Chapter 47: 𝑋𝐿𝑉

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Jason stared out of the window watching the passing buildings as drops of rain hit the car window.

His eyes kept following the trail of the rain drops and watched how it disappeared only for another drop to replace it.

His mind went back to Sophia. She was visibly upset that Jason was being sent away and she even tried to convince her dad to let him stay.

He just told her that Jason needed time and he was being sent to an internal school. She hugged Jason tightly and shed a tear or two while telling him that she's going to miss him and that she loves him.

Sophia was the little princess of the King's family. She was pampered and treated like royalty by her parents and siblings. They all loved her dearly and were overprotective of her and she loved all her brothers so much.

Jason and Sophia's relationship was amazing, but she couldn't help but feel how Jason has changed drastically throughout the last year.

Something happened to him and no matter how hard she tried to figure it out she couldn't, it's like her family was keeping her in the dark.

She noticed how Jason became angrier, not with her, but with any small thing. She witnessed him sneaking at night drunk and she noticed how he was always out, doing god knows what.

But that didn't change the fact that she loved her brother and seeing him like this made her sad. She missed the old Jason, who used to joke all the time with her and even do pranks with her.

She just hopes that when he's back he won't act differently with her.

'Good bye, Jasey bear' Those were the words Sophia screamed as she waved to him while the car drove away.

These words stabbed him right into his heart as they reminded him of what he had last year and how it all disappeared within a day.

His wife, his baby, his house.... Everything gone with a glimpse of an eye.

Oh, Lily, if only you knew how lost he is without you in his life.

If only you knew, how day by day, he's losing a piece of his heart.

Jason arrived at his destination as he was greeted by large black gates. The place looked more like a prison than an ' internal school '.

His driver talked to the guard and the gates opened up as they drove into the wide front yard. A woman, who was in her early forties, stood at the entrance with two guys standing behind her.

She looked very professional with her hair that was tied into a slick bun and her black pencil skirt matched with a white long sleeve blouse. The black heels and the eyeglasses around her neck completed the look and gave Jason an idea about who she is.

She is the school's headmaster.

Jason got out of the car and looked around the creepy building that looked like fucking hogwarts before approaching the headmaster.

"Mr. King, we're glad to have you here with us. I'm the headmaster, Mrs. Smith " She smiled at him and welcomed him as Jason just slightly nodded.

"I will escort you to your room and review the rules with you on our way, shall we?"

Jason just nodded in response. The two guys carried his bags and went ahead of them towards the room he will be staying in.

"First thing, this is the only time you will see our guys doing something for you. You have to understand that you, being a King, have no privileges here at all. You will be treated equally like all the students here and you're expected to follow all the rules as well.

Second of all, classes begin at nine A.M, however, you're expected to be present in the cafeteria at eight A.m for breakfast. Lunch will be at twelve thirty and classes finish at two thirty. Dinner is at four and finally at seven you can have some snacks before the kitchen closes at seven thirty.

You are expected to be in bed at nine or ten at max. No smoking, no alcohol, no parties are allowed and definitely no leaving school grounds at all, unless I give you permission.

For the first six months, you're not allowed to use your phone or to contact anyone from outside, also no one is permitted to come and meet you until the first six months end.

No fighting or causing troubles or else you will be punished accordingly. You will be sharing a room with another person and you are expected to act civil with each other.

Again, any breaking to these rules or slacking will cause you to be punished in what I see fit. You will be given a laptop that is monitored by the school so don't use it for anything .. bad or illegal."

Jason didn't even hear half of the bullshit this woman was blabbering. He simply do whatever the fuck he wants and no one can stop him.

As they reached the room he will be staying in, the headmaster stopped and smiled at him with her hand wide open in front of him.

Jason stared down at it and smirked as he put his hand in his pocket then placed a gum in her hand.

The headmaster looked at him sternly and Jason shrugged.

"Your phone, Jason"

Jason rolled his eyes and placed his phone in her palm as she gave him a tight smile.

"Don't try to act as a smartass, Jason. This will only cause you troubles. Classes start tomorrow. Everyone is in the cafeteria, you have five minutes to freshen up and then this guy will escort you there. Behave well, Jason, I have a feeling we will see each other a lot"

And with that she left as Jason slammed the door and threw himself in the bed. He looked at the other bed that had opened bags on it, great now he has to deal with some motherfucker and learn how to tolerate him.

Jason rubbed his face in annoyance as someone knocked on the door.  He opened it only to find the buffed up guy standing in front of him with crossed arms.

"Can I help you?" Jason asked sarcastically.

"Your five minutes are up, I will escort you to the cafeteria where you will meet the other students" The guy said with a blank face.

"As if I want to meet some idiots"

"Follow me"

The huge guy escorted Jason to the cafeteria and made sure he got inside before nodding at the other guy and leaving. Jason looked around the cafeteria room and he just wanted to kill himself right there and then.

Who thought that putting tens of kids with anger issues was a good idea?

Everyone was talking and eating and laughing, they were so loud that Jason was tempted to actually close his ears.

He can see how every table had a different group, like a small gang, just like his in highschool. Jason had no will to interact or talk to anyone, nor did he have the appetite to eat anything.

He found an empty table at the back of the cafeteria that outlooks the garden from the window so he headed there. He sat there for a few minutes studying the whole room before he put his AirPods in and just laid his head on the table.

What , you think he had one phone? He knew about the 'no phone' rule so he came prepared. Jason was dozing off when the table vibrated from a slam on it.

Jason sighed, preparing himself to deal with some douchebag. Jason straightened up, cracking his neck and stretching his back as he slowly looked up at the idiot who interrupted his peace.

The redhead was standing in front of him cockily as his goons stood behind him smirking. He was shorter and skinnier than Jason, but still he looked like a gym rat.

His mouth was moving, but Jason didn't hear shit. He was just enjoying his music while looking at him bordly. When he finally shut his mouth, Jason slowly removed his AirPods and popped them into the case before lazily looking back at the redhead.

"You said something?" Jason asked as he draped his arm on the chair next to him.

The redhead visibly got mad "I said get the fuck up, you're sitting on our table. I understand you're new here so I will let it pass"

This conversation was like a deja vu. It reminded him of the fight Lily had with Robin on her first day of school and that made him smile a little bit.

"What the fuck are you smiling at?" Jason really didn't want to get into a fight on his first day, he looked at the guard that was standing next to the door and he just ignored them.

Well looks like someone was getting his nose smashed ....

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(A/N): More like a fill in chapter, but the  good is yet to come ;)

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