Stereotypical

two

The next day, school went by insanely fast. Ian texted me that morning saying that he would be picking me up around 4:30 today, instead of 5. I had absolutely no objection to that.

After talking to Ian for a good portion of the night, I felt like I was starting to get to know him.

He arrived right at 4:30. When I got into his car, I was surprised by how clean it was.

"Hey, Reid." He smiled and warmly welcomed me into his car.

"Wow, you reek." I laugh. "But hello."

"Hey now, that's the smell of hard work." he flexes his arm and kisses his bicep. I laugh. "I plan on showering before we start tutoring though haha."

I'm so glad he has a sense of humor because if it were anybody else in this day and age, they'd be so offended.

"How was your day?" I ask, to fill the silence between us.

"Well, it was okay, I suppose. I found out something, but I don't know what to believe."

"What happened?" I ask. "If you don't wanna answer, that's okay."

"Diana... Uh... Cheated... On me. I think. I mean, that's what the guys have been saying and there's a picture of her sleeping with another guy. I don't want to believe it though, you know?"

"I'm so sorry. What are you gonna do?" I ask, carefully. He seems a little sad, but it doesn't show through a whole lot.

"I'm probably going to talk to her about it. Not over text or phone though. That's not going to get us anywhere. I think I love her, Reid, but I just don't know."

"Yeah, I understand." As I finish my response, we pull into his driveway. His house is huge.

He leads me into his house and up to his bedroom, which is also spotless. Well, almost.

"My parents won't be home for a couple of weeks, and James is probably here, but I'm not sure. He'll end up staying in his room, most likely." He smiles at me and pulls his shirt off.

Holy heck, this boy might actually be trying to kill me. I shift nervously, and he chuckles at me.

"What, you never seen anybody shirtless before?" he teases and steps closer to me.

"No, actually. I don't really have friends, let alone talk to boys." I stutter and take a step away from him.

"You talk to me just fine. I'd say we're friends now." He shrugs and walks to his dresser and grabs underwear and joggers.

"Well, it's only been one day. And you have a girlfriend."

"I see. After tomorrow, I'll probably be single. I don't do the whole cheating thing." he winks at me. "Anyways, I'm gonna shower. Make yoursalf at home. We'll study and get snacks when I get out." he smiles and leaves his room, closing the door behind him.

I sit at the edge of his bed and look around his room. I study each poster and every decoration there is.

If I wanted to, I could probably profile him like they do on Criminal Minds, but won't. Because I don't want to come off as creepy.

After roughly ten minutes, Ian returns wearing his joggers ,still shirtless. I think he might actually be trying to kill me.

He leads me downstairs to make pizza rolls and bagel bites. Then he gets a bowl of ranch and return to his room,

I eat more bagel bites than I do pizza rolls.

"A lady after my own heart." he laughs.

"What?"

"Bagel bites are definitely better than pizza rolls." he laughs and so do I.

I was struggling to focus on my work and what he was saying, because I was so intoxicated by the fact that he was shirtless and sitting so close to me. I almost wanted to lean forward and kiss him.

Why am I thinking like this? Reid, you just met this boy. And he's your freaking tutor.

It was like that for several hours. Around eight, neither of us could focus anymore.

"Are you hungry for dinner?" He asks.

"Nah, I'm still full from eating those bagel bites. But thanks." I smile.

"No problem. Want to watch a movie? I could take you home afterwards." He asks.

"Uh, sure. But only if it's a horror movie." I laugh.

"Of course. What other movie would we watch?" he laughs. Darn him. He's so cute and so is his laugh.

I shouldn't be thinking stuff like this, He has a girlfriend and he's my tutor for crying out loud. There's nothing that will ever happen between us. As much as I think I could enjoy it.

We end up watching Sinister. At some point in the movie, I end up drifting off a little bit.

"Reid? Are you ready to go home?" I hear Ian ask. When I open my eyes, I realize that when I fell asleep, I ended up laying on Ian's shoulder.

"Yeah. What time is it?" I sit up and start gathering my things.

"Almost ten." I nod and we walk out to his car.

The car ride wasn't awkward or anything.

"Tonight was fun. We should hang out as friend, not as tutor/tutee."

"Yeah it was. But never call me me a tutee again. That sounds disgusting." We laughed for a hot minute about that.

When we arrive at my house, we just sit in the car, enjoying each other's presence. When I go to open the door, Ian leans over and hugs me. I smile and pat one of his arms.

"I'll see you tomrrow, yeah?" I say, opening my door.

"Yeah."

"Good deal. Thanks for the ride. Let me know when you make it home, so I know you made it safely." I smile at him.

"Of course. Bye, Reid." He returns my smile and I get out and walk to my front door.

He doesn't even put the car in reverse until I open my front door. That was super sweet, but it probably means nothing. At least to him.

When I step inside, Mia comes streaking out of the bathroom with my dad not far behind. "Mia!"

"Mia Reece you cannot just run out naked-oh hey Reid." my dad shouts after her. I grab the streaker and walk her to dad. "How was tutoring?"

"It was good, I think that if we keep it up, my grades will be really good by the end of the semester."

"That's good. Have you eaten yet?"

"Nope. I'm going to go make some soup now though." I laugh and make my way to the kitchen. I prepare some tomato soup and two grilled cheeses.

As I sit down to eat, Ian texts me.

Ian;): made it home (:

Me: I'm glad lol.

I wash my dishes and shower, while still talking to Ian. We talk for about an hour after I finish those tasks, then we decide that it's time for both of us to get some sleep.

Ian ;): goodnight, sweet dreams. (:

My heart flutters a little bit.

Me: Goodnight, sleep well. (:

I plug my phone in and set it on my night stand. I don't fall asleep though. I lie there, fully awake, thinking about Ian.

It's been two days. I need to chill out because he still has a girlrfriend, and we don't know each other that well yet. Plus, he's popular and everybody knows and likes him. I keep to myself, and nobody really knows who I am.

Plus he's physically attractive. I am the polar opposite. There is no way that it's going to happen. Maybe it could? No. It can't.

I need to sleep.

With that last thought, I roll over and attempt to fall alseep. After what feels like half an hour, I finally drift off.