Chapter 11: Not My Fault

Lex's POV.

I have not had a good laugh in a while, and watching her from the balcony scream my name like that at the school entrance has made me laugh so hard.

I watched as she began taking down the papers on the walls, and it was so exciting to see her that way. She was going to be an example to everyone else who thought they could mess with me.

"Honestly, I really do not think all of this is necessary, Lex."

Even before Landon said this, I knew that he was not okay with it because as we all stood there at the balcony watching her scream in frustration, he was the only one who didn't even smile at it.

"Oh yeah, tell me what you would rather that we do." I asked, turning completely to face him as Nick stared at us in silence.

Nick and Landon were the only two people I related to in that school, and that was because we had known each other from childhood and their family was almost as wealthy as mine. It made us look like we were on the same level even though I was still way above them.

"Lex, I do not mean to interfere in your fun, but don't you think you've done enough to her already? I mean, look at her; she looks so exhausted, and when is all of this going to end?"

This was not the first time Landon has challenged me, and if he had not said anything, I should know that he was not okay because it was like his speciality to want to be the good guy all the time.

"Look, Landon, I do not want to have a fight with you because of nobody. I understand that you are the cool and loving guy, but you can please wait until she does something so bad to you that you could forgive her for it. I do not forgive."

I said to him, turning away this time. My gaze met Nick's, who looked away from me, and somehow I could tell that he was also not okay with it. Even though he was not going to say anything, he was always my backup buddy.

"Come on, Nick, say something to him. At this rate he is going to completely break this girl. Remember what happened to the other..."

I didn't let him finish that statement as I turned to him and grabbed him by his shirt.

"Yeah, you've always wanted to remind me about that every single time. Was it entirely my fault that that guy took a rash decision and ended himself? I mean, he died long after I punished him; it was not like it was during the moment."

"You and I know that part of the reason he did that to himself was because he was so frustrated after you made him go through hell in this school."

At that moment I couldn't hold on to him any longer; I pushed him aside as I stared at nothing in particular. There was a trace of truth in what he said, but the doctor's report on that student showed that he might have been murdered by a wolf, and it was not entirely suicide.

That case messed me up so much, putting me in a hot spot that I almost lost everything because of him, but Landon, he doesn't remember how much I suffered with that case; all he does is throw it at my face each time he thinks I am doing something wrong, and strangely, it humbles me every time.

"You know what, Landon? I am going to give her a chance to atone for her mistakes. I would ask her to apologise to me, and if she does, I will forgive her like you want. Is that cool?"

He nodded his head slowly in agreement as he looked away from me, and I could see the smile on Nick's face.

Just then we heard footsteps climbing up the stairs into the balcony, and to my greatest surprise it was her; she seemed so busy ripping off those printed images of her from the wall.

She was about to grab the last one when I held her hand and stopped her from ripping it off.

"It must be so exhausting, taking down all those papers," Nick said to her, standing beside me.

"Lex?" She exclaimed, yanking her hand away when she turned around to see it was us.

"Oh dear, meet my best friends, Nick and Landon. And guys, meet my new torture project, Melissa."

I saw the way she tightened her expression immediately after I called her a 'torture project', and it somehow gave me goosebumps. There was this strange excitement I derived from merely looking at her face these days.

"When is this going to stop? "Why do you keep lying to the entire school, calling me a 'whore', when you are the one who should be criticised for what you did to me?" she fired.

"Really? You really think I should be criticised for what I did to you? I gave you a chance to let all of this go away, but you decided to take it up against me, and I warned you ahead of time."

She didn't let me finish as she interrupted so rudely, "You should be so ashamed of yourself, Lex, or whatever your name is. You—you think you can break me by doing all of this?"

"Well, you look broken to me already, and I would have continued, but I'm beginning to have a change of mind towards you," I said, glancing at Landon, who gave me a nod to go ahead.

I was about to say I would forgive her when she so arrogantly spoke up again: "No, Lex, I am the one who is having a change of mind towards you. Since you've decided to do all of this to me, I think it's time I let the entire school know that you tried to kill me and you also took advantage of me right here!" She yelled.

It felt as if I was dipped in a bucket of ice for way too long and pulled out, as my entire body felt so cold when she said that.

"Lex, what is she talking about?" Nick asked while Landon gave me the killer stare.

"Fuck it, no, I didn't take advantage of her; she consented to it, she did..." I wasn't done speaking when she interrupted me again.

"Did I? Because it looked pretty much like you lost control of your urge and were practically begging me."

"What?" I screamed in shock

Landon and Nick stared at me like I was a stranger to them.