6 CHAPTER 6 - After classes

The atmosphere calmed down in the room.

"You are well?" Julia asked me.

"Yes ."

"If you're in trouble let me know. As student council president it is my duty to ensure order among the students."

I gave a smile, it was different from before, this one was kind.

"Thanks." I said.

"Okay, everyone seated."

The teacher entered the room and said. Julia, me and all the students who weren't seated followed the teacher's order.

During class, a piece of paper arrived in my hands. It was a note.

I was surprised to read it, the note was from none other than Irina. She wanted to speak to me privately at the end of class.

I could already imagine what the subject was.

I finished reading the note and lifted my head to look around the room. I looked at Irina, our eyes met.

She turned her head and looked straight ahead as if nothing had happened. I could only sigh.

Soon classes were over, it was a good first day of class. After leaving the classroom I went to the place Irina asked me to, I left before her and had to wait for her to arrive. The location was inside the school.

"You are here."

I heard a voice behind me, didn't even have to look to know who it was. Obviously, it was Irina.

"You called me, I came."

"Yes."

A silence hung in the air.

"You called me here why?"

"Oh, I want to talk about the end of marriage."

I knew this was it. The way I ended it was a little rude, but it was necessary. I had to speak in front of everyone to change my image a little.

"We're going to set up a meeting on Saturday with our parents and discuss the breakup with them." I said.

"Do you think they'll accept? They didn't even ask our opinion when they decided to do the arranged marriage."

That's true. But what adult would ask a 10-year-old child's opinion?

"They don't have to accept it. It's my life." I said.

Irina was surprised by my speech. His eyebrows even quivered a little.

"What has changed?" she asked.

"I did not understand."

"Before you wanted to marry me. What made you change?"

It makes sense for her to be curious. I suddenly say that I want to break with the arranged marriage, anyone would be curious to know why.

"I had a lot of time to think about it. One of the conclusions I came to was that this marriage was something that wasn't going to work. I was so in love with you that I was always chasing you."

memories of old Rick came to mind.

"When bullying started, you were the reason I continued to live, I so wanted to marry you. However, you never thought the same way, this marriage only generated annoyance for you. "

Irina's eyes widened, she didn't react. I basically said everything the old Rick felt.

"That's the reason I want to break up the marriage. Despite the breakup, we can continue to be friends, it's been more than 10 years of friendship."

I reached out for a squeeze. It took Irina a while to recover from my speech. She must have been shocked to learn of Rick's true feelings.

As I shook my hand I felt it tremble a little. I looked at her expression and saw some sadness, maybe regret.

I really didn't understand why. For now she was free of me.

"I gotta go." I said letting go of her hand.

"I have too. I'm going to look at some clubs."

"See you tomorrow, Irina."

"Until"

I left and left Irina behind. Probably Blake and his little group are waiting for me outside the school.

I went through the school gate and he stopped me. This idiot and his little group of three guys were taking me down an alley. It was a low-traffic place, perfect for hitting someone.

"Let's get this over with." I said.

"You were very abused. Take it." Blake said.

One of the boys in his group came towards me. He tried to punch me, I blocked it with my arm.

The region of his body was all exposed, I took advantage and kneed him in the stomach. The boy dropped to his knees, which allowed me to kick him in the face.

After the blow, he fell unconscious.

Blake was shocked by what he saw, the same goes for the two of them beside him.

"You, get him."

Blake sent another boy to come to me. This time I didn't wait for him to approach, when he took three steps forward, I grabbed my bag off the ground and threw it at the guy.

The boy managed to grab the bag, with a smile he said.

"What you…"

Before he could finish talking, I kicked him in the chest. The boy flew backwards and hit the ground with his back.

I also fell to the ground and got hurt. I slammed my ass and my hands into the concrete floor.

I got up and looked at Blake, again he was surprised by what he saw.

"Hey, stop sending your bitches." I said.

Blake turned red with anger and said.

"Okay, it's my turn."

When he came towards me, I took off my blazer.

My goal was simple, when Blake came running, I threw the blazer at him, blocking his view.

So I punched him in the face, Blake stumbled backwards. I took advantage and threw him on the ground.

Losing on the team, I got on top of his body and took off the blazer that was still on his face.

With Blake looking into my eyes, I started to bombard his face with my fist. A hail of blows hit his face, blood and teeth flying everywhere.

When I saw Blake lose consciousness, I got off him. That spanking was enough to make him leave me alone.

I said I was going to kill him, but in this world I'm just a 18 year old boy with no influence. If it were in my old world, just make a phone call and the person would disappear from the earth.

I left Blake and looked around the alley. Three guys were unconscious, the fourth was frozen in shock.

I grabbed my blazer, my purse and approached the boy who was immobile.

"Tell your pimp that if he messes with me again, it will be worse."

The boy nodded fearfully.

So I left the alley.

I was going home alone, my sister must have gone to some club.

"Rick."

Suddenly, I heard someone calling me. I stopped walking and looked back, who called me was Ana. When she arrived, I asked.

"Didn't stay for any clubs?"

"I didn't like any."

This is a lie. She probably stayed to see Jay at the football club, but she got angry and left. Many other girls must have stayed to cheer him on, Ana must have been jealous.

Thanks to that, I can spend time alone with her.

"And you?"

"I don't like clubs."

Maybe it's the only thing old Rick and I have in common.

"Since none of us are staying at school after school, we can go home together." I said.

"It might be."

We continued talking on the way. Obviously, she asked me about Irina. I told her the basics, but it was enough for Ana to understand.

"This has been bothering me for a while. What the hell happened to your hand?"

"I accidentally hit Blake in the face several times."

"Which?"

Ana was surprised.

"What could I do? Let him beat me? After that spanking maybe he'll leave me alone."

"Let's go to my house."

"Which?"

Ana insisted that I go with her to her house. I ended up going.

We were alone at her house, Ana's parents travel during the week and only return Friday night.

"Sit on the couch."

Ana said and went to the kitchen. She returned with a medical kit in her hands.

"Give me your hand, I'll take care of it."

I held out my hand, Ana put something on the wound so it wouldn't get infected and began to bandage it.

"You changed Rick. I wanted to be like you." Ana said.

"What do you mean?"

"You got over Irina and tackled her bullying issue. What about me? I keep torturing myself for liking Jay."

Ana confessed her personal thoughts to me. It can be said that this is normal, we have known each other for a long time.

"Thanks."

I thanked her when she finished the bandage. I decided to pat her head.

"What were you doing?" she asked.

"I saw that my friend was sad so I decided to pet her."

Ana smiled and accepted my affection.

"Listen Ana. Whenever you're in trouble, you can talk to me."

The redhead lifted her head and looked at me.

I continued to stroke her hair as I looked into her beautiful blue eyes.

"You can always count on me by your side. For any problem." I said.

I could feel her breath.

If I moved a little, our lips would touch.