Her and the Basketball Champion

chapter 35

Eliza

It's been a few hours since our first 'lesson' at the Cafe, where Jonas proceeded to forget his textbooks, so we ended up just sitting and relaxing while I drank my tea and he stared at me.

I won't lie, I kind of enjoyed it.

I still can't believe he how much power he has over me though, making me stupidly blush and all. I need to figure out a way of getting on his nerves too.

I'm currently sitting at my desk, getting some homework done. I was supposed to do it in the Cafe, but I guess I got sidetracked, and I forgot I even had to get home. Jonas insisted on walking me home, again, since it was dark and cold. I should probably just employ him to be my bodyguard from now on.

My thoughts are interrupted by my phone ringing. I pick it up from the desk and look to see Lily face timing me. I havn't spoken to her for a while, and she wasn't at school today.

I answer and see Lily's face filling up the screen, smiling at me as I smile back at her.

"Hey, are you okay? Where were you today?" I ask and she shuffles about a bit before her face becomes more clearer. She probable stood it up against something because now I can see some of her room behind her.

"I'm okay, I just had a dentist's appointment and decided I couldn't be asked to go back to school so I just went back home and slept for the rest of the day. Now I'm hyper." She replies and I can hear the excited tone in her voice as she fiddles about with something on her desk.

"Bitch, next time text me where you are okay? I was looking for you in the sixth form centre." She laughs and nods at me. "So, what's new?" She asks and I immediately think of Jonas asking me to tutor him. It was so out of the blue and I still have no idea why he asked me of all people to help him.

"Well, promise to not freak out, but Jonas asked me to tutor him. Apparently he's failing History and needs my help, so I kind of accepted? Then we went to the cafe but he forgot his books so we ended up just sitting there for an hour." I say, trying to spill everything in one go. Lily's eyes widen as I speak and when I'v finished talking, she squeals like a lunatic and jumps up out of her desk chair, sending it rolling backward so it hits her bed.

"Oh my goshhh, yes yes yes I can't believe this. This is good news. We need a party. I'm planning you're wedding-"

"Calm it Lils. It's only tutoring. Plus I don't even think I should do it. I'm supposed to be avoiding him remember? And who said anything about a wedding." I say, trying to calm her nerves. She's probably way more excited than me, and I'm not even excited about it.

I don't even know how I feel about it honestly.

"Okay, okay. But ya'll are just tutoring though so it should be fine. Plus you said the Cafe so it's not like you're sitting alone somewhere with him, right?" She rationalises and I find myself agreeing with her.

It is true. I'm glad we're in the Cafe, especially after school, because it does get quite busy in there which provides for a public space so we aren't haramifying anything. Plus I chose a different table than my normal one, so we wouldn't be hidden away. I just don't want to risk anything.

"Yeah I guess so." I say, picking at the skin around my fingernails. It's a habit and sometimes the pain feels nice.

"I think the guy has a thing for you, you know." Lily says with a serious face. She's looking directly at me from the phone screen and I can see that she's not joking about when she tells me this.

"What?" Even though Jonas kind of already admitted his feeling to me and me to him, I still can't get my head around it. I mean how could someone like him, perfect in literally every way, like me, not perfect in any way.