Chapter 6. A big "F" turns into an "A" Minus!

Retasu looked up into the blue sky as she thought of what happened last night.

She sighed.

"OMG, I never thought that Ryou would kiss me.." Retasu blushed.

"Retasu! Hurry up! Come down!" Retasu heard her mother shouting.

Retasu realized that it was 7:00 a.m. already and school starts in like 45 minutes.

"Aah, SHIMATTA! I'm late!" Retasu said as she grabbed all her stuff and went downstairs.

"Ohayo, Retasu! Have breakfast." her father offered.

"Gomen, Okasaan, gomen Otousan, no time." Retasu ran out of the door and she slipped her feet into her leather shoes.

She slid open the door and saw the elderly lady.

"Aah, Ohayo, Retasu-san!"

"Ohayo, Obasaan! Itekimasu Obasaan!" Retasu waved.

She saw the bus pass her.

"Aah Shimatta!" Retasu said as she followed the bus.

"MATTE YO! CHOTTO MATTE!" Retasu shouted but the driver kept on moving the bus.

No one cared about her. The passengers kept on laughing at her.

Ichigo who was in the bus asked the guy beside her what was the commotion.

"NANI!" Ichigo shouted knowing that her friend was chasing the bus.

Ichigo ran to the driver. Ichigo threw a few paper balls at his head "OI BAKA! STOP THE BUS! BAKAZARU!" Ichigo called the driver names.

"Hai, hai " the driver sighed.

The crowd went 'Boo, Boo!'

"BAKA!" Ichigo shouted. They crowd quieted down.

Retasu who was surprised to see the bus stop went in.

"Ichigo-san. Arigato." Retasu smiled as she payed the bus driver.

"Ohayo, Retasu-san!" Ichigo said cheerfully.

Retasu took a seat next to Ichigo.

"So, how's your relationship with Ryou? Everything all right?" Ichigo teased.

"Nothing's going on between us." Retasu smiled.

Ichigo thought 'Wow! She's so nice. She blushes but doesn't shout like that banshee, Ryou.'

The half part of Ichigo's head turned blue. And smoke shaped like spirals colored gray were floating on top of her head.

She saw an image of Ryou shouting at her.

This time her whole head turned blue .

"What's wrong Ichigo-san?"

"Oh nothing, I just saw something horrible inside my head. "

"What did you see?"

"Oh nothing.. just this banshee shouting his head off."

Then the bus pulled over.

"He's not your boyfriend? Then what were you doing in Utada Hikaru's concert together. And wait there was something else you did.." Ichigo looked up.

Retasu was all red and speechless.

"You were holding hands! That's right! (Ichigo shouted) So, what were you doing together? (Ichigo put on a suspicious look) "

"N-n-o-thing."

"But you were-"

"Aa gomen, Ichigo this is my stop, I have to go to school now. "

"Oh okay, I guess I'll have to ask Ryou" Ichigo grinned.

"NO! No! Don't ask Ryou." Retasu pleaded.

"I guess." Ichigo sighed.

"Arigato, Ichigo-san!" Retasu said as she jumped of the bus.

Retasu continued to think about Ryou.

She entered her first session which is Algebra.(?)

'YOSH! I'll do my best. ' Retasu thought.

The teacher handed a piece of paper each student had to do. It was another exercise.

They were given around 50 minutes of the 80 minute session to finish the paper.

Retasu paid no attention to anything else except algebra.

She finished every question on the paper.

She stood up and found no papers on her sensei's desk.

"Ummm... Sensei.. Am I the first to finish?" Retasu asked as she looked around and saw all the other students still working.

Her teacher nodded.

She saw that the teacher gave her an A minus.

"Wow, what an amazing change. If I recall you got an F on your other paper." Her teacher said.

Retasu smiled "What can I say, I got a great tutor."

The teacher nodded and Retasu walked to her desk.

'Wait . What if I pass my algebra test? Will that mean I can't spend time with Ryou anymore?'

Retasu bit her thumb and worried.