(Author's POV)
Tears welled up in her eyes, even with her nerdy glasses on, as she struggled to regain control of her backpack, which Xavier and his gang members were constantly throwing in the air to each other.
Her red hair swings about with her movements among the five bullies surrounding her. The other campus students encouraged the bullies' ego with their scornful laughter against Kareen, and some even tagged her chubby mouse in the midst of the crowd.
"Kareen!" Joyce screamed from the cafeteria entrance, and it brought the mockery of Kareen to a halt. All eyes are now on Joyce.
"Wowwww..." The campus audience murmurs among all and sundry.
"Give her her stuff, Xavier, and stop being a prick!" Joyce said angrily. Her statement made everyone go cold as they were waiting for Xavier's reaction.
He steps out of the circle with Kareen's backpack hanging from his right shoulder, all sweaty from the fun they were having, and arranges his curly hair backwards while staring at Joyce's like she was an extra toy to play with.
"Anddd... anddd... if I don't, bitch?"He said, putting emphasis on each word. This brought chills down Kareen's spine even though he wasn't talking to her.
Regardless, Joyce stood her ground. She always hated Xavier for his rather disgusting attitude toward bullying and womanizing on the campus. Even worse, her best friend still had a crush on him, who he's also bullying right now, and it made her glare at him with anger.
Joyce had only one thought right now, and that was to approach Xavier and punch his face so hard that his pointy nose was permanently broken.
Joyce didn't respond, instead strutting angrily up to Xavier and staring him down. 10 inches from each other now, Xavier moved his head slightly to the right to signal impatience.
The room became tense as they awaited her reaction. Unexpectedly, Joyce threw a rough punch at Xavier's face before anyone could see it. However, Xavier proved that he was not just a pretty face after all by catching her blow.
The next thing, Joyce saw herself being pulled closer to Xavier, closing the 10 inches of proximity between them. Xavier smacked her ass so hard that it made echoes in the cafeteria as the crowd gasped in disbelief.
The rest of the gang members smirked at one another as they saw the shock in Joyce's face. She was now in the hands of Xavier as he held her by the waist without knowing how it happened, and she still felt disgusted.
Joyce attempted another punch to his face, but it failed as Xavier clutched her hand behind her back. When Joyce thought it couldn't get anymore disgusting, Xavier pulled out the gum he was chewing and placed it on her lips with a seductive stare before pushing her away.
"Yawk!" Joyce shouted as she fought herself to get the gum off her lips.
"Joyce!" Kareen screams and tries to approach her, but one of the gang members stepped in the way and pushed her backwards with his force, and it made her fall on the ground with her skirt wide open for a few seconds.
"Well, well, well... She has same hair color with her underwear. Isn't that cute?" One of the gang members said it jokingly.
Xavier turned his back to Kareen as she covered her legs in shame, too scared to stand up now. The crowd acknowledged the gang member's joke with scornful laughter that filled the air.
Xavier steps closer to Kareen, who is sitting helpless on the floor with both her hands resting on her knees. He looked down on her sobbing eyes through her nerdy glasses before he finally bent down to her.
Their proximity increased Kareen's anxiety. She didn't know if she should be happy that they were this close to each other for the first time while he stared straight into her eyes.
Xavier's pale green aesthetic eyes were a charm on their own. To the ladies, they could go as far as feeling so wet when he gave them a stare, and to the guys, it was a form of intimidation. Now there he was, staring at Kareen with the same eyes, with his nonchalant body language.
"If I return your backpack to you right now, Nerdy Chump, you're not invited to my party on Friday. But if you want to be invited to the party, your backpack will be your passcode.
Which means, my dear, you'll have to come claim your backpack on Friday. "So what is it going to be?" Xavier asked Kareen with an evil smirk, still squatting in front of her.
Typical Kareen would agree to Xavier's offer and attend his Friday party without second thoughts. After all, that was the reason she gathered enough guts and approached him to ask if she was also invited to his Friday party at the cafeteria, which he publicly announced earlier.
Sadly, he used it as an opportunity to bully her by forcefully grabbing her backpack and throwing it around with his gang members instead, which resulted in this commotion. Now Kareen feels sorry that her best friend got spanked disrespectfully in the ass because of her and can't imagine attending the party after that incident.
"No, I want my backpack, please." Kareen responded in a sober voice. Xavier's once evil smirk slowly turned into a glare, and Kareen wondered why. He casts his angelic gaze to Joyce, who is still disgusted and robbing her mouth of the gum Xavier had placed on her lips earlier.
Xavier stood up and looked down on Kareen for a few seconds. Everyone thought the show was over and Xavier would finally return Kareen's backpack until he said
"No! You'll have your backpack after you and Joyce attend my party on Friday." He said so and walked away from the cafeteria.
His gang members looked at him in confusion as he walked away. The campus students who had watched the surprising twist could not understand why Xavier suddenly changed his mind. Most importantly, why did he change his mind and want two of the campus nerds at his party?