Filed to story: That Campus Prince Is a Girl
Tiana knew that getting Xander to say “sorry” was already a great move.
Tiana said, “Austin, Xander has realized his mistake, and the school will punish him. We’ll have him transfer out of Langford Academy, I hope you can. forgive him and let this go.”
When Xander heard he’d have to transfer to another school, his face, already sour, turned even worse. He protested inwardly, “Seriously? I’m the victim here!
Austin instinctively glanced at Cameron.
Cameron didn’t know how to reply. She was torn as she thought, ‘They really want me to decide? How am I supposed to decide? Sure, this all started because of me, but the one who got hurt is Austin can’t make that call”
Cameron stayed silent, and so did Austin, Elijah and Bradley, being outsiders, naturally kept quiet. Silence hung in the air.
Tiana spoke up again, “Austin, do you have any objections to how the school is handling this?”
Austin glanced at Cameron, who still hadn’t said a word, and understood what Cameron was thinking.
He said, “Tiana, honestly, Xander just gave me a little push. I’m too weak to handle it, it’s not really his fault. There’s no need for such a harsh punishment
Tiana was a bit surprised. Austin’s supporters had been pressuring Tiana to ponish Xander. Tiana had Assumed Austin felt the same way. But to be surprise, Austin didn’t seem to mind at all.
Tiana looked a bit surprised. “So, Austin, you mean Xander doesn’t have to transfer?”
Austin replied, “Transferring now would be such a hassle, and the SATs are just around the corner. Let’s just let it go
Tiana said, “Thank you, Austin, sincerely,”
Tiana never wanted Xander to transfer in the first place. She just hadn’t expected things to take such a turn.
Tiana tugged at Xander, “Come on, thank Austin for being so understanding”
Xander felt surprised and strange.
Xander shot Austin a suspicious look, wondering, “What’s this sickly guy playing at? Wasn’t he just about to stand up for Cameron? Why dhe suddenly change his mind?
Anyway, whatever Austin’s thinking doesn’t matter. What matters is I don’t have to transfer to another school!
“Thanks” Xander raised his eyebrows.
Austin’s eyes grew a little colder as he watched Xander act all snug.
Austin thought, ‘Man, Cam is just too nice. But I have to do what Caits wants”
Tina grabbed Xander. “It’s getting late. We head out, Austin and you guys should get somos rest.”
They replied, “Bye, Ms. Murphy.”
Tiana led Xander away. But before a minute had even passed, Xander came storming back in.
Xander shot Austin a look. “Alright, what are you really up to, kid?”
Austin stood up, all that earlier weakness in front of Tiana gone without a trace.
He leaned close to Xander’s ear and whispered, “Xander, now you get it, right? I can take you down, if you dare mess with Cam again, I promise you’ll regret it.”
To Austin, there was a time when his mother was the only person he wanted to protect. Now, Cameron was the only one he wanted to protect. Anyone who tried to mess with Cameron was his enemy.
Xander froze for a second and wondered, ‘Did that usually sickly guy really just say that?!
For a split second, Xander actually felt threatened.
“What are you guys whispering about?” Bradley asked, clearly interested.
“Nothing, Brad.”Austin sat back down in his chair.
Xander snapped out of it and glared at Cameron. “Little brat, did I pick on you? It was you who picked on me, wasn’t it?”
Before Cameron could answer, Austin frowned and said, “Xander, your aunt probably hasn’t gone far, right?”
He pressed his fingers to his temple. “Ugh, why does my head hurt again? Must be from that fall this afternoon?”
Xander gritted his teeth and stared at Austin
Austin added, “Xander, don’t you think it’s pretty rude to keep calling Cam Tittle brat”?”
“Yeah, that was pretty rude.” Elijah agreed.
Bradley asked, “Kander, why did you give Cameron that nickname?”
Xander wondered, I’ve been calling him that for ages. No one ever had an issue with it. Why is everyone suddenly targeting me now?”
Xander er snapped, “So you guys are all teaming up against me now, huh?”
Cameron just said, “Xander, it’s late. You should head back
Xander glared at Cameron. “Why did you block me?”
Honestly, all these problems today were because of Cameron, Xander Knew Austin set him up just for Cameron.
Xander said, “Isn’t it just because I didn’t transfer you the money on time?”
Canveron stared at Nander in confusion.
Xander pulled out his phone. “Cameron, unblock me right now, I’ll transfer the tutoring fee to you.”
Cameron replied, “It’s not about the money.”
At first, she just didn’t want Xander to know where she was. Now that she was back at school, it didn’t matter if she added him back.
After all, she was still willing to tutor Xander. She felt it would be a total waste not to use her free time to make some money
Cameron pulled out her phone and took Xander off her block list. “Done”
Xander finally looked satisfied. “Now that’s more like it.”
He immediately sent Cameron 30 grand.
Cameron frowned. “Didn’t we agree on 15 grand?”
Xander just shrugged. “I’ve got money to burn.”
Cameron was speechless. ly then did Xander leave, looking completely pleased with himself
Only
Elijah frowned. “Cameron, you’re really nice to Xander.”
Cameron took a deep sigh but said nothing.
Out of everyone in Room 216, I’m the least nice to him. If he thinks that’s being nice, I’ve got nothing to say!
Bradley parted Lujah on the shoulder. “El, Cameron has his own way of handling things. Don’t worry. He knows what he’s doing”
Austin said, “Cam, I think you handled it perfectly”
Cameron smiled but said nothing.
It was getting late, so Cameron headed to the bathionin
Elijah thought, ‘Since when did Austin become a big fan of Cameron? Everything Cameron says is right to him. It definitely wasn’t like this before
Elijah just frowned and didn’t say anything.
Xander came out of it totally unscathed. Some of Austin’s fans weren’t thrilled about how things turned out, but they still respected Austin’s decision. Everyone said Austin was really kind-hearted.
Before the SATs, studying was what mattered most. So before long, everyone just moved on and forgot about it.
Cameron had already signed up for her driver’s license test.
On Wednesday morning, she took a day off to take the written test
Brody approved her leave, but he still reminded her, “Cameron, your main focus right now should be your studies. Don’t forget the promise you made to Mr. Drake. Everything else can wait.”
Cameron replied, “Got it, Mr. Graham.”
She thought that next time when she needed to take the road test, the’d just come up with a different excuse.
Sometimes, a little white lie just made things easier for everyone.
Cameron aced the written test with a perfect score. Now she just had to wait for the next part.
