Bruised novel Chapter 4

Something was seriously wrong.

I've been kidnapped.

Well not entirely because I knew the human who has me locked in his vehicle and I'm not screaming for help.

But still, he carried me into his Ranger Rover! Tell me that isn't kidnapping.

"I have legs you know." I snap and he smirks, not even looking at me.

"Oh. I know." At his tone, my eyes widen and I resist the urge to smack his large muscular arms.

"Then I can walk on my own, you didn't need to-"

"Shh. I wanted to." He shrugs, "it's the least I could do for my behavior yesterday."

"Oh, you mean the assault?"

"Assault?' He raises his eyebrows and I narrow my eyes, he turns to me for a second before bursting out laughing.

"You really are a prude aren't you." I just scoff and look outside instead.

"I'm not a prude," I grumble.

"It's okay you're a cute prude." I clear my throat at that and I can already sense his smirk. "So, this tutoring thing when do you want to help me?"

"I'm free every day," I tell him honestly. "It's your schedule I don't know."

"I have football practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays, sometimes coach just surprises us, but how about the other days?"

"Sure."

"My house or yours?"

"The library," I state firmly and he snorts.

"The library?"

"Yes."

"Why?" He asks and I clear my throat again.

"It's safer."

"Safer?" He sounds a bit confused and I just stay quiet. "You're actually afraid of me?" He asks offended and my eyes widen as I turn to him.

"I- I'm not. It'll just be more...productive if we can be in an area where we can focus." His face relaxes and for some reason, I feel relieved as he smirks.

"You think I can't take off my shirt in the library?" He wiggles his eyebrows and I laugh with loudly.

Tyler Gold was definitely not what I expected.

As soon as we entered the school gates Tyler's whole demeanor changes.

He was stiff and his face was void of emotions, I kept my eyes on him as we parked and his eyes snap to mine softening a bit.

"Alright. I'll see you after school at the library?" He asks, his voice colder and I nod, a bit confused as I open the door. "Hey, Camry?"

"Yea?" I turn and he gives me a small smirk.

"Nice leggings." He winks at me as I shut the door, my face probably looking constipated.

"As if I give a crap. Sit down." He demands and I tug stubbornly at his arms.

"Cmon doll what're you afraid of?" Jake says like a serious pervert and I narrow my eyes at him, calming my heart slightly.

"Don't call her that." Tyler snaps at him and Spencer smirks at Jake who grins and I'm just standing with a chocolate bar that is begging to be eaten. "Yknow what, lead the way I'll just come with you."

"No!" I yell loudly and he raises both eyebrows at my outburst. "I-I mean why ditch your friends for me? We'll see each other at the end of the day." I don't know why, but my stomach fluttered as I said those words.

However, he completely ignored getting out and grabbing my hand.

"What're you doing? Why are you doing this? I like drama but not this much, look at how your fangirls are looking at me!"

"Ignore them, that's what I always do." He shrugs and I roll my eyes at his tone. He was still as rigid as this morning but it seemed like there was a softer meaning behind it.

"No where are we going?" I give in with a sigh, leading him to an abandoned shaded area, I sat on the bench and he does the same. It's weird. His huge frame next to my tiny one.

"So..."

"We can start the lesson here if you want to." He shrugs and I nod trying to think of something off my head.

"Let's do something simple."

"Perfect." He says.

"Periodic Table. There's the Atomic number, mass number, and the shells..."

I go on and on, babbling while he just stares at me. Not blankly, but he seemed honestly intrigued so I continued.

So much that when the time came for us to go home,  I remembered today was Tuesday and rushed home, hoping that Tyler wouldn't mind.