Tutoring My Bully // J.G.

Chapter 40

Collins POV

We arrive at my house and I open my front door for her.

Right away, my two dogs come running and sniff her.

"Oh my gosh! Your dogs are so adorable!" She says, kneeling down, petting Scooter and Scrappy.

"Thanks. Do you want to order some Chinese food?" I ask.

"Yes! I'm so hungry." She says, enthusiastically.

"Okay, let's go to the kitchen." I say, leading the way as she follows behind.

I bring out a chair for her to sit at the island in the kitchen. "Is Chinese Express okay?" I ask, hoping she likes the restaurant.

"Yeah." She said, politely, sitting with her phone in her hand. I get out my phone and call the number and order our food.

"They'll be here in about 30-35 minutes. Do you want a snack?" I ask, once I finish the phone call.

"Sure. What do you have?"

I open the cabinet and browse the snacks that we have. "Cheez-its, Goldfish, Oreos and chips ahoy." I tell her.

"Oreos please." She says, with a cheesy smile.

I laugh. "Okay, here you go." I hand her the box of Oreos.

While she's eating Oreos I can't help but think about her feelings towards Gilinsky. I need to know if she likes him. For his and Matt's sake.

Is it the right time to talk about it though?...

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JuJu's POV

I was eating the Oreos that Collin gave me and looked down at my phone, texting Hannah, checking to see how she's feeling. Once I was done texting her, I put my phone down on the island because I was supposed to be spending time with Collin. I looked up at him to see that he was just staring at me with an uneasy look on his face. I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion, wondering whats going through his head.

"You okay?" I ask.

"Yeah... its just... Never mind, just forget it, I don't think you'd want to talk about it." He says, looking away.

"C'mon. Tell me. Whats wrong?" I ask, worried about my friend.

"I need to know whats going on with you and Jack." He says, a frown appearing on my face.

"I told you, theres nothing," I started speaking, only to be interrupted.

"Stop. I know you have feelings for him, you can't keep lying to everybody about your feelings, JuJu." He said, angry.

"I'm not lying, I don't like Jack that way." I said, obviously lying.

"Okay. Fine. I believe you, I just needed to make sure that it's okay for Gilinsky to take Alison to meet his parents. They're getting along really well." He said, making chest hurt.

"Oh... Wow. That fast?" I ask.

"Yeah what do you think of it?" He asks me.

"I... I'm happy for him." I say.

"You're lying." Collin says with a stern face.

"What?"

"You're lying. I know you are, I didn't realize it till now but you always stutter when you're nervous, which must mean you're lying."

"I... I..." I start, unable to finish the sentence.

"I was just lying about the Jack and Alison thing, I was hoping you'd be jealous. It's okay if you have feelings for Jack, JuJu." Collin says, his facial expressions softening.