C5 Her new weakness

The girls and The Royals headed out of the class together and the students couldn't take off their eyes.

"Why are they staring as if they want to swallow us??" Jewel asked. She's getting irritated.

"Because it's hard to believe that we're really walking together." Nathaniel said and the girls laughed.

"Really?? As if you all are gods." Bluey said and they laughed again.

They were still walking along the hallway when suddenly, some group of girls came out of nowhere and stood on their way.

"Hi baby, where are you heading to??… And who are these girls??" A girl asked; referring to Wisdom as she looked at them one after the other.

"How's that your business?? And besides, she's bearing the name Baby, not me." Wisdom said; pointing at Baby and her friends rolled their eyes, while the girls laughed.

"If you ever do that to us again, I promise to pluck out those stupid eyes of yours." Jewel said and Tamara held her hand.

"Who's this b*tch?? Was I talking to---" Eva didn't allow her to finish her statement before she landed a slap on the girl's cheek.

"Who the h*ll do you think you are??!… Answer me! Do you think you can just appear from nowhere and start talking nonsense??!" Eva shouted and the girl raised her hand to slap her back but Blake held her hand.

"You wouldn't dare to raise that your filthy hand on her." Blake said and flung her hand away; which made Jewel smile.

"What?! Blake!"

"Hold it there… yes, he's right, don't you dare raise that dirty indecent hand of yours on any of us. And when I said any of us, I meant all of us here including THE ROYALS, so maintain your lane… let's go guys, don't let them waste more of our precious time." Jewel said and they walked past the girls; Jewel purposely pushed the one that talked, so she could pass; then she saw Blake doing the same thing to one of them.

They're actually doing the same thing. Funny right??

They were still walking on the hallway when they suddenly heard a guy's voice.

"Don't even try it!" the guy said and they all turned to see what's happening.

There they saw the girl they just had an issue with, and all her friends holding a stick each.

"Don't try what you wanted to do." the guy said again.

"And what if we do??" One of the girls said and the guy laughed, gaining more of their attention.

"You'll regret it. You'll blame yourself for coming into this school." the guy said.

"What's happening over there??" Blake asked and the guy looked at them.

"So you don't know??" the guy asked back and Jewel raised an eyebrow.

"If we know, would he have asked you??" Bluey said and Baby covered Bluey's mouth with her hand but she flung it away.

"Can't you hear him asking a foolish question??" Bluey said and Jewel nodded.

"It's okay babe, let's hear what happened first." Jewel said and Bluey rolled her eyes.

"Please tell us what happened, we want to know. Don't be offended by her words; she's always like that." Nathaniel said and the guy only smiled.

‘The guy is actually cute though.’ Jewel said in her head.

"These girls wanted to throw the sticks on the girls; especially Jewel." the guy said and Jewel's eyes widened.

First, how did the guy know about her name??

And secondly, why would the girls be planning to hit them with the sticks; her especially.

Bluey and Eva wanted to rush to the girls but Chris grabbed Bluey and Blake grabbed Eva.

Bluey looked at Chris and looked down back at Chris's hand on her waist and the second hand on her hand.

"Again??… Why are you stopping me?? This is the second time you'll stop me from teaching some stupid girls the lesson of their lives. Why are you doing this Chris??" Bluey said.

One could sense pain in her voice, from the way she talked.

"Because I don't want you to get hurt. I don't want you in trouble." Chris said and Jewel coughed.

They didn't know who called THE ROYALS bodyguards but they appeared from nowhere and stood on the way.

"Take those girls to the punishment room and give them punishment 204." Wisdom said and walked away with his hands in his pockets.

"Done sir!" The bodyguards chorused and grabbed the girls as they dragged them to the punishment room.

"What's the meaning of ‘Punishment 204’??" Love asked; facing Nathaniel.

"It's a kind of punishment that the student will be suspended from the school for a month. Severe beatings attached." Nathaniel explained and the girls all gasped.

‘I never knew this Wisdom of a guy is actually this mean.’ Jewel said in her head.

How could he give such a verdict without hearing from the girls first??

Anyways, they deserved it.

She could have landed in coma with that evil plan of theirs, but thanks to that guy.

They were already on their way to the computer laboratory when Jewel turned back to see the guy.

"Hey dude, may I know your name??" She shouted and he gave her that charming smile.

"Nickel. Nick for short." he said and she smiled.

"Alright Nick, thanks for saving us. We're really grateful." Jewel said with a smile and he also smiled back.

"What was that Jewel??" Tamara asked and Jewel raised an eyebrow.

"What??" She questioned back as they headed to the computer laboratory.

"You were smiling so happily with the guy. When have you done that before??" Tamara said and she shook my head

"Not even happily, she was smiling crazily." Mabel said and Jewel smiled.

"No no girls, it's not what you think. I'm only trying to thank him for saving us. If it wasn't for him, we would have been badly hurt. Especially me, I might even die." Jewel said defensively; though she doesn't even know if she's lying or telling the truth.

"Really?? Anyways, you're the owner of your problem, get it fixed." Mitchell said and she nodded.

"Sure. Get yours fixed too." She said back and others laughed.

"Hold on guys, where's Wisdom??" Love asked as they all stopped walking.

"He's probably in the computer laboratory waiting for us." Chris replied.

"I guess he's angry because of what Brenda and her gangs tried to do to us earlier." Blake said and Baby nodded.

"That's true because ever since then, he has disappeared." She said.

"Don't worry, let's get to the computer laboratory first, then we'll confirm if he's there or not." Archie said and they all nodded as they continued their walk to the laboratory.

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✓ AT THE COMPUTER LABORATORY ✓

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They entered and met Wisdom in front of the system, as his face glued to it as if he wanted to jump into the system.

One would think he didn't know about their presence there because they didn't make it known, not until he shouted ‘Yes! I made it!’.

"Wisdom, what did you made?? What's that??" Eva asked and Wisdom turned to face them.

"I've found out who the anonymous guy is." Wisdom said and they all rushed to him.

"Really?? Come on tell us, who's he??" Tamara asked and he clicked on a picture for them to view.

“What?!” Jewel exclaimed and Geoffrey's triplets looked at her.

They viewed the guy's picture and the five girls {Mabel, Jewel, Bluey, Baby & Mitchell} all exclaimed.

"What?! How did… how come it's… how…" Jewel stammered as tears formed in her eyes; threatening to fall at any moment.

What's the matter??

Why is she crying??

"Calm down Jewel, it might not be him. Wisdom please, zoom the picture, let's have a clear view." Baby said and Wisdom nodded, then zoomed the picture.

"I said it! It's that motherf*cker! It's him. Earl why are you doing this to me?! Why do you like hurting my feelings??! Why?! Earl why?!" Jewel shouted as she broke down in tears and bent down.

Baby and Bluey held her as they both bent down beside her and Blake rushed to them.

"What happened Jewel?? What's the matter?? Do you know him??" Blake asked; as he squat down in front of her.

Jewel continued crying without replying Blake.

She kept repeating the same words ‘Earl why?!’. She buried her face in her thighs.

Tamara bent down beside the four of them but Blake signaled to them to stay back.

Baby, Bluey and Tamara stood up and moved back a little bit.

"Jewel, you can't continue like this. I mean… this must be what the guy want from you." Blake said and Jewel looked up as she stopped crying.

"Yes… he wants you to always cry. I guess he's happy now wherever he is. When will you stop this cry anytime he does something to you?… Okay listen, the guy knows your weakness already, he knows that you're always so closed to tears, that's why he's using your weakness against you. Please stop crying and tell me what happened. I promise to teach him a very big lesson. I'll even expel him from the school if that's what you want, but please, stop this tears and tell me what happened." Blake said and Jewel sniffed.

"This guy in question is my ex boyfriend. His name is Earl and we dated for a year and a half… but he broke up with me at a pool party because he found someone better than me. To him, the girl is the prettiest and I'm not pretty at all, I'm ugly." Jewel explained and broke down in tears again.

"Says who?? Who said you're not pretty?? Jewel let me tell you the truth, in the whole school, out of the pretty girls, you're top 5. Can you just imagine, out of 500+ girls, you're top 5, so stop crying, he has actually lost a pretty jewel like you." Blake said and pulled her closer; then placed her head on his chest.

"It's okay. All is well." Blake said; patting her back as he uses his second hand to stroke her hair.

Blake felt hurt when she narrated her story and he pulled her into a hug.

"Stop crying please. You're hurting everyone here." He said and looked at others and they nodded.

"That's not all. Jewel explain to him why you always cry anytime he does things to hurt you or you just remember him." Bluey said and Jewel disengaged from the hug and sniffed.

"Earl didn't just break up with me, he humiliated me in front of everyone. He--he---" Jewel didn't complete her words before breaking down in tears again.

Blake's heart ached and he pulled her into another hug and she cried bitterly into his chest.

"It's okay, you'll be fine. We'll make sure he doesn't taunt you anymore. How dare he play with your feelings?! Don't worry, THE ROYALS are with you now, he won't dare to taunt you again else he want to die." Blake said and to his surprise, she tightened the hug; though she has stopped crying.

"You'll be fine now, so don't let him play with your feelings. He'll be severely dealt with, I promise." He said and she nodded; still hugging him.

‘I'll so deal with that Earl of a guy. He knows a girl's heart is always soft and delicate. How dare he play with her heart??!… Honestly, I didn't know this girl has a painful part that always saddens her; yet she's always smiling.’ Blake said in his head.

‘What a strong girl she is!… I won't let Earl use her weakness against her again. She must learn to be strong.’ he said in his head again.

"Hey Jewel, look up." He said and she disengaged from the hug as she looked at him.

"You should develop a new weakness… yes, be a strong girl, always smile and show to everyone that you're happy. Don't let anyone's bad words get to you. There's this thing I always say anytime anyone says bad words to me." He paused.

"Really?? What's that??" Jewel asked.

"No matter how bad your words sounds, I'm always a strong guy and I'll remain a strong guy, your words won't get me. That's it. Prove to everyone that you're a hard nut to crack. Don't let them know your weakness. So make that crying hobby of yours a past and develop a new weakness. Let me be the first person to know about it before telling all of them here." He said and she smiled.

Yes!

He did it!

They’ve been craving for that smile since she started crying; now she's smiling.

"I never knew you're this nice." Jewel said and he smiled.

"That's my second name. Nice." He said back and they all smiled; including her.

"I apologise for all the bad words I've uttered to you, and I also want us to sort our differences." Jewel said and his eyes widened.

Guess everyone is as shocked as him, with the look on their faces.

"It's okay. I'm also sorry for always bringing up a fight between us… so friends??" He asked; stretching out his hand for a handshake.

She looked at it and looked back at him.

What happened??

She's not gonna accept the handshake??

She stood up and he also stood up; still stretching his hand forward.

"Yes, friends." She finally said, but she didn't accept his handshake; instead she flung it away and pulled him into a tight hug.

Everyone smiled, and he also smiled as he reciprocated to the hug and wrapped his arms around her waist.

They hugged for like minutes and when it seems like she doesn't want to pull back but she eventually did.

"Don't forget to let me know of your new weakness first before anyone else, so that anytime he wants to use it against you, I'll be there for you to help and console you." Blake said and she nodded with a smile.

"I've discovered my new weakness." Jewel said and he burst into laughter.

Everyone joined him and they laughed so hard.

"What?? Are you mocking me now??" she pouted.

Wow!

She look so cute like that.

Why is he just noticing that??

"No, we won't dare mock you." Mabel said with a smile.

"Then why are you now laughing when I said I've found my weakness??" Jewel asked.

"We're just surprised. That's so quick." He said and she shrugged.

"I don't need to tell any of you then." Jewel said and he smiled before looking at her.

"Alright, I apologise for laughing. I'm sorry. Since none of them apologized, can you just tell me and let's seal the deal??" He said and they all laughed; including her.

"What deal?? I'm not gonna tell you only. I'll tell all of you together." She said and he folded his hands.

"Okay, tell us." Wisdom said as they all focused their gaze on her.

"My new weakness which no one can ever use against me is you." Jewel said; pointing at Blake.

They all looked at her in surprise.

"Babe, are you alright?" Bluey asked and Jewel nodded.

Blake wanted to laugh when Bluey asked that question but he held back.

"How could Blake be your weakness??" Nathaniel asked.

"He's my weakness now. He made me realize that I have to be a strong girl, and right now, I don't think I can save myself from getting hurt. He'll forever be my savior, right Blake??" Jewel asked and he didn't know when he nodded.

What's this girl saying??

Is she trying to play with his heart??

Right now, he doesn’t know how he’s feeling.

"You know what, let's put that aside. What kind of punishment do you want for Earl??" Chris asked.

"No need of that. I want him to see that I've changed and that he can no longer use crying as my weakness against me again. I want him to regret ever ditching me for that b*tch and also for humiliating me that night. I want him to feel like he can come back to me but then I'd have had a boyfriend." Jewel said and they all smiled.

"Yes. That's it girl!" Tamara shouted and Jewel smiled.

"Okay. Since we've seen the face behind the anonymous guy, can we go back to class now??" Mitchell asked and they all nodded.

"Alright… hold on, Wisdom didn't even let us know that he also knows how to hack an account." Baby said and Wisdom smiled.

"No one knew about it. Just me." Wisdom said and smiled.

"Alright, we've known about it now so let's go." Love said and they all headed out of the class; but not before Wisdom shut down the system.