I'm not in love with you... Right?

Girlfriend Tutor

                             Matteo

   I settled down as the teacher walked in. He started the lesson by sharing the last test's results, but for the first time, he projected our scores onto the board.

1•| Daphne P. Argent -- 100% -- A+
2•| Jaythan Stilinski -- 95% -- A+
3•| Amy Rodriguez -- 94.5% -- A+
4•| Dakota Rodriguez -- 89.6% -- A
5•| Fiona Snow -- 88% -- B+
6•| Theodore Roosevelt -- 85% -- B+
7•| Nathaniel Hawthorne -- 79.8% -- B+
8•| Damien Rodriguez -- 70% -- B
9•| Matteo J. Dorran -- 0% -- F- [ Didn't take the test ]

   The rest of the class was a blur, probably cuz I wasn't paying attention. After the class, I jumped off my seat, the happiest student there cuz school had ended for the day, but the teacher held me back.

“ Matteo, you're on the football team, yes? ”

“ Yeah? ”

“ And co-captain? ”

“ Stop asking me stuff you already know ”

“ Right, straight to business. You're being dropped off the team ”

“ What?! ”

“ It seems your sports are getting in the way of your education. Unless you make at least 65% in all your subjects before the end of the term, you won't be on the team anymore. And it has to be this term, or else, you will never get back on the team ”

I sighed and said “ Well, goodbye, Football ” I walked out of the classroom and a sly-looking Daphne hopped out in front of me. She looked like a cat with that smirk of hers.

“ What now, Pen?- ”

“ Paige! And I heard everything ”

“ You were eavesdropping ”

“ No... ” Her smirk only grew. “ You still want to be captain, right? ”

“ Well, yeah, but- ”

“ No buts. We're studying ” She tried to pull me to my car, but she was too small. I just patted her messy bun and smiled.

“ I'm trying to help you ” she pouted. Who knew she had such a childish and playful behavior?

“ Fine ” I sighed “ But you're wasting your time ”

    We got into the Black Jeep. And I called my mom as I drove out.

“ Hey, Mom? I'm going to be a bit late today. Heading to Daph's house ”

“ No. Mom, that's not why we're going there. I know that's why I usually go to girls' houses, but we're studying ”

“ Mom, I promise. It's not like she'd let me anyway. She's different, she'd probably whack my head and set it straight, she's not like the other girls I've dated. Okay, I'll be back, latest 8:00 pm, k? Bye, love you ” I turned to Daphne and she was unbelievably pale, squirming in her seat. At first, I thought it was because of what my mom said, but she seemed genuinely scared.

“ Daph? ”

“ Look at the road ”

“ You're scared of... Safety signs? ”

“ Just please ” the tension in her voice made me take her seriously. I drove her to her house and she immediately hopped out.

“ Is there something I should know? ”

“ No. No, I'm just a stickler for the rules ” That might've been true, but I sensed there was something more to it, however, if she didn't want to talk about it, I wouldn't force her.

She walked over to the gate and did a fingerprint scan and the gates opened up themselves.

“ whew ” I whistled and she rolled her eyes, she was slowly becoming the usual, unafraid, calm, but sarcastic Daphne.

   She led me into the mansion, the opening was a large sitting room with a large TV and couch, and there was the stairwell, it was as the the stairs were floating, like I'd stepped into the future.

“ Woah ” I gasped as we climbed the stairs, it felt like we were floating. It led us to a balcony of sorts, overlooking the large sitting room. And behind the balcony was another sitting room, much smaller than the last, but still big. The house was mainly painted white, but other than that, there was a stunning, white, black, and silver wallpaper that ran across the walls. “ Your interior designer is no joke ” Another flight of floating stairs, then we entered a hallway. She walked to the last room on the floor and opened a large pair of gold and silver doors. It opened to a large silver and purple room. A fully curtained purple bed set that looked really comfy. A purple shelf next to it held hundreds of books and behind it were Silver drapes with purple embroidery.
   A silver rug ran across the floor to a door that led into another room for the bathroom, and adjacent to that door was another door for the closet. Before the head of the bed was an attached cupboard and shelf with snacks, and breakfast foods.

  I hopped on the bed, grabbed a handful of CocoPops, and then stuffed my face. She made that melodious sound that was her laugh again. I ended up just staring at her. I'd never met anyone quite like her. And that giggle that makes me suddenly want to laugh too. She was one of the only real girls I met at high school, raw emotion, no refining whatsoever.

“ That's not why we're here, ” she said grabbing a Biology textbook.

“ Dunno 'bout you, but it's why I'm here, ” I said with my mouth full. She giggled again and sat next to me.

“ I'll give you a handful every time you do well, and if you've learned everything you need to know by the end of today, you can take the rest of the pack home ”

“ Open that textbook ” she giggled again and said

“ You're silly ”

                               ★★★

“ ... Last topic, ” she said yawning “ Respiratory system... This plays an important role in the body, because... Because- snore ” I chuckled. She'd dozed off.

“ What a tutor ” I dusted CocoPops off the bed and then laid Daph down in a sleeping position to avoid her getting all sore in the morning. I stared at her for a few minutes. For the first time, I saw her hair down, the messy bun had come undone and she looked kinda pretty. Her beautiful, wide, silvery blue eyes were covered by her eyelids. Her pink lips were covered in drool and she was still sleep talking about the respiratory system. “ Oh my goodness, Nerd, ” I said exasperated. I'd actually learned a lot. Too much. She was so persistent, using funny situations to teach science ( I still didn't know how she managed to make science fun ) and using CocoPops to bribe me. I chuckled again and tucked her in. I grabbed the CocoPops, after all, she'd promised me. I checked the time on her phone. 7: 48 pm, I'd promised Mom 8:00. An idea popped up in my head before I dropped the phone. For some reason, she didn't have a password, I opened her phone and saved my number on it as: ' Matteo😘😏😉 ', and took a picture of her drooling face, before I left her mansion. I stepped into my car and drove home listening to ' Take Me Back to London ' by Ed Sheeran and Stormzy.