Blown by the Wind -Fairytales, Book 1 [ON HOLD]

Chapter Three- Study Sessions... Or Maybe a Lesson on Social Interaction...

Chapter 3- Study Sessions... Or Maybe a Lesson on Social Interaction...

He infuriates me. Plan and simple, the nerve of that boy! Saying that to my face. He's just so thick headed and so close.... Never mind. People should not waste capabilities like this. I'm so proud of her. She has suffered through a lot and I just hate the way people mock her. But I suppose it can't be helped. I'll just take comfort in that those who have attitudes like this will get nowhere in life, she knows it, and I know it, and that's good enough for me.

"DIEEEEEEEE!!!! NO ONE LIKES YOU. GO DIE IN A HOLE!" Oh dear, Emily's reading again. Not again! She's probably prattling on about some bad guy or another. OMG just shut up! We don't need to hear about how this guy isn't meant for her and how this one is... We just don't need to hear it.

I turned back to the conversation at hand. Chloe glanced at the rest of us and started laughing.

Emily startled, "what's going on what are you laughing about?"

"Oh, nothing." She replied.

"Right." She said sarcastically, drawing out the 'I' dramatically.

But its safe to say that the day was uneventful... until the end of the day, but you already knew that, right?

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*Psst* "Ria! Over here!" Ugh he's reverted to crappy secrecy.

"Fine. I'm coming, sweetie!" the last phrase said in a fake sweet voice.

"Oh you wish I was you sweetie." He 'subtly' (sense sarcasm) flirted with me.

"Not in your wildest dreams."

"Definitely. Wet dreams, of course."

"Yeah, Okay, Whatever. Now, on to the situation. What do you want help in?" I tried to be professional, or at least attempted to...

" Umm... I don't understand a lot of Mrs Trunkesy's math; you're in Red, right? So you'd have learnt all this already. I'm also trying to improve on English and Chinese. I'm struggling with the pronunciations, obviously, and the language In general. But currently I only have Math. I was thinking Math on Mondays and Language on Wednesdays?"

"Okay. Get your stuff out." I said. I want to earn my $25.

"So we're currently doing area and perimeter and stuff but I'm having trouble with congruent triangles and the angle stuff..." he explains, hurriedly, embarrassed.

I get settled into my seat and hurdle head first into the world of triangles and angles.

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* An Hour Later- Finished Tutor Session*

"You think the only people who are people

Are the people who look and think like you,

But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger

You'll learn things you never knew you never knew

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?

Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned?

Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains?

Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?

Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?"

Oh shit; Mum's calling. My ringtone is after our princess's joke, so it's Pocahontas' Color of the Wind.

I excused myself- I had to go get this.

"Hello?"

"Ria! Where are you?

Oh shit, I forgot to tell mum about being home late.

"Um, Emily and I decided to practice and do debating every Monday and Wednesday, is that okay? "

"Hmm, okay. I'll talk to you when you get home baby."

"'Kay. Talk to you then. Love you." I ended the call. Ethan was staring at me.

"What? Do you not know how to conduct normal social interactions?"

"Uhhh... anyway, what's up with the ringtone?"

"Inside joke. Where's my money?" I allowed a smile on that last phrase to encourage him.

"Oh, yeah..." he looked around then slipped $25 into my waiting hand.

"I was thinking for future sessions, I'll just give you $50 at the end of Wednesdays session."

Well, as long as I get it. I moved my hand to rest on the side of his cheek, golden brown hair brushing my fingertips, blue eyes boring into mine.

"Thank you." I gave him what Emily would say was a 'sassy' smile and turned out of the library to my car.

I got in and blasted my fave cd and headed home.

Pic of Chloe to the side