Bullied | j.b

8: Helping?

Today is Wednesday when I'm helping Joey. Yesterday me and Justin went to the park after school. We went for a short walk and I had to keep explaining to him that I was just tutoring him. Plus I'm pretty sure he has a girlfriend or at least has strong feelings for someone, that is not me. If he does have a girlfriend I don't think he is the type of person to cheat. I'm defiantly not the type of person that would cheat either, especially because I really care about Justin, I'm still waiting for him to make the first move and say he loves me. But what if he doesn't? Maybe I should just tell him. But not yet.

I look at the clock and its 6:30 Joey is coming in half an hour which should give me enough time to start on my own Music homework. We have to write a song and record it on garage band, I hope I am as good of a singer as Justin says.

When you left me

I didn't know what to do

I couldn't see

Did you feel this to?

We were perfect

Together forever and ever

You just had that affect

We were always together

Half an hour later after working on my lyrics the doorbell rings. Joey is here. I open the door and he is standing there with his backpack slung over his shoulder.

"Hey Anna." He says, as he enters I get a strong whiff of cologne and start coughing.

"Hey." I say to him.

"Okay so come sit on the couch and I'll grab us some snacks." I tell him as I walk into the kitchen.

3 minutes later I come back out into my living room with a plate of cookies.

"Oooo those look good!" Joey says with a smile on his face.

"Well I hope so, I made them." I tell him as he bites into the warm cookie.

I reach into my bag and tell Joey to grab his textbook, notebook, and a pencil. I pull out my things as Joey comes back out of looking in his bag and only comes out with a pencil and notebook.

"I forgot my textbook at school, can we share yours? I have my notebook though." He asks me with a sparkle in his eye that I find making me a little nervous.

"Ya sure." I say with a smile as he moves closer than I find comfortable.

"Okay so what are we working on right now?" He asks me and I'm kind of surprised he doesn't even know that much.

"We are doing exponents. Okay, So we are doing page 32 numbers 1,2,3,4, and 6. Do you have that down?" I ask him writing down the questions in my own book.

"Yep. Now what's the first question?"

"Okay write in expanded form: 1.a) 4 to the power of 5, 1.b) 15 to the power of 3."

"What is expanded form?"

"Really?" I say a little shocked and he just nods, "Well, 4 to the power of 5 is 4 multiplied by itself 5 times. Expanded form is when you write out the whole equation. Do you get it?"

"I think so." He says starting to write it down.

"Like that?" He asks showing me his work.

"Ya exactly!" I say giving him a high five.

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After working on math for 50 minutes we finally take a break and go outside, which I was kind of happy about. He was sitting so close to me, he had A LOT of cologne on, and I'm pretty sure he kept putting breath spray in his mouth. He is nice and all but he is starting to freak me out a little. He does know I'm dating Justin... Right?

We step outside into the warm September air. I walk over to the old swing set and sit down on the swing. Joey follows my lead and sits down beside me.

"Wow, the sky looks beautiful here." He says staring up at the stars.

"Ya I know. I always sneak out here at night through my window." I say pointing over at my window and the tree, "I just climb onto the roof then I climb down the tree or sometimes I just sit in the tree."

"Woah, you can actually climb that tree?" He says a little surprised.

"Ya! Here I'll show you!" I say grabbing his wrist and pulling him over to the big tree. I immediately grab the branch, pull myself up, and swing my legs over. From there I keep climbing and I stop when I realize he isn't coming. "Aren't you coming up?" I shout down at him.

"Are you kidding? I can't climb that!" He exclaims.

"Fine. Just go through the house and meet me in my room!" I say as he heads back inside through the door. I hope he isn't taking this the wrong way. I quickly finish climbing and I get to the window and its locked. Joey walks through my door and quickly helps me open the window.

"Thanks." I say with a smile.

"No problem." He says proud of himself.

"What time do you need to leave?"

"I need to leave by 8:30, is that cool with you?"

"Ya sure, we can take a break until 8:10 then finish our work."

"Okay," he says looking down. "In the meantime we could..." He says starting to lean in. I freak out a little bit and freeze. His lips brush mine and I immediately pull away from him. So many things are going through my head right now. I get up and run into the bathroom locking him out.

"Anna? What's wrong?"

"What's wrong? Seriously? You just kissed me! I have a boyfriend!"

"Y-you what?" He asks.

"I'm dating Justin! What is he going to think when he hears that a grade 10 kissed me? He's going to think that I kissed you! I think I love him and I don't know what to do!"

"I-I'm so sorry Annabelle. I didn't know, i really like you, I thought I was helping. I'll just go." He says to me and I just sit there crying. I can't go through Justin bullying me anymore, I can't have him hate me. I hear Joey slam the door and I know he is gone.

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A/N: okay I got it up in time :)

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