Changing The Attitude

- 7 -

I push the doorbell of Lance's house and waited for someone to answer, "Who is-" A middle-aged woman, who I assume is Mrs. Hustle, opens the gate and saw me. "Oh, hello. Who are you?" She stood straight and smiled at me, "Hello, Ma'am. I'm Katherine Nicole Denbrough, Lance's schoolmate. I'll be the one who will tutor him till the end of school," I smiled politely and shook her hands.

"Oh, so you're the one that Mrs. Smith is talking about," She said then I nodded, "Come in, Lance must be waiting for you," She smiled and make way for me. I went inside and their house shocked me, it's a 3-floor house.

How can they be this rich? I'm jealous!

She opened the door and saw one child and a girl who looks like a teenager, sitting on the sofa while playing with their phones. "Girls, this is Katherine. Your brother's tutor, so please behave," Mrs. Hustle introduced me to the girls and they smiled, the teenager girl suddenly hugged me and I stood there shocked but also returned the hug.

"I'm Micah Hustle," She introduced then I smiled and waved at her, "And I'm Fiona Hustle," The child stood up too and smiled at me. "Hello, Micah and Fiona," I smiled. "Lance's room is on the second floor, third door from the right. But I don't think that he's in his room since I saw him went out in his room, you can just wander around the house or wait for him in his room," Mrs. Hustle said, "Thank you, Mrs. Hustle," I smiled.

"Oh, you can just call me Rebecca or Becca. I'm not used in formal names," She pats my shoulder and I nodded, I went upstairs and went in front of Lance's room. I knocked three times and waited for him to answer, after a few seconds there is still no answer. Guess that he's not in his room.

I sighed and just wandered around their house until I heard a piece of music playing near me. I turned around and followed the music that I heard, I stopped in front of a large room without doors. I was shocked since I saw Lance in there who was standing, with a violin in his hands.

Lance? Playing the violin? Impossible!

I went inside and cleared my throat, the music stops and he turned around to face me. "Who told you to come inside this room?" He groaned in frustration, "Your Mom said that you weren't in your room so she told me that I can just wander around this house, great music anyways," I smiled.

"Thanks, but I'm frustrated since you disturbed me," He said and I was taken aback, "What do you want me to do? Knock? How will I knock? There are no doors in this room, and my knocking will also disturb you, am I right?" I took a step forward with my arms crossed in my chest.

"Whatever, can you please go downstairs for a minute? I will just fix my things here and change my clothes," He asked and I nodded, I went back downstairs and saw Micah who is watching in their television. I sat beside her and she noticed me. "Hey," She started and I greeted her back, "So did you plan all this or Lance favored you to tutor him?" She leaned back and looked at me.

"Our principal decided it," I said then she nodded, "Katherine, let's go," I saw Lance in the stairs and Rebecca went out from their kitchen. "Wait, she will tutor you in your room?" Rebecca asked and Lance nodded, "Is there a problem with that?" He asked then Rebecca shook her head.

"There's no way that she'll tutor you in her room, you two will study in the study room. Micah and Fiona will accompany you two there," She said and Fiona also went out from their kitchen who is excitedly jumping, "Sister Katherine, can you help me with my assignments?" She took my arm and smiled at me. I nodded and she jumped again excitedly, "Me too!" Micah exclaimed and I nod again.

The two girls went upstairs to get their things and I turned to face Lance, "Follow me," He walked and I trailed behind him. "I didn't know your house would be this big," I said, "Right?" Lance smirked. "This is our study room, we barely go here a lot," Lance said as he opens the big door in front of us.

Their study room is so big, I hope I'll get a room like this too.

We sat near the big window and I fixed my things. "So, where do we start?" I asked him as I look at him, "I think we should start at English," He suggested and I nod. "We're here," I turned to my side and saw Micah with Fiona beside her, "We'll just find something in the shelves," Micah said with a smile and pulled Fiona with her to the shelves with full of books.

"Do all of you read a lot?" I asked him after I took my English book and notebook, "We always read before, so did our Father too. But since the day he died, we didn't dare to enter this room anymore. It reminds us of him," He looks down but still forced to smile. "I'm sorry about hearing that," I gave him a sad smile, "We should start," He points at the book and I nodded.

Micah's POV

"What will we find?" Fiona tugs my shirt from behind, "I don't know, how about you? Go find something to read, I'll just watch them from here," I said to her as I turned around and she nodded and walks away. I looked at them again and saw that they started the session, "How cute they are," I whispered and smiled.

"I'm here," Fiona went beside me with a book in her hand. "Don't you think they are cute?" I asked her, "Who?" She asked. "Them," I point at Lance and Katherine, Fiona looks at them and smiled. "I thought so too, I think they'll make a perfect couple," She happily said. Someone hits us from behind making us wince in pain, I turned around and saw Mom with a newspaper in her hand.

"Oh, Mom. What are you doing?" I lean at the shelf behind me and crossed my arms, "Didn't I said to accompany them?" She glared at me and I chuckled nervously. "But isn't this part of accompanying?" I asked, she sighed and tightened the grip at the newspaper.

"And what do you mean they will make a perfect couple, young lady?" She turns at Fiona who is nervously looking at her, "Won't they make a perfect couple? Look at them," I said. "I agree that they will, but I thought that they are still young to love," She crossed her arms and calmly looked at me.

"Anyways, how did you get here?" I asked again, she pointed the door near us. "That door connects to my bedroom. Did you forgot it already?" She asked, "Oh," I scratched my head and chuckled. "Go to them," Mom pushed me lightly, I nodded and went to them with Fiona. I sat at the table next to them and they looked at us, "What?" I asked and they just shook their heads and continued the teaching session.

Oh, God. When will they be a couple? I ship them!