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Regina wiped her tears and walked over to her mirror.
"Pull yourself together." She said, looking at herself. She was a mess. Eyes red, mascara running. Regina sighed and grabbed a makeup wipe. She would have to redo her makeup. Wiping off her face and putting on a fresh coat of mascara wouldn't make her feel better but at least it would make her look better. When her face was bare, she reached into her backpack to grab the handheld makeup tube when she saw the crumpled up piece of paper she'd thrown in there earlier.
Pulling the paper out, she opened it and looked at the schedule. Was she really going to do this? It was either her grades or her pride. She walked over to her bed and opened her laptop. She sighed and read the contact information at the bottom of the page.
To make an appointment email us at: tutors
Regina opened her email and sent a request. It was only six minutes later when she got a response.
Hi Regina,
We've set up an appointment with the mythology tutor for tonight at 6pm as per your request. You'll meet in group study room 211 in the library.
Happy tutoring!
"Yeah, whatever." Regina muttered, closing her laptop. "Happy tutoring my ass."
Regina was walking through the library and approached group study room 211. She frowned as she turned the doorknob and scanned the room. There were quite a few people there. She could see that there were tutors for many different subjects, so she wasn't the only one there. That didn't stop the fact that Regina felt completely out of place. Regina found an empty table and pulled out the dreaded quiz along with her notebook. Naturally she was five minutes early so she flipped through a blank page and waited. A few minutes later, a tall girl pulled out a chair and sat next to her.
"Regina?" The girl asked.
That's me." Regina said.
"You must be my six o'clock. I'm Marian." She said, stretching out her hand.
Marian. Regina thought, instantly recognizing her. She was the girl at the frat party who had been making out with Robin. Great! She had the best luck to have gotten paired with Marian. This was probably the girl Robin was with now.
"Well, let's get started. What is it you want to work on?" Marian smiled fakely.
"I need help with this. Regina muttered as she slid the quiz over to Marian. "I have a test on Wednesday and I need to do better than I did on the quiz. I can't get another C."
"Well, I can definitely fix that." Marian smirked. "Don't worry Regina. We won't let you get another C." No, she wouldn't let Regina get anything close to a C. She'd definitely try her hardest for Regina to get an F. Hopefully, she wouldn't have to try too hard. The annoying freshman was already halfway there anyways.
That's how it went on. For a half an hour Marian filled Regina's head with utter nonsense and Regina jotted down every single word.
Robin walked through the library to group study room 211. He had a student to tutor in math but he had no idea how he was going to stay focused. All he could think about was Regina. The look on her face the last time he saw her was still in the back of his mind. He figured she was avoiding him because he hadn't seen her in days. He felt like such a jackass because of the way he'd hurt her. College was supposed to be fun. He was almost certain that she was probably having a miserable time and it was all his fault.
He couldn't worry about this now, though. He had to tutor someone in less than ten minutes and he had to get focused. He was setting down his things at his usual table when he spotted her. He watched as Regina wrote in her notebook, her eyebrows furrowed in concentration. She was absolutly beautiful. Her long hair was pulled into a neat ponytail that trailed down her back. Her full lips were painted with a dark purple lipstick, which he guessed was her favorite color. Or maybe black?
His thoughts stopped when he realized who was sitting next to her. Marian. What the hell was she doing with Regina? Whatever it was, he knew it was bad news. He clenched his fists together as he walked over to their table.
"But, I thought that all greek gods and goddesses were myths of ancient greece. Isn't that the point of mythology, the study of myths?" Regina asked. Her brain was hurting. Apparently, everything she thought she knew was wrong according to Marian.
"No, no, no." Marian nudged. "Mythology is the study of people that actually existed. It's only mythical whether or not people believe it." Marian explained, trying to keep the sly grin from spreading across her face. "Well, hello Robin." She said, finally letting her grin loose at the startled look on Regina's face.
Regina turned to see a not so happy looking Robin. Regina stiffened. What the hell was he doing here? Just then, she remembered that he tutored for math. Of course he would be here. If only she had remembered, then she never would have come. She never wanted to see Robin again unless she absolutely had to.
"Marian, what are you doing?" Robin asked. The tone in his voice was everything but pleasant.
"I'm tutoring." Marian quipped, not happy with his tone. "And you're interrupting, so goodbye." She said, turning back to Regina.
"I need to talk to you." Robin gritted.
"I'm busy Robin." Marian said, turning to speak to Regina. "He can be so needy sometimes." She nudged her.
"Now." Robin demanded, almost yelling.
"Fine." Marian sighed, getting up. She followed him until they were a good distance away from Regina so that she couldn't hear them. "What's wrong sweetheart? Did you miss me?" Marian patronized.
"What the hell are you doing with her? We had a deal." Robin spat and Marian grew an ugly scowl on her face. Now she was angry.
"No, the deal was that I'd let you keep your scholarship. As for her, I'll do whatever I goddamn please and you will not question me." Marian said, crossing her arms. "Little bitch needs to be taught a lesson for messing around with my boyfriend."
"I'm not your boyfriend." Robin challenged. "Do what you want with me but stay away from her and I mean it." Robin said, pushing past her before turning back to her. "Oh, and if you call her a bitch again, you will regret ever coming to this school." Robin turned to leave a final time. Marian avoided his glare and grunted, looking over at Regina who was staring at them. Marian took this as her opportunity.
"Robin?" Marian said, grabbing his hand and pull him towards her.
"What? I'm done talking to-" Robin was cut off by Marian crashing her lips into his. Marian pulled away with a smirk. Robin was so mad he looked he could snap a car in half.
"Don't look at me like that. You did this to yourself. I'd think twice before threatening me next time but I'm sure Regina enjoyed the show." Marian left Robin standing there and walked over to Regina who was packing her things.
"I have to go." Regina said, as she shoved all of her things into her bookbag, trying to leave as soon as possible.
"No, we still have more to discuss." She couldn't leave now. Marian hadn't told her nearly as much wrong information if she was going to get her to fail her test.
"I really need to leave." Regina said, standing up and slinging her bag over her shoulder.
"You're not going anywhere." Marian said, stepping in front of her. "Now, sit down. We still have twenty more minutes.
"Get out of my way." Regina's voice was blood curdling. She might be a freshman but she didn't take shit from anybody, something she had learned from her mother. Marian looked around and noticed that other students were staring. She could only imagine what she looked like so she didn't try to stop Regina when she walked around her and left the room.
"Fine then." Marian muttered to herself. "The little brat wants to embarrass me? Well, she's got another thing coming."
