May: Greetings
Drew: What's with the faces?
May: What faces?
Drew: The guilty ones
Me: Well…
May: Don't even
Brendan: A Rose for me-A Rose for you does not own Pokemon… or… umm… it would suck?
Drew: Seriously… you're fired. SECURITY!!
Brendan: What? NO!!! Wait for me May!!!
May: No
Me: YAY!!! Anyway… chapter 6
Chapter 6
My Enemy, My Teacher
It was the last lesson on Tuesday. It was a free period and Ash and Drew were discussing Drew's new hobby.
"So… Master Rose, huh?" Ash snickered.
Drew glared at Ash angrily.
"This is your fault" Drew said.
"Yeah… sorry. But at least you met that cute girl," Ash pointed out.
"Cute? She was wearing a mask! I probably don't know her," Drew pointed.
"Well… still… at least you have May." Ash laughed.
"I despise you," Drew said.
Ash clutched his heart.
"Ouch. Words hurt Drew," Ash said.
"Uh-huh," Drew said rolling his eyes.
The bell rang and people began to leave.
"So… are you coming to the coffee shop? I'm not working," Ash asked.
"I can't. I'm tutoring Funbari's most desperate," Drew said.
"Oh. I assume you mean May. Do you need help?" Ash asked.
"Sure," Drew said.
Ash left. Drew followed him.
At May's house May was a bit nervous. She might not even know who her tutor was. What if she was mean? What if she didn't like May? It was a good thing Misty was there to support her…
"Calm down, you baby," Misty huffed.
…Misty Style.
"What's wrong with you? My Ash senses are tingling," May said, smiling.
"Well… Daisy totally embarrassed me in front of him and his Mom," Misty admitted.
"Oh! Poor lamb," May said sympathetically.
"Yeah… and now I can't even go to the Coffee Shop because he'll be there," Misty whined.
"Well… I guess you could stay and protect me from my potentially evil tutor," May suggested.
"I bet you'd rather have Master Rose protect you," Misty said.
May blushed slightly.
"What was it you said? Oh yeah! He had the most gorgeous eyes and when he held you while you danced he was gentle," Misty recited, grinning.
"Uhhh… well…" May stuttered.
Misty hugged her excitedly.
"Aww! My little May has her 1st crush!" she squealed.
"Misty! That's not true! And besides… don't let my Dad hear! He'll ground me for life!" May said.
Misty did a 'zip the lips, lock them and throw away the key' action and winked.
"Your secret is safe with me," Misty grinned.
There was a knock on the door. May went to answer it and came face-to-face with…
"Drew!" May said in surprise.
"I'm your new tutor," Drew said simply.
And at that moment, May's world came crashing down.
May had come to accept that Drew would be teaching her. She had also come to accept that her best friend had ditched her to go to the Coffee Shop with Ash. What she couldn't accept is that X+10-11.
"Why though?" May said, thoroughly frustrated.
"Because it is! Just work it out!" Drew said, annoyed.
May sighed. She wanted to do this… but it was so hard. The problem was simple and she knew it… but it was hard with Drew breathing down her neck.
"OK. Since when you have a positive plus a positive the answer increases. But since the answer is less than the number I'm adding… that means that X is a negative number," May said.
"Yeah," Drew said, smiling slightly.
"So… establishing that… I can change the problem to –11+10X. So… -11+10-1 and that means that X is –1," May said happily.
"Well done Einstein," Drew said, rolling his eyes.
May glared at him angrily.
"Look, it's not my fault! I understand it, but it's hard when I have someone breathing down my neck!" May half-yelled.
"Well, if you want to fail then tell me to go," Drew said.
May glared angrily at Drew, her fists clenched.
"I thought so," Drew smirked.
May turned back to her textbooks. After some time she looked up and asked:
"Why didn't you say no to tutoring me?"
Drew looked at her for a moment and said:
"Well… Miss Tundra thought you were my girlfriend and she didn't give me time to correct her so… here I am, about ready to kill myself," Drew said.
"I'll help you," May laughed.
"You know… Ash has been trying to persuade me for years you're a sweet, innocent girl… but you just ruined that image in less than 5 seconds… well done," Drew said sarcastically.
"Can we just do Math? I think I can solve this problem," she said.
She pointed to question 10, rated 5 stars on the hard scale.
"Doubt it… but go ahead," Drew said.
She wrote the question out in her notebook and began to solve it:
15X-49X+23
9X+6X-49X+23
6X-423
6X-427-4
6X27
X4.5
She grinned triumphantly at Drew.
"Ha! I did it! Is it right?" she asked.
"Surprisingly… yes," Drew said.
She smiled and punched her fist in the air.
"All right," she giggled.
Drew stopped. That giggle…it was so familiar…
"Ummm… Earth to Drew. Come in Drew… Houston, we've lost Drew, I'm going to need back-up," May joked.
Drew woke up from his trance-like state.
"What happened there Drew?" May asked.
"I zoned out. So? People do that all the time. You especially," Drew pointed out smirking.
"Grrr! You've been here an hour! Just go! My Mom will be home soon," May said.
Drew shrugged and gathered up his stuff.
"Later Princess," Drew smirked.
He left closing the door behind him. May sighed. This was great. Her worst enemy was her teacher, her best friend was getting a boyfriend, her 1st crush wears a mask, her head was spinning with all this Math knowledge… and she had major writers block. She began to hit her head off the table, hoping to sort out her problems. The writer's block… she needed inspiration. She remembered what her English teacher had told her: write what you know.
'Well… what I know is my life is too confusing,' May thought bitterly.
That's when it dawned upon her. Her life… could be her story.
Me: Done!
Drew: So… May is smart
Me: Yes
May: Ha!
Drew: And… what was with all those Math problems?
Me: Well… I thought I could also help readers by helping them learn!
May: Hmmm… I'd rather have cash
Drew: True.
Brendan: REVIEW!!!
Drew: Hey! That's my line
May: Boys! Calm down! What are you two even fighting about?
Drew: (blink)
Brendan: (blink)
Me: (blink) May… maybe you should read my one shots… that'll explain Drew… and Brendan is the same.
May: Oh! OK. BYE!
Drew: …I hate you
Me: If you hate me… I love you too. It's not my fault I'm perfect.
Brendan: Ummm… see ya!