"Get in." He commanded.
I obeyed him and slid into the back seat quietly. I stared down at my feet and fiddled with the end of my sleeves. I sat erect, stiff and awkward.
"Something wrong?"
Uh oh.
"No, I'm fine. Thanks."
That stung a little much at the end.
"Okay... If you're sure..."
We made our way to his dwelling. I looked it over and mustered up a few deductions from it.
I know he's probably the parental figure. I know he has a little brother. And I know his job, if he has one, is low pay. I know all too well how that is.
He told me not to mind about how bad the place looked. I didn't mind at all. It reminded me of home, actually.
He brought me to a room he says he does homework in. Then he offered me food and a drink. I declined, although I haven't eaten all day. My lunch was thrown to the ground.
He brought me food anyway.
I was handed cold pizza leftovers and a beer bottle.
...I was growing skeptical.
"Well? Go ahead." He encouraged as he took a swig from his.
"We can... work on.. 'Application of the derivative'..." I was distracted by his mouth around the dark rim as he sipped
...
"Do you know derivatives?"
"No."
"...well... What math are you in anyways?"
"Analytic geometry... and-... AP calc..."
I rummaged through my backpack and pulled out my book. I thumbed through the pages and put my papers and folders to hold in my mouth.
And I dropped my book. On my foot.
Thus, I opened my mouth and papers flew everywhere.
He helped me pick them up.
I got out my scratch paper out and wrote a few things down.
"Woah.. uh.." I could tell I made him feel stupid. I didn't want to do that.
"Well, how do you learn best? Reading the material? Notes? Or Expirence?"
He smirked. That was... unexpected.
"I'd say I learn best with experience, yeah."
He said that smugly.
"Okay then." I crumbled my scratch paper and took index cards out and started to write equations on them.
I held the first up.
"Do you know how to solve this?"
He finished his drink and leaned forward to squint at the card.
"Mm, Nope."
*sarcasm* great.
"This one?"
"Nada."
Of course not.
