Little Heartbreaker(On Hold)

Chapter 5

I walked outside and noticed Dawson standing beside my car, looking down at his iPhone. I walked over to him and tapped him on the shoulder.

"Oh hey." He said turning to face me.

"What are you doing?" I asked making my way to the drivers side door and unlocking it.

"I thought we could start tutoring tonight." He smirks walking closer to me. I look up into his eyes and notice the sweat clinging to his forehead, his last period is gym and I know that right now they're working on their presidential fitness test qualifications.

"I can't tonight, I'm baby sitting my cousin." I said throwing my backpack into the back seat.

"I'll come along, I'm great with kids!" He said smiling.

"Dawson-" I began running a hand through my hair.

"Come on, you can tutor me while I help you babysit. It's a win win." He said grabbing onto my wrist and pulling me closer to him. "Please." He pouted staring into my eyes with his beautiful, big, blue eyes, and I knew I couldn't say no.

"Fine." I sighed shaking him and his eyes off me. I climbed into the car and looked up at him, he was staring at me a small smirk gracing his face. "Are you coming?" I ask beginning to get impatient. "It's 4:30 and I have to be there by five." I explain pulling down the overhead mirror and reapplying my lipstick.

"Oh, yeah sorry." He murmured walking over to the other side and climbing in. "You're very distracting." He said buckling his seat belt. I followed suit and buckled up before shutting the car door and turning the ignition.

"How so?" I asked checking my rear view mirror.

"You're kind of beautiful." He admitted shrugging his shoulders.

"Is that so?" I smirked. Two boys in one day, it was a new record for me.

"I've always thought so. When you were a freshman it was, like, my goal to get into your pants." He smirked turning in his seat to face me.

"I'm starting to regret agreeing to this situation." I said shifting uncomfortably in my seat. Who the fuck was this because it sure wasn't Dawson. Dawson was always the quiet type, unless you really got to know him or you really pissed him off.

"Relax, Harley, I'm kidding." He chuckled settling back into his seat. "But I'm not kidding when I say you're beautiful." I felt my face get red. "I can tell you don't believe me but you are. You have really pretty eyes and a really nice body." He bit his lip and looked at me.

"I never had the chance to tell you before. We never talked and then I was dating Anna. I just wanted you to know." He answered before looking out the window.

"Well, thank you." I said looking at him. I noticed his face was nearly as red as mine and I smiled to myself.

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"Harley!" My cousin Rachel was always excited to see me. She was a pretty little girl with brown hair and the biggest brown eyes I'd ever seen.

"Hi sweetie!" I exclaimed lifting her into my arms. She looked from me to Dawson, who lingered tentatively in the doorway. "You can come in. I thought you were great with kids." I smirked raising an eyebrow. He stepped closer towards me and Rachel and shut the door behind him.

"Who that?" Rachel asked pointing at Dawson.

"That's Dawson. He's my friend and he came to help me watch you." I answered setting her down on the ground. She smiled at him before grabbing his hand and leading him over to her pile of toys. I chuckled quietly and sat down on the couch pulling out my laptop. "What do you want to work on first, Dawson?" I asked looking at him.

"Um.. He assigned that Separate Peace worksheet yesterday and I don't understand it. At all." He said looking up at me with almost a pleading look in his eyes.

"Well, what about it confuses you?" I asked getting out my copy of Scarlet Letter.

"Just... Finding the reason behind Genes actions." He explained as Rachel shoved different toys into his hands.

I nodded and understood immediately. It was difficult to understand this story, especially when it was so sleep inducing. Luckily for me I've read this book multiple times and so it was easier for me to pick up on the inferences so

"Well, Gene did what he did because he was jealous of Finny-"

"Mr. Andrews said he didn't want that as an answer."

"Hear me out- but on a deeper level, Gene did what he did because he wanted to be Finny. Think about it, while Finny was gone Gene wore all of his clothes and tried doing things Finny did. And think about the way Gene describes Finny in the story. When describing Finny, Gene sounds almost...lustful. But he doesn't want to fuck Finny. He wants to be Finny." I concluded.

"I get it now." Dawson said laughing and nodding. I smiled looking down at my laptop.

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"Bye Dawson!" Rachel exclaimed latching onto him. He laughed and picked her up.

"Goodbye, Rachel." He said hugging her.

"Will you come back?" She asked pouting.

"That depends on if Harley will let me." He answered. They both looked at me pouting. I chuckled nodding.

"Yay!" Rachel smiled throwing her arms around his neck. He put her down and she ran inside.

"Thank you so much, Harley." Her mom said hugging me.

"Of course. Love you guys!" I said walking down the steps with Dawson in tow.

I get into the car and shut the door behind me

"That was fun." Dawson said smiling, "and I got my worksheet done."

"Good." I smiled starting the car.

Dawson gave me directions and I was on my way to other side of town by the high school.

"So, Harley, I heard you're dating Joseph."

I blushed. I'm sure by now you've probably been thinking how strange Hood's name was, well that's not really his name his real name is Joseph, Joseph Bentley. Everyone started calling him Hood in the 6th grade when he showed up wearing the same exact hoodie every single day.

"No, I'm not." I answered turning onto Dawson's street.

"That's good, gives me a better shot. Can't compete with a guy like Joe." He laughed. I felt my cheeks get redder with every passing second. I silently thanked God as we pulled up to his house.

"See you tomorrow, Dawson." I said as he got out.

"See you tomorrow, beautiful." He smirked shutting the door. I waited until he was inside before I began my drive home.

Wait until Anna hears about this.

A/N-hi guys. so um things with me haven't been great lately and I really need to take time to focus on some other things rn. With that being said this story is not on hiatus, I'm just saying it might not be updated as frequently as it has been recently. So if I go a few weeks without updating, please don't hound me about it. I'm glad at the response this story has gotten and I love reading your comments but every once in a while I will have to take a break. I love you guys and don't forget to comment, favorite, vote, etc.
Xoxo, Hailey