Cat's POV
The notes thing with Robbie carried on. Every morning I would leave a note taped to his locker and every day I would get a reply. It would just be something simple like what I had for breakfast and he would reply with some smarmy comment. Most girls would be disgusted by the way he talked but I really didn't care. If anything, it made me like him more.
Yes, I'll admit it. I think I'm slowly falling for Robbie Shapiro.
The problem is, he's completely ignoring me. He'll send me notes and things but apart from that I get nothing from him! He doesn't talk to me face to face, he doesn't look at me ever, he doesn't acknowledge me at all! I have to get him to notice me. But how?
"Miss Valentine!" the teacher yelled, snapping me from my thoughts. "What's is the term used when the first letters of every word in a sentence are the same?" she asked, hoping to catch me out.
"Alliteration" I replied. I hadn't been listening at all but I did all this last year so I knew all the answers. I didn't want to move class though because then I wouldn't be with Robbie.
"Very well" the teacher said, disappointed I had got it right, and turned back to the board. The class dragged on and my thoughts drifted back to Robbie and his lovely face. The bell finally rang and I jumped out of my seat, packing all my supplies in my bag quickly and rushing towards the door. Lunch, yay! My favourite part of the day! Because I can sit and ogle Robbie at the golden's table.
"Miss Valentine, can you wait behind please?" the teacher called after me. I groaned inwardly and turned to walk towards her desk, a big fake smile plastered on my face.
"Yes miss?" I said, wanting this to be over as quickly as possible.
"We're just waiting for somebody" she informed me, turning to sort out some paperwork on her desk. I looked around the classroom, trying to ignore the awkward silence. That silence was broken by a voice that made my heart beat twice as fast.
"What's up teach?" he said. "I heard you want me."
I turned to the doorway and saw Robbie stood there. He was wearing black jeans and a tight white t-shirt. I felt my cheeks heat up as he walked towards the desk and stood next to me, still ignoring my existence.
"Now, you have missed a lot of lessons Mr Shapiro" the teacher said. "I'm not angry, however I am concerned about you falling behind. So I wondered if Miss Valentine here would be kind enough to help you catch up with your work?"
"Yes!" I said, a little too enthusiastically. I coughed a little and tried to act more calm. "Well sure, if I have to."
Robbie finally acknowledged me but looked at me as if I was insane. Nice going Cat!
"Do I have to, teach?" Robbie said, turning back to her.
"I'm afraid so, Mr Shapiro. You'll need to pass this test and the only way I can help you is by giving you someone to teach you the material. Miss Valentine is the best in the class and she's only been here for a couple of weeks" the teacher replied. I blushed a little under all the praise. "You may go" she said, dismissing us with a wave of her hand.
We walked out of the classroom in silence and I followed Robbie down the corridor.
"What?" he said, turning around and making me jump.
"I was just wondering when and where we're going to do our studying?" I asked nervously.
"We'll do it at mine tonight" he said, walking off again.
"Where do you live?" I asked louder, then winced when I realised everyone would think I'm some creepy stalker or something.
"Keep your eyes peeled" he said mysteriously, not looking back, then walked off quickly. I walked to the canteen in a daze and sat down next to Tori, my head still in the clouds.
"I may have only known you for a couple of weeks" she said, dragging me down from my daydream. "But I know for a fact that you hate egg and cress sandwiches." She held up my sandwich which I absentmindedly bought and I grimaced at the thought of it's contents.
"What's up lil' red?" André asked.
"Well my English teacher just asked me to tutor…Robbie Shapiro and I'm going to his house tonight" I whispered. I looked over to Tori and quickly slapped my hands over her mouth to conceal her scream. "Shut up!" I hissed at her. Once I was sure she wasn't going to explode again, I removed my hands and saw a massive smile on her face.
"Oh my gosh this is amazing. Hardly any girls have ever been to Robbie's house before. We have so much work to do" she said suddenly, looking into the distance.
"Work?" I asked, chuckling and looking to André. He returned it with a sympathetic look.
"You have to make a good impression! I'm going to give you a makeover!" she said, grabbing my hands.
"No. You're. Not" I said, pulling my hands away. "I'm wearing this. I don't want to seem desperate. Besides, it's only studying" I said, shrugging.
"Who's idea was it to do it at his house?" she suddenly asked.
"His" I said, confused.
"So why didn't he just suggest a library or something?" Tori asked, a smirk on her face. It suddenly hit me like a ton of bricks. He wanted me in his house. I looked over to the goldens table and saw him talking about something with Rex. His dark eyes snapped over to mine and I quickly looked away, my stomach bouncing again.
"So don't you want to impress him?" Tori asked.
"Nope, I'm wearing my skinny jeans and my sweater Tori" I declared. "I need to go to my locker before next lesson. I'll be seeing you tomorrow and not any time today" I said, deliberately at Tori.
I got up from the table and walked out the canteen with one last glance at Robbie. I then headed to my locker and a smile graced my face when I noticed a note taped to my locker. I opened it and saw that it was Robbie's address. Wanting to keep my meeting with Robbie from the world, I quickly hid the piece of paper in my pocket.
I arrived in front of Robbie's house and my mouth fell open. His house was huge! A massive driveway with massive gates leading to a massive house! I walked up the gravel driveway, tugging at my jumper, wishing I had taken up Tori's offer of a makeover. I pulled my pear phone out of my pocket and used the mirror to look at the screen. I tried to tame my red curls but it was no use. I took a deep breath and knocked on the big wooden door. It opened to reveal the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen. Her perfect face was framed with silky, shiny, black hair. She wore a tight, short, black dress and back high heels. She smiled a warm smile at me and I tried to swallow down the lump in my throat.
"Hi, I'm here to see Robbie. We have some studying to do" I said, smiling nervously.
"Come in darling" she said, looking at me in disbelief. She opened the door wider and let me in, shutting it behind me. "Robbie dear, there's a girl here to see you" she called up. "It's not often Robbie's school friends come to visit. In fact, I don't think we've ever had a girl in here who isn't Jade" she said to me, beaming.
Robbie came down the stairs in tracksuit bottoms with no shirt on. I felt a blush on my cheeks and looked down at my shoes. "Come on Cat" he said, grabbing my hand and dragging me up the stairs with him. I tried not to trip over or embarrass myself. I made it up the stairs successfully and we went down a hallway to the left and reached a door at the end that had 'KEEP OUT' written on it in red. He unlocked it and dragged me in, bolting it behind us. I looked up and saw him walking around, looking for something, his torso on show.
"Like what you see?" he said. My eyes snapped up to his face and I saw he had a smug grin plastered on it.
"No" I scowled at him.
"Suuureeee" he said, putting on his white t-shirt from earlier. I tried to hide the disappointment on my face. "So, what do we do at these 'studying' things then?" he said. I looked at him for some kind of joke on his face but he was deadly serious."Well, we study" I said obviously.
"What do I need to know?" he asked.
"Everything that we've done this year so far. You're lucky, though. I did all this at school last year" I reached into my bag and pulled out my think, pink folder with all my English work in it. "Right now we're studying a book. This book" I said, handing my tattered copy of the book to him.
"Macbeth?" he asked, looking at the book.
"It's about a man who becomes king by killing his dad but-"
"He goes mad with the power and guilt" he finished for me. "I've read it before."
"Oh" I said, completely surprised. "Umm…well…that makes life easier for us." I turned around to my folder to find the worksheets from the lesson. I turned back around and Robbie was right in front of me.
"How much easier?" he said, huskily.
"Well…umm…w-we only have to complete th-these sheets and then you'll be up to date" I stammered.
"I don't need to do the sheets" he said.
"But then you won't have any proof" I said, trying very hard to ignore how close he was to me.
"I can do the sheets any time" he said leaning down to whisper in my ear. "Right now I can think of much better things we could be doing."
He ran his finger along my jaw line, making my legs turn to jelly. He ran his other hand through my hair and tugged at the ends gently, tilting my head up. He lent down very close to my mouth until he was about a centimetre away.
"There's something about you, Cat" he whispered before capturing my lips with his own. I was too shocked to respond, so I just stood there with my hands by my sides and my eyes open. He pulled away and sighed. "Are you going to kiss me back or?" I nodded and he smirked before kissing me again. I closed my eyes and responded, my mouth moving against his. I dropped the sheets of paper and snaked my hands around his neck. His hands ran through my hair again then fell to my waist. My mind went completely blank and I couldn't form any coherent thoughts.
We were snapped from our little make out session by my phone ringing. "Ignore it" he whispered against my lips. I hesitantly pulled away and grabbed my pink phone out of my pocket. "I should get this" I said, trying to ignore the dark look on his face.
"Hey girl!" I heard a familiar voice shout.
"Hey Sam!" I said, happy to be talking to my friend from Florida. I looked over to see Robbie walking around with his mouth in a straight line. "Sam, I'm actually really busy right now, can I call you later?" I said, hanging up before I could even hear her reply. I took one look at Robbie and saw that he looked mad. Really mad. And confused. Oh Cat, what have you done!
"I-I should probably go" I muttered. "There's the sheets…um…down there" I said, pointing down to the floor.
"Yeah, Jade's coming over so you have to go anyway" he said, opening his bedroom door for me. We both walked downstairs in silence.
"Well…bye" I said as he opened the door.
"Yeah, see ya" he said, not even looking me in the eye. I walked down the driveway. As soon as I was round the corner I screamed and jumped around. A sign of happiness, confusion, anger and a million other emotions. Why did he initiate the kiss and then act all weird afterwards? My head is so frazzled!
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