All Chapters of Once Her Bully, Now Her Beggar: Chapter 171 - Chapter 180

After that we became pretty popular, people would walk up to us whenever we were out to ask if we were the people from the party while others would stare and give us weird looks from afar nothing I had never seen before. That wasn’t going to stop us from having the best summer of our lives especially when I had May with me. We also didn’t have people chasing after us anymore, one afternoon at the grocery store we ran into the guys who had chased us through the woods. The blond guy still looked pretty beat up from his fight with Jeremy, we stood frozen waiting for them to do something but they acted like we were invisible and just walked away without saying anything. It felt like a ton was lifted off our shoulders we didn’t have to keep our eyes on our backs as we moved around.“Are you going on a run this night?” May asked going through racks of clothes at a boutique we found“I went this morning while you were asleep” I told her“Did you bump into Jere?” She asked her eyes lighting

NOVAWe were getting dressed to go to the party, and I couldn’t help but keep staring at myself in the full-length mirror in the walk-off dress. I kept turning, trying to see how I looked. All of a sudden, I cared about my look, which was something I never did. Dressing in clothes that covered my body time after time, I got so comfortable with having to hide that it felt like I couldn’t do without it.But so far, I have gotten to dress up, I’ve gotten to see myself as ‘beautiful’, which was not something I ever thought was possible. I always thought that when my mom or May would say I was beautiful, they were just trying to make me feel better. But I have slowly begun to see myself as someone who could be happy with what I see in my reflection.“Do you think this looks good?” I asked, tugging at the tiny leather shorts May had me wear.“You look good,” she said.I wasn’t quite sure, and I was also thinking about whether Jeremy was going to find me pretty. I didn’t get the chance to pu

DYLANIt was like being trapped in the middle of nowhere. I couldn’t even sneak out because we were right in the middle of the damn sea. Summers were something most people looked forward to but not me, ever since it was just me and my father it was something I dreaded because of how he always made sure to wring out every excitement I had ever had and replace it with misery. It has always been that way since my mom passed.I always counted down for the holiday to be over so he could disappear like he always did and let me be.I was staring at the ceiling lost in my thoughts when a loud knock snapped me back to reality.“What is it?” I asked but the person behind the door didn’t say anything.“Who is it?” I asked getting even more irritated than I already was, but I still got no response only another knock that followed“Fuck my life” I hissed under my breath as I got up to get the door.There was no peephole on the door so I couldn’t peek to see who it was and if I should open it or i

NOVAAfter he got the drinks, we stood at the party for a while looking around but everything was too loud that we couldn’t hear each other over the music so we decided to return to where we were, it just felt a lot more serene, and I liked how calm it was. We watched the stars together, the air was chilly and like he could feel me shivering beside him, he took off his jacket and put it over my shoulders.“You are freezing,” he said softly and before I could even lie that I was fine he took off his jacket and placed it gently over my shoulders.“Thank you” I smiled shyly playing with the tip of my hair“So you stay at your grandma's?” I asked after a minute of silence trying to start a conversation at least“No, she is in a nursing home now so I just stay at her place” he said“Oh” I simply said and he busted out laughing“It’s not that funny” I smiled“You,” he pointed at me, still smiling, “you are so bad at bringing up conversations it is actually funny”I covered my face with both

A few days went by and I was still committed to my morning routine of going for runs. It suddenly felt like a part of me that I couldn’t imagine my mornings without it. May kept whining about missing out on a lot of parties but I didn’t mind it. We did day activities like going on rollercoaster rides which were very fun. We had a cute little picnic where we painted a canvas. I really enjoyed it but May wanted a party-filled summer saying she doesn’t know when she would be able to experience such again.There was a carnival coming up and I knew nothing was going to make her unable to attend.I stopped in the middle of my run to put my hair up in a bun as the breeze kept blowing over my face and it disturbed my view. My eyes unknowingly scanned around hoping to see Jeremy. I found myself hoping to bump into him the moment I stepped out of the house. Most mornings I do ‘bump’ into him and we would end up running together. He taught me how to cover more distance without feeling exhausted