MONDAY 8:03AM
jules sat all alone in the front of the school on the steps listening to some music and waiting for his friends. he watched as the other kids all walked in sync with eachother, he watched the couples hold hands and laugh with eachother. he wondered what love is like, what it feels like, if it tastes like anything.
"hi" kat walked up to the boy and surprised him
"hey" he said pulling out one headphone and giving the girl a small smile.
"you ready for today?" she held out her hand for him to grab it.
jules looked to the girls hand, kat was a small girl, skinny, beautiful.
"i guess so" he stood up, not grabbing the girls hand but pulling his backpack strap over his shoulder.
the two began walking to the courtyard where everyone usually gathers before school starts.
"how did you sleep?" kat asked as they both walked onto the yard.
"i guess i slept okay, i got alot on my mind yknow?"
he replied.
"i get that" kat agreed. "we all have stuff on our -"
the girl stopped speaking and jules looked over to her to see why, she was staring at chris who was across the yard, standing with a group of guy friends, laughing, being guys and stuff.
"are you okay?" jules asked her, and before he could ask anything else, they were suddenly walking over to chris and his group.
"hi" kat waited for chris to notice her.
chris turned and looked down to the short girl
"hey?" chris said kind of confused.
jules stood behind kat as she spoke "you stopped answering my calls? i just wanted to know if we were okay or something i- uh" she shrugged and looked to the boy that stood in front of her.
"i thought i made myself clear?" chris told her.
"youre not pretty enough to be seen with me at all" chris gave a grin while his friends in the back gave an "ooooo" in sync.
kat couldnt find words to say, her face turned a deep red and she just nodded in silence as she backed away, and then turned away to walk.
"cmon" jules grabbed her hand and he lead her away and into the building.
"its okay kat, assholes like that arent even worth your time" he told her as they walked upstairs, trying to lift her spirits up "you can find better and cuter boys, youre too good for him anyways"
"if im too good for him then why arent i with him"
kat sighed and held back tears.
MONDAY 9:36AM
"goodmorning everyone" mr. b greeted the class as they all sat in their chairs and desks.
jules sat with marissa, and their friend ashley as he overheard their conversation
"i really have no time for myself anymore, between art competitions and choir and theater" ashley boasted.
"then why dont you just quit?" marissa told her "i dont do anything like that and im perfectly fine"
"marissa, if youre not involved with anything at school, that just makes you a loser, and of course it would be easy to just quit everything and not care about grades or anything at all, like you" ashley shrugged.
"i care..." marissa mumbled as mr.b called everyones attention to the front of the class
"everyone please" mr.b said calmly trying to get everyone to settle down and get quiet.
"im passing out your finals from last thursday and for most people" the man stated as he began passing them out "i was very disappointed" he sat marissas paper down in front of her which read 'sixty seven percent'
"and others" he handed jules his paper, making eye contact with him "i was very impressed" mr. b gave jules a slight wink in secret and jules read his score out to marissa and ashley "eighty nine percent, wow" jules smiled to himself as he looked to mr.b as he handed ashley her paper. "what the? how did you get a higher grade than me jules?" ashley asked him.
MONDAY 10:23AM
the bell had rang for the class to be released and while everyone was packing jules heard "i need you to stay a bit after class, so we can discuss your test score, yeah?" mr.b told him as jules shook his head and looked at him in a reply.
"bye ash, bye marissa" he told them as he followed them to the door, just to close it behind them.
jules smirked to himself as he turned to the teacher that was leaning in front of his desk, watching the boy.
"listen jules" mr.b started "i think we should discontinue our tutoring meeting" the man shook his head while looking to the teen, who was walking closer to him.
"and why is that?" jules asked him.
"cmon jules, we can get caught" the man shook his head and looked to the closed door.
"fine then" jules shrugged and crossed his arms "but what am i supposed to do? when you call me at night and ask me if im wearing any underwear?" jules smiled and pulled the man into him by his shirt.
"im not" jules shook his head "wearing any" he chuckled a little, while biting his bottom lip.
mr. b chuckled as well, blushing a bright red.
"an eighty nine? i think i deserved better" jules smiled, still holding the man by his shirt.
"how about you show me how you deserved better? rather than running your mouth" mr.b licked his lips and looked to jules, before pulling him in for a kiss.
jules smiled between the kiss, he knew that this was what love was like, what love felt like, what love tasted like.
