Beauty and the Freak (Mature)

20 Questions

Eddie

I walked into the library and scanned the tables looking for the new girl. Despite what others may think, I love to read and the library is actually one of my favorite places to be in this god forsaken school. You see the thing is I like to read what I want to, not what I have to. I enjoy authors such as Orwell, Vonnegut, Tolkien, King, not Shakespeare.

I caught a glimpse of long curly black hair in the back corner of the the room and quietly made my way over. She was very pretty, lightly suntanned skin, barely noticeable freckles on the bridge of her nose, long curly black hair and the darkest brown eyes with the longest lashes I have ever seen. A natural kind of beauty. No make up plastered on her face, she just didn't need it.

I watched her a minute, head buried in a book before lightly tapping her on the shoulder. She jumped and put her hand on her chest.

"Sorry, it wasn't my intention to scare you. "

She smiled nervously," It's not you, it's me. I am pretty much the jumpiest person out there. I get so fully engrossed in what I am reading and block everything out the jump when I am brought back to reality. You should see me with scary movies." She motioned to the chair beside her." So Eddie, how can I help you out this year?"

" So we are jumping right into this tutor thing huh?" I sat down

She looked confused" Isn't that what we are here for?"

" I just, I don't know, thought that maybe we could get to know each other a little bit first? We are going to be spending a lot of time together. I felt like we have a good thing going in Ms. O'Donnells class the other day."

" I seriously thought we were in trouble when she called up to the front at the end of class. I thought she caught us writing notes."

" I bet that would have been the first time you have gotten into trouble in school."

"No, I helped one of my friends cheat off my test and got caught one time but that's pretty much it,"

" I usually get in trouble on a daily basis. Nothing major just mostly being late to class or not paying attention."

She smiled " You? Not paying attention?"

I smiled " Yeah hard to believe huh?"

She sat back in her chair and crossed her arms over her chest." So Mr. Munson, what would you like to know about me? "

" Any topic out of bounds?"

"Hmmm," she tapped her chin,"I will let you know as we go if you are delving a little too deep, for every question you ask me, you have to answer one as well, fair?"

"Absolutely." I clapped my hands together and got shhhed by the librarian. " Want to get out of here? Find someplace a little more private? I have the perfect spot."

" Alright." She grabbed her book and put it into her bag. I motioned for her to walk ahead of me.

" Ladies first."

" So where are we going?"

" There is a picnic table in the woods on the other side of the football field. I like to call it my thinking spot." We quietly walked out of the library and then down the hallway and out of the school."

Ok first question, so you moved here from California, where?"

" San Diego. I was born there. It was a cool place to grow up, lots to do, the weather was gorgeous. Absolutely perfect." She looked over at me as we walked." Have you always lived in Hawkins?"

" Yeah. Born and raised. "

"It doesn't seem like such a bad place to me, though I haven't really been out much to explore. Are your parents from Hawkins?"