Pretty, Precarious & Prohibited

20 - Reading, Retake & Rocks

~ You - James Arthur ~
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"What time is your first exam?" Maya asks.

I pick up my phone. "Half an hour," I retort.

"And you didn't study yet?" Levi asks.

"I'm going to study now. Heath, pass me your biology textbook. I forgot mine." I hold my hand out. Luckily he's not using it. He hands me it and I open it up.

Tag laughs. "There's no way you are reading that whole thing in half an hour. You should've studied days ago," he says.

"I'm not reading the whole thing. Just skimming over important pages now everyone shut up." It's quiet for the next 20 minutes while everyone studies. I skip three pages at a time and skim the others fast.

I toss the textbook back down and stand up when I'm done. "Heath, you ready?" I ask. He nods, packing up his stuff. "See you guys at lunch." I wave.

We begin to walk to our exam room. "You ready for this?" I ask.

"Been studying. You on the other hand only read the textbook once and haven't done class work. Are you?" He redirects the question to me.

I scoff cockily. "Heath baby I've been studying this shit since I was 13. It's honestly just a review for me," I shrug. We enter the room and sit in the assigned seats.

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"Fuck, I hate this," Tag curses under his breath as Heath and I join Tag and Levi for lunch. Maya and Ajax are currently completing their exams.

"Aww, Tag what's wrong," I ask, placing my hands on his shoulders. I bend my head down to look at the work in front of him. My eyes slowly trail up to Heath staring hard.

Tag holds up his pencil. I take it and look over his work. I sit next to him and begin writing it out and doing the math problem slowly before placing back down his pencil. "Alright now you try it," I say.

"I could use some help here too," Heath says. My eyes lock with his. Except he doesn't look like he needs help.

I get up and take a seat next to him. "With what," I sigh looking down at the business work in front of him. He completed all the answers.

"Check it over," he whispers in a low voice. I feel his hand grip my waist pulling me closer to him. Our thighs, touching.

I slowly look over the work. "It seems right," I mumble as his hands play with the hem of my shirt. His fingertips make contact with my bare skin.

"Prystyne?!" I look up. "Hmm," I hum.

"I was calling you. I asked what exam you have next," Levi repeats. I push Heath's hand off me.

"Parenting. But that's easy, it's common sense basically. Don't feed a child rocks," I jest.

"I ate rocks as a child," Tag says. We all laugh. "No I'm serious. Went to the doctor and everything. Hurt like a bitch."

I pick up my phone to check the time. "Shit, I have to go now," I pick up Heath's burger and take a huge bite out of it. "Bye!" I grab my pencil case before running off.

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"Lukester! Two coffees!" I shout walking into the cafe with Ajax. Everyone else is writing an exam right now.

"Coming up. 9!" He shouts pointing to a free booth. Booth nine.

"Come on Monsieur Hawkins," I say in French. We both sit across from each other in a booth while Luke brings us coffee. "Hey. Can we also get some of those delicious cookies?"