"How did you guys get the homework? He told everyone to pick it up on the way out," Ben asked.
"Well, we sit by his desk so we can grab the homework when he's not looking," I admitted.
"That's actually extremely clever," he said, "So if there's room for me tomorrow, do you think I could join you guys at your table?"
"But wouldn't Emily be mad?" I asked.
"I'm not with her, so I think I can make my own decisions," he smiled. My automatic reaction was to smile back, but I stopped myself.
"Yeah, I don't think anyone would mind," I said. Except for Emily, I thought to myself, she will be pissed!
Class started and I opened my notebook. A note fluttered to the floor and Ben picked it up for me.
"You need a tutor?" he asked. I snatched back the paper and read it. My mother had decided to sign me up for an after-school program that would 'help me build my self-confidence and improve my grades' and left the receipt in my notebook.
"Yeah," I said guardedly, waiting for him to tease me.
"If you want," he said softly, "I could -um- I could help, and I could do it for free," I was taken aback. The hottest guy in school had just offered to tutor me, and he was my neighbor so we could walk home together. Again, I was screaming on the inside.
"Uh, sure," I said, "if you feel like it," I added quickly. I looked across the table at Mila and she was bent over her notebook, but I could tell she was smiling.
"Okay," he said, "so my place after school?" I sneaked a glance at Mila and she was bobbing her head as if she was listening to music, but it was our secret way of approving things.
"Sure!" I smiled. Class started and I started to take notes on the animal kingdom. After a while, I got bored an started doodling on the corner of my page. A hand snaked over to my doodles and started drawing too. Startled, I sat up and saw that Ben was drawing on my paper too. We kept drawing for a while until the teacher came over and told us to focus on our work.
At the end of class, Emily came up and started talking to Ben.
"So Ben, are you doing anything later on?" she asked. I despise her. She has long, honey-blond, voluminous hair, a size D chest, and to flaunt all her curves, she wore skin tight clothes every single freaking day.
"Actually," he said calmly, "I'm hanging out with Sheelin today,"
Her face fell, "Oh, well, just so you know, Thomas is throwing his annual house party, and we could go when you two are done... 'hanging out'."
"Nah," he replied, "I'm going to be spending all night with Sheelin," he threw his arm around Sheelin's shoulder and walked away
"Well, we sit by his desk so we can grab the homework when he's not looking," I admitted.
"That's actually extremely clever," he said, "So if there's room for me tomorrow, do you think I could join you guys at your table?"
"But wouldn't Emily be mad?" I asked.
"I'm not with her, so I think I can make my own decisions," he smiled. My automatic reaction was to smile back, but I stopped myself.
"Yeah, I don't think anyone would mind," I said. Except for Emily, I thought to myself, she will be pissed!
Class started and I opened my notebook. A note fluttered to the floor and Ben picked it up for me.
"You need a tutor?" he asked. I snatched back the paper and read it. My mother had decided to sign me up for an after-school program that would 'help me build my self-confidence and improve my grades' and left the receipt in my notebook.
"Yeah," I said guardedly, waiting for him to tease me.
"If you want," he said softly, "I could -um- I could help, and I could do it for free," I was taken aback. The hottest guy in school had just offered to tutor me, and he was my neighbor so we could walk home together. Again, I was screaming on the inside.
"Uh, sure," I said, "if you feel like it," I added quickly. I looked across the table at Mila and she was bent over her notebook, but I could tell she was smiling.
"Okay," he said, "so my place after school?" I sneaked a glance at Mila and she was bobbing her head as if she was listening to music, but it was our secret way of approving things.
"Sure!" I smiled. Class started and I started to take notes on the animal kingdom. After a while, I got bored an started doodling on the corner of my page. A hand snaked over to my doodles and started drawing too. Startled, I sat up and saw that Ben was drawing on my paper too. We kept drawing for a while until the teacher came over and told us to focus on our work.
At the end of class, Emily came up and started talking to Ben.
"So Ben, are you doing anything later on?" she asked. I despise her. She has long, honey-blond, voluminous hair, a size D chest, and to flaunt all her curves, she wore skin tight clothes every single freaking day.
"Actually," he said calmly, "I'm hanging out with Sheelin today,"
Her face fell, "Oh, well, just so you know, Thomas is throwing his annual house party, and we could go when you two are done... 'hanging out'."
"Nah," he replied, "I'm going to be spending all night with Sheelin," he threw his arm around Sheelin's shoulder and walked away
