You + Me= what?

My Tutor gets in a fight?!

A couple minutes later I hear her pull out of my drive way. I drift off to sleep with my ankle on a pillow and a heating pad on top of it.

I wake up to my alarm going off. I put some sweats on and an old sweatshirt. I grab my crutches and hobble down the stairs to the kitchen. "Do you need me too drive you to school?" my mom asks when I sit down. "No, Ashley is coming to get me" I say as I lay my head down on the table. "Ok." I hear Ashley pull up in the drive way, so I tell mom bye and hobble out to her car. "Hey, how are you feeling?" she asks as soon as I get in her car and throw my crutches in the back. "I'm fine" I say and smile. Our ride to school to short and tiring. It's Monday morning who isn't tired? I throw my back pack on my shoulder and hop out of the car. It's like the movies when someone opens the door and everyone else stops and stares that is what happened when I walked in. After everyone moves on I walk to my locker. "Why does it seem like everyone is staring at me?" I ask Ashley and she says while laughing "Because everyone is staring at you." "Thanks" I say sarcastically. The bell rings, and the herd of students walk towards their classrooms. "Can I talk to you for "So have you talked to Elijah lately?" she asks as we sit on my bed. "No, I guess he is still out of service" I say and she looks at me. "If so he has been out of service for three months" she says. "I know. It's easier to think like that though" I say. "You deserve way better than him" she says. "It's not about what I deserve it's about what I want" I say and she smiles. "You just quoted Criminal Minds" she says. "I know isn't it great" I say and we both laugh.

The Monday morning comes early. I wake up at four in the morning and couldn't go back to sleep, so I decide to get up and watch some TV. At about seven Ashley gets up and starts to get ready. When she notices I'm up she has to do a double take. "Why are you up?" she asks. "I woke up at like four and couldn't go back to sleep" I say and she nods her head slowly. "Hunters got you all tore up doesn't he?" she asks in a teasing tone. "No" I say firmly and we both start laughing. "So what are you wearing today?" she asks as she walk over to my closet. "Jeans and my sweatshirt" I say and I hear her sigh and mumble "Figures." I laugh and she pulls some stuff from the back of my closet. "You actually own a skirt?" she asks and laughs. "You know I own it. I just don't wear it" I say and laugh a little too. "Well I am going to wear it today" she says and slides it on over her leggings. Then she grabs some shirt and puts it on. Like I said I pull my faded jeans and put my plain grey sweatshirt on.

When we get to school everyone is standing I a big group at the end of the parking lot. Ashley and I walk over to see what was going on. Hunter and some other guy, Sam, I think are standing in the middle. Well, Hunter is standing and Sam is laying on the ground. No surprise really. Hunter is always in fights and stuff. "Mr. Matthew what is going on?" Mrs. Suggs, our History teacher, asks. "Well" Hunter starts but it cut off by Sam tackling him to the ground. "Mr. Wells and Mr. Matthew to the office. NOW" she says and Sam stands up, but not before punching Hunter in the jaw. They both calmly walk inside the building with the rest of us following behind.

At lunch that is all anyone is talking about. "Did you hear that Hunter and Sam..." or "Hunter was defending...", but every time I got close enough to hear what they had to say they stopped talking. "Kate! Kate!" I hear Ashley yelling as I wait in line to get lunch. "What? What is it?" I ask frantically. "You'll-never-guess-what" she says taking a deep breath between each word. "I heard that Hunter got in a fight" she says and takes a pause. "I know we saw it or the ending if it" I say and she starts shaking her head rapidly. "He got in that fight because of you" she says and I wrinkle up my nose. "I wasn't even there" I say and she takes another breath. "No, Sam said something about you and Hunter punched him" she says and I open my eyes real wide.

"What?" I ask and she nods. "I know, that's what I said" she says and smiles. "Why would he defend me?" I ask and she smiles even wider. "That's just a rumor though" I say and she shrugs. Right about that time I hear "Kate Miller please come to the front office" over the intercom. "Crap" I say and everyone turns to look at me. I hobble up to the front office and step inside to see Hunter and, who I learned really was, Sam Duff sitting in two chairs in front of a desk. "Hello Ms. Miller" our principle, Mrs. Shaw, says as I walk through the door. "Hi" I say and awkwardly shift on my crutches. "Are both of you men just going to sit there and let an injured girl stand?" Mrs. Shaw asks Hunter and Sam. They both sit still and then Hunter rolls his eyes and stands up mumbling something. I slowly sit down and stare at Mrs. Shaw who is sitting behind her desk staring at me and smiling at the same time. "Ms. Miller what is your relationship with Mr. Duff?" she asks slowly but still smiling. "Um...There isn't one" I say and she nods.