🌀Jade's POV🌀

I stood gobsmacked as I couldn't say anything, does she really expect me to apologize, to this nobody

"Don't keep me waiting Jade" Mom said in a stern voice

"I.... I.... sorry" I managed to so in a low voice

"You are talking to yourself Jade, I couldn't hear you" mom said

Like seriously, is this woman really my Mom, why is she bent on embarrassing me today, if only Dad was here, I miss you Dad

"Am sorry" I said raising my voice a bit

"Good" Mom said as she turned to Ethan "Am really sorry for my daughter's behaviour dear, I hope she is forgiven" Mom said and Ethan nodded

"Let's go Jade" Mom said as she walked out

I glanced at Ethan before following Mom and I caught him smiling, what the heck, is he smiling cause I apologized or because I was embarrassed or both

I followed Mom out of the school and some students pointed at me laughing, what an embarrassment, I'll surely get back at you for this Ethan

I followed Mom to the car, I sat at the front seat and mom drove off

"Why did you come to the school today Mom?" I asked

"I wanted to pick you up from school, after the argument we had yesterday about you getting a tutor, I thought I should take you out today so that we could bond again and have some mother and daughter time but obviously you don't deserve such consideration. Why were you bullying that boy?" Mom asked as she drove

"He got on my nerves" I said

"Really? And what did he do to get on your nerves?" Mom asked and I kept silent, I just realized Ethan never really did anything wrong

"Am talking to you Jade" Mom said raising her voice

"I...he is my seatmate!" I yelled

"So that's why you bullied him?, Cause he's your seatmate?" She asked and I kept quiet again

"I see, this is all our fault, your Dad and I spoilt you too much. I'll be calling your principal immediately we get home and he will be keeping an eye on you and if I ever get a report that you bullied someone again, you'll be grounded, your phone and laptop will be confiscated and your trip to Spain for the summer holiday will be cancelled"

"What!, You won't do that to me Mom" I said astonished

"You know very well that am damn serious" she said with her eyes on the road

I kept quiet since I was out of words, if only Dad was at home, he'll save me from Mom

Now I've become a laughing stock in school and I also have to be careful of what I do and this is all because of that newbie, Ethan 😠

🌀 Ethan's POV🌀

I smiled as I came down from the bus and walked home. I can't believe Jade apologised to me, the look in her face when she said she was sorry, it was priceless and I couldn't help but smile. Seems her Mom is not in support of her bullying attitude

I opened the door to the house and Sophie ran to hug me

"Welcome Ethan" she said

"Thanks Sophie, how was school today?" I asked

"It was fine though boring, what about yours?" She asked

"Interesting" I said with a smile

"Really!, What happened?" She asked excited

"I'll be representing RHS in a competition"

"Wow, that's great" she squealed "I knew you were going to wow them with your brain" she said and I laughed

"Have you eaten?" I asked

"No I haven't, please cook for me Ethan, I've missed your delicious meals" she said and I smiled

"Okay, what should I cook?" I asked

"Noodles!" She exclaimed

"Okay princess, one plate of noodles coming up" I said with a smile "but lemme get changed first"

"Okay"

"Is Josh in?" I asked as I turned to go to my room

"Yeah" she replied and I nodded and walked to my room

I met Josh dressing up

"Welcome back little brother" he said with a smile

"Stop calling me little brother, am no longer little" I said

"Come on, you know I'll never stop calling you that, little brother" he said with a wink "how was school today" he asked

"It was fine" I said as I dropped my backpack on the bed "where are you going?" I asked

"Just somewhere" he said as he pocketed his phone and turned to leave but I held his hand as my eyes caught a shiny wristwatch on his wrist

"What is this?" I asked pointing at the wristwatch

"And I thought you were intelligent, of course that's a wristwatch" he said with a smile

"Yeah, a gold wristwatch, where did you get the money for a gold wristwatch Josh" I asked

"Come on little bro, let go of my hand, am already late" he said as he freed his hand from mine and left the house

What's Josh up to now, I hope he doesn't bring troubles

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I woke up, bathed, got dressed and left for school

I got to the school early and waited at the gate for Jade's car to arrive

Moments later, Mrs Logan came along and saw me

"Good morning Ethan" she said

"Good morning" I replied bowing my head a little

"It's a good thing I met you here, follow me let's get Addisson and meet with the principal" she said as she entered the school and I followed her

She went to the class and luckily, Addisson was there and she joined us

We got to the principal office and entered

"Good morning principal Cooper" Mrs Logan said

"Morning Mrs Logan" he replied

"Good morning sir" Addisson said while I bowed my head a bit

"This are our representative for the NMC sir" Mrs Logan said

"Okay, thank you Mrs Logan" he said and looked at us "your names?" He asked

"Addisson Campbell sir" Addisson said

"Ethan Smith" I said

"Ethan and Addisson, both of you will be representing us in an important competition coming up in the next 2 days, am sure you guys know that we've never come first in this competition but am hoping you can change that. I know there's no much time for you to prepare but am still urging you to try your best. You guys will be exempted from all class activities till after the competition, to give you guys time to prepare together. I hope you guys will make us proud" he concluded

"We will sir, thanks" Addisson said

We left the office with Mrs Logan and she led us to an empty class

"You guys can stay here and prepare for the competition, all the best" she said and left

"Hi" Addisson said

"Hi" I replied

"Okay, I get that you don't talk much but I hope we can get along for the sake of the competition"

"Okay"

"Is this the first time you'll be going for a national competition?" She asked and I nodded

"But am sure this is not your first time going for a competition?" She asked again

"Yes" I replied

"The first time I went for a national competition, I was 6 then and when I faced the crowd, I totally freaked out and peed on myself" she said and I couldn't help but laugh, it's kinda funny

"Ethan!" Someone called and I turned to see Jade and her friends

This is the first time she's calling my name and that would have been nice if she didn't look like she's gonna kill someone

"What the hell are you doing here and why weren't you at the gate when I came" she yelled

..........to be continued..........