Recognized By Mr. Hemmings

CHAPTER FIVE: He Called Me Ms. Perfect!

"You will never believe what just happened!" I screamed to Ina and Kaitlin.

"WHAT HAPPENED?!" they both asked at the same time, flailing their arms. 

"So... Luke failed his quiz, and we all (me, Luke, and Ms. Taylor) decided that I should be Luke's tutor for math. WHICH MEANS... I'll be hanging out with him after school for pretty much every day... starting today!" I wish you could see the looks on their faces. Hahaha.

"OH MY GOSH. OH MY GOSH. YOU'RE KIDDING RIGHT?" they asked in unison. 

"This isn't one of your pranks?" Ina asked. 

"Yeah... is it? If it is, then Imma slap you." Dang. Kaitlin is so hostile.

"IT ISN'T." It takes so much for them to believe me. Do I really prank them that much??? Kaitlin and Ina clasped their hands on their faces. Their jaws dropped. "Yeahhhh."

"So when and where are you meeting him?" Kaitlin asked.

"I'm meeting him at the library after school."

"OOH. Can we come?!" Ina asked. It looks like she really, really, reallyyyyyyyyy wants to go too.

"C'mon. It's me tutoring Luke. Just me and him. NOT me, him, you, and Kaitlin." Geez. Give us some space. HE'S MINE.

"Ugh. You suck, Lerin," Ina said in an angry voice.

"Yeah. You suck." There we go again with the hostile Kaitlin.

"Okay. Whatever you guys say. The bell is about to ring in about a minute, and I can't be late for class, so bye!" I picked up my bag and walked out of the cafeteria. 3...2...1... The bell rang and I kept walking away, not looking back. I felt like someone in an action movie when something blows up while they walk away. It's one of the best feelings ever. 

*Skipping to the end of period 7 (last class of the school day)...*

I stared at the clock, waiting for the last minute of class to end. HURRY! MY GOSH. The bell rang. FINALLY! Mr. McGann let us go. I picked up my bag, and rushed to the library. All I could think of was how excited I was to hang out with Luke for like...an hour! 

I made it to the door of the library, and looked around the room. I saw a hand go up and wave. It was Luke! He was already there, waiting. He was leaning back in his chair, with his legs extended out, and his feet crossed on the table. Wow. He looks so cool! As I approached the table, I started talking. "Wow! You're already here."

"Yeah [laughs] I am." His smile lit up the entire room. 

"So how did you get here so fast?" I asked. I really wanted to know, because he must be either really fast, or his last class is close to the library. I was walking pretty fast to get here. 

"My last class is two doors down from here," he replied. 

"Oh okay... So should we get started?" Hmmm. That sounded a little pushy... "Whenever you're ready." There. That's better. 

"Oh. Yeah we should." We both got out our binders, opened our textbooks, and took out a few sheets of college ruled paper. We started taking notes, and working on problems 1 through 29 odds. I helped him with a few problems. Okay...it wasn't a few problems. It was probably like 3/4ths of the problems. I even had to help him with understanding the vocabulary, even though they have the definitions right next to them!

I wasn't sure if he was playing dumb, or if he was really that bad at math. It was kinda hard to help him. He kept on getting distracted, and he kept on trying to argue with me that I got the problems wrong. You would think he'd learn by now that I'm the one who's right, especially because every time he tried to argue, I proved him wrong. 

After a while, we finished our work. We packed up our stuff, and left the school. "Hey thanks for helping me out. I actually understand the lesson for once! Aaand I finished the homework. How amazing is that?" Luke seemed really enthusiastic. 

"I guess it really is amazing, considering that you seem so excited about it. Oh, and no problem," I said with an un-vanishing smile. 

He nodded his head up and down. "Hey, maybe we should go to the mall or something. I don't know. It's up to you." Is he asking me out?! Oh my gosh. Say yes! SAY YES! (A/N: 'Cause I need to know. You say I'll never get your blessing 'till the day I die. Tough luck my friend, but the answer is 'No.' WHY YOU GOTTA BE SO RUUUUDE? DON'T YOU KNOW I'M HUMAN TOOOO? ...Oh sorry. I couldn't help it. I just love that song.)

"Uhhhhhh... I don't know. I might get in trouble." Nooo I didn't say yes. Why!!!

"Aw. Is wittle Ms. Perfect too scared to get in twouble?" he said as if he was talking to a baby or an animal. Oh my gosh. He called me Ms. Perfect! "C'mon. Break some rules! Live your life like there's no tomorrow. Just live in the moment!"

"Ahhh fine. Let's go." We started walking to the mall. As we were walking, I texted Ina and Kaitlin about what just happened. They fangirled and said they felt happy for me. I can definately see why. My dreams that I never thought would happen are actually becoming into reality!

(A/N: Okay it's getting late here in Germany. I think I'm done writing for today. I'll try to keep writing tomorrow. I hope you're liking the story so far! x)