chapter Five

Another bomb, I wanted to insist terribly but the teacher had no one else to ask, so I eventually left the office after reluctantly agreeing.

I was lost in thought on how to even begin when I bumped into someone on the hall and my books fell to the floor, that hit was definitely someone male and hard, when I looked up as I apologized picking my book, that familiar face hit me, Richard, the last person I expected to run into.

"Do you have a habit of bumping into people?"

"No I don't, it's just an accident" I became angry all of a sudden, no matter how handsome he was this guy was my bane, so annoying and ugh.. very annoying.

"Yeah yeah, just like the drowning and bully incident" he mockingly said, the memories flashed by me and I clenched my fist.

"Can you not mention that again?" I forced myself to say, standing up I stretched my wrinkled gown and glared at him.

"Of course, if you don't have anything to say, you can just go read your books or whatever books you feel like reading, you're actually blocking people's way by just roaming around the hallways and getting people angry"

"Who would bare be angry at me"

I scoffed,

"Uh.. me for example, I feel nauseated anytime I see your face"

"hehe" he chuckled, a deep throaty laugh.

"I heard you'll be tutoring me, good luck" he smiled mischievously and walked away. I silently cursed him in my head and shot him with invisible bullets with my eye.

School was over and I was standing beside a very jittery Lily who was excited as ever. I told her I was going to be tutoring Richard Wilson and she couldn't stop asking me questions.

"Bestie trust me it's like hell, I hate him, he's so obnoxious and proud and ride, he believes every girl must like him, it's so annoying, just cus he has a handsome face"

"So why do it?"

"Cus I have no choice "

After a while I said goodbye and went to an empty classroom and he was already waiting for me. I took a seat beside him and brought out a math textbook and told him to open it which he insisted that he wouldn't.

"Look I haven't got all day"

"Why are you being so mean, the other girls will be happy to use this opportunity to talk to me, they consider it an honor to already look at me, who wouldn't look at this handsome face and fall" he said proudly.

"Uhm.. me for example"

"And that's what I don't get"

"We will be treating binomial factors"

"Yeah yeah yeah, look I can just pay you to get out right?" He took out some money and gave it to me. I took the money and I looked at it.

"At least if you can't fall for me you won't be able to resist money right? I knew you actually needed something"

I immediately slammed the money on his face, he was surprised and looked at me.

"You think everything is about money and being handsome? You don't think before you do things right? Oh I forgot you're a rich kid, you can spend money anyhow, but you know some people actually work for such money, everyone is busy including me, and you're here wasting my time, I didn't even know why I bothered so you can stop worrying, I'll leave and you can keep your stupid money and shove it up your ass, goodnight" I picked up my book and stormed out of the classroom angrily, god that guy always makes me frustrated.

"Cassandra" he called but I didn't stop to listen, walking so fast that I left the school and got into the cab. When I got home I saw my mom,

"Why are you home late sweetie?"

"Sorry just tutor stuff"

"Wanna help me out in the hospital today too?" My energy suddenly regenerated and I smiled, "sure" get my mind away from that annoying guy and his obnoxious handsome face, he makes me puke.

As I rushed to my next class which was AP biology, the only remaining seat was next to..

"Oh god Richard, can my day not get any worse" I thought, our eyes met for a few seconds before the teacher's voice called me back so I had to take a seat, the moment the class was over I immediately packed my books into my bag to leave immediately.

"Cassandra can I talk to you?"

"I've got nothing to say to you" I immediately left, he got up and followed me down the hall.

"I'll still keep on following you. '' I heard his voice.

"Back off Richard, don't you have somewhere fancy you have to be, no friends or… Lovers?"

"I don't have a lover…. Yet.. and besides I want to talk to you"

"I don't want to listen,'' he grabbed my arm.

"Just hear what I have to say"

"No, I don't want to" I walked faster but he dragged my arm again and I had to look at him.

"I'm sorry okay I didn't mean to do those things or say those things to you, I'm really sorry and I would like… if you could… Tutor me again, I'm really failing"

He looked real sincere and also shy I guess, was this really the obnoxious and wilful Richard, did the sun set in the west? Seeing his sincere expression and his way of admitting defeat, I decided to relax a little, So I agreed to it under the condition that he must follow my rules, number one being he must always listen and understand, number 2 never arrive late and number 3 was no side distractions and no touching except for his books and pen which he agreed and I was happy, we shook hands to finalize the partnership, but then I saw those girls again in a corner and fear surged within me so I immediately took my hands off and Richard noticed, he smiled and dragged me off to recreational activities.