R E J E C T S

CH.25: THE TUTOR

"It appears that there was a glitch in the computer which printed out some wrong average calculations..." The teacher says the next morning.

Louis glanced back at me and I mouthed him a 'told ya'.

"So Lloyd isn't second place?" Louis verified.

"No. Which reminds me, Lloyd, the principal wants to have a word with you."

What now? I don't really like talking to the authorities.

I am a classic rebel after all...

******

"Um, it says here that your real ranking is almost at the bottom of the class... what do you have to say for that?"

"Nothing. Hey, you're not the principal so what do you care?" I arched a brow.

"Well, I'm his son so I don't really have a choice. I'm just here as a substitute, Cher." He smiled.

"You know my name but I don't know yours."

"You can call me Craig in private." He introduced himself.

"Okay... so what about my bad grades?" I got down to business.

"You're kind of failing pretty much all subjects and it's still the first grading." He stared at me.

"I'll work on it."

"Actually, I already found a temporary tutor for you..."

"What is it that you---" Louis entered the room but didn't finish what he had to say when he saw me.

"You have got to be kidding me." I stared back at this 'Craig' guy.

"What?" Tomlinson looked confused.

"I would like to ask you to tutor Ms. Lloyd here." Craig filled him in.

"I'll do it." The guy didn't even hesitate for a second.

What is wrong with him?

******

"I thought we were back to hating each other's guts?" I asked Louis while we were walking back to class.

"Uh-huh. Which is why I took the opportunity to tutor you so that I can keep my enemy closer." He explained.

I don't really get how this guy's mind work...

"Well, at least you're no longer a threat to my academics." He smiled.

*LUNCH*

"Please don't sit next to your boyfriend again. We promise we'll be good and to not let Louis sit on this table ever again." Luke pleaded.

"Okay. As long as you two stay quiet." I took a bite of my pizza as I eyed Zayn and Luke.

"You should eat some more. See how skinny you're getting? Here..." Zayn gave me his apple.

"Um, you can have my pudding too and my milk." Luke tried to beat Zayn as if this was some contest to make me fat.

"I've always been this skinny because I don't really gain a pound no matter how much I eat and you can keep your milk, Luke. I feel like I'm taking candy from a baby." I did caught him having lingering looks at his carton of milk.

"Can I sit here?" Niall asked.

"No!" Zayn and Luke beat me to saying something.

"You can sit as long as you don't plan to bring Louis with you." I said, ignoring what the two other boys just said.

"Don't worry, Niall. I'll be fine on my own. It's not the first time that you tried to ditch me over..." Louis glanced at me as he passed by our table.

"Oh and I forgot to tell you something, we'll do it at the library after class." He added.

"Do what?" Niall and Zayn asked out of curiosity.

"None of your business." Then he went on his way.

*ZAYN'S POV*

"I don't trust the guy." I blurted out to Niall and Luke once Cher left for the bathroom.

"Yeah." Niall and Luke agreed with me even though Niall's pretty close with Louis.

"But I don't think he'll try anything though... I mean, Louis' not really good with girls." Niall spoke.

"I have a feeling that there's more to it than just studying though." I thought out loud.

"I think we should spy on them at the library." Luke suggested.

"Agreed."

I think it's a splendid way to kill time.

~AT THE LIBRARY AFTER CLASSES~

*CHER'S POV*

"You're late." Louis squinted his eyes at me.

"But I came straight down here once the bell rang for dismissal." I slammed my books on the table.

"SHH! This is the library, in case you didn't know..." He said sarcastically.

"Whatever. Just teach me something already." I demanded.

"Gee, I don't know where to start. Perhaps I should teach you some manners first." He continued to bicker like a parrot.

"Are you done yet? I can come back later once you're done with the lame insults." I sighed.

"Fine, I'm done. Let's start with Geometry."

I have a feeling that this may take awhile...

~AFTER 30 MINUTES~

"Hey, I get most of it now."

"Thank God you're a fast learner." He said.

"Oh crap!" He exclaimed out of the blue.

"What?"

"I dropped one of my contact lenses." He stated.

"Where?"

"Would I be saying 'crap' if I knew exactly where it fell?" Again with the sarcasm.

"Help me find it, will you?" He said.

I squatted on the floor to look for it under the table while he scanned the pages of my Geometry book.

*ZAYN'S POV*

Cher and Louis still haven't finished studying after awhile up until they were probably the only ones left inside the library.

"This is getting boring. See, I told you they'd argue more than they'd be studying. I skipped practice too..." Niall complained.

"Shut up, man. You should be more like Luke. The guy's too quiet." I said with my eyes not leaving Cher.

"That's because he's fast asleep." Niall said.

I turned to look at Luke by my side who was already drooling in his sleep.

The three of us were hiding behind a bookshelf that was directly facing Cher and Louis' study table.

"What the hell?" I heard Niall say beside me and this made me rapidly return my eyes to Cher's direction.

Only this time, she was on the floor doing God knows what in front of Louis' pants.

I could only see the top of her head while Louis was still sitting down on his chair.

He looked like he was about to cry out... from pleasure? I don't know anymore.

"This is way too 'rated' than what I thought it would be." Niall blinked.