23. Into his trap

NOAH

“You don’t get it do you?”

“Enough talking Astrid. I already made up my mind so no matter what you say, I won’t change my mind. So trust me.”

She said nothing in return and I didn't put her down on her feet until we arrived at the field.

“Let me handle it okay?” I put her down on her field.

She nodded her head.

We waited for some more minutes before Damien arrived. He didn’t come alone as I expected. He came with three other boys with whom I always saw him hang out.

He was walking straight into my trap and that’s exactly what I wanted.

“I see you came early. Must be so eager to get your ass whipped, isn’t that it?” He remarked and I scoffed.

“And I see you brought her here with you. Are you certain you want to get her involved?”

“You already involved her seeing how you want my girl all of a sudden and that’s the more reason I have to put you in your place, to remind you who she is and who she belongs to,” I replied.

“I don’t care. I am Damien Randolph and I always get what I want. Not even you can change that,” he replied and I smiled in return.

“You talk too much. Why don’t you come for me then?” I raised my brows slightly. “You came to fight so what’s holding you back? I don’t like to talk too much.”

He doesn’t say anything. Judging from the look on his face, he was surprised. He wasn’t expecting me. He must be fuming in his head at how I was backing down.

Suddenly the other students of the school started coming into the field. I’m guessing they heard of the fight and decided to show up. Things were Abi ur to get interesting and I live for it.

“How about we do this to make it fun then,” I started. “If I win, you will stay the fuck away from me and Astrid and if I don’t win, you’d still stay the fuck away from her because I don’t want you around her, can you do that?”

He tittered. “You don’t give the rules, Noah.”

“I’m surprised that you know my name considering your personality,” I chuckled.

“Whether I win or not I still run the school and things will go the way that I want. You will leave this school anyway so she’d be mine,” he replied.

“Good. No come for me or are you scared of throwing the first punch?” I asked and that was all I needed for him to lose control of his temper and swing his fist at me.

I dodged it at first and then he did it again. After letting him miss three times, I let him start hitting me with his blow, making him do exactly what it was that I wanted.

I heard cheers from people's presence as he kicked me hard while on the floor and then I heard her voice. She was crying pleading with him to stop.

I already told her to trust me but I didn’t blame her for not trusting me seeing how I was letting myself get beaten up by him.

It was all a part of the plan and going well. By the time I’m done with him, he’d beg me and would regret ever thinking he could challenge me.

“Please don’t hurt him. Please stop!” Astrid cried while the others cheered.

“You son of a bitch! How dare you! I’ve been far too patient with you for a long time and you think it’s because you are stronger!” Damian shouted as he kicked me.

All the while I let him hit me, I was hiding my face because nothing must happen to my precious face or I might forget that it’s actually a trap and hit him so hard that he’d wish he never started any of this.

“Where are all of your guts now? I thought you were going to beat my ass?” He shouted as he kicked me.

“You are a jerk! A stupid weak idiot! I told you not to mess with me, didn’t I? Now see you on the floor!”

“Pathetic bastard! Fuck you! I will make you leave this school by the time I’m done with you!”

“Please Damien stop! Please!” Astrid cried out.

I watched as she went over to hold him, pleading with him to stop but he pushed her away. She continued to try to stop him but he didn't stop.

“This is the jerk that you chose to be over me? You are a loser. I mean he showed some courage and you think he’s better?” Damien said to Astrid.

“I will still have mercy on you and give you the chance to be with me because I’m the only one fit for someone as useless and weak as you. You see him?” He pointed at me. “He has nothing to offer you.”

Everyone laughed, and they cheered while Astrid cried.

Everything had happened exactly as I wanted. While Damien was celebrating thinking he was better, he would end up crying soon.

“Look at this!” Damien shouted, speaking to everyone present.

“This is what will happen to anyone who crosses me. I am sparing him now because I am certain that I’ve taught him the lesson that he needed to know that I rule this school and he’s never going to be up to my level so let this serve as a lesson to everyone of you that I am the boss here and anyone who doesn’t do as I want will be kicked out!” He yelled.

He spoke exactly what I wanted him to say. I smiled as I watched him celebrate because I knew that his victory would be short-lived.

Soon students started throwing stuff at me like flowers and the grass but Astrid shields me with tears in her eyes.

I felt bad for making her cry but it was needed and how she protected me melted my heart.

“They deserve each other. Two weaklings!” People shouted and laughed.

Besides the fact that I came to this school to investigate the virus spreading, I also got to discover the food chain of this school and how it wasn’t a school but a place where the weak are oppressed by the strong.

“Are you alright?” Astrid asked with tears in her eyes as she assisted me in sitting up.

“I’m fine,” I tittered.

“Is this funny to you?” She scoffed, tears streaming down her cheeks. “I told you not to come now see. You said I should trust you but you ended up getting beaten,” she cried.

“Just shut up,” I pulled her closer to me for a hug and honestly all of the ache I felt in my body was suddenly gone.