The bad girl and the dork

I was bored.

It was Monday and people were making their Chemistry test. I'd already finished it so I was playing some games on my phone.

The teacher always allowed me to do whatever I wanted after I'd handed in my test as long as I stayed quiet. I liked that.

Usually I'd sleep but I got enough sleep during the weekend.

Saturday had been hangover day. My head was pounding when I woke up. I still remembered everything though, I really had fun with Chase.

Anyways, on Saturday I just watched some movies and took long naps. Sunday wasn't that much different. I mean, the hangover was gone. Thank God for that. But I didn't do much. Gwen came over because her sister had dyed her hair again and she wanted to show me.

She couldn't wait until today.

Her hair was very pastel. Baby blue, pink and purple.

She looked like a My Little Pony. Or cotton candy.

I got hungry whenever I looked at her hair.

It sounds horrible right? Somehow, Gwen pulled it off. I swear, she could do anything with her hair and she'd own it. That's talent.

Great, now I was craving cotton candy.

So that was my weekend.

I hadn't noticed someone had approached me until I heard the chair next to me move. I glanced sidewards for a second.

It was some dorky kid I didn't know.

He cleared his throat nervously and I could see him fidgeting in the corner of my eye. Sigh.

"H-hi. I... Eh. The teacher- I mean" Okay so this kid had no social skills whatsoever. I didn't look up from my phone, I decided to give the kid some more time to gather his courage.

Seriously, it seemed as if he was on the verge of peeing his pants. I didn't look scary today. I think? I was wearing ripped skinny jeans and a white tshirt with a big black skull on it.

Maybe he was afraid of skulls?

Maybe he was a sissy.

"So, ehm. J-Jill?" Progress, that's good. I turned my body so I was facing him. There, he had my undivided attention.

Well, not really. I was bored already. Just get on with it.

He was shocked that I had turned around. His mouth was open.

I took my time to look at him. He was a skinny kid but he didn't look too nerdy. I mean, he looked clean. You know, a little too clean. But he was okay I guess.

He had his brown hair styled in a tiny quiff and he had brown eyes. With green. Maybe hazel? I don't know. He was holding his glasses in his hands. He was playing with them nervously.

He seemed tense.

Nerdy was still looking at me with the same expression after I'd finished looking him over.

I decided to have a little fun. I got closer to him so my face was inches from his. I swear at this point he wasn't even breathing anymore.

"Boo" I whispered.

He almost fell off his chair. I coughed to cover up my laughter. It got so bad that I turned red and had to bite on my fist to keep myself together.

Man, that was priceless.

Great, now I'd never hear what he had to say to me. I groaned.

"Was there something you wanted to say?" Maybe I could just ask yes-no questions and eventually find out. Why did I bother anyway? Right. I was bored.

"Y-yes! The teacher suggested I'd ask you for help for the next Chemistry test. I'm struggling with that chapter." I had to fight the urge to applaud him. He actually managed to speak like normal people. Good for him.

Wait. The teacher thought I'd help him? Me? Really?

I glanced at my teacher but he was occupied with the test he'd already received.

"Me? Really?" I was genuinly surprised. Nerdy started fidgeting again.

"Yes. He said you're the best student in this class." I am? I didn't even know what the next chapter was about.

"Oh. So... you want me to tutor you?" I don't even think he's capable of that. I mean, he's barely holding it together right now. I don't think he'd feel safe with just me in a room.

I could have some fun with that though.

"I guess? I-I mean if you're up for it. I know you don't usually do this but I really could use th-" Great. Now he was talking too much. I didn't feel like listening to this verbal diarrhea so I held my hand out. He stopped speaking immediately.

The power.

Oh! Maybe I could use this to my advantage.

"Well, the thing is... Eh. What's your name?" I'd almost called him Nerdy. That would've been awkward.

"Tom" No stutter. We're getting somewhere.

"Well, the thing is Tom, I have detention after school. So if it would be possible to tutor you instead of going to detention I'd love to." I don't know if that were possible but the least I could try.

"H-how am I supposed to get you out of detention?" He was considering it. Good boy.

"Maybe you could explain the situation to our teacher. I mean, tutoring someone is way more productive than just doing nothing in detention, right? Maybe he'll give me a pass for one day." I gotta say this is a brilliant idea.

Maybe I could just ditch the kid and go home instead. It would be amazing to have a day off from detention. Seriously, I could feel the life getting drained from me every time I was there.

Tom was nodding now. "I'll go ask right now!" Wow he got enthusiastic. No procrastination whatsoever.

When I looked up he was already talking to the teacher. I really hoped he would pick up the material fast because I didn't want this tutoring thing to be intensive. But it was only a chapter so we should be fine.

Two minutes later Tom was walking towards me again with a huge grin on his face. I guess the plan had worked.

"The next test is in two weeks so you get off detention twice every week until the test. I mean, i-if that's okay with you?" Man, he started out with such confidence and then he went all insecure. I hadn't bitten him so far so why was he scared?

I was genuinly happy with this plan. I figured I'd be able to escape detention just once, but four times! Awesome.

"We have a deal ner-Tom!" Oops. Almost called him Nerdy there.

"Great! Can we start tomorrow?" The bell rang. I started to get up and then I realised Tom was still waiting for his answer.

He seemed so invisible, he didn't really grab your attention. His voice was quiet and his shoulders were hunched. Maybe I should tutor him in confidence instead of chemistry.

"Tomorrow it is. See ya kid!" I waved and then went to my next class.

-

Before lunch I decided to go to the restroom. Oddly enough they were almost empty.  Only one stall seemed occupied.

Well, maybe not that odd, I'd escaped class a little early so I could take a piss in peace.

I was washing my hands when I heard someone groan. And it wasn't a groan that meant someone was dropping a deuce. No it was the other kind of groan.

Someone was getting lucky.

Gross.

A bathroom, really? Very classy and hygienic.

I was drying my hands when the couple unlocked the door. I didn't bother looking who it was.

"Jilly! Sorry you had to hear that." Jake ruffled my hair. I should've known it was him.

"Jake, I didn't know you were a girl." I smirked at him and he smirked back at me.

"I'm definitely not. You can ask the girl I was with. Sarah. Wait no! Susan? Serena? Whatever" He sighed and scratched his head. And they say chivalry is dead.

I snorted "Whatever, let's eat some shit!" I was hungry.

"You probably shouldn't say stuff like that when you're in a restroom Jill. People might get the wrong idea." I laughed. I could've said that differently.

We walked to lunch together. Some people were giving Jake some looks when he walked out of the girls' restroom but he just shrugged it off.

Jake was being his old self again, much to my relief. The only thing that bugged me was that he was still hooking up with random girls. Here I was, thinking he was gonna pursue this one girl he liked. I guess he hadn't worked up the courage yet or something?

I decided not to confront him again. Maybe I'd ask soon. In a very subtle way.

Okay, maybe not in a subtle way. I don't do subtle, you should know that by now.

The guys and Gwen were already munching on their food. I sat opposite Code and stole one of his french fries. He glared at me.

His fauxhawk was still going strong. He was wearing an old The Doors shirt. I think I've seen someone with the same shirt a while ago.

Right! Chase.

"Aw do you and Chase wear each other's clothes? That's so cute!" I cooed at Code and Snake snorted.

Code's eyes widened for a second. "No! How did you even know it was Chase's anyway? Right I forgot you two are besties now" He grabbed another handful of french fries and shoved them in his mouth.

Gwen, who was sitting next to me, looked at me with a surprised look on her face. "When did that happen?" I hadn't told anyone about last Friday yet. Kinda slipped my mind.

"I got home Friday night and Chase and Jill were watching Game of Thrones with an empty bottle of Vodka." I glared at Code who was now beaming.

"I didn't know you were friends with Code's brother" Gwen shot me a suspicious grin.

I rolled my eyes "We weren't but he was watching GoT and I couldn't resist."

"And by the way it's laundry day" Code muttered. I was confused for a second until I remembered he was talking about his shirt.

We all laughed. Poor Code.

The rest of my classes went by as fast as a dead snail.

During detention my phone buzzed. I grabbed it and opened the text. It was my mom.

My sweet daughter

She definitely needed something. Suck up.

Would you mind going grocery shopping after school? We don't have any food. I'll pay you back!

I shook my head. We really didn't have any food. I wanted to make pancakes yesterday but we didn't have all the ingredients.

One of the worst things in life is craving food you can't have. I'm not even kidding about this.

Sure but I'm buying ALL the junk food

I couldn't resist. After school I'm always hungry and when you go food shopping on an empty stomach you tend to make bad decisions. Well not bad, just unhealthy.

My phone buzzed again.

Didn't expect any different.

My mom knows me.

So there I was, an hour later, pushing my cart that was filled with every kind of junk food you can imagine. I was very hungry.

Time for some candy! I smiled when I spotted some Bean Boozled jelly beans.

They are jelly beans with foul flavors like rotten eggs, grass and soap and the usual flavors in the same colors. You never know what flavor you're gonna get.

I grabbed the box and then I grabbed some normal jelly beans so I could switch the packages.

I think it's time to prank my new friend.