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4.Tutoring

"Ms. Grey please report to the principal's office," the speakers in the hall said. Oh God what did I do this time?
"Ohhhh someone's in trouble!" Obviously that was Ethan trying to annoy me. Firstly it was my car that refused to work starting my day off bad. Then that jerk what was his name again, Kyle, yeah. That jerk Kyle throwing his stupid hookup on me and getting into an argument. Hey at least I slapped him. But I don't want anything to do with him at the moment. And now this meeting with the principal might not go so well.

I walked into his office and said hi to Janice who was too busy with calls to reply. Since I didn't want to disturb anyone I just walked right into the principal's office. I walked into a very weird conversation where the principal was on the phone with his mom talking about how his date last night was the mean girl in her high school and he was explaining to her that age was just a number and she looked too fine for her age.

"Uh Mr Timothy sorry to interrupt your conversation," I said while still standing at the door way. He looked shocked and quickly hung up. He was blushing redder than a tomato and I was dying to hold in my laughter.

"Ah yes Ms Grey please take a seat," he said then I took a seat and the lecture began. "Ms Grey please you have been an excellent student in every subject except mathematics. I would like to know the reason why."

"I don't know. The math isn't mathing anymore."

"Have you tried a tutor?"

"No way I'm taking my academic problems to a random smart nerd." The nerds in the movies are shy but in my school they seem to be the bullies giving you an equation you can't even read.

"Well I'm afraid you have no option but to try a tutor. We have a great one for you on their way right now," then there was a sudden knock on the door," I guess that must be Mr Bright."

Wait hold on. That Kyle Bright guy is my tutor! What the heck! I thought I would never see him again. Specially not as my tutor.
He entered and took the seat next to me.

"Mr Bright this is Ms Grey the person you'll be tutoring."

"Grey we meet again," he said with a devilish smirk on his face.

"Mr Timothy are there really no other students in the school that are capable of teaching mathematics. I am even willing to have a teacher as my tutor. Is this fool the person you are really giving that responsibility?"

"Well Ms Grey I'm afraid that this is not optional plus Mr Bright is one of the school's top mathematicians and I was hoping you two would help each other."

"Really? How can she possibly help me?"

" Mr Bright your extracurriculars are lacking and you need to join a club and be good at it so with Ms Grey's help you can join the newspaper club or whatever it's called and the drama club and be one of the active participants."

"No way I'm letting him join the newspaper. I've worked way too hard on it to let him just come in to the picture."

" I think I have better things to do with my time than teach her math."

"Oh really like sleep with people's children and throw them on people you don't even know?"

"See Mr Timothy I am willing to cooperate with anyone just not her please."

"I'm sorry. I can't help you. Whatever issue it is you will both swallow it up and help each other or don't graduate. Thank you for your time you may now leave."

I got up and left and like I said this day was going horribly for me and I just wanted it to end. After this meeting with the principal, it's all teachers were told to give us pop quizzes. Like who does that on the first day back from summer. And then lunch wasn't a blast either because there was a rat in the cafeteria and it came and danced on my food. Like in the whole cafeteria I'm the only person with food here. Ughhh! Then after that during the last lesson of the dare my ulcers were killing so bad because I didn't eat and I ended up fainting. I woke up and the nurse started shouting at me like they pay her to shout at people's children instead of treating them. Then the school day ended with a lecture from Ethan about why food is good for my body.

"Which is why you should always carry your food so that in case a random mafia comes and kidnaps the school one day you would at least not faint and miss all the action of me taking them out."

"If I'm not awake when your fighting the bad guys then you would end up with bullets in your skull all shot by you."

We were walking to Ethan's car cause mine got damaged by mom while I was away and it was still in the garage when I saw Kyle leaning on it. Oh God haven't I had enough of this guy I'm one day?

Ethan was way ahead of me since his car was his precious little baby and he didn't like people touching it. Not even me.

"Yo Bright what the hell are you doing on baby?" Told you he calls it his baby. Ethan was among the bad boys of the school so he kind of had a reputation like Kyle's. Kyle stopped leaning on it and replied,"woah I forgot how much you valued your car. I just wanted to talk to Lexie there for a minute or two." Ethan gave him a nod and went to inspect his little baby while Kyle came towards me.

"Look I know we got off on the wrong foot but we need each other's help. I can tell you don't like me but I don't need you to like me for me to be able to teach you math and I need to graduate. So if your my only hope to graduate then I'm willing to endure you. I did my part. It's just left to you to decide whether you want to graduate or not." He said then he started walking away. Way to be dramatic Bright.

" Wait I will help you with your extracurriculars only if you make me Albert Einstein. And we need to set some ground rules before we begin this tutoring."

"Yeah sure," I could see the happiness in his eyes with my statement," so we begin today?"

I looked at him with eyes that said are you kidding me and I think he noticed it. "Hey the faster we get this done the better, am I right?"

"Touché." I said giving him a side eye.

"So just give your number I send you my address."

"Woah not so fast there. I don't give my number to just anyone. Here's a pen and a paper." I said handing him my notebook and a pen. He wrote down his address and the time and then left. I walked and entered Ethan's car since I knew he'd been waiting for me.

"Everything alright? He's not usually that nice and down to earth"

"I know. I don't trust him either. Something is up and I'm gonna find out. He seems weird and not himself."

"Want me to run him over and we go get pizza afterwards?"

"Pizza, yes with one heart. Run him over, nah I still need him to make me Albert Einstein."

"Well you already have then uncombed hair." He said while disorganizing my braids. Like he still manages to disorganize my hair even if its in braids.

"The reason my hair is in braids is because you kept on disorganizing it but you still manage to. How do you do it?"

"Oh my dear, it's something you will never be able to have, a natural born talent." And this began a long argument that lasted till we got pizza in our mouths.

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That's it for now. So have a very merry Christmas and a happy new year🥳🥳🥳🥳
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