April's POV:

He looked afraid but more angry. I knew it was them who did something to him even when he denied to tell me what exactly happened.

He just sat on the bed folding his legs and staring out of the window deep in thought. I have known Rex for years but I have never seen him like this and for some reason it made me frightened.

I have seen him getting bullied by his own pals but Rex being Rex never raised a voice and this made him a coward in front of everyone. But I knew this was it.

I couldn't let him be this vulnerable now when he is in a new city. He has an opportunity to act how he wants to be known by people and I don't want people to think that they can do shit with him and get away with it.

I pulled my crocs from under the table and opened the door before looking at him one last time. He was so engrossed in 'I don't know what' that he didn't even notice that I was leaving.

I hurried my way to his room expecting to face those nasty people out there. I wanted to know what they did and how dare they lay a finger on him.

I opened the door and to my expectations they all were lying in different directions of the room. As soon as they saw me Austin being the son of a bitch had the audacity to speak first.

"Hey look who's here! The moron's nanny ready to beat up our asses for making him drink." When I heard the latter part of his sentence I could feel the ground beneath my legs shifting.

Shit. I came there to put some sense into their useless brains but after listening to whatever Austin said I rushed back running to my room.

Now when I entered I could see those tears shining on his cheeks under the moonlight falling from the window. I went straight to him and hugged him tight.

"Hey! It's fine. It isn't your fault. You did not do it intentionally." It took him minutes until he submitted to let those tears out and hugged me even tighter.

"I failed her April. I broke my promise." "Ssshhh...Calm down Rex. They did it to you. And you are here at the dorm. Nothing will happen. I am here with you and I am not leaving."

I then called Sophie, my roommate to ask her if she can manage her stay with her boyfriend for that night and to my luck she agreed. I sat next to Rex when he laid on the bed holding my hand tightly as if something was to take him away.

I could see how disappointed he was and I hated myself for not being there with him at that point.

The next day when I woke up it took me a minute to realize that I was in April's room. I turned around to see if she was there and I found her sleeping on her roommate's bed.

It was already 6:30 so I got up from the bed quickly and went straight to April's side to wake her up. I was feeling knots in my stomach at the mere thought of going to my room and still finding them there.

But I knew I couldn't ignore them for a long time as I even shared some of my classes with a few of them. I nervously made my way to my room and when I opened the door I was on cloud nine to see that there was noone in there.

I hurriedly took my clothes from the cupboard and went in the bathroom to take a quick shower. As soon as I returned after a bath I was surprised to see Rebekah there.

Rebekah's POV:

When I came to his room it was empty. I was about to leave when I heard the shower running.

Austin and Rey were smoking a joint in the compound so I knew it was him. I waited on the bed as my eyes caught sight of a bracelet laying on his table.

It wasn't his as it had some heart and music symbols on it so it might be of April's I guessed. I was about to take a hold of it to study the heart which I was sure might contain a photograph when the door of the bathroom pulled open.

My hand went straight to my sides as I looked at him with my eyes wide open. "Holy shit!", was all I said when I saw that towel loosely hanging on his waist while his toned abs flexed as he ran his hands through his wet hair.

The water droplets on his chest made it glitter and my mouth just watered. He bit his lip when he heard me cursing and I even saw him smile a bit when he realized that I was looking at him.

Actually whom am I kidding. I was ogling at him as if he was a candy and I was starving for decades.

He quickly caught hold of the black T-shirt lying on his bed and pulled it over his chest. I hated to loose view of the completely perfect scenery but nonetheless black suited his so white skin.

His voice brought me out of my thoughts.

"Austin and Rey aren't here", I said while combing my wet hair. After a minute I turned around to see if she left but she was still standing looking at the ground.

I knew it was another game of hers to have some fun with me. I don't know what kick she gets in bullying me when I did nothing to piss her off.

I came next to the bed to catch hold of my jeans and turned back to go into the washroom to get changed when she caught my hand. It sent shivers down my spine.

I don't know where did I receive the strength from but I just jerked her hand and took huge steps to reach to the bathroom attempting to stay away from her. I am sure she was also surprised by my sudden action as I saw her mouth opening a bit before she rushed in front of me blocking my way to the bathroom.

I let out a breath before asking her, "What do you want? Aren't you done harassing me or is there anything more left?" I could see a flash of pain on her face but I knew she couldn't be trusted after what she did last night.

She is too good at pretending and me, being the emotional fool I am, will fall in this trap of hers and end up being hurt again. She was now stupidly searching for ways to say what she wanted to as she paced back and forth in the room.

I was by now standing with my jeans on and my bag on my shoulder all ready to leave. As soon as I held the door knob not wanting to waste any more time, she said, sort of screamed to gain my attention.

"I wanted to say a sorry." I turned around quickly to face her as I wasn't expecting this from her.

She must be high or something I wondered. Otherwise Rebekah and apologizing to me. Never.

"It's okay", was all I said before turning back again. But this time she held my hand and turned me around.

"Don't you understand Rex? I said I am sorry. Sorry for whatever I did last night. I didn't ought to but I couldn't let my group down." Anger was now evident on my face.

"Seriously Rebekah? You want me to believe you with whatever you have to say. There is nothing like you don't want to do but have to do. So stop fooling me. You and your stupid group get some different fun in domineering people like us who seem to not be intimidated by your lifestyle and your so called fun life. I am not interested in whatever you'll do so please stay away from me." I took a deep breath before looking at her again.

She was looking at me and for the first time since I came here I saw something on her face that I never saw before. Guilt it was.

But I was done with her and so I tried to ignore the dying urge in my heart to say her that it's okay and mend things out. Instead this time before she could react I made my way out of the room.

I was walking down the college hallways with April who was a bit different with me today, a bit protective actually when suddenly someone tapped on my shoulder causing both April and me to turn around. It was a student whom I didn't even know but the scene behind him caught my eyes.

It was Rebekah standing in the college corridor with balloons imprinted with 'SORRY' on them. The students who were standing in the corridor were looking at me as if I was an alien.

I was so embarrassed by this action but I knew that if I wanted it done I had to accept her apology. She made her way towards me slowly and stopped right in front of me.

"I am not kidding with you when I say that I am sorry. I made a mistake and I am here apologizing to you. I know I could have stopped them from doing it but instead I was myself behaving like a bitch when I threw that liquid on your face." April looked at me with big eyes realizing that I was hiding this from her about last night.

I was about to take those balloons from her hand as a sign of 'Apology accepted' when April came right in front now standing between Rebekah and me. "Are you done, you cunning bitch? Do you even realize at times that the things that you'll do just for fun might be a big thing for someone else."

As soon as April spitted the poison in her heart for Rebekah, Rey stepped in the scene and held Rebekah's hand pulling her behind. He was now face to face with April.

"Fuck off you annoying blood sucking insect. What is with you and him? We just made him drink a little alcohol. What is this rush all about? If he is such a kid, keep him at home. This is St.Vincent and here we are the fucking rule setters. So if you want to be here better stay in your limits or take your ass elsewhere." I couldn't believe what he just said to April.

I knew I had to say something to give him a befitting answer before I punch him for throwing such remarks on my bestfriend. I held April's hand but she jerked it off before turning back to me and saying, "No Rex not today. We are done playing the defendant's here. Let them know why is it such a big deal to make you forcefully drink alcohol."

I nodded my head madly as I didn't want the whole school to know the reason behind it but I knew there was nothing keeping April back from saying it. She turned around to face Rey who was now joined by the entire 6-Pack.

They had cunning smiles on their face expecting a drama opening here. She had tears in her eyes and her face turned red.

"You want to know the reason about why I am creating such a big fuss about? So listen now. Rex was once forcefully made to drink alcohol back when we were in Chicago just like yesterday. He was there at the party with his girlfriend whom he loved dearly and his girlfriend's younger sister. He knew he had to drive back home so he made every possible attempt to reduce the intoxication effects. It was already midnight so there was no option of getting into any public transport systems. He made a call to his mother if she could pick them up but she didn't receive the call. They had to urgently leave when his girlfriend received a call from one of her friend's who needed her help as she was stuck on the road in the middle of the night. He drove slowly and cautiously to not bump in some person. But there was this truck driver who came speeding down the road and thrashed into the passenger seat of his car where his girlfriend was sitting. She died right in front of him. And he thinks that all this happened because he was drunk enough to drive properly. Right that night when he returned home he found his mother dead in the hallway. His father is an alcoholic who beated her to death. So that night...15th December was the day when he lost everything. The love of his life and his mother because of alcohol issues and it was then that he promised his dead mother that he will never even touch alcohol and turn into the animal his father was. And you know what? The younger sister is me. I have seen how Rex has blamed himself every damn day for whatever happened that night." By now my tears had dried but nostalgia hit me remembering how I lost my only family.

I turned back to Rex and he was crying with his hands on his face. I hugged him without giving a care of who was watching.

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Hello guys! So here is the update with a lot of drama amidst Rebekah's adoration for Rex. My next update will be on Wednesday. Do comment if you have any queries relating to the story. Do not forget to vote for this update and share it with your friends and family. Bubye!