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Faced with the situation, she could only release a harsh breath. She already knew what was going to happen. After all, italwaysstood to reason she was the guilty party.
As she was taken to the principal's office, she wasn't even allowed to wash the ink off her face. And upon arriving there, she was instructed to wait in a corner after which everyone ignored her.
Noelle was already anticipating the scandal, both with the principal and with her mother. She wondered what else could she be punished with. She was already not allowed to watch TV, or do anything except stare at the walls of her room. Maybe now Elena would take away her piano access, since that was the only thing Noelle was allowed to do. But she was sure her mother wouldn't go that far.
Not when the piano was the only thing that saved Noelle from being an utter failure. At least with that Elena could boast to her friends that she had aspecialdaughter.
As she realized that short of forbidding her to play the piano there was nothing anyone could do to her, Noelle relaxed a little.
She wasn't sorry for what she'd done, and given the chance, she'd do it again.
She might not have anyone else standing up for her, but she would do it herself.
It was almost an hour later that Noelle was finally called to the principal's office, but it wasn't to be berated or further punished. In fact, she was entirely surprised when she realized that her oldest brother, Cisco, and his bodyguard Yu were waiting for her inside.
"If that will be all, Mr. Grange, I'll take Noelle home."
"Have a good day, Mr. DeVille," the principal said stoically, not even bothering to take a look at Noelle.
Cisco, nor Yu said anything to her until they exited the school and reached the parking lot.
"Here," Yu was the first to speak, opening a compartment in the car and removing a little bag with toiletries. Taking some wet napkins, he slowly started wiping the ink off her face and hands.
Cisco, on the other hand, was on the sidelines, his eyes narrowed as he watched the two.
"How are you feeling, Noelle?" He asked, debating whether to take her to the hospital or not.
"I'm fine," she nodded, a small smile pulling at her lips.
"I don't think she's injured," Yu confirmed. "The other girls, though," he smiled, winking at Noelle.
A blush enveloped her cheeks and Cisco couldn't help the twitch of his lips.
Yu's natural charm was deadly to just about everyone. And Noelle seems to have become his latest victim.
"You punched that girl, didn't you?" Cisco added, amused.
"I'm not sorry," Noelle suddenly said, straightening her spine and looking him straight in the eye—a brave thing to do.
Almost everyone avoided looking him in the eye. He supposed it was a by-product of his unyielding demeanor and his rather unusual eyes. There was only one person who'd always unflinchingly met his gaze—the one currently lazily resting against the car door, watching him with a languid smile.
"Good," he nodded at Noelle, sending Yu a tacit signal with his eyes. Immediately, he nodded, sliding into the driver's seat and turning on the engine.
After so many years together, he rarely needed to verbalize anything for Yu.
"You shouldn't feel sorry for putting a bully in its place," Cisco clarified.
"Am I in trouble then?"
"No. On the contrary. We're going on a little trip."
Noelle blinked in confusion.
"What about mamma? She's mad, isn't she?"
"She doesn't know yet," Cisco added. "And by the time we get back home I wager she'll have cooled down a little."
Noelle pursed her lips, seemingly mulling over Cisco's offer.
