You + Me= what?

Meeting my Tutor

"Yes, I know. Now sit down" "Is this some prank or something?" I ask as I look across the table at Hunter Matthews. "No, this isn't a prank" he says as he stares at me in an agitated way. "You're the person Mr. Wave was talking about?" I ask and he nods. "Ok. So are we going to do Math or what?" he asks "Sure" I say and pull my math book out of my backpack. "Ok, so you just move this to this side, and then you add this to this" Hunter says as he points to some things. "Ok, then I move this and divide them" I say and he nods his head. "The answer is 22?" I ask and he nods again. "I finally did an Algebra problem right" "Good for you. Now all you need to do is do that about hundred more times" he says. "Thanks for ruining the moment" I mumble under my breath. Then, I glance at my phone. "Oh, crap" I say as Hunter looks up at me. "I'm supposed to be home at 7" I say as I stuff things in my backpack. "You can't tell anyone about this" he says and looks completely serious. "Why would I even want to?" I say and he looks at me again and stares. "I won't" I say and run out the door to my mom's car. I pull into my drive way at 7:02. When I walk in my mom is standing waiting for me at the door. As soon as I walk in she hugs me and tells me that I am late. Ashley walks around the corner, and smiles when she sees me. "How was your tutoring?" she asks and winks at me. "Boring" I say as she drags me to my room while mom finishes dinner. "So, who was your mystery man? Was he cute? Nerdish? Was it a guy?" she asks fast so I jump in the minute she takes a breath. "It was a guy, but I'm not supposed to say who it is" I say and Ashley looks disappointed. "Why?" she whines and I grin. "He doesn't want me to say", and she looks back up to me real fast. "So you are one of those secret couples" she says and I shake my head. "He is my tutor." As soon as I finish mom yells for us to come down stairs for dinner. After we eat we watch some TV, and then I head to go take a shower at 9:30. I walk in my bedroom and plug up my phone. Ashley walks in a few minutes later, and lays on "her side of the bed." As soon as I lay down I am fast asleep.

My phone starts singing "Cruise" and I know it's time to get up. I reach for my phone on the table beside my bed, and I slide the unlock button. "Ashley get up" I say as I slide off my bed. "I am up" she mumbles as she walks in my room with a toothbrush in her mouth. "How in the world are you a morning person?" I ask as I look at my hair in the mirror, and I see it looks like I have never brushed it a day in my life. "I don't know. I just like the mornings" she says with a smile. I glare at her and she laughs a little bit. I head to the bathroom and brush my teeth and stuff, and then I head to my closet. I grab a white flannel shirt, a pair of jeans, and my gray calf boots. "That guy you met must have already effected you" she retorts, but smiles at the same time. "I am not dressing up for Hu..." I stop real fast. "Who is H?" she asks and smiles. "No one" I say and grab my backpack off of my desk. "Who is your tutor?" Ashley asks for like the hundred time. "I am not telling you" I answer for the hundred time. "I thought BFF's told each other everything" she whines. "They do, but this is one of the few exceptions" I say, and the rest of the car was silent except for one of us singing.

"Of course 1-30 in math" I say and roll my eyes, and Ashley snickers at me, even though I think she is a little irritated. "Maybe your mystery boyfriend can help you" she says. "Whatever you say" I finally say. We are walking to our next class, when Hunter Matthews walks down the hall and looks over at me. We make eye contact, but just for a few seconds before I break it. "Kate! He was totally checking you out" she says and smiles. "No, he wasn't" I say and try to keep non-chalant. "Hunter Matthews was staring at you, and all you say is no he wasn't! What is wrong with you?" she asks and honestly is surprised. "Wait. Hunter Matthews. H-un-ter. Is he your tutor?" she asks as her eyebrows raise. "Really? Him. Of all the people you think he is good at math." I say and she shakes her head. "That was really surprising at first. So if he isn't your tutor who is?" "Ashley" I groan and roll my eyes as I walk into my second period class. When lunch comes around my head hurts so badly I think about going home. "What's wrong with you?" Matthew asks when I sit down. "My head is killing me" I reply and he just nods. "You know I think I am going to go home" I say. "What? Why?" Ashley asks as she sits down beside me. "I don't feel good" I say and she nods. "Do you want me to drive you home?" "Sure" I say and after lunch is over we both walk out to Ashley's car. "I am just going to hang out with you instead of going back" she says "Ok". We pull into my driveway and we walk in with our backpacks. We work on some homework when my mom calls. "Why did you leave school?" she asks sounding a little irritated. "I didn't feel good" I answer as my stomach unsettles. "You should have called me before you..." she says, but before she can finish I throw my phone on the couch and run to the bathroom. "Are you ok?" Ashley asks me as I throw up the little food I ate when I got home. She comes in there and stands beside me and rubs my back and holds my hair away from my face. "Yeah" I say and slowly stand up. I walk to the sink, and I brush my teeth for like five minutes. When I walk to my room Ashley already has a cup of Gatorade in her hand, and the remote in the other. "You're the best" I say and sit down on my bed, and she sits down in the bean bag in the floor. Half way through the movie Brave I feel my eyes close and I am fast asleep.

I wake up and I look at my phone that is plugged up even though I don't even remember doing it. It reads 10:30 a.m. "Well I guess I'm not going to school" I think to myself. I sit back down on my bed and turn my TV on. I start watching Criminal Minds and I grab my laptop off the floor where it was charging. My phone rings and I see my mom calling me. "Hey sweetie how are you feeling?" she asks. "I'm ok. I just am tired" I answer as I log onto Pinterest. "Why don't you get some more sleep?" "I will. Love you" I say as I am fixing to hang up before I hear her say "Love you." I get on Pinterest for fifteen minutes before I shut my laptop and go to sleep.

"Wakie, wakie" I hear someone say and shake my side. I roll over and see Ashley sitting on my bed. "Schools already over?" I ask as I sit up so she can sit beside me. "Yeah. You have been asleep for a while" she says with a little laugh. "Oh" is all I manage to say before she asks "Do you want to go to the coffee shop?" I feel a lot better than yesterday. I feel better than this morning so why not? "Sure I reply and I stand up so I can get ready. In ten minutes I'm wearing jeans, a grey button up shirt, and boots. We get in the car and we are there in five minutes. I glance at the clock and it says 6:30. I look at the car we park beside and notice it looks familiarly. "Crap" I say and Ashley looks at me. "What?" she asks me. "I'm not that thirsty any more. I think I'll just sit out here and wait on you" I say and I put my hand on the car handle. "Nope" she say and locks the car "You are coming in and we are socializing." "Ashley. I really" I start, but she cuts me off saying "Come on whiney." When we walk in the door Hunter is fixing to walk out the door when he sees me he scowls and walks up to me. "Don't worry about coming next week" he whispers and walks out the door. Before I even think I follow him and say "Please I'm sorry. It's not my fault" I say and he turns to me and says "Really?" "Yeah. I was sick today" I say and then he adds "But you are here and not at your house" "Ok, I know I don't know you, but you have to trust me" I say pleading with him. "I need all the help I can get" I add. "Fine" he agrees and gets in his car. "What in the world was that?" Ashley asks when she walks out the door with two cups in her hand. "It's a long story" I say and grab one of the cups out of her hand. After I we get home I tell her about Hunter being my tutor. "It wasn't a long story" she says. "Yeah, but it gave me some extra time to think about what I was going to say" I reply and smile. "I can't believe your tutor is the hottest guy at school" she smiles and raises her eyebrows. I bite my lip and then I say "He isn't even that cute." "Ha! You do like him. You bit your lip that is your sign" she says and smiles again. "I bite my lip all the time. That is not a 'sign'" I say and hit her arm. "I can promise you he is all yours" I say and she rolls her eyes.