Extra Credit

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Playing cat and mouse with Mark had to be the funniest thing in the world. Anytime he got me alone he did his best to make me give into his charms. He almost had me a few times, but I was much stronger than he expected.

One night I was across the hall in Mark's bedroom trying to help Kane get ready for his date with Shyann. He was basically sweating bullets and wouldn't stop beating himself up. Bill, Chris and Mark were all sitting in Mark's living room playing Call of Duty. It must have been an intense game since they were all yelling at the top of their lungs and gunshots from the game were being fired every few seconds.

"I don't know if I can do this Aria…what if she thinks I'm a loser?" Kane said as I fixed his red sweater.

"Kane you're not a loser," I said. "She accepted your offer to take her out to dinner so she must be a little interested."

He sighed, "I don't know Aria…"

I sighed and grabbed his shoulders, "Kane…it's going to be ok. You really need to relax."

He looked into my eyes and then sighed softly, "Alright then."

I smiled brightly, "Good boy."

"COME ON MAN! TAKE OUT THE SNIPER!" Bill yelled from the living room.

"I'M TRYING! THE BASTARD KEEPS MOVING!" Chris yelled back.

I shook my head at the noise before spraying Kane with a little cologne. "Those guys are too funny."

"I can't even talk because if I wasn't going out tonight I'd be in there too." He said with a smile.

"Of course." I said before taking a seat on Mark's bed.

Kane checked himself out in the mirror and smirked at how fresh I made him look. The red sweater and blue jeans were a perfect touch with his wavy brown locks.

"You should invite her over for Mark's get together on Christmas Eve." I said. "I'd like to get to know her too if you don't mind."

"That sounds cool." He said, "Let's just hope tonight goes really well."

"It will damn it," I said with an evil smirk. "Stop making yourself nervous."

He chuckled, "Yes ma'am…hey Aria?"

"Huh?" I asked.

He turned around and leaned against the dresser, "I've been meaning to ask you…what's going on between you and Mark?"

"What do you mean?" I asked. "He's a good friend that's all."

He raised his eyebrow, "Are you sure?"

"Yeah why?" I asked, trying to sound as if I didn't know what he was talking about.

"Well you didn't hear it from me but…I overheard him talking to Tracy the other night and he told her that he was falling in love with someone else."

My entire face froze. "Well I'm not too sure why you would think that person is me. I mean Mark and I can't be together as long as I'm his student."

"Oh no you don't…I know it when a woman has feelings for a man and you've got it written all over your face." He said.

I rolled my eyes and started playing with my hair, "Ok maybe I do like him…but I wouldn't put my college career on the line just to have a little fun with a man. Besides he's still married to Tracy and I don't want to come between that."