Dying in silence

In the principal’s office…

*

The landline in the room rang and Mr Bennett looked at it from his glass.

He drop the files he was holding on the table then grab the phone.

“Hello”he said strictly.

“This is Mr Longworth, I’m I speaking with the principal of Hamilton’s high?”

Bennett eyes beamed with smiles on hearing his name.

For real?

He’s… he’s speaking with Longworth?

“Y_es, sir”he quickly replied.

“Have my daughter transfer to your school clinic right away, she’s not feeling too fine”

Mr Bennett brow perked up..

His daughter?

“Sir.., I… think you’re mistaken, your daughter is not attending our school, but, it will be a great honor to have her with us”Bennett replied enthusiastically.

“What do your mean, that’s Hamilton’s high, right?”

“Certainly yes, sir”

“Check your school list, are you that ignorant of what’s happening around you?”Mr Longworth scoffed.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

There’s no way he wouldn’t have known if she was in the school.

“O.. Kay, sir, I’ll check now”

With that said, Mr Bennett drew out his drawer, brought out a cabinet file and placed it on his table.

He removed the long file out of the cabinet and checked for a *Longworth or Fontana*name.

He saw nothing but….

“We only have Fontana Floyd here, sir”

“Are you sure?”Mr Longworth asked.

Bennett scanned the list again.

“Yes, sir. I’m afraid, your daughter isn’t attending our school”

The other end went silent.

“And she couldn’t have changed her second name, right?..”Bennett asked inquisitively.

“Of… of course”Mr Longworth replied and disconnected the line.

*

Fontana Pov

“Who the hell did this??!”I screamed.

The students looked taken aback by my sudden outburst.

I fumed in anger and ball my fist.

Just then, Perla stepped out with a smirk.

“I, I did that”she said confidently.

I felt mad at her boldness.

Seriously?, who’s she?

“You oaf!, who really are you?!!!!!”I shouted.

I watched as the smirk washed away on her face.

“You poor thing!, you did this, right??!”I yelled.

Her eyes widened in shocked.

Yeah, who’s she?.

Cassie also stepped out. She clapped her hand and chuckled.

“Bravo!, you’ve learn to talk back at us?”she laughed.

Mia – the girl who’d bumped into me causing my yogurt to spilt on my desk the other time also came out.

My lips went shut instantly.

I really fear this particular girl.

She’s way too violent.

Even Perla and Cassie fear her.

“Hmm?, you’re saying?”Mia asked.

I couldn’t talk, I just stared at her.

“I was reading there on my desk and then a person shouted and it turns out to be you, oh my God. Then I started observing your every action and then, you suddenly stopped”she smiled mischievously.

I bowed my head as she walked over to me.

“Hey, look up”she cooed in my ear.

I still bowed my hair and then, she yanked my hair.

“In the first episode, I heard you asking Perla who she’s”she chuckled.

“And then in the second episode, I heard you calling Perla again, a poor thing”she yanked my hair again.

The whole students were watching this drama.

“Who really are you, nerd?”she slapped my face.

What?

My hand went to my cheek and tears trickled out of my eyes.

Oh, God!

“Your bag is wet?”she asked.

I didn’t reply her…

“Hey, come on, you don’t want another slap do you”

“My… my… bag is no.. t wet”

“Oh ho, I see, your parents are rich enough to buy you a waterproof bag”

I muffled a cry and nodded.

“But they are still nothing beside mine. As you know, my parents are filthy rich.. like… really…. filthy rich”

I raised my glass alittle and wiped my tears with my palm.

“Don’t be a cry baby, okay?. I’ll get going now”she pat my hair.

I looked up and the whole class bursted into laughter.

*Woah, and I thought she’s really a something, she couldn’t even talk back at her*a boy said.

“Of course, she could only talk with those bunch of losers”Mia replied him and left.

When the shame is too much, I ran out of the class.

I ran to the restroom and washed my face in the water basin.

I stare at my reflection and scoffed.

I really need to do something.

My parents is one of the top wealthy people in this country and I’m being bullied?..

I need to do something.

I’m just too vulnerable.

I was still thinking when the door of one of the toilet went opened.

A girl ran out of it with her shirt, her boobs were revealing as she was only wearing a bra.

What the…

She paused when she saw me, she had a tomato face which means she has been blushing.

She glared at me and finally ran out.

Geez…

Then, the door swinged opened again and Darrel came out while buckling his belt.

Fontana Pov

The door swinged opened and Darrel came out while buckling his belt.

He paused when his eyes fell on me.

I gulped nothing down and looked away from him.

I splashed some water on my face hurriedly and breathe out heavily.

I turned around and started walking away.

“No greetings?”I heard his name and I stopped dead on my track.

Huh?

I turned around and my eyes landed on him.

He smirked and walked towards me.

What is he up to?.

He didn’t fixed his belt completely, so he just held it with his left hand so it won’t fall down.

“Did you want us to have some?”he asked, staring with me with lustful eyes.

“H.. have some?, what do you mean?”I asked.

“You’re starting at my… uhm.. like that so ..”

“Staring at what?, I wasn’t staring at your anything, I was just staring at your unbuckled belt”I retorted a reply, cutting him short.

He finally got infront of me and I moved back a little so we could have some space in between us.

He took a step closer, covering up the space between us.

“You’re really irrestible right now, you look way too hot than the last time”he chuckled.

His breath was fanning my face.

What the hell is the guy talking about?

And.. did he.. did he just say I looked hot☺️.

Oh, Fontana, get a grip of your self.

“What did you say, we should have a quickie”

Whaaat?

“Or you don’t know the meaning of what I said”he asked moving deeper into me.

“Okay, just so you don’t know. It means I and you will have s…”

“Stop it!”I Interpolated.

He stared at me with a wide smirk and then, he smiled.

“It seems you Know the meaning, look, I promised, you will really en….”

Instantly, my eyes got blurry and then, I found myself in front of Mia.

“You bitch!!!”

“Did you know me?”

“Who’s your father!!”

“You pimps!!!”I snapped my fingers.

“What the…”the guy infront of me scoffed but I didn’t heard that.

“I’ll tell my Dad to take you and your whole family down!!”

“Gosh, you really disgusts me!”

A knock landed on my head and that seems to get me out of my trance.

My eyes got clearer and I saw the guy infront of me.

“Ugh!, I really forgot I’m dealing with a weirdo!”he stated rudely.

Hmm?

What the hell happened again?

Wait…

“Hey!. Did you touch me?!”I shrieked.

“Aish… I will be damned to do that not after I saw you displaying your madness”he scoffed.

He unconsciously released his hold on his belt and his trouser fell down leaving him with only his boxer and….

I quickly looked away with a flushed cheek.

Oh, my God.

He was….

Gosh!

Dirty thought, Fontana, dirty thought.

I ran out of the room so I would get corrupted with his….. uhm.. yunno.

I got to the class and breathe out in relief.

That was huge!.

The teacher was in the class already.

I bit my lower lip and bowed my head as I entered.

The teacher turned to me and looked away immediately and continued her teaching.

Geez…

I moved to my seat and sat down.

“Sorry, I heard what happened”my seatmate said and I turned to him.

Come to think of it, I have never ask him about his name.

“Thanks. By the way, What’s your name”I asked.

“Fred”he smiled and I nodded.

I returned my attention back to the teacher and paid rapt attention to what she’s explaining.

*

The bell chimes, the teacher left our class and another one came in.

The students greeted him and he nodded and moved to the front of the class.

I watched as he flipped through the pages of his textbook.

He picked up his marker and wrote the topic on the board.

Mia and her companion entered the class.

She deliberately hit my chair as she walked away.

“Hey, come here”the teacher beckoned to her.

Mia turned to him then glanced back at me before going to him.

“Apologize to her “he started as he adjusted his reading glass.

“The girl you hit, I want you to apologise to her”

Huh?

Did… he saw that?

My eyes beamed and I looked over at Mia.

She has a bittered expression on her face.

Hah!

She glared at me and turned to the teacher.

“I . didn’t hit her intentionally, sir”she said.

I scoffed inwardly and stared at the floor.

Few minutes later, I heard some footsteps.

I looked up and saw Mia infront of me.

She was seriously throwing daggers at me.

God!.

I looked in her face, wondering what she has to say.

She can’t possibly apologize to me. That I’m sure of.

“I…. am sorry”she said as if she was forced to.

Of course, she was really force to apologise.

I can’t believe what she just said.

For real?.

My eyes popped out of their sockets.

Gracious!.

She really apologized.

She walked away and that is when I realized it was real.

Mama mercy.

A smile formed at the side of my lips.

The teacher started writing under the topic he’d wrote on the board and I sluggishly took my pen and started writing it down on my note.

*

After several lectures, the bell for lunch rang.

I packed my book in my bag.

“Cafeteria?”Fred asked.

“Yeah”I replied slowly.

“Let’s go together”he smiled.

I guess, he’s so fond of smiling.

“Okay”I said.

We both walked out of the class and headed to the cafeteria.

“I’ve never ask you about your name”Fred stated.

“Well, my name is Fontana”I replied.

“N.. nice name you got there, I must say”he chuckled nervously.

As I was about to reply, Mia came out of nowhere and blocked our way.

“I’ll let what Happened in the class slip away, only if you volunteer to replace me in detention room”she said.

Oh!

That reminds me.

She was given detention by our English teacher because she didn’t did her assignment.

But… is she for real?

I should clean her mess up?

She’s got to be kidding me.

“Deal or not”Mia asked.

I scoffed quietly and looked at Fred and he stared back at me.

“You don’t wanna see my wrath, do you?, or have you forgotten about what happens in the restroom that day?”Mia threatened.

My heart skipped and I gulped hard.

I lowered my gaze to the floor unable to give a reply to her words.

Gosh.

I hate myself.

I can’t speak for myself in front of my class mate and that’s why I hate myself.

“Fine, I will…”

“I will do it!”I interrupted, my eyes still in the floor.

“What did you say?”Mia asked, more tauntingly, folding her arms.

“I… will do it”I repeated and raised my head up.

“Hey, are you stupid?, you can’t do that”Fred whispered to me.

“Mind your business”I replied him.

“Alright, follow me”Mia prodded her head.

We walked for a long while and finally, arrive at the hall.

She went to pick a mop at the corner of the room and threw it to to me.

Thankfully, I caught it in the mid air before it will land only face.

“Get a bucket yourself”she said and walked away.

I looked around and sighed.

This hall is really big.

I went to the Janitor’s room and carried a bucket then filled it with water and walked back to the hall.

Geez….

I dipped the mop in the water and brought it out, I squeezed the water out of it and placed it on the tile.

And then, I began the cleaning…

*