"You are going to take her on private lessons here in this school. That's if you wish". My head teacher with her persuasive preaching that centered around giving me a challenge. I had no chance to think. So I just agreed to her request.
"so what time do you think would be the best? What time and date?" She asked.
I began to consider.
"Could you make it three days?"
I gave her a deadpan look masked with a lazy smile.
What the f**k is wrong with this lady?
I haven't even thought well enough about it and she's Imposing more dates on me.
Days... not dates... Yh.. let's get it straight.
"I don't know Mrs Mary. I'm going to be really busy this holiday. So I dunno"
I was beginning to reject. Yh that girl should be another person's problem right?
I was genuinely going to be very busy during the holiday.
Stupid me, I should have just asked my mom to turn her down, and now here I was getting a free lesson done for the girl. You heard it right, I wasn't getting paid.
What is my problem?
"Please. You have to. At least it would shows how good our teachers are working on the students. She doesn't really have a good foundation. Just do this with her and tell me what you think about her. In your palm kinda rests the way she's going to be treated when the new session begins".
"That's a lot of responsibilities, don't you think?" I asked her pushing my back into the chair.
"You feel you can't handle it? If I felt you couldn't handle it you wouldn't be here in the first place, so take you teenage bum of my seat, out of my office, and go show that girl what our school is made up of".
This woman... when she made up her mind, ah...
Well at least it isn't a boy.
It's a girl and she's kinda cute, I would love to tease her a lot.
I stood up.
"Um yh and the days and time?"
" Hmm let's see. I'll be pleased if you went with Monday, Wednesday and Thursdays, what do you say?" she said eying me expectantly.
"it's not like I get to have a say in this anyway, so I'll do it anyway".
I thought I heard her say a 'yeeees'
then I saw her comport herself. "we have a deal then"
"yh". I replied half grudgingly
"So does she have her own materials?" I asked."Ma'am, you know I didn't know about this, so I didn't pick up anything related"
"Yh, I believe she should have a textbook on her".
"ok". I replied eager to leave her office
I dunno what's going on though, but whatever it is. I hope I benefit from it.
I started to leave the office. I recalled that I was missing something. what's that? Hmmm. Yh. Markers.
"Mrs Mary. I'll need markers''...
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Abby POV
"...beginning now". I heard only the last part.
Hell, how is that boy my age going to be my teacher?
I cannot just believe what is happening to me right now.
" Are you ok?" I heard his young boy voice reach my ear,
I nodded my head. "yh, I'm fine".
I was sitting in an empty class and I was unconsciously making an uncomfortable face. I felt uncomfortable, but I didn't realize it was showing on my face. I stared at him for a moment before looking down.
In front of me was the boy. I immediately straightened up and gave a small smile.
" sorry I was thinking about something unpleasant".
He shrugged it off.
"Why don't we begin by introducing ourselves?"
I looked unsurely at him. Then I had a rethink.
_ it's not going to be any use fighting him, just give up. He didn't ask for this.
Your family put you in this position_
"My name is Abby Tri, I am 13 turning 14 in December. I am going to be in the 9th grade class" I said.
"Ok, wow... You're really big you know?" He said while picking his phone from his pocket.
At least he'd look at that phone and not bother me.
Then he dropped it on a table just beside him.
I was sitting on the first row, the middle table and he was sitting on the other side. He used another table as a makeshift hand rest.
"Now bring our your materials, we are going to start today's lesson with Mathematics". He said shattering my thoughts.
How bad could one day be?