CHAPTER 5 The Dark Trio


    Joy


    The first week of school went by quickly. I had made zero friends, but that was because I kept mostly to


    myself. If I wasn’t in ss, I was in the library, trying to stay invisible.


    So far, I liked being in college. Here, most of the students were mature and were busy trying to finish


    their education. With tuition so expensive, students couldn’t waste their time on


    petty things although there were some who were born into rich families who felt entitled enough to


    squander a good education.


    But, unlike my first week of college, the second week, people started taking notice of me, but


    not in a good way. The whispers, the looks and the snickering as I walked by… increased. Well, I didn’t


    mind. That I could tolerate. The students on campus could continue whispering andughing behind


    my back, just as long as it stayed that way.


    Unfortunately, if I had thought during my first week that bullying was a thing of the past, I


    was wrong.


    I was wall


    walking to myst ss of the day, happy another week was over. I was looking


    forward to the weekend since my dad had promised me we could go out and watch a movie.


    As I walked through the hall, the students I passed by were snickering, but not entirely directly at me. I


    quickly looked behind me and saw a tall boy with blonde hair and light blue eyes making fun of the way


    I walked. I sighed.


    You can take the boy out of high school, but you can’t take high school out of the boy.


    I shrugged my shoulders and proceeded towards my ssroom. At least the boys here were so


    repulsed by me, they wouldn’t dare try and rape me. I’ve already experienced that and I do


    not want that to ever happen again.


    I finally saw my ssroom up ahead and walked as fast as my busted leg could take me. Loitering


    beside the entrance were two tall muscr boys casually talking to some girls.


    I recognized them to be the two boys of the trio I had a crush on…Cristos and Xavier.


    After Cristos bought me lunch, I decided to ask a ssmate of ours who they were. My ssmate


    laughed at me when I asked, thinking I was out of my mind to even think they would give me time of


    day. I tried to exin it wasn’t like that, but she wasn’t convinced.


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    “I guess the line of girls to the Dark Trio has another one,” she said. “Well, the one with the blue


    dreamy eyes is Cristos Primo. The one with honey-colored eyes and who just exudes confidence is


    Sebastian Domenico while the quiet one with brown eyes is Xavier Beaufort. They all came from the


    same high school and are bestfriends. Like brothers even.”


    Cristos and Xavier were both casually dressed in regr T-shirts, jeans and sneaker and both were


    undeniably handsome. No, beautiful. I sighed. They were the type of boys who could date anyone they


    wanted.


    Xavier nced at me as I approached with a small smile on his face which instantly disappeared. He


    nudged Cristos in the ribs and pointed at me. Cristos immediately looked up at me, then nced at the


    as shole behind me and I saw the anger in his pretty blue eyes.


    “Hey Mark, didn’t your mom ever teach you to never make fun of people with disabilities?” Cristos


    asked angrily.


    “I don’t think so. Cristos. His mom was too busy f ucking the pool boy to ever give a da mn about him,”


    Xavier said. The girls surrounding themughed. I grimaced. I didn’t need anyone to y the hero.


    “Guys, stop it. Let’s just go to ss,” I said in an attempt to pacify the situation, but Mark pushed me


    aside to confront Cristos and Xavier.


    I almost fell, but a pair of strong hands broke my fall. I looked up and saw a pair of beautiful honey-


    colored eyes staring at me. The other boy whopleted the trio… Sebastian. Domenico.


    He was tall and muscr like his friends with the same dark hair. Unlike the other two


    though, he had dimples on each side of his smooth clean-sh aven face. This belongs ? N?velDra/ma.Org.


    He smiled at me, his dimples appearing on each side of his cheeks. Are you okay?” He asked. I


    nodded my head weakly, not knowing what else to say.


    “You stay here, okay? Don’t move. I’ll take care of this,” he said and walked towards Mark who was


    arguing with the other two. He ced a hand on Mark’s shoulder and


    around.


    spun him


    “You haven’t changed, Mark. You’re still a clown, he said. “Do I need to remind you what


    ns when you act inappropriately?”


    stian, I was just goofing around that’s all, Mark answered, defending himself.


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    “You pushed her, you p rick. I want you to apologize to her,” Sebastian said. Mark, stunned, raised his


    eyebrows in protest.


    “Dude, why should I? She was in the way,” Mark reasoned. “Don’t tell me she’s your chick?! Man, you


    guys have some weird tastes.”


    “So what if she is? Apologize, Mark… or I’ll have Xavier here take a baseball bat and shove it so far up


    your a ss, you’ll be wearing a diaper for a week,” Sebastian said. “So what’s it going.


    to be?”


    “I’m sorry,” Mark said insincerely.


    “I’m sorry, Joy,” Sebastian said. My eyes widened. He knew my name!


    “What?” Mark asked, confused. Sebastian lowered his head and cupped the back of Mark’s hands so


    he could look at him dead in the eye.


    neck with one of h


    “Her name is Joy. Say ‘I’m sorry, Joy’ and add some feelings to it, so it sounds sincere.”


    “I’m sorry, Joy. It will never happen again,” Mark said. This time he sounded afraid.


    “T-that’s okay. Just as long as it doesn’t happen again,” I said, shyly.


    “Now, go. Run to mommy. That’s a good boy,” Sebatian said, patting Mark on the head. Mark quickly


    picked up his bag-and ran to ss.


    Sebastian took my hand and assisted me inside our ssroom. “Come on, Joy. I want to know your


    story,” he said. “By the way, I’m Sebastian Domenico and these two knuckleheads are.


    Cristos Primo and Xavier Beaufort.”


    I stared at him with my mouth wide open as he led me into our ssroom with Cristos and Xavier


    following behind us. I couldn’t believe the three of them came to my defense!


    Sebastian led me to a spot where all four of us could sit together. Sebastian was on my left. while


    Xavier was on my right. Xavier helped me with my backpack and waited for me to sit


    down.


    “Joy, you’re with us now. No one is ever going to hurt you again. I promise,” Xavier said. I smiled at


    him, not knowing what to say. That was the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to


    me.


    I leaned back on my chair, feeling like a heavy burden was lifted from my shoulders. I now


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    had friends.


    They were like a miracle wrapped as handsome men… my miracles.


    Xavier


    I couldn’t wipe the smile off my face. Here she was, seated right next to me, smiling at me and looking


    at me with those beautiful blue-green eyes of hers. If she only knew how much. she meant to me even


    if we never really spoken to each other.


    After ss, she checked her phone while I carried her bag for her. She looked anxious.


    “My dad said he can’t pick me up. He has a meeting at his workce,” she said, sighing. “Oh well, I’ll


    have to take the bus.”


    “No, you won’t. We’ll drop you home. But you look hungry. How about we get a bite to eat?”


    Sebastian quickly took Joy’s hand and led her to the parking lot before she could protest.


    I nudged Cristos to follow them secretly hiding my smile. More time with Joy.


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    Catharina B?hr


    1m3n Oh I’m in love I like how the boys care about her, even though they haven’t talked to her.


    Luna-Mom


    This really is beautiful and I love how the boys are so caring and kind


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