"What do you mean, get off your back?" I muttered.

"Just leave me the heck alone, Alli," Drew muttered back.

Then he went back to math. The math I tutored him in.

Then it all came rushing in. Clare, Dave, Sav etc… everyone was right.

Drew Torres was just using me. And he was using my brain to get ahead and stay ahead.

Without me, stay ahead and leave me behind.

Just like last year with KC and Clare. He was using her. He's using me. I felt like… crap.

I sat back in my chair and remembered.

*Flashback*

"Oh my god, Clare, I think I'm in love." I said to her dreamily. "Heck, I know I'm in love,"

She laughed. "Who is the lucky guy," she said in the barely interested tone.

"Him," I pointed at Drew Torres discreetly "Ever since I laid eyes on him I knew we were meant to be."

Clare's eyebrows furrowed and she had a look of disapproval.

"Be where, in trouble?"

I looked at Clare. "He's on the football team with Sav,"

"He's no good, promise you'll stay away."

I squeaked. "I promise, but I make no guarantees. Now you tell me about that new guy, Elijah or whatever you're crushing on."

"It's not a crush; he's helping me get over some stuff, and it's Eli,"

"I can only imagine what ELI's helping you get over and how…"

Clare giggled. "You are so wrong,"

Suddenly a hand appeared on my shoulder.

"You're Alli right?" Drew Torres asked.

"Yeah, you're uh Drew right?" I said, playing it cool while inside it was like if I ate a bowl of sparkler cereal.

"I'm going to go, uh, I see Eli over there and I'm going to say uh, hi," Clare said and walked away as fast as she could without running.

Eli greeted her and I turned back to Drew.

"So what brings you, here, to me?"

Drew smiled. "I hear you're really smart and Coach says I really need to pull up my grades from the abyss they've fallen in. And since Sav is on the team, Coach suggested you first."

I smiled. "Sure, come by my house."

My parents would be out. Sav had some campaigning to do at someone else's house.

*Flashback*

My idiot brother, he was so stupid, running for president against Holly J, not that I don't want him to win because I kind of hate her.

But he wasn't as stupid as I was.

I never really did learn what happened between Eli and Clare. Guess I was too busy with Drew to care.

I'm a horrible friend.

I looked in the back where Clare was sitting across from Eli.