Chapter 5

Chloe happily packed her things away and waved a goodbye to Simon.

Her favorite block, free study period. Normally people would leave and just go home since it was last block but Chloe had to wait for Ray. So she just skipped towards the library and took a seat far in the back to work on her manuscript.

She loved this spot, it was hidden away from the world. Dusty shelves, a window view of the forest, and nobody came back here. Chloe was free to do her thing with no interruption.

She was half way through her editing and climax scene where Lina's getting hit in the head by her evil rival Vicey when someone took a seat at the table next to her. She was surprised to see Derek Souza, and he looked just as surprised to see her.

"Um do you want to sit here?" Chloe said noticing that the table and chair looked a little small for him. It was usually for someone doing a test and Chloe had taken the huge table hidden away by the shelves and books.

He got up and took a seat next to her looking more comfortable.

This was starting to get weird. Why did Derek have practically all the same classes as her!?

She peered over to him and noticed the math textbook he carried. It was huge! College...maybe university work.

"That class is for the grade 12 advanced classes only kids who have been in the hard routine here for 3 years get into that class. We are in grade 11 and-and you just got here!" She said in disbelief, was he a genius!?

Derek just shrugged as if this was nothing.

"I was hoping to get a more challenging class but this school doesn't have any." Chloe noticed he wasn't boasting, Derek didn't seem like the type to blast. He just seemed seriously annoyed with this schools academic level.

"How about this...as you know I suck really bad at math and you need to boost up your english mark. I could tutor you and you could tutor me" she asked seriously, Derek looked thoughtful and nodded hesitantly. Chloe's smile brightened with his agreement maybe now she could get that scholarship she wanted.

"Great so I can tutor you...Mondays and Thursdays at this block are you okay with that?" She asked he nodded.

"And how about Wednesdays and Fridays for you tutoring me?" Derek just nodded again, which annoyed Chloe a little. The least he could do was be polite and reply.

"Here let me give you my number just in case one day you need to bail or something and you can give me yours"she waited for him to reply and since he didn't. She took his warm hand and pulled out a pen, Derek looked shock and tore his arm away from her.

"What the hell are you doing!?" He half yelled, Chloe jumped up frightened by his loud outburst and then glared at him.

"If you were listening I had just said that i was giving you my number" she looked at him as if he was a mere child. Which must of shocked him, because with wide eyes he slowly gave her his hand.

She quickly scribbled her number and name on his hand and then turned away from him. She was getting tired of questioning Derek's mentality. All day he'd been giving her hot and cold signs. Being awkward but nice one moment then totally pushing her away the next. She had thought since he had helped her from Liam that maybe things were okay but it seemed like he was set on being on ass.

Her mind thought over Simons words, that he had a liable excuse for being this way. That it was trust issues, though even she had some serous trust issues too but she never treated people like this.

Sighing she looked upon her script not in the mood to have her heroine beat evil. But to get a smoothie. Her eyes flickered towards Derek's and it seemed like he was looking her way.

"Uh...sorry...about before I over reacted..not really used to being touched" he whispered, she sighed. How was she suppose to stay angry with him when he gave her that whipped puppy dog look.

"Do you want to go get a smoothie?" She asked, putting her stuff away.

"Y-yeah. But I need to drive tori and Simon home later" he said putting his stuff away. Taking this as a sign of forgiveness.

"Don't worry about it, I have to drop Ray off at home later. So ill get you back on time" she said smiling his way. They walked to Chloe's car and Derek smirked.

"Nice car" he said, Chloe blushed at his smirk. Sure it wasn't a smile but it still made him look really handsome.

She gave Derek a brief once over. If you looked closely Derek had quite the build. Under that loose flimsy shirt that did him no justice. You could see the outline of his arms which were big and muscular. She sighed in content, this was going to be a long year and it seemed like Derek had a lot to hide.