Jace groaned internally as his hand halted on the doorknob. It was his first tutor session with Andy, and he was dreading it. She was just so, abnormal, she was so weird. It wasn't as if she wasn't pretty, and couldn't be popular, I mean he had never looked at her like that, it was just that she could be attractive if it weren't for her horrible personality. Jace slowly turned the knob and stepped inside. She was sat cross legged on the desk, with a book in her hand.
"Okay so maybe we should start with some basics. I know you're going to be just as uncomfortable as me, but you need to learn so we may as well get it over with." She didn't even look up from her book, she just sat there. "Andy?"
"Shut up Jace." She said coldly, her head staying in her book.
"Excuse me? Do you want to fail? Do you want to get kicked out of this school?" He raised his eyebrows at the girl in the corner.
"There is nothing you can teach me pretty boy, so give it up."
"Nothing I can teach you? I'm the best student in the school, and you are the worst, there is plenty I can teach you." He replied, not in a pleasant tone either. She laughed at his comment and once again his eyebrows rose.
"You're wrong. I'll admit, you're good, you're very good. But you're not the best." She said to him confidently, almost cockily. A tone he often used.
"Then who is?" Jace moved his hands to his hips and looked at her in confusion. Who could possibly be better than Jace Lightwood? No one in this school, surely?
"I don't trust you. Why should I tell you anything about me or what I know? You're not my friend; you're not even my aquaintance. I bet you can't even recall my last name. I get it. I'm not pretty like Aline. Why would you want to know anything about me? Why would you care enough to look beyond my skin? Nobody ever does. And I reckon you're one of those people that just judges a book by its cover. Do you even like Aline? Or is she just another 'Smokin' Hot Babe'!"Clary feigned Jace's voice for the last three words of her speech. Jace remained silent, surprised that such a small, young girl could have so much anger in her.
"You're- You're upset about not having friends? Why not try not acting like a freak? Huh? How dare you judge me! I have nothing to be ashamed of!" Andy actually looked shocked at Jace's response.
"Sorry, forgive me; it was wrong of me to judge by how others perceive you. I know how it feels to be hated by someone you barely even know. Tell me. Do you hate me?" Jace was taken aback by the bluntness of her question therefore hesitated with his answer.
"No. I mean, I don't know you well enough to hate you. Hate implies you doing something to cause that feeling. I am not aware of any such event." She smiled and it was the first time Jace had seen Andy smile. It was the first time Andy had smiled in a very long time. "So if we're not going to do any training. And you are determined to flunk out of school. What pray, are we to do in these sessions?"
"I fancy the beach, don't you?" She asked happily.
"But it's raining buckets outside!" Jace exclaimed appalled at Andy suggestion.
"And?" And asked hopping up, finally discarding her book. "I don't let the weather choose my actions. I choose them myself. You coming or not?" She asked walking away. Jace was confused but he found himself intrigued but this side of Andy he had never seen before. So he silently followed.
When they both arrived at the nearby beach it was still raining. Jace had his bag over his head in attempts to keep dry as Andy just let the rain dampen her fiery red curls. Jace followed her down to the sea where she silently watched the waves. "Peaceful, isn't it. The tide never falters. It forever goes in and out. There is nothing man can ever do to stop it. Tell me? What would Aline do, if it was sunny and you took her to the beach?" Jace wondered why she asked this. Why she cared so much.
"Well it would probably involve a small amount of making out. But mostly just her lying in her bikini in the sun, trying to get a tan, while I sit around bored out of my brains. It's ok if some of the lads come though, we play football or volley ball or something, and it can be fun. I generally avoid going with just Aline." She smiled pityingly at Jace.
"Well then I better not be anything like Aline." She smiled again, brighter this time. She really was beautiful Jace thought. Despite her odd personality. Before he could say anything in response Andy had tackled Jace and he was falling to the floor. His head collided with the sand and Andy crashed down on top of him. "I thought you were supposed to be good at this?" She jumped up and started running in the other direction, it was hard to see her through the rain, but Jace could hear her bright laugh. "Come on Jacey, get up!" Jace sprat after her and she turned sharply running at the sea. He followed but was surprised when she wasn't there. Next thing he knew she had collided with his back and had a firm grip on him. He struggled to free himself from her grasp and managed to flip her on to her back. #he straddled her waist and pinned her hands beside her head, smiling triumphantly.
"I won. Got you!" Jace exclaimed. She struggled under his weight causing Jace to topple over and the she was on top. She leant down to his ear and whispered.
"Don't let your guard down pretty boy." She smiled widely and pulled back. She looked him straight in the eye and saw some emotion burning there. He couldn't hide it, it was too strong, but he didn't know what it was. The same emotion was reflected in Andy's eyes and she was simarlily confused.
"JACE!" A shrill voice came from the rain causing Andy to jump off Jace. "What the hell are you doing?" Aline stood in the shelter of a bus stop.
"I- We- We were just practising. You know the tutoring thing. I thought it would be better in the open air." I looked over to Andy, she looked sad, but then her eyes went blank just like always. But Jace couldn't deny he just had twice as much fun with Andy in about an hour that he had ever had with Aline. He wanted to know more about this girl.
Okay so sorry I took a while updating but I have been away sailing for a week. R.S.P Merrilyn August 2010! XD! Was AMAZING! Anyway hope you enjoyed the chapter and as always... Review!
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