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Charlotte

"Hey, Kye," I greeted happily when the cute boy arrived. "Hi, Charlotte," he blushed with a small smile. "How are you?" "Good, thank you, sweetie," I smiled. He really is so sweet to me, sometimes. "Great," he smiled. "Even with... No, never mind. Sorry." "What? Were you going to ask about... Cody? Oh, no, it's fine, sweetheart. It's okay to ask." "Are you sure?" "Yeah. It's alright. Yeah, I'm fine, even with what happened with him. I'll really miss him, but with the way he's been, I think it was for the best."

Speaking of Cody, he passed by as the time to leave for class drew near, and all turned to shit. He was smiling, which was great... Until he saw me. He frowned and drudged on, pretending he hadn't seen me, even though I knew he had. It broke my heart to see. I made him miserable. And it couldn't have helped that Kye was right beside me... I felt such remorse at our break-up. I'd hurt him gravely. But it had to be done. I wasn't ready for a label such as significant other. Not after Dean... I couldn't see why he didn't understand that...

Cody

My mood improved as I reached Dean's class, naturally. He smiled and blushed a little when he saw me, he just didn't say anything (as there were other people around). He waved and winked at me, bringing a blush to my cheeks as I sat in my regular seat to see a test on my desk, as was the case with all the other desks. I groaned lightly in annoyance, fearing for my lack of knowledge. Sure, Dean's tutoring helped, but when it came to testing time, I always forgot what I had learned. The tests were really not true representatives of my knowledge.

On the front of the package was a short hand-written note from Dean. It told me he knew I would do well and that an A would earn me a surprise from him (whatever that meant; either way, it excited me). It said he believed in me, and that I should believe in myself, too. It was so sweet. I smiled and looked up at him; he winked at me again and subtly made a heart with his fingers.

I looked over the test before starting as I heard was a good idea, not that I had ever done so before. Slippery devil, he had added a bonus question. There was a question there about his niece. He had added the question of what day her birthday was. March twelfth. Easy.

As he often did, Dean walked around the classroom as people wrote the test. This time, as he didn't do often (but it wasn't unheard of), he sat on one of the empty desks. This time, it was the one beside mine. Of course, it was. Of course, he wanted to distract me. Not that I minded... I looked up from the paper and smiled at the memory of Saturday. I nearly started laughing at it. I was just glad I could refrain. Though, I did slip off my shoe to kick him gently. He smiled and blushed, looking at me over his shoulder. I blew a kiss at him and returned my gaze to the surprisingly not ridiculously difficult test.

I was done fairly soon. Not first, of course. Maybe about half of the people were done before me. But I wasn't last. I actually finished (almost) all of the questions. I was so impressed with myself. I was proud. As was Dean, clearly. I knew he had marked mine, first. He showed me a 'thumbs-up' sign and signaled me in a way I understood to mean 'stay after class'.

I did as Dean had said, earning me a long kiss and a pinch to my bum. "Look what you got," he smiled with pride. "I am," I smirked, keeping my eyes locked with his. "On the test, smart-ass," he chuckled. "I'd rather look at you," I flirted. "Oh, go away," he laughed, pushing me gently. "Look or don't, you've got to go." "Do I have to?" "Yeah. You do. You've got another class to go to. And I've got a class to teach" "Alright, fine. I'll just take this," I smirked, picking up my test sheet. "Holy shit," I marveled, looking at the score. Seventy-nine percent! That was awesome for me! And for a math test, no less! "Wrong one," he smirked, picking up my test. "Oh," I blushed, taking my paper and putting down Charlotte's. "Ninety-five?!" I gasped in shock. "Oh, my God, that's amazing!" "A-plus, babe. Nice work."