The Agent And The Nerd

Chapter 6

I failed.

I tried as hard as I could, trust me.

It's not my fault he has to come to school on Monday adorably rambling about how he studied his ass off for his Biology test. I'd be lying through my bare teeth if I say that I don't have a teeny crush on Asa. He was always different. But I'm too focused and uptight to be in a relationship and he's probably too old for me and has no feelings for me. I sound like a normal teenage girl. This is disgusting.

"Mace, you can't stay mad at me forever. It simply isn't going to work. I mean have you seen this face? It's irresistible, it's the reason girls are always begging to go out on a date with me."

"Asa, I'm pretty sure that no girl has ever voluntarily asked you out before." I said just to deflate his already non-existent ego. I'm sure plenty girls would have asked him out. He's tall, perfect height to hug. He's got these adorable brown eyes and he tilts his head and looks at you like a lost pup when he wants something, and you can't help but give in. He's got these light pink lips and I just want to-. Okay yeah, I said I was done with this stupid teenage girl shit. I'm a spy.

"Ow." He mockingly places a hand on his heart.

I let out a laugh.

"You love me again!"

"I never loved you to start with."

"Again, Ow."

"Suck it up and walk faster, we're going to be late for school."

"We're not, we've got a good 20 minutes before first period starts."

"Whatever, just walk you idiot."

"It was your idea to walk to school today." Asa rolls his eyes. "You have horrible ideas."

"It wasn't exactly my idea, my truck broke down so it was inevitable." I pull on the straps of my backpack.

"I could have got on the bus like I do everyday."

"Asa, ever since I joined this school I've been the one driving you to school." I groan, this kid is relentless.

"Which means you've been picking me up for exactly three days, before that I used to ride the bus. You just woke me up and wanted to walk to school with me. It's probably because I'm pretty amazing-" Remember when I swore to be mad at him forever, yeah he's making it easy.

I'm starting to get irritated. He's making me mad, his stupid bickering is setting me off. Yes it is true that for some reason after my truck broke down I found myself calling him and asking if he would like to walk to school with me, and I did walk from my place to his just so that we could walk together but it isn't false that he pisses me off.

I don't know why I wanted to walk to school with him or even spend time with him, but him rubbing in my face again and again that I wanted to spend time with him isn't making me happy. About now, I don't even want to spend time with him.

I don't know how he does it, it's like he has a gift to just set me off. His constant happiness is sickening. But then again he's probably the son of some proud father who managed to get scouted young by the agency, he doesn't have a reason to be sad.

"Asa just fucking shut up, okay? Just take the bus next time or something I didn't force you to walk with me." I tug at my long braid and I can notice how Asa visibly stiffens. I feel glad that I was able to shut him up but immediately a rush of guilt passes through me.

He didn't deserve to be snapped at, but then again no one told him to hang out with me. He decided to do that and he needs to realize that if he wants to hang out with me then he needs to get used to me being rude. I am rude.