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5.

Jeremy's Pov

I'm now sitting at the dining room table sitting across from blake dawson. The nerd assigned to help me pass calculus, and honestly he isn't a bad teacher, with him i really feel as if I'm getting it. Which that statement is something i haven't been able to say about school in a long time, i just coast by in school, do the bare minimum just so i can pass to play football, but to be honest, football isn't what I'm passionate about, i want to be a writer. But i knew early on if i didn't take the jock boy route I'd be this blake dawson guy, a guy who can count all his friends on one hand, who won't take a pretty girl to prom, and who probably will just be forgotten, like dust in the wind. So i keep my writhing a secret, i write short stories on wattpad under a fake alias, I'll probably never show anyone my journal of poetry and that's okay, I'm glad i have something that's just mine. But what comes out of my mouth next truly surprises me

"Blake are you happy?" i ask the nerd boy than shrug.

"I am, for the most part, i mean i have some stuff I wish i could change but doesn't everybody?" he says to me

"You are absolutely right about that one" i say

I wish i could have Mae Foster.

"Why do you ask?" Blake says

"Because i was just thinking about if our roles were reversed, its silly, i know." i remark back

"No offense but you couldn't pay me all the money in the world to be a jock, too much attention, too much pressure. But you handle it very well jeremy." blake says

"Do you have a girlfriend?" i remark back, not even knowing why I asked the question

"I don't want you to be weird around me or anything now but ill say this in sports terms so you'll understand it, ummm that's not the team i play for.....if you catch my drift." blake says all nervous.

"Oh, I'm not like that blake, I'm not one of those guys that think you want me just because you're gay. So you're out then?" i ask

"Yeah, well to anyone that matters at least" blake says.

"That's awesome man. I wish you good luck." i say

"You know jeremy, when your dad first asked me to do this, i was dreading it, but now i realize you aren't like all the rest of the jocks." he says then smile

"Ssshhhhh blake you can't blow my cover" i say then smile.

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Mae's POV

Even though its Saturday i have been BUSY today, i took the Johnson's kids to the aquarium, i walked our family dog pluto around big springs park, I've done enough homework for 2 people (mine and stacy's) and the house is completely spotless.

I'm now just sitting at my laptop looking through my emails trying to find work for jeremy to do just the right fit for him. Then after scrolling i found it, he can baby sit the Martin's two sons, they are 7 and 5. They would love jeremy. I'll just text him the deets.

Me :  Tyler and sam martin, 7 and 5, they live on 203 pleasant drive. Father is a dentist, its 10 an hour tomorrow night from 4-8, and i will get my 10 percent ;-)

Jeremy: okay mae bae i won't let you down.

Me : stop it. ✋

Jeremy: stop what mae bae?

Me : with that.......name

Jeremy: okay mae bae I'll stop.

Why on gods green earth does he call me mae bae God that is so annoying but i guess thats just how those jocks are. He is just trying to win me over.

I want to go out, i want to go do something fun, i want my boyfriend and i to go out tonight.

Me : hey babe, you wanna go get something to eat? I'll buy.

Zander : can't. Already hanging with blake.

Zander : see you Monday!

Ugh, he always spends all his time blake, its like they are dating or something. I'm so over it.

Me :  Carl, lets go do something

Carly : spinnys?

Me : see you there at 7?

Carly : sure, can matt come also?

Me : sure see you then.

Are matt and Carly a thing now? I can't believe it. He isn't her type.  But i am not one to judge, i then go up to my room and enter my closet, i need to change out of my home lounging clothes and into something i can go out in. I strip out of my shorts and t shirt and I'm just standing in my closet just looking through the racks for something to wear, i hear the door open behind me and i turn and my face meets with stacys

She needs to quit being so good at sneaking up on me.

"Woah mae, you have a pretty hot body? Why you changing, going to a hot party" she says then snorts

"No, I'm going to meet Carly at spinnys for dinner" i say

"Oh come on, its losers like you that makes spinnys a not cool place to go"

"We get a student discount, that's why i go" i say

"Whatever, you want to be popular so bad"

"That's the exact opposite of what i want actually"

"Whatever" she says then starts skimming the racks of clothes and then picks out this teal blue v neck shirt and hands it to me

"I'm just saying sister if i was as thin as you I'd be wearing much cuter clothes" she says to me

"You're thin also stacy." i say then roll my eyes

"I'm a size 3. I have to work hard to keep my body this tiny, you are a double zero and just sit on your ass eating cheeseburgers all day." she says then pouts

"I think I'm gaining weight finally" i say

She then leaves the closet and shouts "good your unhealthy habits are finally catching up to you.

I'm sick of her hating on me for things i can not change.