What Was Missing

Chapter 10 - Alex

Song: Rose In A Glass - Provoker

To say that I'm stressed would be an understatement. I feel like I could drop dead at any moment.

Scarlett has been giving me loads of work and so much content to go over in the past week. I have so many worksheets that I've completed but they are piling up fast. I mean what she's given me is helpful, don't get me wrong, but it's so much information that it overwhelms me.

Also, remember when I said her method of teaching was good? Yeah, well I think I spoke to soon because now her method seems... questionable. She has been telling me to practice speaking in Spanish while doing some weird task.

For example, the other day she made me do jumping jacks while repeating the vocab we learned in class. Jumping jacks! Then she told me to speak while having a pencil in between my teeth. She says that one is to practice my pronunciation, but part of me doesn't want to believe her. I think I caught her recording me once too. I might be wrong. I'm not really sure because when I asked her about it she played dumb.

What I am sure of is that all of this, is her way of getting back at me for all the times I made her mad. It's pretty obvious at this point. Now I know what she meant when she said I was going to wish she never accepted to tutor me.

"Alex..."

But I swear it's just so frustrating. I get anxious as heck before and during each tutoring session. It's driving me crazy.

"Alex?..."

I just don't know what to expect anymore. I'm constantly stressed because I don't know what embarrassing thing she has planed for me to do next. I just don't know what to do-

"ALEX!"

"Huh? What?" I snap out of my thoughts as I look up from my note book towards Amanda who sits across from me.

"Damn dude. I've been trying to get your attention for the longest time. What are you thinking about?" She asks with a frown.

I let out a frustrated sigh. "Scarlett." I answer as I push my glasses up to the bridge of my nose.

"Why the hell are you thinking of her?" She asks in a disgusted tone but I brush it off. I don't feel like fighting with her about the way she refers to the people she doesn't like right now.

"I'm just thinking of all the work she's given me and her way of tutoring." I explain.

"Oh my God! I told you she wasn't gonna take you seriously. She's not helping you improve at all, is she?" Amanda asks but it comes out in more of like a statement.

"No it's not that. She really is helping me. A lot actually. It's just that there's so much to learn. I am so behind in all of the lessons compared to everyone else in class that I feel like I might fail the class even with her help." I sigh leaning back into the booth we currently sit at.

"I'm sure you'll do just fine son." Oliver says as he approaches our table, setting down the coffee I ordered in front of me.

"Thanks Oliver." I smile. He doesn't even know what we're talking about, but I appreciate the encouragement.

Amanda and I are currently at the local café, 'Oliver's coffee'. I finally convinced her that we hang out somewhere that wasn't my house. She wasn't having it at first but finally agreed with the condition that we would study. I swear she's more of a nerd than I am sometimes.

"My pleasure." Oliver smiles back at me.

"Damn Oliver. You must really get all the ladies." Amanda suddenly speaks.