Sarah: Hey its me again. I have been getting some really gret feed back for this story so I think i'm gonna keep it up. Anyways the end is a little crappy cuz i'm tired and didn't feel liek working to hard on it... sorry guys... I kind of just wanted to get it done. Well please review I'd like to know how I did on this chapter. Thank you!
Ichigo reluctantly handed in the permission forms with her parents' signatures all over them. The guidance looked back at her with a cheery smile and replied with a dry "Thank you."
"Yep anytime. I'm always thankful to throw my social life away to focus on school work with some annoying jerk, have a nice day," Ichigo said quiet enough so no one could hear her. She sighed and walked out the door approaching her locker to get the books she needed for homework and… her first tutoring session. She entered the silent library and shuffled over to the table where jerkface was sitting.
"You're late. It's your first day to. I say we are going to have an interesting semester together aren't we?" Ryou said laying his books out onto the table.
"You're joking right? You just got here yourself!" Ichigo said hotly.
"Oh I know. The point is I was here before you. You should be sitting here patiently waiting until I get here with a shiny red apple to hand over to me," Ryou chuckled at his own lame joke and got the rest of his material out on the table.
"Well Mr. Perfect, I was handing in my papers allowing you to tutor me. If I had the choice I would have put them through a shredder. But Daddy dearest wants a report at the end of the session so you got lucky." Ichigo concluded and angrily pulled a chair across from Ryou. She began to pull all kinds of books and notebooks and paper out of her bag and onto the table.
"Sit next to me," Ryou commanded.
"Excuse me I just got all of my stuff out," Ichigo replied more sharply than needed.
"I may be a genius but I still have trouble reading upside down. Now come sit next to me," Ryou repeated himself.
"Ugh you're annoying," Ichigo shoved all of her stuff across the table and plopped herself down next to Ryou.
"Now, what is it you're having trouble on?" Ryou asked Ichigo who was staring straight ahead intent on not looking at him. That's when Ichigo felt a hand grab her chin and someone swinging her head around. Ryou's hand was still on her face when he spoke.
"Did you know… that if you cooperate time will go by so much faster? Maybe we could finish this and both of us can go on with our lives."
Ichigo silently realized he was right and decided to answer him. "Math, I got a C- and my dad flipped out."
"Okay we're starting somewhere. Now what in math are you having trouble with?"
"Polynomials." Ichigo replied nonchalantly.
"Alright do you know what a polynomial is?" Ryou asked trying to stir a sort of reaction out of his stubborn client.
"Well isn't it adding or subtracting more than three terms?" Ichigo replied finally loosening up.
"Yeah guess you got the basic idea." Ryou and Ichigo then spent the next hour and a half working math and some other things. So far Ichigo almost got every question he threw at her correct, well as correct as you can get. No one in this school can really get into the complexities and ideals of polynomials. But he didn't expect her to so Ichigo wasn't a sucky student. He gave her five problems to work on and she got two out of the full five correct. Aha he had spoken to soon.
"Well I see what your problem is," Ryou whispered as Ichigo tried to correct her mistakes.
"And what is that? Please, I'm dying to know." Ichgio rolled her eyes at him and awaited his judgement.
"It looks like you're understanding the material just fine. Your problem is applying what you know into the actual equation." Ryou finally said.
Ichigo sat there silent for a moment. She pondered what he just said. He didn't throw one sarcastic remark at hr while she was working. This was really shocking. He didn't even call her stupid once when he saw her make all of those careless errors.
"You didn't say anything mean to me," Ichigo whispered to herself but Ryou had heard her. He stared at her for a moment. He didn't really understand her.
"Uh no. Is that a crime?" Ryou asked snapping his fingers in front of her eyes.
"No. Its just that I was expecting you to call me stupid or something. Look at all of the mistakes I made." Ichigo said again.
"Listen I'm not dumb, I notice that if I'm mean you get angry, we fight, get nowhere and I'm stuck here tutoring you longer. This isn't only for your benefit you know." Ryou replied. Ichigo just passed him a confused look.
"Here I'll show you." Ryou ripped a piece of lined paper from his notebook and scribbled something down on it.
Sarcasm Your Fury Fighting equal Progress Longer Time Tutoring You
Ryou shoved the paper in Ichigo's face and she read it, thought about and got mad about it. "You mean that you were thinking all kinds of bad things about me but you didn't say them because you thought I would get mad?" Ichigo hissed at him in a hurt tone.
"Yeah pretty much," Ryou responded smirking. "And yes I am well aware that you are getting extremely angry at the moment." Ryou added.
Ichigo gathered her things in her bag and faced Ryou one last time before running out of the library.
"I think since we are going to get to know each other so well you should know some things about me. One: I don't need to be reminded I'm stupid, in fact I'm told it on an hourly basis thanks. Two: I don't even need a tutor my dad is a psycho. And three: my opinion of you is lower than dirt. I would appreciate it if you would leave me alone and we can get these tutoring sessions over with. " Ichigo turned to race out of the room.
"Oh one more thing. Thank you for the session." This took Ryou by surprise. Of all things he didn't expect words of gratitude spewing from Ichigo's mouth. Before he could say anything else Ichigo kept speaking.
"You're probably wondering why I'm thanking you for a lousy time. Well I guess the genius can be pretty naïve. I only said thanks because I'm honorable unlike you. Good night," Ichigo said stomping out of the library.
Ryou snorted. Did she really think her words would affect him? Wow she was pretty dumb. He bagan to pack up his things to go home. But he came across a light green notebook with strawberries on it.
"Idiot." Ryou stuffed the notebook into his bag before chasing after her to give it back. He walked into the hall, and say Ichigo's red hair bouncing up and down with each step she took.
"Ichigo wait!' Ryou ran up to her and displayed her notebook. Ichigo quickly snatched it from his hands.
"Thanks," Ichigo said dryly as she swung her bag over her shoulders and resumed walking. As she took her first step away from Ryou, she tripped over her untied shoe and was going to crash face first onto the floor. But she didn't. Ichigo slowly opened her eyes and blinked a bit. Her nose was about two inches from the floor and her right arm was being pulled back. Then she felt her body go upwards. Ichigo felt her hands go on Ryou's chest. She sunk into his electric blue eyes for a moment and her face turned a deep red. Ichigo quickly pushed off of him and stared down to the ground.
"Pervert, taking advantage of an innocent girl like that! Shameless." Sure it was just as much Ichigo's fault as it was Ryou's but dissing him sure made her feel a lot better.
"Are you joking? I just saved you from breaking your face. Although that wouldn't have changed the way you look by much." Ryou retorted smoothly.
"Ichigo's face turned red again as she blushed. "And what is that supposed to mean?!"
"I just said you were ugly, dummy,' Ryou smirked and watched Ichigo approached her. Ichigo smacked him on the arm and turned to walk away.
"Well I guess I'll see you tomorrow," Ichigo said sighing from exhaustion as she went to walk out of the school doors.
"Regretting every minute of it!" Ryou called to her as she exited the building. He laughed as he went to go retrieve his things. 'Only knowing each other for a few days and she already hates my guts. This is really going to be tough.' He thought to himself. Ryou was thinking to much. It was just a little tutoring job, who cares. The minute Ichigo got her grades up, she would be out of his shiny blonde hair. But the question is, why was he thinking about it so much? He had so many other things he could be focusing on.
Ichigo opened the passenger seat door rolling her eyes at her dad's intent look. "So how'd it go?"
"Oh just peachy," Ichigo said leaning aginst the window. Thoughts raced through her mind. But it wasn' about anything she had really day dreamed before, the incident when Ryou rescued her from alling was reeling through her mind. The scene played across her glazed eyes until she got home.
Sarah: ... So how did I do? I actually thought this chapter was kind of funny even though it was jus a fill in... Well whatever. Off to work on somethign else. I'd love to know if anyone is reading so please review review review and thanks for read another chapter of That Girl... Anywasy till next time!