Jack

“A tutor?! Really?” Josh raised his brows in shock as we all sat down at the lunch table.
We usually just went outside and smoked, but it had started raining.
“That’s what I’m saying!” I agreed, exasperatedly.
“Dude, how do you get tutored in history?” He wondered aloud, drinking from his can of Coke.
“No, the question is, how does one fail history?!” Jesse bursted into laughter.
“Shut the fuck up. History is the only class you aren’t failing!” I glared at him.
“My point exactly!” He continued to chuckle.
“Yeah, whatever.” I rolled my eyes and looked off into space, observing the scene of the cafeteria.
That’s when speak of the devil, I saw Alex walking through the sea of people fairly quickly, when all of a sudden he tripped and fell flat on his face.
I mentally winced. That could’ve broken his nose.
People who saw started breaking out into laughter and pointing at him.
He tripped, it isn’t that big a deal..
I watched him quickly scramble to his feet and started to speed out of the cafeteria. I thought I saw a faint outline of a bruise beginning to form on his nose.
Not that I cared or anything, but I felt kinda bad for him.
“Poor kid.” Josh tsked, watching him run out.
“What a clumsy ass loser!” Jesse threw his head back in laughter.
He was making me fucking mad today.
“Stop laughing at stupid shit. If you fell, you’d look ten times dumber. Maybe even dumber than you do now.” I scolded him, silencing him quickly.
“Dude, what’s your problem? You need a cigarette?” He looked at me in confusion, obviously taken aback.
“There is no problem. I just think it’s dumb to laugh at things that aren’t funny.”
He scoffed and rolled his eyes.
“It was funny. That’s why I laughed.”
I just rolled my eyes, giving up on arguing with him.
That reminded me, I needed to text Alex so we could meet up for our stupid ‘tutoring session.’
I took out my phone and texted him saying to just come over to mine after school, and I included my address.
A few seconds later I felt my phone buzz, and I looked to see that he texted back.

Alex: Yeah. Sure. Whatever.

What the fuck was his problem??
Sure, I don’t wanna do this either but he’s the one who agreed to it so he’s gonna have to deal with it!
I huffed and shoved my phone back in my pocket. Maybe I didn’t feel so bad for him after all.

---

Once the day was finally over, I went to my locker where none other than Ashley Frangipane was standing.
“Excuse me.” I watched her step aside so I could do my combination.
“Hey Jack.” She smirked at me, playing with the ends of her dark, wavy hair.
She was dressed in her usual slutty attire, but I honestly couldn’t care less.
I just focused on putting what I needed in my bag, no matter how much she poked out her chest.
“Hi.” I responded, shortly.
“Hmm.. Has anyone ever told you you’re like.. Suuper attractive?” She smirked, chewing her gum and twirling her hair with her finger.
“Has anyone ever told you they’re not interested?” I rolled my eyes, shutting my locker and turning around to walk away.
“No. Actually, they haven’t.” She sent me a little glare.
“Well please allow me to be the first. See you never, hopefully.” I walked off, not daring to look back.
I didn’t want her to get the wrong idea and follow me, or anything.
I don’t even like chicks, but nobody needs to know that. Not that I care what anybody thinks; I just don’t need my name in everybody’s mouth.
It’s no big deal.
I walked out to my motorcycle and got on, starting it up and driving to my house.
It wasn’t full on raining anymore, but it was still showering and it was cold.
I looked to my right, and guess who I saw?
None other than my good ol’ tutor, Alex.
Though that text kinda rubbed me the wrong way, I couldn’t help but notice how he was limping and hugging his body, depending on his thin little jacket to protect him from the cold rain.
Aw fuck.
I don’t know what drove me to do it, but soon I was pulling up beside him.
“Hey!” I yelled out his name, startling him and making him look at me in shock.
“U-um.. H-hi..” He was shivering, but it also seemed like he was shaking with fear.
“Uh, you kinda look like you could use a ride..”
He gasped and looked at me in shock.
“I-I.. A ride from.. From you??”
I frowned a bit.
“Yeah, is that such a problem?”
“Oh no no no no, not a problem at all! I’m just.. Uh.. shocked, is all..” He quickly clarified.
“Well, do you want a ride or not?”
He looked like he was starting to say yes, but then he looked down at my bike.
“O-on that?” He pointed to my motorcycle.
“No, on my big fucking yellow school bus! Of course on this!” I snapped, my voice laced with sarcasm.
He flinched a bit, and started playing with his fingers nervously.
“I-I’ve just.. N-never ridden on one of these before..”
I sighed and shrugged.
“There isn’t much to it, just hold on tight.”
“O-okay.. Um.. D-do you have a helmet?”
“Sorry, all out.” I sighed. “You want a ride or are you just gonna stand there in the cold?”
He debated in his head for a moment before giving up and getting on behind me.
“Okay, now hold on.”
He obliged, hesitantly wrapping his arms loosely around me.
I sighed and rolled my eyes.
He’ll see.
I started to drive, and his hold immediately tightened around me the second we started moving.
I smirked to myself and kept driving till we got to my place.

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I parked in the garage, and he quickly got off, looking as scared as ever.
I chuckled and got off, leading him into the house and ditching my shoes.
He didn’t notice, as he was looking around the house and walked right into the hall.
“Hey!” I caught his attention, causing him to jump a bit.
“Huh?”
“My mom takes time to clean these floors, so maybe you could be more considerate.” I glared down at his shoes.
He gasped, and quickly took them off.
“I-I’m sorry!”
“Yeah yeah. There’s a bathroom down the hall. Go dry off before you drip water everywhere and make sure you dry off anything you do get water on.”
He sighed and nodded, then disappeared down the hall.
I went to sit at the kitchen table, and took my history stuff out of my bag.
This was gonna be a long afternoon.

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