It took everything in her to not punch him in the face. He had just insulted her and he was showing no clue that he knew he had, which indicated her even more. He had asked if she would be interested to tutor her, and she had asked him why she would, but she didn't expect him to insult her like that, telling her to name her price. “Who the hell does he think he was?” she thought as she sat there, looking at him. Soon, a sound of a spoon clattering to the table penetrated her thought and she jumped out of it. She definitely couldn't stay here any longer, listening to him talk like that, it was so annoying. "I knew you were an ass, I just didn't realize it was this bad.” She said, standing up, and then she started to walk out. Before she could completely get out of the space between the table and the chair they were occupying, Hailey's hand shot out suddenly to grab her wrist. "Where are you going?” she asked and Chloe scoffed. Why the heck was she asking her that when she had been r

“That was the longest class of my life,” Hailey said as soon as they walked out of class and Chloe lifted one of her brows in question. All periods were the same and there was no class with double periods or anything, so how was the class they had just came out of the longest? She knew something was up with Hailey, and it must have to do with something at home. She was going to wait until she was ready to talk, but she would have to ask her what was wrong. She grabbed her wrist and started to pull her toward the bathroom that was down the hall.“Where are you taking me though?” Hailey asked. “I'm taking you to the bathroom, Hailey. We have to talk.” Chloe said, pulling her into an empty shed. She put a finger to her mouth and shush her, then she locked the door and turned to face her. "What's going on, really?” she asked. Hailey frowned, looking at her with confusion, but she knew that was just a pretense. Chloe could see the thoughts turning around in her brain, thinking of what

The only place Zach could think of to take Chloe to was the library, because that place would be silent with no student around there yet. It was, after all, a time to eat and not to read. It wasn’t all students that were eager and enthusiastic to read too. He dragged her until they got to the darkest part of the place and then he pushed her gently so that her back was against the shelf. “What is this about?”Zach looked down at her, putting little to no space between them. He could see that she was not happy at all, whatever was the reason. Perhaps, it was because he called her out here, or because Principal Wayne had gotten to her. After they had spoken about her tutoring him, well he wouldn’t really call that speaking about it, it was more like him putting it out there and waiting for her response, she hadn’t said anything to him, and when his patience ran out, he decided it was best to take Principal Wayne’s offer to ask Chloe herself on his behalf. He had known something was up

“Oh my God, it’s finally lunchtime. I thought I was going to have to gauge Mr. Romero’s eyes out with the hunger.” Hailey said as she opened the door of the cafeteria and they walked in. “I know right.” Chloe agreed as she followed her in, her stomach rumbling. She was talking to Hailey but her eyes roamed the crowded cafeteria for Zach, hoping he wasn’t there, and wasn’t coming. Well, one prayer was answered because he wasn’t here, but she hoped the other get answered as well. "I didn't have breakfast, had to break out of the house from the chaos my brothers thought was funny to make after I made breakfast.” She said. They walked to the line and thankfully, the queue for food wasn’t that long, so they got their food almost immediately. They started to walk to the empty table at the corner end of the cafeteria when a voice stopped them. “If it isn't the new slut!” someone said and they both turned around to see Dana sitting with some Barbie-looking girls. Chloe frowned in confusion

One thing Zach was looking forward to was going t the cafeteria after the period was over, so when he was finally able to walk inside, he did it with a smile on his face. He was happy he would be sitting with Chloe again. Seeing her every time at school helped the fact that they weren't starting the lesson until the next week. He was glad he got to see her as often as he did because it meant he wouldn't miss her too much. He would have been here a while ago, but Liam insisted they looked around for Dana since Zoe had skipped school and he didn't want her eating alone. But since they didn't find her, they had been left with no choice. He would have cared less what she did during her free time because of the kind of person Dana was and her mood swing. She was not the person on his mind at the moment, nor the one that brought this smile to his face, so that was that. But, as soon as he entered, the smile slipped off his face. There were a lot of people in the cafeteria today, but it w