sound. Where the hell is school, huh?, did you lied about your school to your parents”Samantha expounded.

My father calling the principal of my school shocked me the most.

I think I will soon be busted.

Dad must not know I changed my second name.

Mama mercy!

I thought I could keep it a secret since they didn’t follow me on the day I was registered Into the school.

I didn’t want to be noticed at all that’s why I kept it all in a secret.

“Huh?, Fontana”Samantha sighed.

“I’m… I’m hungry”I said Instead.

“Fine I’ll help you get something from the kitchen and mind you, I will be back to hear your story”she said and went in the direction of the kitchen.

I released a breath I didn’t know I was holding.

That was close.

I slowly ascended the stairs to my room and I stripped out of my clothes and went to the bathroom to have a cool bath.

*

I returned to the room and met Samantha sitting on my study desk.

A tray was place on the table and I sighed and walked to my closet.

I picked out a bum short and a crop top then put it on.

I walked to the table beside my bed and opened the plate that was placed on the tray.

Hmm…..

My favorite, spicy Noodles.

I picked up the chopping stick and started munching on it.

Samantha watched my every move impatiently.

I intentionally slow down the pace of which I was eating the food.

I really can’t trust her with the secret.

“Samantha”I called after some few minutes.

“Yes”she answered.

“Please, can you get me some fruit from the kitchen”I asked and she looked at me suspiciously before standing up.

“Sure”she said reluctantly and left.

Ugh.

Thank goodness.

I quickly walked up to the door and locked it up.

I finished my Noodles in no time and drank from the water placed beside it.

“Did you lock the doors?”I heard Samantha voice from outside.

“What?… no… no”I replied.

“Then what happened, it won’t open”she groaned loudly and I smiled.

“Uh?… could.. it be faulty?, let me see if I can help you open it”I said and stood up.

I walked to the door and turned the door knob, pretending like I was helping.

“Eish!.. it won’t open, Sam”I said.

“Let me call the guards for help then”after saying that, I heard her retreating steps.

Well, thank God I bolted the door.

There’s no way they could open it even if they found a spare key.

Minutes later, I heard a muscular voice at the door.

Hmm..

“Samantha please get me a box of juice and let him open the door”I said and I heard her left.

“Hey, hey, listen to me”I said to the guard.

“Miss, what do you need”

“The… door can’t open, I bolted it intentionally, i don’t want any disturbance. You can keep a secret, right?”

“Yes miss”

“You take care of Sam, alright?”

“Sure miss”

And he left.

*

The day went on slowly and I found myself thinking about Darrel words all through.

I’m going to act brutal tommorow?

Gosh

I shouldn’t allow this to get to me.

That guy is probably spewing nonsense.

That night, my parents didn’t came home and I was greatful for that.

At least, I won’t face Dad tonight.

I’m still racking my brain about what I’m going to say to him.

I stayed in bed all the night, I didn’t even go down for dinner because my stomach was full already.

I stared at the ceiling and thought about how tommorow is gonna be

I didn’t know when I slept off.

*

The sun passed through the curtain and glinted on my face.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

I turned around and I sat up to the blaring of my alarm.

Gosh.

I stopped it and stood up.

Get prepared for school walked downstairs minutes later.

I met Samantha in the dining room and her eyes were so puffy.

“Good morning Miss”she greeted.

That’s when I started perceiving the scent of alcohol.

Wait… that guard!

I simply told him to take care of her not to get her drunk.

“Yeah”I replied.

It seems she’s not completely sober yet.

I hurried up with my breakfast and then before I know it, I found myself in the moving car.

We got the the school compound and I hopped out and headed to the school building.

On my way, I saw Darrel standing by a blue car, he was typing away on his phone.

He look… super cute.

The girls that passed by were all staring at him.

Geez…

I felt the urge to go closer to him since he will be helping me to stand up for my self but I shook it off.

What if he act as if he doesn’t know me, huh?

That will be so embarrassing.

I ignored him and started walking towards the school when I heard someone shouted behind me.

“Hey!”the voice shouted and I didn’t know but I turned around.

Oh

It’s Darrel.

He sighed as he walked over to me

“I was waiting for you here and when you finally arrived, you chose to ignore me instead. By the way, what’s your name?”

“Huh?…. uhm… Fontana”I stuttered and he nodded.

But, is he being serious?

He was waiting for me?.. like, did I heard him well?.

“Geez, my leg hurts so bad”he groaned.

“Were you really waiting for me by your car?”I asked just the be sure.

“Of course, you saw me right?”he said grumpily and started walking away while I followed behind.

Hun?

“But you could have waited for me in your car, did you really have to stand?”I asked from behind him.

“Did you actually thought been a master is an easy task?”he scoffed and slow down in the pace in Which he was walking so I quickly catch up with him.

“Okay, thanks by the way”I said and he turned to look at me.

“You’re welcome”

We got to the class and Cassie blocked our way immediately.

Was she waiting for me?

“Hey, Darrel…”she called in a flirty tone.

“Hey, Cas. You looking more cute today”Darrel replied her with a wink.

I watched as Cassie stupidly blushed and I scoffed inwardly.

She turned to my direction and glared at me

“Why are you two together?”she asked.

A hand pinched me and I looked up to see Darrel giving me a signal to talk back at her.

But I was afraid, I wanted to turn around and go but a hand dragged me back.

He frowned at me and I gulped hard.

Geez…

This is so hard.

Then, the words that normally, will be kept in my mind spilled out of my mouth.

“Why not ask him yourself, huh?. Well, if you that’s what you wanna know he waited for me at the school parking lot”I said.

Cassie looked surprised by my words and so did I.

I didn’t believe I could say that.

Oh, my God.

“That’s… that’s… not possible”she stuttered.

Gosh

What a stupid girl.

I feel like punching her right now.

Just mere thinking about that, my hand was balled in a fist.

“She’s actually right, I waited for her at the lots because I want us to walk together”Darrel chipped in and in a sec, his arm slipped around my shoulder.

I felt a rushed of andrenaline in my body at such little closeness.

Cassie face dropped and she turned to me.

“What do…”

“Scam off bitch!”I yelled in her face.

Gosh

That took alot of courage.

Tears formed up in her eyes and she ran away.

“That was a nice start. Now, tell me, don’t you feel different just now?”Darrel asked as he turned to me.

His arm was still wrapped around me.

“You bet”I smiled.

“Why do I have a feeling the next one will be hotter”he grinned.

“I’m all ready now, if you are with me I’m all ready”I nodded with a smile.

*

#Lunch break

“Are you heading to the cafeteria?”Fred asked.

“Yeah and No, don’t follow me. I’m going with Darrel”I said as I stood up.

His face dropped and a pang of guilt charged at me.

Was I too harsh?

Darrel came to me and we both walked out of the class.

We headed to the cafeteria and I almost burst out in anger due to how he flirt with every girl that passed by.

We got to the cafeteria and he offered to order my food.

I told me what I would like and he left.

I took a seat and glanced around.

There is still this one timid act in me which is adapting to crowd.

Darrel came by and dropped our food on the table.

Just as I pick up my spoon to dig in, a hand poured my food on the ground.

What?

The student started murmuring and I looked up to see Perla.

“Hey, kid”she smirked.

But the anger in her face was pretty obvious.

I glanced at Darrel and he smiled then made a thumb up.

I stood up and rolled my eyes.

Gosh!

I feel like I will burst out of excitement real soon.

This feeling is different and it is just too much.

“Hey, witch”I smiled.

“You stinky bitch!”Perla yelled and raised up her hand the slap me but I caught it in the mid air.

“Now, you just dare me”I stated with a smirk.

The whole students was watching and that kinda aggravate my courage.

“Uhh… please.., can you start making a video of them?. This is gonna get real hot soon”Darrel said and I chuckled within me.

Soon, different phones went up.

Hmm.

It’s now or never, Fontana.

I squeezed her hand which I had grab to her back and she winced.

She tried using her second hand also but I also grab it and punished it the same way I punished the first one.

She winced out but I only found my self smiling….

“You…. bitch….”

“Stop calling me bitch”I interrupted her and stepped on her leg.

“Ugh!”she cried out.

But I only marched her leg the more.

“Arggg!”she screamed in pains.

“Beg me”I demanded.

She scoffed between her pains and I grinded my leg on hers.

“Beg me”I demanded again.

She still doesn’t speak up…

“Fine, we will do it in the hard way then”I said.

“Oh, please!”she quickly said.

“Hmm?”

“Please, please…. I’m… I’m sorry!”

*