"Jameson. Here is your group's assignment. Graded  that is." Ms Swan says as we walk into the class. I look at the paper and then at her.  What does she mean it's graded? Today is the due date. She still has days to go before we grade it. "I got curious and read through it." She says in response to our shocked faces. "And I wasn't disappointed." She says when I sit down in my seat. "Yo!" Jameson says excitedly when she sees the grade on the right-hand corner of the paper. "What the hell?" Oliver says high high-fiving Jameson when he too sees the grade. He places the paper on my table and my jaw drops in shock at the number there. 98? I can't believe it, she gave us an amazing mark."I told you guys this thing was gold," Kelly says smiling at me. "Very good indeed." ms Swan says when the rest of the class walks in. Marlene enters last. Everyone looks at her the room silent. She doesn't take English with us so I can understand th

"What do you mean you missed the deadline, Marlene?" My mother screams looking at me like she doesn't know me. I knew she was going to freak out if I didn't do my school work but I didn't think it would be this bad. She's acting like I already failed. This is just one part of my English grade, I can make it up with other assignments. But that's not the reason she's mad at me, is it? She's mad because I broke a promise I made to her and Dad. After my breakup with Oliver, I fell into a terrible space. I wasn't interested in going to school, doing assignments or going outside really. All I wanted to do was hide. As a  result, my schoolwork suffered. I almost failed my grade. My parents were not happy. They didn't understand why I let a boy take over my life. They didn't understand why "I would let a boy ruin my life?:" It took a while for me to back to myself but I did it eventually. I found the strength to get up, get my mind right and save

I follow Marlene into the school. I don't know what got into her just now but this madness needs to end. I won't let her attack Ryo like this. "Marlene," I say when she walks into a random class. She looks back at me and then she frowns. "What the hell was that?" I ask closing the door. "Leave me alone Oliver." She says walking to a wall. She presses her head on it. I watch her breathe hard for a few seconds and she says nothing. "I won't let this go. I've let your behaviour slide for too long." says and she turns around. "Oliver I really don't care about what you have to say right now," She says and she dares to be angry at me."Look, you never going to put your hands on Ryo ever again," I say ignoring her anger, she's not going to bully or cry her way out of this one. I want to make sure she knows there will be consequences if she ever tries to pull anything like that again. "I swear you're going to regret it if you pull this shit again," I say my voice calm but dangerous. She f

"Sir, I have Ryo for you." The Secretary says when we get to the door. I will myself not pass out. I take a few breaths and brace myself for what's to come. "Yes, come in." He says and I take a few steps into the room. I gasp on the inside when I see Marlene sitting on a chair in front of the principal's office desk. "Good Afternoon Sir," I say looking at him. He smiles and he gestures for me to sit down. I take a seat opposite Marlene and she looks down at her hands."Ladies, I called in here to address the incident in the parking lot this morning." He says looking at me intently. I stare at him blankly not sure what to do here. What does he want me to say? "Ryo, do you want to tell me what happened?" He asks smiling at me. I turn to look in Marlene's direction and she's still staring at her hands. Is she going to look up and confront this situation? She's the reason we're in here. She's the one that decided to attack me for no dan

I pull into the McDonald's parking lot and see Oliver pull into the parking spot next to mine. He smiles at me when he sees me. I open my door and get out of the car, I lock it and walk to his. He opens the passenger door for me and I get in. "You look gorgeous," He says when I close the door. "You look really good." He adds and I smile. "You look gorgeous too." I and he smile. "I do?" He asks shyly and I nod. "You look really good. I love you in all black." I say truthfully. He really does pull off the all-black outfit. "Thank you." He says taking my hand in his, he kisses it and I feel the warmth of his kiss from the inside of my hands all the way between my legs. "What are we eating?" I ask trying to distract myself. I almost jumped his bones right then. We haven't been intimate in a while now. So many things have happened since our date in the garden. I wish we were in the garden right now. I wish we w