You Don't Know Me (Punk Luke Hemmings)

Chapter 14: Tutoring

*LACEY'S POV*

I can't believe this. I can't believe I'm going to tutor him. Damn it. Why me? Why can't it be someone else? What if he's going to rape me again? Then I got an idea.

"What's so important you called me to come as fast as I can?" Lola rush into my room. "Well, I was talking today with Mr. Johnson" she raises her eyebrows. "He gave me a student for tutoring" I say. "So? That's what you wanted. A student for tutoring to get some extra credits. Correct me if I'm wrong" she says. I nod, "yeah, but I definitely wasn't expecting it'll be a guy whose arms are covered by tattoos and who raped me". Her eyes almost fall out of the holes and she spits the water out of her mouth. "Wait what? You're tutoring...?" she doesn't even finish the question when I nod. "Yeah" I breathe out. I shake my head. "And that's why I called you. I need you to join these tutoring lessons" she raises her eyebrow. "Look, I know you don't need this, because you're pretty good at it, but I just don't want to be alone with him." She's looking at me, when she finally nods "okay, but I'm doing it just because you're my best friend."

*LUKE'S POV*

I stop the car at the driveway of her house. I'm glad that the teacher picked her for tutoting me. If he wouldn't I would just suggest her as a candidate for my tutor. I would basically made him to pick her as my tutor. I get off of the car and walk towards the front door. I ring the bell. A woman opens the door, I guess it's her mum. "Hello, I'm Luke. I'm looking for Lacey. She's tutoring me a math." I don't need to her mum will think I'm jerk. "Sure, come in" she says with a smile on my face.

I walk into the hall and spot Matt standing in there. "What are you doing here?" he strains through his teeth. "Keep calm Matt, Lacey is tutoring him" her mum says. "Whatever" he shrugs and leave. "Lacey, Luke is here" she shout upstairs. "Okay, I'm coming" she shouts back and I hear the steps.

*LACEY'S POV*

I stop like 5 stairs before the end of it. "Come up" I tell him and put a fake smile on my face. This is going to be awkward. I'm going to tutor him in the room where he raped me. It's just... "Do you want me to bring you something upstairs?" mum asks and I shake my head. She looks at Luke and he looks at me and I give him a look, so he understands he's not really welcomed here. "No, thanks" he finally says.

I start to going back upstairs with Luke behind my back. I walk into my room and wait until Luke walks in too. I close the door behind his back. I see him staring at my bed where my best friend is sitting. "That's Lola, my best friend. She will join us" I say and he nods. What else he can do? I sit down on the bed next to Lola while he's just standing there. "You can sit on the floor" I say and he does as he's been told.

*LUKE'S POV*

What the actual fuck? I thought I finally have a chance to be alone with her. And now her best friend is joining us. Fuck. But what was I expecting? Of course she doesn't want to be alone with me. After everything what I did to her. The ringtone breaks down the awkward silence. "Yes mum?" her friend pick up the phone. "Okay, I'm on my way" she says and look at Lacey with worried look on her face. "I'm sorry, I have to go" she stands up. Lacey stands up to and walks her out.

She returns in few minutes. This time she leaves the door open. Of course she's not staying with me alone behind the closed door. She's not that stupid. "Look, I" I start but she cuts me off "you're here for tutoring, not for apologizing what you did. If that's what you wanted to do." The she takes a math book and starts to browsing in it. "Page 125. You work out on it and I'll check it" she says and starts to work on something else.

I look at the exercises and all of them are pretty easy. If I would want to I could get it done in 10 minutes. Instead of it I just start to staring at it with probably the dumbest face ever. I though she's going to notice, but she works on something and doesn't even look at me.

I sight "I can't do it. I don't understand anything. I don't get it. It's just a pretty dumb subject" I say. "Yeah, maybe it is dumb, but you're going to fail if you'll not improve in it" she turns her head to me. Yes, I got her attention. "Well, and you're supposed to help me with it. That's why you're tutoring me" I tell her. She stands up and shake her head "yeah, I know. That's exactly what I'm doing." I stand up from the floor "no you're not. You just told me to work out some exercises and working on whatever it is." She raises her eyebrow.

*LACEY'S POV*

"Well, I just wanted to know on which level you are. That's why I told you to work it out" I shake my head. "But I don't understand what is this bullshit about. I totally don't get it" he starts to yelling at me. "There's no reason to yell at me because of your dumbness" I tell him. I think I just cross the line. I shouldn't say it. I actually don't think he's dumb. He definitely knows what he's doing whatever it is.

*LUKE'S POV*

I can't believe she just calls me dumb. Is she serious? I'm not sure if I'm angry or hurt because she calls me dumb. I look at her and she looks like she definitely regrets what she just said. But she can't take it back. "I have to go" I say and slip the book back in the backpack. I pick it up from the floor and walk out of the room. It's not the first time I'm in this house, so I already know how to get out of here.

*LACEY'S POV*

He left. Just because I called him dumb. I know I shouldn't but it just slipped out of my mouth. I regret it just the second after I said it. I know I can't take back what I said. He looked so confused. I saw it in his eyes. He was angry and hurt at the same time.