A week had gone by jhs like wind bse I never realized that it had even been a week until Corey came back to prepare for school. I had become pretty close with Aiden though sometimes I woke up when he wasn't around and the servants told me he had gone somewhere but they didn't tell me where and he also didn't talk about it so I didn't ask.

During that one week I had learnt a lot about Aiden including the fact that he was 2 years younger than I,I thought his height was pretty tall for his age and also learnt that he had skipped grades I even got to meet his two friends and they were weird though very nice.

Sam had curly hair and brown eyes her appearance was jhs average and her skin tone was a bit darker while Eljie was handsome with brown eyes and he eyes sparkled every time he looked at Sam though she seemed clueless but it was quite clear from a glance that he adored her.

They weren't as boring as they looked though at first they seemed shy but as time went by, they were less shy and Sam was very talkative.

At school, Aiden kept his distance and I couldn't feel ok so we just kept on talking on phone though it always lasted no longer than 2 minutes sometimes jhs a few seconds.

A week had gone by jhs like that and I was desperate I really wanted to see his face and unfortunately for me when the next week began he was nowhere to be found.

I later found out that he had gone on a trip and it was sth important.

'Tsap man you look like shit' Carl's voice cut through my thoughts bringing me back to reality.It had been three days and I couldn't get through with his phone.

'Oh,do I ?' I asked my eyes fixed on my phone.Then stood up to go wash my face because I felt like shit too.

I walked in hearing noises buh I ignored it,we had bullies in school and that was normal.

'...and who did you expect to do our homework if not you ?' the bully asked as I passed past the stall they were in ,2 guys were holding someone by the shoulders,ready to flash his face.He looked familiar buh I cared less so I went to the next stall.

'You dare to miss again we won't stop at this you understand' they asked, I didn't hear a reply and then they said 'You better finish by lunch break or else we won't stop at this ' then they walked out.

I had a soft whimper from inside as the person in the next stall was crying?

Getting out I washed my hands at the sink they a thought struck me "could it be Aiden?" I wondered

'Aiden' I called and the soft whimpers faded,I guessed right I reached at the door then tried to push it open

'Don't!!'came Aiden's voice ,it was so clear and had hints of being desperate like it was a plea.

'Are you ok?' I asked there was silence then as if he had recollected himself he said in his usual voice

'Yah,am good' he said anyone who had seen the past event would have believed that because his voice was so calm and normal but I had seen not everything but some of it.

If only I had known I really wanted to give those guys a taste of their own medicine I felt really pissed.

'Who...' 'Am ok really' Aiden said cutting my question off.

I guess he did want me to talk about it but I wasn't gonna give up jhs like that.

'Sure,I'll leave then' I said and pretended to leave as I left completely then came back tiptoeing and leaned against the wall.

Coming back from work the past night I had been so eager to meet Liam and I had arrived earlier than usual, I didn't expect my day to be this bad but I had bumped into James and his squad,they were a grade lower than me buh a lot stronger than me.I had come eager to give Liam his gift buh it was taken away by James before they flashed my face buh things got even worse when Liam had to witness me being bullied. I really felt embarrassed I could face him and whats worse is he might have thought I was crying because I was bullied.

I waited for him to leave and after about ten minutes, I moved out.

Liam was leaning against the wall his hands in his pockets. Startled, I jhs stood there as his eyes swept over me from top to bottom, my hair was wet and I had been crying so my eyes were red and my face moist.

I turned around to go back but Liam's hand pulled me back stopping me.

'Who did this to you?' he asked in an angry voice.I could find my voice as I looked at an angry Liam.

'Answer me' he ordered ,'No...no one' I lied as I avoided his eyes.

I felt his gaze on me then he sighed .'We are late for class' I said 'Yah buh uyou need to clean up first' he said dragging me to the locker rooms.

Liam had me wash my face plus hair because it had somehow gotten wet then gave me his towel to dry my hair.I stared at him dumb founded, I had never anticipated a day where I would be at Liam's aid,I was happy and surprised too I couldn't believe that I was holding his towel, he uses this to dry everyday I thought happily until I felt the towel being drawn away ,I looked up to see Liam busying himself before putting the towel to use on my head.I gasped

'We are too late for class so I figured I'd jhs help you so we can't be any more late' Liam said as he softly dried my hair .

I smiled and felt my cheeks burn.

'So how was your trip?' Liam asked,

'Fun' I said.It was actually a trip bse I had gone to inspect my companies which I inherited from my grandparents, after all I was there own grandchild and both of them (maternal and paternal) had one child and those are my parent, they weren't left with any inheritance since all were left to me and all companies were well known for there products and expertise. They included law firms, Electronic companies,Insurance companies and many more.

I had learnt how to manage them at a young age and so I always knew what was happening bse I had my confidants and the CEOs were my parents. Only a few people knew like my parents and my two best friends and also Mr.Sherman Corey didn't and no one planned to tell him.It was pretty had at first and I had to stay there for weeks buh I gradually got used to it so it took a week or less.

We went to class late and we were made to stand outside the class, Liam was used to it so he kept on texting on his phone as I stole glances at him.He looked relaxed and he didn't even budge when the teacher moved out as he strolled in.

I sat down and immediately filled in the James' work, I actually liked doing it bse it helped me remember the things I would have forgotten and sometimes I searched if I didn't have an idea ,this helped broaden my ideas knowledge as I didn't really have to read hard for exams.I only wished they rather requested than order me.

We were chatting harmoniously as we ate our breakfast at the canteen when Liam joined us,

'Do you mind ?' he asked holding his tray. Sam gasped loudly as she looked at me then Eljie ,

'Of course,of course' Sam said cheerily, he sat facing me since he had Eljie push so he also sat facing Sam.

We ate happily buh quietly, Liam kept urging me to eat more, he even gave me cold packed milk, everyone's eyes were looking towards us and I felt slightly uncomfortable buh known that he was doing this for my safety actually felt so nice.He had done this to show that I was under his care and anyone who messed with me was messing with him.

My day had been really shitty at first buh right now, it had never bed any better, he was practically publicizing our friendship.

I delivered James' work to him before going back to class and he seemed slightly shaken.

Everyone was talking about the nerd ,me with the school prince,Liam as I walked through the hall way.Luckily they all thought he was jhs taking care of me on behalf of Corey.

I slept happily that night and I went to dreamland.