"Chapter 7" ✔

Hottie Jacob 😙😋^^^

Ashley's POV

Five days had passed since Besty and I went to the park to meet the person that kept stalking me. Who by the way, was Jacob Sulivan. Needless to say, it went out okay.

And then Besty introducing a new guy to me who's name was Connor Jamieson, who happened to be having a vacation here in the country with some of his friends. Even with me trying to conceal the fact that I was physically attracted to him, I still fail miserably. I mean, who can act normal when you were sitting next to a freaking Greek God? Not me.

But anyways, these past few days, Besty and I, along with my three other friends has been trying to come up with a solution with the continually spreading rumor of me dating the school's famous soccer player. And let me tell you this, this past days have been very stressful for me, and for my friends. Like expected, people that found out and heard about the rumor did sent a very nasty glare or disgusted look towards my way whenever I pass by. And all I can do was look down on the concrete floor in hopes to block everyone's gaze. And no matter how hard I try to block out everyone's not-so-subtle whispering as they speak bad things about me, I still can't help but get those words in my head.

And just a few minutes ago, a group of girls came up to me with Besty on my side and asked if Jeremy and I already had sex. But of course I told them that Jeremy and I aren't a thing and that the information they heard was nothing but pure lies. Then their leader went closer towards me and gave me a dirty look. Besty instantly went on edge as she tries to restrain her temper. But before I could even ask if the girl needed anything else, she threw her drink into my face, catching me and Rose off guard. And just because of that, Besty was no longer able to hold it in and slapped the girl across the face. After lecturing her about being a total b*tch, Besty dragged me towards the bathroom and helped me clean up. Not even caring that she pulled me into the girls bathroom. And whenever someone tries to scold her that she wasn't suppose to bring a guy inside a girl's bathroom, she would just send a deadly glare towards them and they will scurry out instantly.

As Besty continued to help me clean up, the event from earlier replayed in my mind. As I finally let the situation sink in, Humiliation slapped me hard in the face. I mean who wouldn't be humiliated when a person just threw a freaking drink on your face? I'm sure anyone who went through the same thing as I did, would feel the same thing.

Like, I can't even wrap my head around the fact that it happened when we were surrounded by a lot of students. I swear it was very humiliating. A lot of people saw it and all they did was smile or even laugh. Some of them even called me a slut, a gay whore, and so many names that were written in the book.

But like always, I didn't fight back. It's not like I don't nor can't build the courage to stand for myself. It's just that, I'm not the type of person who fights back even if it's needed to. So most of the time when I get myself in a situation where people tries to attack me, my friends will be there to defend me. I know it sounds like I'm being a scaredy-cat and It's stupid, but it's the way I am. I don't fight back. And as much as possible, I will always try to resolve things the way it should be. And that is to talk it out.

But on the other hand, even with almost all of the students being mean to me, my friends didn't leave my side, especially Jacob.

And speaking of Jacob. The last couple of days, he's been doing his best to show me that he really was sorry for what he had done. And although it's still hard for me to give him my trust, I know somehow I'll slowly soften up to him. Also, these past few days, he's been nothing but a complete and absolute gentleman to me.

Whenever it's lunch break, he would always bring me food and drinks in which I was very flattered. I mean I can buy my own food but for some reason whenever I try to give him excuses that he didn't have to buy me anything, he'll just say that he wanted to do it because it makes him happy. Which is why I stopped and just let him be.

"All this people staring at me is making me very uncomfortable." I whispered out lowly as my friends and I, along with Jacob, were having our lunch in our usual table.

Besty groaned loudly before turning towards all those who are staring at me.

"Hey! Keep staring at my best friend and I will make sure you all will go home with empty eye-sockets." She yelled loud enough for everyone to hear including the teachers standing close by. "F*cking people." She mumbled. "Get a life. Idiots." She yelled again.

I turned towards the crowd and saw the principal walking towards us.

Great! Just great.

"Can you tone it down Ms. Valderama?" The principal said in which Besty scoffed.

"You're welcome Mr. Principal. I did the work for you. I guess you're having fun while standing there and letting all these idiots bully my best friend." She told him with sarcasm.

"Just tone it down please and finish your lunch." The principal said causing for Besty to roll her eyes.

"What for?" Lea asked. "Clearly you are not doing anything to stop this rumor from spreading throughout the school and here you are telling my friend to tone it down when she is obviously trying to tell all this brain dead people to freaking get a life and leave our friend Ash alone." Lea said in one breath effectively catching the principal off guard.

"Well I am sorry if I made you think that way Ms. Fuentes. But you also have to understand that as the principal of this school, I am also doing my best to stop this nonsense from spreading even more and from getting any worse. And even if I want to put an end to this rumor, I can't if I don't have any solid proofs." Mr. Principal stated causing for Lea to fold her arms on her chest after she stood stood up.

"Right. You are doing your job. I thank you and salute you for that." Lea said sarcastically. "But then as you can see and hear from your beloved students, nothing's happening with what ever solution you're coming up with. But as you have said, you are doing your job. Well then I guess I have to suggest you to work harder cause clearly, you're lacking effort." She paused as the principal nodded with a blank expression on his face before motioning her to continue. "I hope you still remember what you said during the first day of school. That you will not tolerate bullying and that if you found someone that does, you will do immediate punishment." She paused again and flailed her arms around. "Well what happened to that? Do you even realize that by spreading this rumor it is hurting my friend here? In which we can consider as bullying in a much bigger scale. So why aren't you doing something about it?"

The principal nodded his head once again. "I understand your frustration Ms. Fuentes, but I'm afraid this sort of topic is not meant for everyone to hear."

"Well then why not gather a meeting? Easy as that. You're the principal right? So I guess it won't be that hard for you to call your staff for a little talk and get this issue settled down." Lea pushed causing for the Principal to give her a hard look.

"Alright then. Tomorrow after school, I want all of you to go to my office so we can get this matter over and done with." He said before he started to walk out.

"And oh, I forgot." Besty called out, halting the principal on his feet.

He then turned to my best friend with a look telling her to go on. "Don't forget to bring the CCTV records so we can see who were in the hallways during that time."

"Granted." The principal replied before walking off towards, I assume, his office.

"That was intense." Joseph chimed in after Lea sat back down.

"He deserve it. After I came to him multiple times for help and acted like he didn't even care, he deserve all those words I told him. And I didn't even regret any of it." Lea said with a proud look on her face.

"But don't you think it's too harsh?" I asked as I played with my neglected food.

Lea turned to me with a soft smile. "For you, it is Ash, because you are the nicest person I know and saying bad things to people isn't your attitude. And even though it's very obvious that they didn't deserve your kindness, you will still treat them with a big heart. But for me, I'm different. I will say what is on my mind and if I think it's the right thing to do then I will do it without a second though."

"You are a gem to us Ash. That's why we want to protect you." Besty said with a gentle look on her face.

"And I thank you guys for sticking with me in all this mess. I know it's too much of a trouble to be dealing with this kind of issue right now that's why I'm very grateful you guys are here for me." I stated as I looked at each of them with thankful eyes.

"We're in this together Ash. If they mess with you, they have to deal with us." Breinard spoke for the first time as he cracked his knuckles causing for Joseph to follow suit.

I chuckled. "Thanks Brei, But I'm hoping we won't be needing any violence as we go through this issue." I stated as I gave him a smile.

"You heard him." Lea said as he gave the two guys knowing looks. "Now quit acting all brave and sh*t. We all know that both of you are scaredy-cats when it comes to actual throwing punches." She added making them pout.

"I thought I'm the Mom in this group? What happened? Change of character much?" Besty said jokingly in hopes of making the atmosphere a lot lighter and bearable.

"I'm just doing my job as the big sister, that's all." Lea defended as she shrugged casually.

I chuckled then turned to Jacob who was being quiet the whole time.

"Are you okay?" I asked causing for him to blink and turn his head towards me.

"Huh?" He asked looking lost and confused. "Oh uhm, yeah. Just thinking."

I stared at him with interest. "About what?"

He smiled at me then turned to my friends who were now bickering about something I don't even have any idea about.

"Your friends." He stated making me furrow my brows at him as I gazed at my friends.

"What about them?" I asked wanting a much understandable answer.

"Well, I just envy you for having 4 genuine people who are willing to stick with you in times like this." He said. "And I feel like I missed way too much time for not approaching you sooner and be friends with you so I can be friends with them too."

I hummed. "Like you said, you want a fresh start. So now that you have a chance, make use of it. I'm sure, even if they don't say it out loud, they are willing to give you another chance to prove yourself worthy of being our friend too."

"Hopefully they'll accept me." He mumbled making me shake my head with a smile.

"You're sitting here with us, Jacob. Doesn't this look like the acceptance you're talking about?" I asked with a genuine smile plastered on my face.

He chuckled. "Right. I just have to gain their trust that I can also be worthy to be your boyfriend."

Oi. Didn't see that coming.

Woo. Talk about smooth.

And with that, my cheeks turned beat red in an instant.

Shocks! Real smooth Jacob. Real smooth.

"Oh uhm. I-I guess you have to work on t-that." I stuttered stupidly making me want to slap myself all of a sudden.

"I know. And I'll make sure I will have 4 approvals in no time." He said with a wink.

Damn it. Why wink though? I'm already blushing like mad here? Do you want me to freaking explode?

"Ehehem." A very fake cough interrupted our talk causing for the both of us to turn to our friends.

After my eyes landed on Lea, she wiggled her eyebrows.

"Well someone's having a heart to heart talk." Lea said with a knowing smile on her face.

I sent her a very weak glare causing for her to giggle.

"We were just talking like normal people." I defended.

The three of them nodded their heads while as for Besty, she just sat there looking unamused.

"Right. Talking like normal people. I see." Lea teased.

I turned to Jacob for help but he just gave me a smile.

"Why aren't you saying anything. We were just talking right? Tell them." I urged him to help me but he only shrugged making my jaws drop.

He did not just leave me hanging.

"A new ship is about to set sail." Lea declared as she imitated a ship horn.

"How does Jaley sounds?" Joseph intervened.

"Jaley?" I asked with a frown.

He chuckled. " Jacob + Ashley = Jaley." He said with a teasing grin.

"Sounds meh to me." Besty commented looking bored.

"You're just being a party pooper because you have other bet for Ash." Lea said making the guys nod in approval.

"And a much nicer bet if it's not even obvious." She added.

"Come on now, let's just give Jacob and Connor a fair fight. We don't know what's up in their sleeves to show off." Lea said making Besty huff.

"And we all know who is the clear winner." Besty declared as she sent a glare towards Jacob.

Looks like Jacob have a lot to do to slowly gain Besty's trust.

**** **** ****

After Recess, Jacob took me to my next class along with Besty and my four other friends trailing behind us. Lea and the two guys would still tease me every now and then about me and Jacob, but thankfully now I'm starting to get used to it. So I just ignore them. Even though I still can't control my blushing problem, I still try not to look like an over ripped tomato. But I'm working on it.

Seriously though, I am.

After that, Jacob went to his own class. And as for me and the weirdos, we were back to very boring and dreadful class in this Hell called school. Though I love being with my friends, seing my crush, learning, and all. But when you're surrounded by a bunch of people who I wonder were born without brains can also take a toll on you. Yes, I maybe a top student but 99.999999% of the time, I hate school.

Anyway, It was the last subject until we will be released for the day when Besty poked my left shoulder. I turned to her with a raised brow. Besty took a glance at the teacher who was blabbering at the front as she continued her lecture. I admit, this is the most boring subject out of all that we have. So maybe that's why Besty decided to talk to me instead of listening to the damn teacher ramble on and on about freaking history.

The heck do I care about those dead people.

When Besty was sure that it was safe for her to talk, she turned to me.

"So how do you feel when two guys are fighting over you?" She asked curiously. I thought about it for a second then only gave her a shrug as my response.

I mean, how do you reply to that? It's not like I'm happy knowing there are two guys trying to win me over. And I'm sure she knows that I'm not really the type of person that likes being the center of attention all the time. Like, I haven't dated anyone before, nor just went out to go watch a movie or something. So I don't really know how to react to it. Besides, it's the least of my concerns right now knowing I have to deal with this rumor that still kept spreading around the school.

"Aren't you thrilled or something? I mean, like, if I'm on your situation, I'd be very flattered." She said in a whisper.

I took a glance at the teacher again to see if she was still busy blabbering about nonesense History crap. Then turned back to Besty who's looking at me expectantly while still being cautious about the teacher. Mrs. Delliana can be a total monster when she wanted to sometimes. That's why we're being very, very extra cautious. Because when this woman gets angry, you'd think Satan got himself a wife.

Yup, way too scary.

"Well honestly, I am flattered. But I guess it's not the right time to be thinking about this sort of stuff since I have other things to deal with." I told her truthfully then took another glance at the teacher. I heard Besty sighed.

"Do you want to have a boyfriend or not?" She asked and I was about to answer her when she stopped me. "Answer it with a yes or no. No explainations needed." She added.

I opened my mouth to answer her but the words got stuck in my head so I closed my mouth shut.

Do I want to have a boyfriend or not? I asked myself.

This is harder than I thought.

Besty watched me with a flat look on her face waiting for my answer. I opened my mouth again but no words came out. So I closed it shut once again.

I know Besty noticed me struggling to find words to answer her questions because she rolled her eyes at me.

"Answer it already. You looked like a fish out of the water with the way you open and close your freaking mouth." She said unimpressed while taking a glance at Mrs. Delliana once again.

"It's complicated Besty." I responded to her. She scoffed at my answer.

"What are you now, Facebook status? Just answer it with a damn yes or no." Besty said a bit annoyed making me glare at her.

Is she really being serious right now? I mean, is having a boyfriend that important nowadays? Cause in my book, it's not. Everyone knows I'm perfectly fine and happy being single.

(Lies. All lies!)

"Well I do want to have a boyfriend but not right now. Like I said, I have other things to deal with and dating is the least of my concern at the moment. So if ever they want to pursue me then let them be. Just know that I won't have time to entertain them." I told her making the annoyance present on my voice but said it in a hushed tone. I don't want an angry teacher scolding us, now do I?.

"I know. But what I'm trying to say is that, if you're going to give off this idea that you're ready to date, they will continue pursuing you even if you're not ready yet. So do you think letting them know that you're not ready to date is the best thing you can do, so to not lead them on?" She asked also sounding as annoyed as I was. I sighed, not knowing where this conversation is going to take us.

"Well then if that's the point you're trying to get across then I will tell them I'm not ready yet. End of conversation." I stated as I tried to keep my voice down.

"But what if they didn't listen?" She asked with a small frown on her face.

"What do you mean?" I questioned a bit confused. I took another glance at the teacher and saw her writing something on the board while still blabbering nonestop about the history of the Philippines. I sighed knowing I wasn't taking notes anymore. What ever, I'll just ask Lea, Joseph, or Breinard if I can borrow their notebooks later. Then I turned my attention back to Besty.

"What I mean is that, what if they didn't listen to you telling them you're not ready to date yet? And just continue on pursuing you?" She asked with a curious expression on her face.

"Well then if that's what they want to do then I'll let them be." I stated trying to sound logical.

"Don't you think it's too cruel Besty?." She commented. "You're making it look like you're playing with their feelings.

I sighed. "Well I'm not." I defended.

"Okay fine. But have you really thought of how would they really feel though?" She asked quietly.

"I don't know. You do realize that I'm practically inexperienced when it comes to this kind of matter right? So how would I know?" I paused as I thought of my words. "And if they are both serious in winning me over then just let them be. Who knows I'll change my mind when it comes to dating in the process."

She nodded. "I guess that's okay." She paused as she glanced back at the teacher up front. "So what do you wanna do then?"

I shrugged. "I don't know. If whoever makes the best effort wins I guess." I stated before groaning. "I still can't believe they're fighting over me." I admitted as I rubbed my hands on my face.

"It's overwhelming, I know. But think about it, two people are willing to spend their time just to try and win you over. Isn't that amazing? Two people wants to date you Besty. Not just because for fun, but because they know what they really want, and that is a serious relationship." She stated making me furrow my brows at her.

"How can you say they both want a serious relationship? It's not like you talked to the both of them." I told her with one eyebrow raised.

"Well I did. And even if I'm not really that fond of Jacob trying to take you out on a date, I can't deny the fact that he is also making efforts for you." She admitted causing for my eyes to widen.

"You talked to the both of them? When?" I asked her in shock but still in a hushed manner.

"Uh, I think I talked to Connor two days ago if I'm not mistaken. And I had a little talk with Jacob yesterday when you went to the bathroom during lunch break."

I stared at her with my mouth open. "And they both said they want a serious relationship with me?"

She nodded. "Yeah. And I know Connor. He is not the type of person who dates random people for fun. He's the kind of guy that is an old soul. Who believes in true love and all that sappy sh*t. So I'm sure he's serious when he said it. And as for Jacob, after he told me about the things he did in the past when he started having feelings for you, I realized he too is serious. I mean, I can't believe he did those things all these years."

I nodded my head. "Yeah. I can't even believe that it was him who kept sending me letters and gifts. But yeah, it felt nice having someone doing those things for me. Though at first, I thought it to be really creepy."

"That's understandable cause I would feel the same if it happened to me. But after finding out where he's coming from, I now find it cute for some reason." She admitted making me look at her with tilted head.

"Are you softening up on Jacob, Besty?" I asked with raised brow.

"I'm not that cold-hearted Ash. I can see he is making efforts for you and I can't just shrug that off. But yeah, if he proved himself to be worthy then maybe he'll slowly gain my trust." She stated seriously.

I nodded my head. "That's good then."

"Yeah." She replied as she sent me a soft smile. "But anyways, I still have a lot of things I want to talk to you." She added.

I shrugged. "Sure. What is it?" I asked quietly.

"I'll probably do it later. I don't want Mrs. Delliana to get suspicious." She said and once again, I nodded my head.

After we both quieted down, we went back to listening and taking down notes.

**** **** ****

When school finally ended, we all gathered in the hallway as we waited for the time to hit 4 pm before they open the doors. We were all waiting in the hallways along with the other students who are not being subtle again with their infamous glares and whispers when Jacob came over. He probably sensed my growing discomfort, so he decided to sit next to me. He sat on my right while Besty sat on my left with Lea, Joseph and Breinard all lined up sitting on Besty's left side. Besty was sharing about what happened earlier after History class and the three monkies continued to laugh as Besty kept telling what exactly had happened. While as for me, I busied myself scrolling away on my cellphone in hopes of blocking everyone's stare and glares being thrown my way. Jacob scooted closer to me as he sent death glares towards those who are staring at me. And as Besty was busy with rambling on and on about what happened earlier, my cheeks immediately turned red because of embarrassment.

Well let's just say Besty and I almost got into trouble. Because unfortunately, we thought Mrs. Delliana was oblivous about us talking when clearly, she wasn't.

I told you she's evil.

Very much Evil.

*flashback to earlier*

After the bell rang, signaling that school has ended for the day, Besty and I along with the other students gathered all our things and put them in our back packs. Me, Besty and the monkies were about to head out to the hallway to wait for the clock to hit 4 pm when Mrs. Delliana called me as well as Besty.

Besty and I shared a look of pure confussion until we realize what might be the reason why she called us both.

And Bam. Grim Reaper appeared right before our very eyes.

After we shared horrified looks, Besty told our three other friends to go on and wait for us in the hallway as we go talk to Mrs. Delliana. The three of them gave us an apologetic look before nodding their heads and walking off. Besty took a deep breath along with myself. We walked towards Mrs. Delliana's desk with a rapid beating hearts in our chest. I took a glance at Besty and saw a sweat starting to form on her forehead.

Oh my goodness, we're doomed aren't we?

After seeing my best friend's posture, I started to get real nervous.

Oh my, what if she punishes us horrible things? Or worse, eat us alive without a hitch. Oh good lord, I still wanna live and enjoy my life. I don't wanna die a virgin.

Okay, that was too much.

We remained standing there in front of Mrs. Delliana's desk uncomfortably while she sat on her chair giving us a cold stare.

I gulped.

Were dead. We are so dead. I love you Mama and Papa and my siblings. Goodbye cruel world.

She didn't say a word. Just remained seated while still giving us this spine chilling cold stare. I shivered uncomfortably, so did Besty. I know she's nervous as hell because she was playing with her fingers.

Then Mrs. Delliana stood up from her chair, we followed her every move.

Oh god. This is it, isn't it?

Then she opened her mouth to say something. Oh god, she's going to eat us. I just knew it in the pit of my stomach. She pushed her glasses futher up her nose and looked at us with an unimpressed expression.

"Mind if you two share what you talked about when I was in the middle of the class?" She said intimidatingly. I shivered again. I feel like I'm about to pee in my pants right now.

"We weren't ta.." Besty never got the chance to finish what she was about to say because Mrs. Delliana cut her off.

"Don't lie infront of my face Ms. Valderama. I know you and Mr. Valdez here were having a good chitchat back there. I'm not blind nor deaf." She said with a scowl on her face. Besty grimaced. Oh my, how is she able to hear us? Besty and I were already whispering.

"Sorry Mrs. Delliana I was just telling my friend about the upcoming Intramurals and I asked him for help. I was telling him the plans and the activities that will be happening during that time. I'm sorry I got distracted." Besty lied. Way to go Ashely Rose. Let's just pray to the high heavens that Mrs. Delliana will buy it.

"It's not the appropriate time to talk about intramurals Ms. Valderama. Not when I am in the middle of the Class. That can be discussed during the SSG meetings and not in my class. You also distracted Mr. Valdez with you." She said while looking at us with burning gaze and her voice was hella scary and intimidating.

"I'm sorry Mrs. Delliana but I was also sharing my ideas with her. So it's not all her fault." I defended while going with the lie that Besty made. Then she sighed at us.

"Very well, I hope this won't happen again. I was quite disappointed with the two of you because you are both in the top students of this section. If this happens again, you will be meeting the Principal next time. Am I clear?" She told us sterny. Besty and I were both looking down at the floor the whole time Mrs. Monster-iana scolded us.

"Yes Ma'am." Besty and I said at the same time with shakey voice.

"Now get out of my classroom. The two of you." She said waving us off in dismissal.

Well how rude.

"Thank you Ma'am" Besty and I said at the same time again while bowing our heads in respect. Then we walked off to meet with our friends waiting in the hallway with all the eager students that wants to go home.

That wasn't so bad at all. I thought she would go all out Crazy Serial Killer on us. But luckily, she didn't and we are still alive and whole.

When we were a good few meters away from the classroom Mrs. Delliana was in. Besty and I looked at each other before we both burst out laughing. I don't know what came over us. We just laughed our butts off till we run out of breath. We're both wierd that way.

*end of flashback*

"Yeah, I really though that woman would never believe me. I mean, that excuse was made in an instant in hopes of saving ourselves from doom. Like, I was rummaging my brain for some ideas right then and there and that's the only thing that came out. But yeah, I guess it was worth it cause she believed us, because if she didn't, our bum-bum's would've been in big trouble." Besty shared with a chuckle. The three monkies as well as Jacob, laughed at what Besty had said, while I sat there continually scrolling through my news feed.

"By the way, what's a bum-bum?" Jacob asked sounding so curious. Me, Besty and the group looked at each other until Lea snorted and we all burst out laughing while Jacob sat there looking confused like a lost puppy.

So cute but so freaking sexy.

Wait, what?

"What's so funny guys? I was just curious." Jacob said with an innocent face.

"That my friend is a butt, ass, behind or bottom." Breinard said with a grin. Jacob's mouth formed an 'o' while nodding his head in understanding.

"You know, the thing that Miley Cyrus use when she twerks." Joseph told Jacob casually. Jacob chuckled as the two girls gasped before sending a glare towards Joseph.

"What?" He asked like an innocent child.

Yeah, innocent my face!

"You're gross." Lea said then narrowed her eyes at Joseph. Breinard just chuckled at him.

"You're super gross." Besty said and contorted her face into a playful look of disgust.

"Twerking is something that is somehow considered inappropriate in my books." I said as I peeled my eyes away from my phone screen.

"What? The twerking isn't that bad! It even turns us on, ya know. Even Lea used to do that before. You were really good at it by the way." Joseph told Lea in a teasing manner making us all burst out laughing, except for Lea who's eyes went as wide as saucers with her mouth dropped open.

"Oh my god. Forgive your soul because that is so not true. I can't even do that without looking like a retarded duck." Lea said after she smacked Joseph on his right arm. We laughed at what she said. Oh god, their bantering never gets old.

"I saw Ashley Rose twerking one time in the SSG department before a meeting." Breinard admitted and I swear I heard someone choked on their saliva.

Yup. Gross!

"Holy mother of god. Do you wanna get strangled or you want to be castrated? " Besty exclaimed wide eyed and then looked at Breinard with a sure death threat.

"Neither of the two, thank you very much. I prefer to live than die and I value my d**k. All men does. " Breinard told Besty with a small smile while Besty remained glaring daggers at him.

"Then shut up before I put your mouth up your sorry ass." Besty threatened Breinard and he snickered.

"Gladly." He said.

Poor Breinard.

Someone's on their period today.

I shivered. Thank goodness I'm a guy with a girly heart. I can't even handle seeing blood coming out of someone else's body, what more menstruation when literally, pools of blood comes out of you. Specifically, down there.

So yeah, with that said, I am perfectly happy and contented with my little guy even though I wished I had a canal.

Anyways.

The whole time they've been like that. Bantering here and there and teasing to no end. I was lucky they never targeted me. Well, maybe because Jacob was there. That's why they never tried to tease me about those freaking sexual stuff. Or maybe the fact that they know I'm one of those person who tends to get uncomfortable with sexual talks, sexual things and sexual innuendos. Probably that's the reason why they didn't tease me about it. Though I can tolerate it, but most of the time I get embarrassed for some reason. Because honestly It makes me feel very uncomfortable to the bones. Like literally.

Unfortunately, Lea finally admitted that she tried twerking once but she said it doesn't look like she was even twerking. And Lea accidentaly slipped up that she did twerk once and recorded it then she uploaded it on youtube. Poor Lea when she realized what she said, she looked ready to faint any second. While us being her good and supportive friends, laughed at her 'till her face was the same color as a tomato.

So yeah, the whole time we were waiting for the doors to open, it was full of laughing, teasing and bantering like 2 year old kids. And me personally, was really enjoying it; other than the casual sexual talks here and there. Having these guys as my friends are the best thing that happened in my high school days. Nothing I would trade for these funny monkies because I know I wouldn't have it any other way.

After the doors finally opened, we all stood to our feet and waited for most of the students to step out the school. Once the hallways somewhat cleared out, we all made our way towards the doors.

As we were heading towards the school's parking lot, Besty told me she needs to use the bathroom real quick because of girl thing. After catching what she meant with girl thing, I gagged a bit causing for her to roll her eyes at me. I told the three monkeys as well as Jacob to head out first and wait for us in the parking lot because I'll go wait for Besty as she uses the bathroom. I didn't tell them the other details because that's just gross. No offence to Besty. They nodded and went out, while Besty and I went to where the Bathrooms are.

After we got there, Besty went to do her thing and I told her to hurry up because I didn't feel like standing there alone for too long.

I looked around and found no one. This part of the school is a bit deserted and not being used that much because of the rumors that there are ghost roaming around or something. To be honest part of that made me uneasy because let's face it, most people are afraid of ghost whether rumors are true or not. That's the reason why I kept looking around the whole time, praying that Besty does her thing quickly so we could get out of this place. I stood there with my right arm leaning against the wall while still waiting for Besty. I looked behind me and saw the boy's bathroom next to the girl's.

I was beggining to get uncomfortable so I rubbed my hands together then crossed my arms on my chest. Then I heard laughing in the boy's bathroom and I tensed with wide eyes.

Was that?....

Oh god, please don't be a ghost.

Then the door opened and there was laughter again and it was obvious that it was from a person that was actually living and not the dead one. So I visibly relaxed but soon tensed again when a familiar voice spoke up.

"Look what we have here. If it isn't the c*ck sucking nerd." The all so familiar voice said and I tensed even more.

Oh no, not him again.

I was able to feel my heart starting to beat faster than normal. I remained still and not dare move a muscle. Not that I have any. I'm skinny and short so yeah..

I can feel hands on my shoulder making me flinch. The person turned me around forcefully causing for me to almost lose my balance. As I stood there facing him and his two other goons, I gave them a fake smile.

"If you ask 'What's up?' Then I'd answer 'Ceiling'." I stated randomly causing for the goons to roll their eyes.

Why was Besty taking so long in there?

"Why are you here mutt? Planning to use the girl's bathroom?" He said intimidatingly and I stood there trying my best not to look fazed by him.

"Why do you care Barron, it's obviously none of your business." I said with a not so calm look. He walked closer to me with his goons behind him and I flinched. I knew he saw that because he gave me a scary smirk.

"And it's also obvious that you're a Fag." He whispered to my ear and I shivered in fear. I still stood trying my best not to be intimidated by this Baboon in front of me.

"And it's also very obvious that it's none of your business. So what if I am in fact this so called 'Fag'. At least I'm not like you who's acting all tough and mighty as you pick on someone just because they're smaller. So just a piece of advice Barron, mind your own business cause I'm minding my own." I told him accompanied by a smile.

When I was about to make a move on leaving and just enter the damn girl's bathroom, Barron and his goons glared millions of daggers my way as he grabbed my left arm.

Well that just sucks.

"You don't get to tell us what to do. Specially you. A dirty, disgusting faggot." He sneared at me as he tightened his grip on my arm that I know will soon bruise.

I bruise so easily and I don't know why. I whimpered as he tightened his grip even more. He chuckled evilly as he stared at me with amused look in his eyes.

These three bullies are obviously a lot bigger and taller than me because they're also in Jeremy's team. These are the guys that I can say the most egoistic and self-conceited type. I was only 5'3 and they are 5'11 or 6 footer more or less. They also have more muscles than me obviously but I still tried my best to be tough but I guess now, that was no longer posible.

Why do I have to be in these types of situations? Now I'm sure I'll be beaten to a good pulp without them even breaking a sweat.

"Let me go Barron." I told him while trying to loosen his grip on my arm but to no avail. He only tightened even more and I let out a whimper of pain.

"What a f*cking weakling. Only good at sucking d*cks but can't even defend for himself. Even your name is f**cking disgusting." He spat hatefully.

At this moment, I was probably shaking.

"What did I ever do to you, huh? Why can't you just leave me alone?" I told him as I tried pulling my arm from his grasp again.

He chuckled. "Because faggots don't belong here. And that includes you." He sneered.

I glared at him. "And people with obvious mental problem don't belong here either." I retorted back.

He glared menacingly.

"Don't try my patience, little slut." He growled lowly.

"Then let me go and leave me alone." I said.

He scoffed. "Like I would do that." He said amusingly.

I tried to pull my arm away from him again but he held on me even tighter.

"Ahh." I cried out as the pain became unbearable.

"Aw. Is little princess here gonna cry and call his prince?" He cooed before he laughed loudly. "I heard you can suck better than his girlfriend that's why he chose you over her." He added making me glare at him weakly.

"Jeremy and I aren't a thing so what ever information you're getting, it's all lies." I stated weakly but he still didn't listen.

"Oh really? Do you really think I'm stupid to believe that?" He sneered at me once again.

If I could have rolled my eyes right then and there, I would have. I swear his stupidity is on a different level. Even an animal's intelligence can't compare to him. As mean as it may sound, it's true.

"You know Bullying is strictly prohibited in this school Barron. You want to get kicked by Principal Cruz?" I tried to scare them but it looks like it's not even working.

Well then, I really am screwed.

He laughed humorlessly and so does his goons. "The f**k I care Fag, and besides, no one can see us." He said while giving me the evil smirk again.

My arm was starting to get numb and that itself scares me. With the way he's holding on to me, he can easily break it in an instant.

Panicked, I looked around to find something or someone who can help me with my current situation but found nothing. I looked back at Barron and saw him looking at me evilly with a smirk.

Then finally, the girl's bathroom opened.

"Hey besty lets....." Besty paused after witnessing what was going on. Then once realizing who was terrorizing me, she glared daggers even deadlier than the sun's solar flares.

"Barron what are you doing to my best friend?" She asked as she stared at his hand holding on a death grip on my arm.

Barron's eyes widen after seeing her then finally freed my arm. And once my arm was no longer in his hold, I held it with my good hand as it began to throb in pain.

"Nothing. We were doing nothing." Barron said with a sickeningly sweet smile towards Besty.

Well, whenever my best friend is around, he always act nice even though he's far from it. And Besty knows he's true color that's why she doesn't like him.

As gross as this may sound, he even tried asking my best friend out. But of course, she would always reject his attempts because Besty said she would never like a guy who would hurt people, specially me, for no reason.

"Nothing? You were holding my best friend's arm on a death grip, you call that nothing?" Besty spat angrily at Barron. I held Besty's hand trying to calm her down.

"We were just talking. Right guys?" Barron defended as he asked his goons for back up.

The idiots just nodded their heads.

Besty angrily pushed Barron away. "Just leave Barron. Don't ever bother my best friend ever again. Because if you do. Pray that I will never strangle you to death and never to salvage you after." Besty threatened which had Barron terrified, so was his two other goons. Then Barron gave me a death glare before finally walking off.

When the Baboons were no longer in sight. Besty inspected my arm and I winced. There was a hand mark visible on my arm. Besty frowned and looked at me.

"We should tell Mr. Cruz about this. We all know how he hates bullying and this is not the first time it happened to you. Barron needs to learn his lesson." Besty said with anger on her voice. All I did was nod my head like a helpless puppy.

After that, I let Besty drag me towards the Principal's office.

When we were in front of the Principal's door, Besty knocked. Then a deep voice answered behind the door and I knew it came from Mr. Cruz. Once he told us that we can go inside his office, Besty opened it and pulled me inside with her. I gave Mr. Cruz a polite greeting while Besty continued to drag me to the seat infront of his desk.

"How may I help you Ms. Valderama and Mr. Valdez?" Mr. Cruz asked as he arranged a bunch of files on his desk.

"We're here to tell you that my best friend Ashley Dale here was being bullied again by Barron Samaneigo, Sir." Besty told Mr. Cruz calmly while giving me a glance.

Right after Besty said that, Mr. Cruz's calm expression turned to blank as he furrowed his brows.

"Is that so?" He asked in which Besty nodded. "Well, is it true Mr. Valdez?" He asked after he turned to me.

Hesitant, I nodded my head at him as I avoided eye contact. "Yes sir, it's true." I told him truthfully as I kept my hold on my fast bruising arm.

"He even hurt my best friend physically, Mr. Cruz." Besty said angrily as she stared at my arm.

"Really?" He asked sounding calm as possible but I knew better. When he sounded like that, We knew he's freaking pissed and ready to kick someone's butt.

"Can you show me, Ash?" He asked

I lifted my left arm up on his desk and showed him the bruise that was forming.

Then he hummed as he leaned on his chair while still watching my arm.

He then looked me in the eye. "I will have Mr. Samaneigo expelled right away. And once we find out who's behind the rumors, I will also have them expelled." Was all he said, shocking me on the spot.

I blinked before I finally realized what he said.

"B-But Sir, is that really necessary?" I asked shocking Besty at my question.

"Of course it is. Barron has hurt you physically, while this rumor destroyed your name. They deserved more than just being expelled." Besty stated in anger.

"I understand Besty. But don't you think this is way too much?" I asked as I met gaze with Mr. Cruz.

"We already gave Barron a chance when he bullied you before Mr. Valdez. It's no longer acceptable to me when he does it for the second time again. Specially now that he hurt you physically. While as for the person behind the rumor, they've caused a lot of damage to not just the school but also to you and Mr. Bustamante. I think it's the right thing to do to expel them in order to teach them a lesson." He said.

I nodded my head in understanding.

"This rumor is getting way out of hand. Can you tell me what happened Mr. Valdez?" He asked nicely as he looked at me with sympathetic look on his face.

I nodded my head before I bit my bottom lip, preparing myself.

I took a deep breath.

"Uhm, I was waiting for Ashley Rose outside the girl's bathroom when Barron and his friends approached me." I began and Mr. Cruz nodded as he listened intently. "At first, I didn't really mind them because I thought they'll just leave me alone, but then Barron came up to me. When I didn't listen to him calling me out, he forcefully turned me towards him and that's when it started. He began calling me names and then told me I didn't belong here because of my sexuality. And obviously, just like any normal person would, I defended myself verbally, telling him that people like him that preys on someone smaller than them doesn't belong in this school either, and that angered him which caused me to have this." I paused as I looked down at me bruised arm.

"What did he do?" He asked.

"He took my arm in his hand and held it tightly. He went livid when I told him to mind his own business and leave me alone." said while looking up at Mr. Cruz and saw him watching me closely with furrowed brows. He encouraged me to continue and that's what I did.

"He even brought up the rumor saying I was the cause why Jeremy lost his place in the soccer team. He also called me names again regarding to being gay." I finished as I once more took another breath. Mr. Cruz then sat up straight on his desk chair as he hummed understandingly.

"Thank you for telling me this Mr. Valdez I'm glad you and your friend came to me to report this. I am happy you told me so I can take care of it." He said nicely with an appreciative smile.

"And thank you also for listening Mr. Cruz." I stated in which he smiled once again.

"It's my job. And it's the least I can do since your other friend thinks I'm not doing great in resolving the issue about the spreading rumors." He said.

"I apologize for that, Sir." I stated. "Just like me, they were also frustrated about the rumors and I guess it just took a toll on them that's why they weren't able to handle it the right way."

"There's no need to apologize. Like I said, it's my job to handle things like this and I admit, I'm lacking effort which your friend pointed out. But I can assure you, I'll do my best to get this issue settled." He said with a determined look on his face.

I nodded my head with a smile.

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Once we were done discussing thing with Mr. Cruz, he told us to go visit the clinic to have my arm checked.

Besty and I went there and the Nurse tended us right away. And once we were also done, the Nurse released us so we can head home.

When Besty and I were walking towards the exit, Lea, Joseph and Breinard walked up to us with matching frowns on their faces.

Crap, I forgot they were waiting for us outside.

"What took you guys so long?" Lea said as she gave us unamused look.

"Just had a little problem with Barron." Besty said as he looked down into my injured arm.

"What?" Lea asked confused.

The three of them followed her gaze. Once their sight landed on my bruised arm, their eyes instantly went wide.

"What the f*ck? What happened?" Joseph asked concerned as he stepped up to me and inspected my arm.

"Barron was being a complete ass and bothered him again." Besty answered for me. I looked at them and saw anger in all three pairs of eyes.

Joseph gritted his teeth. "I'm gonna give that son of a b*tch a piece of my mind." He said angrily.

I shook my head. "Mr. Cruz is already taking care of it. So let's just leave the job to him." I said in which they gave me a weird look.

"Do you really think we'll just let this pass again this time? F*ck no. We already gave him warning before. And clearly, he's not taking them seriously so we'll have to teach him some lesson for him to know not to mess with you or else he had to deal with us." Joseph said still in obvious anger.

Breinard nodded his head. "Joseph is right Ash. This has gone way too far already. And I'm so up for some serious punches thrown his way."

I once again shook my head. "Please guys. I know the three of you are concerned about me but violence is not the answer here. It will just make things worse." I explained which I'm guessing they're not even taking it.

"Fine." He sighed before giving me a knowing look. "But if he did it again, know that I'm not going to hold back anymore."

With that, I made a deal with him and nodded my head because I know it will not happen again.

"Can I ask you all a favor though?" I said softly.

"What is it?" Lea replied.

"Can we keep this a secret like before?"

They all frowned.

"And why are we going to do that? Ash, we have to let everyone know that bullying is not acceptable here. And knowing that there is another case after the incident a couple of months ago, we have to remind them to stop before they get in serious trouble for it." Lea reasoned out.

"Please." I whispered as I looked at them in the eyes.

They looked at each other before sighing.

"Okay fine." Lea spoke for the others causing for me to give them a soft smile.

Well, I guess I have to thank Barron Samaniego for giving me this lovely, lovely bruise.

Not!

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Author's note:

Wow that was pretty long of a chapter don't you think? And also alot has happened.. and now we found out that our baby bunny Ash is being bullied. This baboon Barron, what do you think? *wink*

So maybe that's it. Hope you liked this chapter and give it a vote if you want. Hehehehe

Anyways. Next chapter would still be in Ashley's POV so yeah.

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