Tutor

Ten

Odell

"Demi?" she pulled away from my chest and quickly wiped at her cheeks. I glanced around until I noticed a blonde, that I had seen Demi with before, was walking towards us. I suddenly felt protective of Demi because it was obvious that her friends knew that Nick was cheating on her.

"Did you know?" Demi sniffled, not caring that there was a forming group of students around us.

"Did I know what?" her eyes danced between Demi and I. It was obvious that she didn't.

"About Nick and Marsha?" the blonde looked confused. "Nick's been cheating on me for the last 3 months because I wouldn't have sex with him" I watched the anger spread across the blondes face, her jaw was tense and she looked ready to blow.

"I'm going to kill her and then I'm going to kill him" Demi grabbed a hold of her arms before she could walk away.

"I want to rip his balls off too but I'm already going to get into trouble for what I did to her" before the blonde could say anything in reply, a voice came over the loudspeaker.

"Can Demetria Lovato please make her way to the principal's office?" I rolled my eyes at the reactions from the students surrounding us. Do they seriously not have anything better to do?

"Come on, let's go" the blonde wrapped her arm around Demi.

"Odell" Demi's eyes locked with mine and the heartbreak in them, made my heart ache. Why are some guys so careless around women? Why do they intentionally hurt them? "Can you come?" I tried not to let my lips tug into a wide smile as I nodded, beginning to follow them to the principal's office.

My hands clenched into fists as we stepped onto the corridor off the principal's office and saw Nick and who I'm assuming is Marsha. Their other friends was there too and they were comforting the girl who was holding her nose. They turned to us at the sound of footsteps. Nick pulled himself from Marsha, his face hard as hell as he stepped up to Demi. I stepped slightly in front of her which just made Nick's face harden.

"What the fuck you doing here?"

"He's my friend, Nick."

"Friend?" he just laughed. "I don't even think I know you anymore, Demi. What the fuck?" I glanced back at Demi in time to see her roll her eyes. "When did you stop caring so much about your reputation? When did you start hanging around with the nerds?" he spit out as he glanced to me.

"When I started to care about my future. At least now I don't need to follow you around like a little lost puppy."

"You're officially a nobody in this school, Demi."

"I don't care. There's so much more to life than high school, Nick" the door to the principal's office opened a moment later and Mr Atkins stepped out into the corridor.

"Ah, Miss Lovato, can you step into my office, please?" I flashed her a comforting smile, reaching to gently squeeze her arm. She headed into Mr Atkins office, Nick only turning to me once the door was closed.

"She sleeping with you. Is that why she won't sleep with me?" I didn't retaliate as he pushed me in the chest. "I don't know what she sees in you, she's probably just using you."

"Nick, leave him alone."

"Why?" he briefly glanced to the blonde. I still don't know her name. "You defending him too, Marissa?" she rolled her eyes and sighed. "He's a nerd. If she thinks she can get away with fucking a nerd, she has another thing coming" his lips twitched up into a smirk as he glanced back at me. "Nobody cheats on me with a nerd" I could feel my anger bubbling. "What did you say to convince her? I bet she's lousy in bed anyway. I doubt she's even a virgin, she's probably a slut who..." before he could finish his sentence, I lifted my fist and punched him in the jaw. Marissa gasped, her hand flying to cover her mouth as Nick stumbled away from me, his hand holding his face.

"Who the fuck do you think you are talking about Demi like that?" he removed his hand from his jaw and I smiled at the bruise slowly forming on his face. "You're the one who's fucked in this situation. You think it's okay to cheat and treat an amazing girl like shit?" I watched the anger fill his eyes.

"You have a crush on her. Is that it?" I rolled my eyes as his lips twitched into a smirk. "That's comical. That's made my year" he continued to laugh and he was laughing so hard that I was starting to wonder why everything was so funny. He was laughing so I didn't expect him to fly at me. His fists collided with my face but thankfully I managed to hold my own so I didn't look weak as fuck.

"WHAT IS GOING ON OUT HERE?" the loud voice echoed off the walls and at the sound, Nick moved off me. I wiped the back of my hand along my mouth and groaned at the pain it caused. I pulled my hand away from my mouth to find blood. I wiped it on my jeans as a teary eyed Demi came over.

"Are you okay?" Nick scoffed at the question. She glared over at him briefly before she turned back to me, her eyes softening.

"I'm fine."

"You're bleeding" her hand came up and her finger lightly ran along my cheek. The touch caused my cheek to tingle and I was suddenly numb from the pain. She bit down on her lip as she observed my injuries, delicately wiping my lip with a tissue that she had fished out from a packet in her purse.

"I'm going to be sick" Demi's eyes rolled as she glanced to Nick who was sat in a chair, leant over on his knees.

"If it wasn't so obvious, Nick, we're finished."

"Good" he spit out. Demi released a breath and shook her head, turning her attention back to me which I enjoyed.

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