Neil’s P.O.V.
We were practising for our next match. We won that previous match with our rival school by 2-0. It was a big win for us. All of us showed our aggression in the field but with smartness. It was new for our rivals as we were famous for our defensive play. I tried something new and my team didn’t let me down.
“What are you doing, Tyler. Where is your attention today?” I shouted at Tyler third time in the last 20 minutes. He was totally out of his mind today.
“I am sorry, bro. I just…”, he sighed and I passed the ball to others. I jogged towards him. He was upset and I didn’t know what had happened to him. He was good in the morning when we came to school.
“Tell me what happened now”, I asked him while standing beside him. He just jerked his head and drank water from his bottle. We were standing near bleachers now. I looked at him while crossing my arms in front of my chest. I was waiting for his answer and now he was testing my patience.
He looked at me and shrugged his shoulders. I raised my brows to him and he lowered down his head while sighing again. He knew that I would not leave him until he tells me the reason.
“I again fought with Gwen”, he told me still lowering his gaze to his toe.
I sighed and looked around. Now what he had done????
“And what happened this time?” I asked him annoyingly and he glared at me. Now he was showing attitude to me.
“I just…. It’s just… she is not talking to me… and .. …”, he stuttered hard and I cut him off, “and this hurt you badly”, I looked at him in a flat expression and he looked at me helplessly.
“Can you care to explain why this is bothering you? It’s not like that you were friends before and now she doesn’t talk to you. She is kind of an introvert and is like this since forever. You two are no match for each other. You are poles apart from her”, I almost yelled on him and he kicked hard to nothing.
“I know… I know… her behaviour is always like this. I never care who talks to me and who not. But, she is Gwen. I don’t know but…. It bothered me. She passes smiles to Tori but not to me. I am not so bad”, now he was blabbering and Tori?????? Seriously???
I laughed at his statement. “Tyler….. Tori is her girlfriend and you are comparing yourself with her?????? O My God… This is new”, I laughed so hard that everyone came around us in confusion.
“Hey Neil… what happened?” Jack asked me while panting a little. After all, we are practising for the last 2 hours.
I was laughing hysterically. The strong masculine bad boy was comparing himself with a timid, shy and fragile girl??????? I was having in my stomach due to fit of laughter.
“There is nothing to laugh this hard, Neil. Come on, man….. you should help me in spite of making fun of me”, Tyler yelled on me while everyone was looking at us in confusion.
I stopped laughing slowly but then I said to him in a serious tone, “leave her alone, Tyler. She will not come around”.
“Who is she, here?” this was Tim with the confusing look.
“Don’t tell me that you fought with Gwen again”, it was now Daniel with an angry look. See… she had a huge fan club. I jerked my head to Tyler towards them with an amusing look.
“Is this so obvious that everyone guessed so easily?” Tyler was so annoyed and angry now.
“Can’t you leave her alone, man? Stop harassing her”, Tony shouted at Tyler and was really shocked and surprised now. How the hell on earth an invisible girl can get so much attention?
“I am not harassing her. I just wanted to talk to her and she ran away every time like I am a plague and I don’t know why?”, Tyler shouted at the top of his lungs.
“Because for her, we, the popular and hot boys in the school are nothing but trouble. She doesn’t want to associate with any of us so that she could be out of trouble”, Jack stated the fact and Tyler glared him hard.
I knew this since primary school. She was my classmate back then. She was friendly with a boy in our class when we were in 4th standard. Some girls from our and next class beat her very cruelly because of his friend. After that, she never made any friend. I tried quite a few times to befriend with her but she always chased me away. Why I did that because she was smart, intelligent and understanding.
“Every one of us has tried in past to befriend with her and brought problems for her. It was not us but those mean girls who think that they have patent us. You haven’t seen her broken, abused and filled with injuries just because we talked with her. That's why you are trying to talk with her”, Tim had so much pain in his eyes that made Tyler a little bit worried.
“He is right, Ty. Grace and her minions are trying to harm her again and again. We can’t be everywhere with Gwen to protect her. That day Gwen threatened Grace badly and it infuriated Grace. She took as an invasion in her territory”, Pete’s statement boiled my blood. Her territory????? Was she f***ing insane?????
“So, we have to change this. They may be a good laid but other than this, they are nothing but spoilt brats. I have shoved Grace once and I will show her place again and again. Grace hasn’t seen my bad side yet and I am sure that she will not want to come to my bad side. If she thinks so highly of her then it’s time to show who is the boss here”, Tyler was so stern and firmed.
He was kind of careless type guy who never care for anyone. I was really surprised that what made him to take care of Gwen so much.
Tyler’s P.O.V.
Grace was becoming a severe headache for me day by day. Whenever I tried to talk with Gwen, Grace came out of nowhere and then destroyed my every effort to establish peace between me and Gwen. We both were sitting together in history class where we talked about only our assignment and nothing else. I sometimes tried to have a casual chat with her but every time she remained silent.
I came to this town when I was of 10 years. I joined the secondary school and soon became a friend of Neil and his gang. We clicked instantly and that day onwards we bonded strongly. It was not like I had no interest in girls. It was just I hate these cliché type girls who take care of their body just to have a good laid. They are nothing but trash in my opinion.
“Hey Gwen”, I saw her going towards canteen and called her instantly. She looked back to me and then shrugged her shoulders and didn’t stop. She was wearing a large black hoody who was covering her body till thighs. I wondered why she chose these kinds of baggy clothes when she had an amazing body. Don’t get me wrong, I am a boy after all. When I held her tightly in my embrace that day, I got all the images of her body in my mind. I am not a p*****t but really had totally amazing body.
“Gwen”, I called her again while standing behind her in the food line.
“What now, Tyler?” she asked me in a cold tone and I smirked. Something is better than nothing.
“Nothing… it’s just… I bet with Tony that you can’t do stunts as Gwen can do”, I sang a little in the last and she looked back at me while glaring me hard.
“Don’t try to be over smart, Tyler. There is no bet between Tony and you”, her tone was still so cold but I really impressed by her smartness. She didn’t catch the bait.
“How can you so sure?” I questioned him while narrowing my eyes on her.
She moved back to me and now we were face to face.