Tutor Tuck
Chapter one
"Paulina, you need a tutor to bring up your grade," Mr. Johnson says after class. "I have a tutor lined up for you after school."
"But I have cheerleader practice," Paulina whines.
"Then you'll have to skip that today," Mr. Johnson says.
"Can you at least tell me who is it?" Paulina asks.
"Tucker Folley," Mr. Johnson says.
"So what do you guys want to do?" Danny asks his two best friends as the three of them walk down the hallway of Casper high.
"Movies?" Sam asks.
"I can't you guys," Tucker says.
"Why not?" Sam asks.
"I'm tutoring someone," Tucker says.
"Who?" Danny asks.
"Paulina," Tucker says then looks at Danny. "Is that ok?"
"Yeah why not?" Danny asks.
"Because you like her," Tucker says.
"Tuck, I haven't liked her for a while," Danny says.
"Really?" Tucker asks.
"Unlike you, I got over my crush on her," Danny says.
"What?" Tucker asks as blush creeps on to his face. "I don't have a crush on Paulina."
"You're right. You would have gotten over a crush by now." Danny says. "You must really like her."
"How can you like that air head?" Sam asks.
"She's not an air head," Tucker says.
"Then why does she need a tutor?" Sam asks.
"She's a little behind in English," Tucker says.
"I've seen her grades. She's more than a little behind," Sam says.
"Than she'll need a lot of tutoring," Tucker says.
"Do you even get money for doing this?" Sam asks.
"No," Tucker says.
"Than what do you get?" Sam asks.
"Nothing," Tucker says.
"At least get a date out of it," Sam says. "If you like her that much."
"A date?" Tucker says.
"Yeah and one date might lead to another one," Danny says.
"Do you think that will work?" Tucker asks.
"Couldn't hurt," Danny says.
Tucker walks into the school's library and sees the object of his affection sitting as always in the middle of everything.
Remember the three C's: calm, cool, and collective, Tucker thinks then takes a deep breath and walks over.
"Paulina," He says stopping across from her.
"Let's get one thing straight. I'm only doing this so Mr. Johnson will get off of my back," Paulina says.
"You don't care about your grade," Tucker says sitting down.
"It's English. When am I ever going to use that?" Paulina asks.
"It's only the most widely spoken language in the world," Tucker says.
"I speak English fine," Paulina says.
"This is about writing not speaking," Tucker says.
"Well I don't like poetry," Paulina says.
"Hasn't a guy ever given you poetry?" Tucker asks.
"No," Paulina says.
"Don't let dumb guys turn you off from poetry," Tucker says.
"Why are you doing this?" Paulina asks. "Is the money that good?"
"I'm not being paid," Tucker says.
"Then why?" Paulina asks.
"You need help, I can give you that help," Tucker says.
"What do you get out of this?" Paulina asks.
I spend time with you, Tucker thinks.
"You should get something out of this," Paulina says. "What do you want?"
Worth a try, Tucker thinks then says, "A date."
"A date?" Paulina asks. "With me?"
"Yes," Tucker says.
"Alright," Paulina says. "But with one condition."
End of chapter.