A/N A shaky start, but here it goes...

CHAPTER 1

Jo was trying to finish her final math problem when Alex bothered her for the umpteenth time.

"Hey, Hobo Jo." Alex stage whispered and poked Jo in her side with his pencil. "Jo! Jooooooo"

Jo let out a frustrated sigh and turned to face Alex.

"What do you want this time?, " Jo aske; clearly irritated, "I'm trying to finish my work can you please stop interrupting me."

"Fine. I just wanted to ask my dear genius math geek friend for some help. But I won't bother you... Even though Mrs Schmidt will keep me after school if I don't finish"

Jo rolled her eyes at him, "Seriously?"

"I have football practice to get to and if I don't attend today, coach won't let me play tomorrow. If only I had a genius of a friend..." He trailed off.

Alex looked at Jo with an attempt of puppy dog eyes, but he failed horribly and made Jo laugh at him instead.

"You are ridiculous! You should practice your puppy dog face in the mirror like you do with that silly smirk of yours." Jo said as she moved her book so Alex could copy.

Alex smirked and winked at her. "You're the best", He said as he jotted down the answers. "And I don't need to practice my smirk. It comes naturally, a real chick magnet, Hobo Jo"

Jo rolled her eyes at him. "Whatever makes you sleep at night and I told you not call me "Hobo Jo".

"But l lke calling you Hobo Jo. It has a nice ring to it."

"Yeah and so does Douche face, but you don't hear me calling you that in front of our friends"

"You called me a douche in front of my team mates just yesterday. You don't play fair Hobo Jo, not fair at all" Alex teased.

Jo ignored him the rest of the period and Alex just continued to talk and write down her answers. Five minutes before the bell rang, Mrs Schmidt came to check everyone's work. When the bell rang Jo gathered her things and got up.

"Hurry up" Alex said impatiently.

Jo was about to reply when Mrs Schmidt called her over. She turned to Alex, "You go ahead, l'll catch up with you later"

Alex nodded and practically ran out of the class to make it in time for his football practice.

Jo turned around when Mrs Schmidt started to speak.

"I've been noticing that you've been letting Alex copy your work for the last couple of days..."

Jo wanted to speak, but Mrs Schmidt held up her hand signalling for Jo to listen.

"I know he's your friend, but letting him copy your work is not really gonna help him. What's gonna happen when you take exams? You gonna let him copy those answers too?."

" I was just..." Jo started to speak when Mrs Schmidt talked right over her.

"Why don't you tutor him? It seems like math is his only problem. He's doing well with his other subjects." Mrs Schmidt said as she took her glasses off and placed it on her desk. "Senior year is very important, which means it can also be extremely tough. Your marks will determine which college or university you go to. I'd hate to see him fail because of math"

Jo listened carefully and nodded.

"So will you offer to tutor him? You can even use my class after school if you'd like."

"I'd love to help Alex in any way that I can. I mean, it might get difficult cause he has a very short attention span, but I can try."

Mrs Schmidt smiled, "Good! I won't keep you any longer. You're free to go, Josephine"

Jo cringed a little at the use of her full name.

"Enjoy the rest of the day ma'am" Jo said as she exited the class.

TBC...

A/N: Hmmm this really is nerve wrecking. English is not my home language so all mistakes are mine. I don't own any of these characters... just yet. I might add my own soon though. The ones yu know belongs to Shonda Crimes *cough* I mean Rhimes! Thanks for reading, lovelies. :)