Chap. 3 Her Guardian Angel

Someone in a red hoodie suddenly appeared and punched Bernard from behind. Immediately Bernard fell to the side due to the sudden attack. Stacey stepped aside after being released from Bernard's arms. Meanwhile, Bernard was curled up on the ground, helpless from the blows and the effects of the alcohol he had drunk.

Someone in a red hoodie blindly kicked Bernard.

"Who are you?" Half-conscious, Bernard asked, then collapsed to the ground after his consciousness gradually faded.

"Thank you." Stacey ran over, wanting to know who had helped her." Why did you..."

"Cause I'm your hero."

Stacey glared, pouted and walked away.

"Bryan?" said Clara and Zack at the same time.

"Why? Surprised? The online taxi has arrived. I'll take care of Stacey, here's the money for treatment."

"But …."

"Come on, hurry up, the clinic is closing soon. I'm taking Stacey to her house safely. I'm going first!" Bryan ran after Stacey.

"Come on, honey, don't take too long; it's dangerous here. Clara held Zack's hand tightly towards the online taxi that had stopped not far from them.

"By the way, this is a lot, the cold guy, give us the money." Zack shows Clara the money.

"Not bad, enough for days for our snacks." Clara grimaced with joy.

Bryan had managed to block Stacey with his motorbike. "Come on, I'll take you home."

"Get a lost." Stacey ignores Bryan's good intentions.

"Don't be stubborn, STACEY MILLER, it's dangerous getting late. Do you want to be raped by the gang earlier, huh!"

"What do you care?" Stacey's eyes started to water. She was annoyed with Bryan's attention after his rejection this afternoon.

"For this afternoon…, I'm sorry."

"No need." Stacey looked away.

Bryan quickly pulled Stacey onto his motorbike, anticipating the girl to run away from him.

"Aw..." Stacey was shocked at Bryan's sudden action. Inevitably Stacey wrapped her arms around Bryan because the guy jerked his motorbike suddenly.

Along the way, they just stood in silent until they reached their destination. Stacey immediately got off without saying anything to Bryan and ran into the house. Only the door banging was heard as a farewell to the person who had saved him.

"Tsk … so mean." Bryan grumbled as he left Stacey's house.

While behind the door, Stacey leaned her body and closed her eyes while muttering. "Thank you."

***

The next day.

"Do you think, Stacey, will appear at school?"

"I don't know…, she will be so shameless."

"Hahaha."

"Bitch, arrogant, overconfident. Poor Stacey rejected by Bryan."

"Does she think a guy who has something in common with her would be attracted to her?"

"Bryan must be bored, like seeing his own reflection."

"Surely we are more interesting than her."

"Yes, yes, we are sexier, humorous, cheerful and warm. Maybe we can immediately make Bryan moan."

"Hahaha."

Early morning, while crossing the school corridor, Stacey suddenly felt terrible. Stacey heard a whisper gossiping about yesterday's rejection in her ear for a moment. She wanted to curse and dismiss the bitch, who went to school only as a cover to be able to freely ask their parents for money without wishing to study seriously.

Arriving in the classroom, Stacey went straight to where Bryan was. "I returned your mobile phone." Stacey handed him the cell phone that Bryan had lent her.

"I give it to you." Bryan said while yawning.

"You forgot, who am I?" After hearing the cheesy gossip earlier, Stacey was offended by the bad mood as she crossed the school corridors.

"It's not like that, you often run out of battery. Just make a backup." Bryan shoved the phone into Stacey's hand again.

"You don't have to be so caring. You're deliberately trying to embarrass me in front of your fans." shouted Stacey with emotion.

Instantly all attention turned to the two of them. The class suddenly fell silent after hearing Stacey's screams.

"Stacey, I..." There was some hesitation when Bryan wanted to talk about something.

"Bryan enough, we have nothing to do. I don't want to keep things that belong to you." Stacey threw Bryan's phone on the table.

"Stacey come here, I have good news for you." Clara came with Zack to mediate the debate between the two.

"What is it?" Stacey let go of Clara's hand that was pulling her tight.

"Because of the haters who gossip about you, your IG followers increase. There are even some who ask for product endorsements." Zack chimed in. Stacey did allow it and told her IG password to her two best friends. Stacey is too lazy to take care of trivial things because she has no interest in being a celebgram.

"It's up to you two." Stacey landed her ass on the bench while glancing at Bryan, who also looked at her motionless expression.

"The rich people do not worry about money, don't think about earning a small fortune like this." Clara answered while fiddling with her phone.

"Stacey, we can use the money to hang out together, ok?" Zack joined in to chat with the two girls behind his desk.

"Hmm...." Only a grunt came out of Stacey's mouth.

***

Bryan looked around, looking for someone on his mind lately.

In the cafeteria corner, Stacey is eating with Clara and Zack. Even though it's just a regular meal, Stacey's tiny mouth movement looks very sweet. Moreover, her lips grew red with spiciness. Bryan swallowed hard his saliva because his mind was already fantasizing dirty about Stacey.

"Bryan, buddy. This way." Max waved his hand, signalling Bryan.

Bryan snapped out of his daydream. Instead of approaching the gang, Bryan casually walked over to Stacey's desk.

"Why, Bryan approached Stacey?" Roney was astonished.

"He are unpredictable." Max turned to look at Bryan.

"Let's go over there, wanna see what's going on?" Max draws his two friends to follow Bryan.

"Drink it; this can quickly reduce the spicy in your mouth." Bryan handed Stacey a bottle of mineral water.

Stacey is taken aback by Bryan's sudden attention to her.

"Hurry up and drink." Bryan forced Stacey to drink the water offered to her; without even hesitating, Bryan held the bottle and pointed the straw into Stacey's tiny mouth.

"Don't," Stacey quickly pulled her head back, avoiding the straw Bryan had thrust at her.

"Don't be stubborn, your lips are so red you can make a mistake playboy wants to kiss you" Bryan sat his ass on the empty seat next to Stacey while coaxing her to drink the bottle of mineral water he was holding earlier. Even his left hand dared mischievously to tuck the strand of hair that covered Stacey's face behind her ear.

"Don't bother me. Who's asking for your attention." Stacey's face flushed with nervousness and confusion at Bryan's changing behaviour. Yesterday he refused; last night, he was protective; this morning, it was cold, and now he is caring.

"I don't want you to be sick. Drink this to neutralize the spicy taste on your tongue." Bryan is still adamant. Max, Jack and Rooney, who were already standing next to Bryan, gawked at the behaviour of their gang leader, who suddenly turned his attention to Stacey. While Zack and Clara were elbowing each other in listening to the conduct of the two people arguing, Clara secretly recorded with her cellphone this rare event.

"Bryan, you ..." Max, who wanted to speak, was immediately covered by Rooney's. At the same time, Jack glared at Max to be quiet with the language of his eyes.

"Bryan, what do you want? What's the purpose of you approaching Stacey? You rejected Stacey until it became a trending topic everywhere." Clara's fiery represents the outpouring of Stacey's heart.

"I love Stacey." Bryan spoke steadily.

"What...." Clara, Zack and three of Bryan's friends were shocked by Bryan's sudden statement. At the same time, Stacey glared and choked while drinking her fruit juice.

"Bryan, you're outrageous. Your behaviour is chameleon; what do you want? You know what, you're a jerk."

Bryan smiled at Stacey's angry outburst at him. Unfortunately, Stacey splashed Bryan's face with Clara's glass of orange juice.