Tolerating The Player

The ride was filled with awkward a silence and Xavier’s word keep playing in my head

“Look! I just want you to know that I have nothing to do with everything that is happening and I’m also trying to convince those dudes but they’re hell bent on continuing the dare even though Zach himself wants to end it” did Zach really want to end it? Perhaps he was tired of walking with a Shrek.

“I’ll stop here” I said to Xavier as I came down from his car and thanked him. I wasn’t at my destination yet but the atmosphere in the car was getting stuffy and suffocating.

I would pick Joe up and go to my house, I don’t want to be a burden to the Anderson’s. I arrived at their house and Maya wasn’t there yet I assumed she must have gone out with Frank.

I greeted Grace but couldn’t find her husband, perhaps he had work to do.

“I’ll be taking Joe with me today” I said and she nodded her head with a smile. I knew how much she loved and wanted him around but I needed some time with my little brother too.

“Okay take this, eat and buy anything you need” she said and handed over a hundred dollars note. It was too much and I wanted to refuse it but she gave me a fierce look, I smiled and thanked her for being kind.

“How was school today Joe?” I noticed how he was walking was different, he was walking like a man.

“I ended it today!” He said with full confidence

“You ended what..?”

“I broke up with her” he said and I realized he was referring to his girlfriend.

“Oh! I’m sure you had a very good reason, I hope you’re okay hunny?” I tried hard not to laugh or chuckle.

“Just like a fine new born baby” he said and I tried to contain the laughter to the point of tears rolling down my eyes.

He talked about his experience and everything that happened to her on our way back home.

We finally got to and Eric wasn’t home, I was kind of glad he wasn’t around.

“Isabella?!” Joe called my attention and I raised a brow to make him continue what he had to say.

“Grace had put some money in my backpack, she said I shouldn’t tell you till we get home” he said while kicking the air with his legs. I kind of knew Grace would have done that.

“It’s totally fine” I kissed his forehead and chuckled, we ordered for pizza and it arrived in no time.

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There was a loud bang at the door and I heard Maya yelling afterwards.

I reached to open the door and she came in with fuming eyes, I should be the one with fuming eyes not her, she totally ditched me yesterday.

“Why the fuck have your phone been switched off since yesterday?” She yelled.Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

I didn’t say anything because I wanted her to calm her titties down, so I packed my afro hair into a messy bun and watched her fume.

“Aren’t you gonna say anything?” She swung her hands in n the hair dramatically.

“The phone broke, it was an accident” I said leaving out the part that Zach had brutally smashed it.

“And you didn’t care to tell me? We would have bought a new one, you dimwit!” she yelled. Even in her angry state she was still being nice.

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We got to school and I thanked her for the ride. I felt confident and happy mainly because I wouldn’t have to face those wretched souls.

The smile on my face suddenly vanished at the sight of what was in front of me, not just in front of me, not all over the whole school.

“Shit!” Maya yelled and looked at my face. I was dumbfounded, I couldn’t say anything, not even a single word could come out of my mouth.

I stood still without moving and could feel different eyes on me, different fingers pointing at me, different mouths mocking and laughing at me. I prayed the ground could just open up and swallow me up.

My feet became cold and goosebumps appeared all over my body. They really did this to me?

Maya started to rip each poster off the wall and collected each flier from the people holding them, then she threw it in the bin.

She held my hands and took me into the school with rage and anger clearly written on her forehead.

We got into the school and it was even worse, students were with their cameras recording me while laughing. This isn’t supposed to be happening to me.

Why is there a naked picture of me all over the school, I have never taken any nude pictures in my life so where have they gotten this from and why is an old man sucking my boobs.

These monsters have successfully ruined me and tarnished my image.

I stood still without moving and Maya tried to rip on the posters but they’ve seen it all, what was the point of trying to rip them off.

I stood still with tears in my eyes and remembered what Xavier had told me. *Aurora would do anything it takes to humiliate you because that’s the rule”* That daughter of a bitch.

I tried to move but it was like my legs were glued to the floor when Xavier suddenly came rushing towards me.

“I promise I’m just seeing this, I’m so sorry” he apologized and I couldn’t help but to crash myself on him and cried my heart out not caring if the whole school was watching.

He patted my hair and didn’t say any more words which I was grateful for. I hate to talk whenever I’m like this.

“Let’s get you out of here” he said then carried me in a way that my head rested on his shoulders.

I could feel the burning glare from people while some girls still called me a slut. I spotted Zach passing by and he looked uninterested with whatever was happening, not even a sign of pity then Aurora suddenly walked by him giving me a burning glare.

Wasn’t she supposed to be happy that she had successfully ruined me, what’s with the stupid face.

Xavier carried me into his car and placed me down on the back seat.

“Hey!” I heard Maya running towards us, she glanced at me at the back seat then returned her eyes to Xavier.

“Take care of her please” she begged and he nodded his head. She gave me a sad look before Xavier started the engines and left.

“You could drop me off at home, I don’t want to make you miss school” I said and sniffed the catarrh in my nose.

He looked at me through the rear mirror and handed over a tissue to me.

“Thank you” I said and blew my nose with it. I felt I was being disgusting but I cared less, the image in the school was more disgusting.

“I’m not going to take you home to feel more sad, I’m taking you to an Ice cream parlor then you would feel better” he said and continued the drive in silence.

We got to the ice cream parlour and luckily not a lot of people were there because I looked like a thrash right now.

“What flavour would you like?”

“Uhm Vanilla ice cream and maybe with some banana flavour by the side” I responded then he took our orders.

The very tall waitress with skinny legs that looked good on her short wimpy skirts shortly came with our orders and I started to eat the ice cream while Xavier just watched me.

“Why are you staring?” I asked through my husk voice that was due to the tears.

“You’re beautiful Isabella” he said and I felt some butterflies in my stomach.

I looked at his face trying to find the sarcasm in what he had just said but couldn’t find any.

“Thank you” I said and tucked in the strand of hair that was falling on my face and disturbing my Ice cream.

“Can you do me a favor?” He asked and I nodded.

“Continue the dare but make a bargain that you want just a week more” he said.

I wasn’t cool with the idea of going back to them especially Zach but I was sure as hell that they had more up their sleeves and won’t stop to humiliate me. This could be the beginning.

“Okay” I said and noticed how he smiled at me.

I was through with my ice cream and we decided to go back to school. I wanted to pay for the Ice cream with the money Grace gave me yesterday but he offered saying he brought me here and I let him pay for it.

We had a few discussions in the car and shared some laughter together. It was sweet of him to try to cheer me up in this type of situation.

We finally arrived at school and I bumped into the counsellor. She was about to complain or perhaps punish me again but when Xavier showed up she only smiled and let us leave for our next class.

School was finally over and I made my way to where Zach and his friends were staying, they were standing beside Zach’s car while Aurora had her hands wrapped all over him. Slut.

“Uhm hey?” I said and scanned through them hoping to see Xavier but he wasn’t there with them. He would have supported me on this.

“You look really hot without the cheap clothes covering it but where were you when the Lord was distributing boobs?” A tall guy wearing Greenlands t-shirt said.

“Perhaps the Lord was too busy fixing your brain” I replied and it made the rest of the gang laugh at him. Zach also smirked but Aurora kept a straight face.

“Are you here to insult us or to apologise?” She asked

“Neither Love, I’m here to bargain” I said and she removed her hands from Zach’s body and folded it under her big titties.

“I’ll continue the dare but only for one week and that’s final” I said and she licked her teeth debating on what to say before she finally nodded her head in agreement.

“Cool” she said and my eyes had eye to eye contact with Zach, he was smirking.

“Let’s go!” He gestured at me and I entered his car.