Winning My Ex-Crush

Fenella’s POV

“I-” I tried to speak up to defend myself, and the host immediately handed me the microphone.

“Where will you donate the donation money, Fenella? Do you have any idea?” he asked.

“I’m not lying! I’m telling the truth! It’s all from my heart, Laird!” This time I defended myself, but he still refused to move away from Amy’s side.

“Okay, calm down, Fenella.” Leo stepped onto the stage and immediately led me down.

“No! This isn’t true! I spoke the truth, Laird! Laird!”

I tried to resist Leo and reach for Laird, but Leo’s body was bigger and stronger than mine. After I descended the stairs, some of the committee members also held me back. They dragged me to the committee room.

“Stay here! Okay? Don’t mess around anymore!” Leo scolded.

“But-”

“Fenella, I’m very disappointed in you. I thought you would embarrass Amy. You said that Laird would choose you over her, but it turned out the other way around.” Chris sighed.

“But I told the truth! Laird went to prom with me! He picked me up!” I yelled.

“That’s not important!” Chris roared, then kicked one of the chairs in the room to my side, and almost hit me.

“The most important thing is Laird’s opinion now.” Chris hissed in a low, threatening tone. His eyes glared angrily with a furious expression.

“You lost,” Chris said slowly.

Then they closed the committee room door and locked it from outside. I pounded on the door while shouting.

“Hey! Let me out! This isn’t fair! I spoke the truth! Laird! Trust me! Amy lied! She doesn’t love you!”

Even though I banged on the door and yelled loudly, no one opened it. Faintly, I could hear the loud cheers of the audience. I didn’t know what was happening out there anymore.

Unable to fight, I finally sat down weakly behind the door. I hugged my knees to my chest, then hugged them tightly. I cried bitterly, and I continued to cry.

***

I don’t know how long has passed. Suddenly the door opened, and my body immediately jumped up due to the gentle push.

“Laird?!”

It turns out it’s not Laird.

“Sorry, Fenella.” Skye peered through the door she opened.This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

“Skye! Where’s Laird? What happened? Is the event over?” I asked hurriedly.

“Yes, the event just ended. Amy and Laird have left. I asked Leo for the key.” Skye spoke with a concerned expression.

“Thank you, Skye.” I hugged her tightly, and she patted my back.

“No problem. I think you can still catch up with Laird. He said he wanted to go straight back to the dorm.” Skye released the hug. Then, with a tissue, she wiped away my tears. She also wiped away the eyeliner marks on my cheeks and eyelids.

“Thank you, Skye. I have to go now.”

I hurriedly ran with my pointed heels. Sure enough, prom night was over, the auditorium started to get empty, and I could easily overtake the other kids to exit the building. My eyes searched among the many blond-haired boys.

“Oh, Fenella. It turns out you’re here.” I stopped and turned around. Then I saw Amy standing behind me.

“I don’t have time for you, Amy,” I said.

Before I could leave, my housemates surrounded me and blocked my path. They grinned at me.

“You must be surprised to find out that I was chosen by Laird. I’m sure you’ve been too busy preparing your stage,” Amy said, moving closer to me again. I then turned to face Amy directly.

“I said, I don’t have time for you,” I said impatiently through gritted teeth.

“But you should apologize to me first before we part ways,” Amy said in a sweet, pretending tone.

“I don’t owe you any apology.” I raised my voice.

Suddenly, I felt water splash from behind. My mouth was agape as the cold water ran from my hair down to my dress. The water flowed into my shoes.

It was fragrant, sweet, and sticky. I could even see some fruit slices, various colors, the size of a thumb, sticking to the decorations of my pink dress.

“For all the humiliations you’ve inflicted on me, you’ve ruined my plans, you’ve taken voting money from me, and you dared challenge me on stage. You know, I’ve liked Laird since 10th grade,” Amy roared.

“You dare to claim you are part of our group, but you betray me,” Amy hissed while I could only stay silent, staring at the leftover ice cubes from the fruit punch at the tip of my shoe.

“Stupid bitch,” Amy grumbled while walking past me.

After getting bored because I didn’t fight back, they finally left me alone. I certainly wouldn’t cry. Although some other kids laughed at me with their cameras raised to record my pathetic state, I didn’t cry.

No, I had to focus on my main goal right now. Without thinking about Amy’s and my housemates’ treatment anymore, I took a deep breath.

I took off the shoes I was wearing and then ran with bare feet on the asphalt road. Regardless of the taunts and angry shouts from other kids who saw me, I ran as fast as I could to Laird’s dormitory.

I ignored the pain and kept running until I reached the male dormitory cluster. As I got closer to the alley leading to Laird’s dorm, I finally found him.

“Laird!” I shouted from afar, and Laird turned slowly.

As soon as Laird stopped walking, I dragged my feet to rush towards him. His forehead wrinkled. He might be confused with me walking barefoot in a damped dress. Each shoe was crushed in both hands, and I kept approaching him.

“Laird! Tell me it’s not true! Are you involved with Amy? Did you really choose Amy? What’s wrong with me?” I asked quickly.

“I don’t like you.” Laird said it coldly.

“What? You’re lying, right? I know you’re lying. If you’re lying, maybe you’re just teasing me as usual. If so, it’s okay, but why are you joking like this?” I asked quickly.

“Enough, Fenella. I’m sick of you.” Laird’s voice was still low, and there was no smile on his lips at all. His green eyes stared at me with anger.

“Why are you saying that? What did I do wrong? Why don’t you like me? Give me a clear reason.” Tears started to fall again on my cheeks.