As usual, Maya and Riley walked together to school. They went into history class and took their seats.
"Okay class, today we will be learning about the development of World War II" Cory spoke.
"Why can't we learn about dragons or something?" Maya asked raising her hands.
"Because dragons don't exist" Cory sighed.
"Duh" Lucas smirked.
Maya turned to Lucas, and pointed a sharp pencil at him. "I will use this" She scowled.
"I'm so scared, see look I'm shaking" Lucas said sarcastically.
She rolled her eyes and turned back around.
"Who knows why, the war happened?" Cory asked the class.
"Well, Mr. Matthews. World War II happened because of how well a part of Germany was doing, while the rest were doing poorly. Soon a man by the name of Adolf Hitler, chancellor of Germany spoke out, and said to the people, why are these people doing well but were crashing? People were in need of an answer and followed him" Lucas educated.
"Couldn't have said it better myself" Cory smiled.
Riley smiled and gazed at Lucas.
"Show off" Maya growled at Lucas.
It was the end of class and everyone went to their lockers.
"Maya, you seemed jealous that I got the answer right" Lucas smirked.
Maya rolled her eyes and turned to him.
"You wish cowboy" Maya smirked back.
"You know, you would be a lot smarter if you had a tutor, and wouldn't be so jealous of my skills" Lucas boasted.
"Are you calling me dumb?" Maya shouted.
"May be I am, may be I'm not. But if you want I can tutor you. Because we have that test in math that counts 50% towards our grade." Lucas advised.
Maya sighed while throwing her head back. "Fine".
Lucas smiled. "Good"
"Good" Maya spoke.
"Okay" Lucas commented.
"Alright" Maya said.
"Hey Lucas!" Riley shouted smiling.
"Hey Riley" Lucas smiled her way.
"So what were you guys talking about?" Riley asked the two.
"He's going to tutor me" Maya claimed.
"Cool…" Riley nodded.
"I'll catch you guys later" Lucas said walking away.
"Good that he's tutoring you. I don't want you to fail the test" Riley confided.
Maya smiled.
Maya walked home and found that her mom wasn't home.
She read a card that was on the table. 'Peas in the fridge if you get hungry'
"Great, peas, my favorite" Maya said flatly. She took a shower and put on her favorite pjs, and put her curly hair into a high ponytail.
She sat on her sofa and turned on her tv. It went static.
"UGH! AGAIN" she went to the tv and kicked it but it still was static.
She went into her room and began reading her favorite book, Uncharted Mystery. She heard her doorbell ring. She sighed and opened it.
"Lucas?" Maya whispered.
"Riley gave me your address" Lucas gazed around the room with his green eyes.
"Umm" Maya stammered.
"You live in a…weird neighborhood" Lucas frowned.
Maya knew exactly what he meant by weird. He meant bad.
"Why are you here?" Maya asked.
"So we can start the tutoring" he entered her house as she closed the door behind him.
He sat down in the sofa that had burnt holes in it.
She sat next to him.
"I know what you're thinking Lucas. But not everyone can live in a palace like you" Maya reasoned.
Lucas sighed. "That's not what I was thinking".
"Yes it was, you don't need to lie, Lucas. Let's just get started" Maya put in.
"Okay" Lucas said.
They began working.
"To answer this question, you need to first know how to find the area of an isosceles triangle. So how do you find it?" Lucas asked.
"I don't know" Maya doubted.
"Yes you do, think" Lucas pressured.
Maya sighed. "Okay, okay. Umm, divide?"
"Divide what Maya?" Lucas asked.
"I don't know! You're the tutor! You tell me" Maya tested.
"Maya, don't make this harder than it needs to be" Lucas advised.
"Can you help me? I don't know" Maya sighed.
"Sure. To find the area of an isosceles triangle you multiply, the base and the height and divide that number by 2. Its simple" Lucas demonstrated in the problem.
"Too much work! I need a break" Maya groaned.
"We've only been working for like 5 minutes" Lucas retorted.
"Feels like forever with you as my tutor!" Maya went into her kitchen.