The Tutor 2

Chapter 5

Once I'm inside of the car, my mom looks at me with a huge smile on her face.

"LaMelo need a ride?" My mom asked.

"I don't know his life, Ma!"

"I'll ask him then," my mom states.

Before I have a chance to protest she's rolling down the window and asking LaMelo to get inside the car.

The back door opens and LaMelo jumps into the car.

"Thank you!" LaMelo states as he buckled up.

"No problem!" My mom states as she drives off.

The car ride is awkward but I feel like I'm the only one who notices.

LaMelo and my mother are chatting it up the whole way to his house.

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We make it home a short while later and I clean my chores before going to my room.

I throw my body onto my bed and I let out a groan.

"So tired,"

I close my eyes and I drift off to sleep.

"ZENDAYA!"

Jumping up from my bed I look around the room confused.

I rub my eyes and I let out a yawn as I step out of bed.

"WHAT?!" I yell back.

"COME HERE!" My mom yells.

Making my way over to her I roll my eyes.

"Yes?"

"Can you make me some tea?" My mom asked.

She's sitting in the living room a few feet from the kitchen and I groan.

"You don't love me!" I state as I walk to the kitchen.

"I do love you, I just want some tea and I don't wanna make it!"

After making my moms tea and handing it to her, I head back to my room.

Despite how hard I try to go to sleep, I can't.

"Fuck," I mumble to myself.

I grab my phone from beside me and I unlock it looking at the notifications.

Two new messages...one missed call.

I look at the messages and I see one from Tracy and another from a random number.

Tracy 😈 hey, wyd?

Nothin much, you

Tracy 😈 I'm finishing up a drawing right now!

Oh, you wanna talk later?

Tracy 😈 no, I have to tell you something.

Tracy 😈 but you have to promise me you won't like flip out or something.

I won't flip out

Tracy 😈 okay... I was in the car with my sister and we pulled up to our driveway. I got out of the car and I look across the street to see Jose and his ex. His ex lives across the street from me...They were talking about something

Tracy 😈 I know they agreed to be friends  after they broke up so I wouldn't think anything of it. I just wanted to let you know just in case you see them around school together...

If they're just friends it's all good

But thanks Tracy !

I lock my phone and I stare blankly into space.

It's not a big deal...people stay friends with their exes all the time, right? I think to myself.

No matter how many times I tell myself it's okay, there's a part of me that feels unsure about the whole situation.

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