Different Worlds

2.

Mason's P.O.V

"Uh, Mr. Reynolds, Who's Ms. Beverly?" Of course I would end up being the one who has to ask who their partner is. "Ah, that would be Kat, in the very back of the classroom. Kat could you raise your hand please?" I turn around and see a girl in the very back of the room raise her hand. "Poor Mason, stuck with someone so mediocre as his partner." I heard Gina snicker. I turned around just in time to see a small smirk appear on Gina's face. "I don't know.Did your mom plan for you to come out as the devil reincarnated, or is that just a coiI felt a small chuckle escape my lips.

Kat's P.O.V

I swear I heard a small laugh come from his head. Of course he would laugh at me, he's probably sitting over there with a smug look on his face thinking about my crap clothes, and crap hair, and probably imagining the crap apartment I live in with my crap of a mother. Mr. Reynolds was still listing the partners, but I couldn't hear him. I refuse to let some dumb, egotistic jock ruin my chances of getting out of the hell hole I've been stuck in for the past 17 years. I refuse to let his money and popularity phase and keep me from the "A" I will proudly deserve. I hear the bell ring. I grab my books and bag and make my way out of the classroom as quickly as possible. I feel a hand grab me by my arm, and I turn around startled. "Sorry, I just wanted to make sure we have an understanding about this assignment. I think..." I cut him off. "Just, stop right there. I know you think that despite what Reynolds says that we CAN actually do this over the phone but I want an "A" I NEED an "A" so, we're gonna have to play this by the book. So I'm so sorry in advance for all the phone data you're going to waste sending you friends texts about how I'm a complete bitch. So sorry." I walked away before he could even get a chance to remotely say anything. The dumb look I left on his face was all the satisfaction I needed. I walked away with a smirk on my face and a small boost in my confidence. Not that I needed the boost, I just felt kind of good having handed him his own ass. Somehow in all that I forgot to give him my contact information so he could actually work on the assignment with me. I'll just leave a note on his car on my way to the bus stop.

Mason's P.O.V

"What the hell just happened!?" I was coming to talk to her about the assignment and out of nowhere she goes off on me. Who does she think she is!? Does she automatically assume because I don't sit in the back of the classroom feeling sorry for myself that I don't give a damn about my grades, or my future! Well screw her, and her judgmental, pigheaded ass! She didn't even have the decency to exchange contact info so we could actually work on the damn assignment. Mr. Reynolds has got to be screwing with me because that bitch is insane. Now I'm going to have to figure out how to get her information and work on this assignment with her. The sooner I find Ms. Kat Williams, the sooner we can work on this assignment, and the sooner we can be done with each other. The end of this assignment can't come soon enough. I walk down the hall to the stairwell, and head to my 3rd block.

Kat's P.O.V

I was writing my number on a small piece of paper and attaching it to his windshield when he walked up out nowhere. "Was there something you needed? Did you want to write down the rest of your speech or do you want the entire parking lot to hear?" He pushed past me and opened his car door and threw his book bag inside. "I'm sorry, did you want me to apologize for caring about my education? Because that's not going to happen." He slammed his door shut and opened the door in front of me. "Get in the car." he barked. "Excuse me!? Who do you think you're talking to!" He clearly must have forgotten who he was talking to. "I'm talking to you and I'm telling you to get in the car, because the sooner we get this thing started the sooner we can finish this, and the sooner we can get away from each other. So get in the damn car!" He had put me on hush mode. No one has ever put me on hush mode, so why was I suddenly feeling a small sense of respect for him. I gave him a rude look as I climbed into the car. "I need to go at 6 o'clock though, I have somewhere to be." He climbed into the driver's seat and started the car. "Yeah, I got it." he started to back out of the parking space, and next thing I know, we're headed to his house.