Chapter 1: Cody´s way.

Well, this was uncomfortable.

The silence was so loud that you could hear a pin drop. Since the…erm...incident, Cody had never expected to be in a room with only girls, let alone so many. He'd tried just throwing himself out there to break the ice but that hadn't really worked, and now he didn't know WHAT to do.

A WONDERFUL hand raised above the crowd.

"Um…Cody, why don't you come sit with us?" Kitty had sat down quietly while the rest of the girls were staring. Some days he just didn't know what he'd do without her….

As he sat down, Cody inspected the room that was assigned to him. It was smaller than a regular classroom. In fact, for those old posters of aliens and the reptilian sign that this was the place of that famous conspiracy club. Cream-colored walls with a window that directly headed straight for the courtyard is an excellent view to see the snowy picture to the street behind the school. From there on, there was the typical thing you'd find in a classroom, books, pencils, a bookseller, etc.

Posters aside this room looked….Blander than anything

Cody sat down and watched the girls, being on one side of the table and them on the other, but he still didn't know what to say.

Cody sat down and took in the girls across the table. He probably should say something, but for the life of him he couldn't think what to say. Not that he seemed to have their attention anyway.

Dawn seemed to be more focused on meditating. Dawn was staring into space with surprising intensity. Sky was on the phone, Amy...I mean Sammy, well, she was looking at the floor.

"Cody has already introduced himself as our tutor, so it's our turn" Kitty said, coming to his rescue again. got up from her seat to introduce herself "I'm Kitty Chang, by my last name you'll notice that I have Chinese ancestry"

It was Cody's turn to buy Kitty lunch for the rest of his life. Thank God she was here with him.

"I like photography and social media, and I hate bullies who annoy my friends." She said, smiling brightly. Most of the girls blinked as the last thing sunk in and realized she was staring directly at Amy. The redhead whimpered and shrunk into her seat.

That smile was getting a little shark-like. Kitty's burning stare eventually decided it'd finished and turned gently to girl sitting next to her

"What about you? If I had to guess, you like to meditate?"

The girl in the green sweater eventually realized she'd been spoken to and lazily blinked back to earth.

"Hmm?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I needed to connect with the universe. I'm Dawn Forest, I like every living thing in this world, and I hate anybody with a black aura," Dawn said, before frowning and tilting her head. "Well…hate's kind of a strong word. It's more like I dislike them" dilemma solved, she turned to smile back at kitty "digging the love vibes you're giving off, by the way."

"What?" Cody blinked.

"Yeah! Go Friendship! Nothing like being there for a good old friend…right?" Kitty said, smile suddenly brittle and clapping Dawn on the shoulder for a joke Cody didn't understand. Dawn blinked at the strange Asian girl then apparently decided she agreed with whatever she'd said and nodded, humming in agreement.

Looking around the room for a clue, the other girls had apparently understood something and were shooting Kitty sympathetic or skeptical looks….He'd have to see if one of them could explain it later. Clearing his throat, he turned to the next girl.

"Okay...Amy, why is your name here written as Samantha?" Cody asks the other blonde girl, trying to start a conversation.

Amy whispers some words, but no one understands her. Why is Amy suddenly so shy?

The display was apparently more interesting than whatever Sky was doing on her phone. The mathlete looked up and idly turned it off before sitting up straight and ready to speak. She cleared her throat, every bit the practiced public speaker.

"I think all here knows who you are, that only leaves me, my name is Sky Madison, you've all probably heard of me" from most people, this would be boasting. Sky said it like the plain fact it was. Across the table, everyone nodded "I am part of the sports team. I love gymnastics, and not a very big fan of studying." she said. Cody practically had to hold himself to prevent a double-take on the spot. Sky was the most diligent student he'd ever met. The thought that she found studying a hassle was…pretty big news to him to be honest. "However," Sky continued, looking sharply in Cody's direction. Thoughts derailed, Cody could only gulp as it was his turn for a hard stare pinned him in place. "I'm against having a tutor, ESPECIALLY if it's you. I can raise my average easily if I buckle down and focus on the goal. I may not have a choice in the matter but Getting into this program is a mistake and I WILL prove it. So, you leave me be and I'll leave YOU be"

Cody trembled. She'd been SO much nicer as a study partner, but he'd always kind of suspected this was what getting in her way must be like. Kitty shot him a wince of sympathy and moved a little closer. Amy looked confused and startled and edged a little further away.

"Yeahhhhhh I have to agree with Mrs clear-red here" Dawn said, leaning across the table. Sky blinked, unsure how to take that "Mother Earth's needs are WAY more important than something like my grade average" Dawn said, nodding in support. The threatening suffix had apparently flown over her head.

Cody stuttered under their collective attention before being rescued by the usual source. If he had one regret it was that he couldn't buy her a pony.

"Come on, girls, I know it's hard to accept that we're doing badly at school, but at least give Cody a CHANCE to help you." Cody hurriedly flipped through his notes to find something that would let him take advantage of this window of opportunity. And to his surprise, there was.

"Hold on, hold on I…Kitty? THANK YOU…Everyone?. I think I have something here" Emboldened by his stroke of luck Cody took his laptop and started hurriedly searching through his computer files. He didn't need to look up to feel the girl's eyes on him, but if they could just give him a moment he could…aha

"Look, this" he said, wheeling his laptop around "is a general exam that the school gives to tutors like me, so we know where to start." point made, he flipped the laptop back around breaking the girl's gazes. As they complained, he held up a hand and waited for them to stop. "It's not the ACTUAL exam, so it won't do you any good to memorize it, but right now it's just what we need. If you think you can pass without any help? Now's your chance. Pass this exam and I'll do what I can to not only get you off the tutor list, but make sure they never bother you again."

They were tempted. He could see them clearly weighing up his offer, well Dawn and Sky anyway. Eventually Sky pursed her lips and peered down her glasses at him.

"You know Anderson. I don't like the implication that you think I might LOSE, so I'll play your little game," Sky said determinedly. Kitty was already nodding like a proper team player. Amy was shrinking into her chair and Dawn was…he honestly had no idea what to think of her.

"So, uh…how high do we need to score to pass this thing?" Dawn said. Cody breathed a relieved sigh. All of them seemed on board.

"With sixty-no" Cody thought for a moment, "fifty, just get the half of the exam right you are on the other side, sounds fair to you?"

"Okay! Best of luck everyone," Kitty reclaimed smiling into the room. Amy cringed and tried to hide away from her gaze, but the others seemed to appreciate it.

Once the laptops were all set up, Cody forwarded the group the link for the practice test. With the internet locked down, the girls wouldn't have any way to look up the answers. Pass or fail, it was entirely in their own hands. Even Cody had to admit he was a little excited.

Cody began to study on his laptop some of the subjects that went wrong with Monday's math test while he was monitoring the girls' progress around the program. Kitty was going very far because that smile was confident. It could be said everything against Amy, who took considerable time on each question. Sky and Dawn were matched in their advances but noticed that the athlete was trying harder for the expressions she had, while Dawn had times when he could swear she looks like get lost in her mind.

On this first test, each of them was breaking one of the four exam rules. Or what he likes to call it D2-N2.

1-Don't respond fast.

2-Never stay on a complicated question for too time.

3-Never ramble on an exam.

4-Don't overthink the problem.

Sammy was the last to finish an hour later. With the results automatically recorded, Cody could easily compare them to the average.

"Soooooo" they weren't going to like this, and from the look on their faces they already knew it "the good news is you managed to all get 100 points." he tried to soften the blow with a smile, and while Kitty turned it, he could tell she knew could see where he was going, like the others. the smile melted into an uncomfortable grimace. "Unfortunately, that's ALL of you, and none of you individually scored more than thirty."

They weren't taking it well. They were trying not to let it get to them, but even Sky looked crushed by the news. And Sky's composure was leagues ahead of the others. Only Amy hadn't really changed her expression, and that was only because she'd been looking as miserable as he'd ever seen her for a while now. It hurt. It honestly hurt to be the one to tell them this. But, well, that was more or less what he was here for. If he'd had time he might have thought of a way to break the news more gently but...

Well, he didn't know. And it looked like there was going to be a lot of work ahead. He could only hope they didn't take this personally.

"Um…I can show you the answers now, if you want?" they took it, and he gratefully forwarded them the papers. Their eyes dimmed a little as they took in their mistakes, but he was glad to see them scanning the pages over and over, which he could only hope meant they were trying to memorize the material.

"Your ah…you all can go now. The practical exam is over and I...don't really have anything else. If you have any other questions you can email me and...oh"

The girls except Kitty hadn't thought twice before packing up their things and leaving, each with a different expression on their face. This was going to be a very long semester.

"LET'S MEET HERE SAME TIME TOMORROW" he called after them down the hall. If they didn't hear him, they'd hear the echo. It carried extremely well through the halls, gently repeating further and further into the school….

The school hallways looked different so late in the evening. Quieter…darker. Almost eerie. Maybe he was imagining it…he'd made a lot of bad memories in these hallways after all. Or maybe he'd played too much Outlast 2.

"Okay then" a hand came down on his shoulder and Cody totally didn't jump and shriek. Kitty giggled at absolutely nothing before continuing. "Do you want to walk together? We can chat or…."

"Sorry Kitty" Cody said, clearing his throat to gather his compo….For no reason "but it's kind of late, and my mom is likely waiting for me to take care of Cassie and," Cody's voice dropped to a mumble and he gave a little smile, it wasn't entirely a lie, but he needed some time to himself to think and as welcome a distraction as Kitty was, she was still a distraction. "I just…" tell her "...need to hurry".

They both said goodbye and took different paths, kitty heading directly home and Cody picking up some ingredients for dinner. He hoped Cassie wouldn't mind noodles again….

...he hoped Kitty would understand…

A frosty sigh escaped from his lips as he looked into the snowy sky. Was he really making the right decision here? Could he do it? How would the school take that Cody Anderson is tutoring a group with only girls? Could he really…no, no. Remember what the psychiatrist said, that's enough. what's done is done. He could deal with that mess later, for now, he was bringing food home to his sister.

Wait, there is Amy hiding behind a car in the school parking lot. Looks she is trying to avoid something, or someone.

Ok, time to get at the bottom of this.

"Amy?" the cheerleader screams from the impression, hitting Cody with her bag "Oh!"

"Oh my gosh! I am so sorry" then she notices something "Cody? What are you doing here?"

"Just give me a second to catch some air" took a few seconds, but the air return to his lungs "I saw you hiding here, and I want to know if something is wrong"

As Amy was going to answer to his question, she pulls him down suddenly, she was hiding from...Amy?!

"Samey! Where the heck are you?!" Amy 2.0 screams to the air.

"She doesn't know I have a tutoring session with you guys, so she was a force to wait for me" Amy 1.0 sighs tired "And after what happen in the cafeteria with us…"

"Wait a second...so you are…"

"Don't worry, it is okay people confuses me with Amy, since she is popular and better than me. I am Samantha Avery, but you can call me Sammy for short, I am Amy´s twin sister."

Okay, now that this makes more sense, so he has Amy´s twin sister in his tutoring group and not the real Amy, honestly, was a relief.

Wait...did she just said us

"So, the girl I help early in the cafeteria was-"

"Samey!" Cody was interrupted by Amy´s scream. Sammy looks terrified, he needs to help her.

"Hey, Amy! Cody yelled, trying to be noticed by the cheerleader Capitan, something he obtains.

"I have no time for you twerp All I want is to find my useless sister Samey, so she carried my bag and paid for the Uber drive," Amy yelled.

"Ahh, how could I say this and not die in the process?. Your sister isn't at school anymore." Cody told Amy.

Amy's glare intensified as she grabbed Cody's shirt. "She what? Tell me where she is so that I can make her pay for leaving me stranded here."

"I don't know." Cody winced. "All I know is she asked to borrow money for the bus, and she would own me a favor if I told you," Cody said.

Cody panicked as Amy seemed to be growing angrier and angrier with each passing word. Eventually Amy dropped Cody and stomped aggressively. "Typical useless Samey. I'm going to wait for her at home, and when she gets there she's going to pay. Thanks for nothing, nerd" Amy said. She marched off, and once she was gone Cody whipped sweat off his forehead.

And there she goes, that went very well. Just hope Scott doesn't know he talks to his girl.

"Thank you. You save me twice on the same day, you are awesome. How could I return you the favor'"

Cody body tense once again. Once again, the same cute girl hugs him from behind.

"Just...let me help you in your academics" Cody whispers, trying to not pay attention to THAT sensation on his back. Calm down, calm down.

"Ok...it's the least as I can do for you, but please be patient with me. I am a slow learner." Sammy said.

The hug lasted for a few more seconds, however, Cody never tried to return the hug, for fear of being something improper or that could bother her. Sammy smiled at him shyly, before running away, but stopped briefly to say goodbye "see you tomorrow"

Thankfully, it wasn't too hard to keep focused on that, and Cody was home before he knew it. He checked for his keys (right jacket pocket) and cleared his feet on the mat, letting the familiar steps clear his head. The garage door was slightly open, he noticed. Guess that stupid engine died on them again, and dad must have missed it when he left. He'd better close it from the outside to keep the house from frozen. Luckily, it was pretty easy to finish lowering…although he'd have to remember to lock it once he got inside...

He was home, and the day was over.

"Cody, sweetie, thank God you're here" Said his mother, meeting him at the doorway. "my boss would have killed me if I didn't arrive early today. You can tell me all about school tomorrow". And With a quick kiss on his forehead she was off.

"Sure mom, bye" Cody called idly over his shoulder. He found Cassandra in the living room, drawing away in her notebook " Cassie, I'm home!."

"Not now, Cody" proclaimed the precocious artist "I'm focused on making this drawing perfect!" Cassie's composure broke when the dramatic wind backing her statement turned out to be a cold gust from down the hall and hurriedly grabbed her paper. There was a flurry of footsteps from the hall as their mother ducked back into the house.

"One last thing, remember that your father would come in the early morning, anything happens I'm one call away, I love you." And just as quickly she was gone again, dashing out the door so quickly the door didn't have time to close properly. Cody closed it dutifully behind her.

Cody quietly excused himself to the kitchen. Cassie wasn't going to like it, but noodles were practical and hot, which was a pretty welcome bonus in the winter season.

"Cody, can you help me with this…" Cassandra arrived just in time and put her math book on the table just as he was serving dinner. Cassie pulled a face at the sight "noodles? again? You never change."

"Ha. We can look at math after we eat."

Teaching her younger sister at least something a day made her feel like she was fulfilling her role as an older brother, also helping her comb her before going to bed.

Once Cody put Cassandra to sleep in her bed, he went to study a little for tomorrow's classes in his part of the room, they were still in the first week so the homework was not as demanding as they will be afterward.

Cody got up from his desk, placed the camera in front of him, and started recording.

"Daily video, Tuesday of the first week of school. Well, this was an interesting day, you know, surviving Duncan and his band of abusers, but that's not the interesting thing, now I'm a tutor, and my group is only girls. I can't believe it. I'm not made to teach girls, not after...you know that. However, I take the job. Ahh, the sensations are down, but today my subconscious took over and helped Amy. Amy! I don't seem to understand when to stop..."

Cody looked at the ground before sighing.

"...I'm just confused, I'm used to being made to be humiliated by others, but still, I don't know what to do...I know, I'm complicated" Cody smiles at the camera "today I'll keep it short, we'll see you prepare tomorrow, Cody out."

He turns off the camera. This one was quick as he didn't want to awaken Cassandra with his voice as happened on several occasions, just letting out what he thinks is essential. As Cody moves his papers, notice an all-wrinkled paper in the background, a test with a big red zero.

Cody remembered the tears of that day, as he was afraid to come home and be punished, something that never happened.

"It's okay to be wrong. The important thing is to keep trying, never give up Cody."

His father's voice resonated in his head. Since then, Cody has tried his grades better, but it was not after the incident in middle school that he decided to leap to the next level. The Canadian system is not as demanding as Korean or Japanese, where you can only enter the best universities for grades on a test, not taking out the wallet to enter. Yet, Cody wanted to be entirely sure that he was making the right decision.

The question whirled around and around in his head until sleep eventually took him.

At one point, Cody checked the girls' grades on his computer.

Kitty Chang 29 points

Samantha Avery 27 points

Dawn Forest 23 points

Sky Madison 21 points

It was at the time of reviewing the answers of the girls that Cody noticed something curious, at least one girl had answered one of the questions correctly, and it was not only that, because of the exam subjects. Cody noticed that each girl had her strengths and weaknesses.

It is an advantage to consider, now that he had the start point to know where to start with each one, Cody could create an individual strategy to improve in each subject. Still, he was too tired to think about it right now. Time for some sleep.

Cody got up and did his typical morning routine, waking up his sister, taking his dirty laundry to the laundry in the basement, taking a bath and preparing breakfast as today is his turn. It was at that time when his mother walked in greeting him with the same tired smile as usual. It was decided to do something, today wouldn't let the thoughts take over, so Cody took out his cell phone and sent Kitty a message.

Kitty BF

Cody-I'm going to take the bus today, I'll see you at school-6:32 AM

Kitty-whatever you say, thank you for telling me to save me the ice-weather walkp-6:33 AM

After receiving Kitty messages, Cody decided to say it to his mother. Is the moment with Cassandra not being in the kitchen.

"Now I'm a tutor," Cody confesses with a relative calm" and I'm going to have a salary to support the family."

"That's fantastic love, you'll be working on something you like to do"

"How can you be so sure?" Cody asked with doubt.

"Mothers never get it wrong, I notice it in your eyes when you help Cassandra, your friends when they come, even with Kitty, you love helping others. Please, honey, have more confidence in yourself."

An expression of surprise suddenly appeared on his mother's face, to immediately smile, take Cody's hand and put his in her belly "and I think your future brother or sister agrees with me."

Cody felt the baby's very light kicks, which he couldn't help but smile at the tenderness of the scene. Cassandra also saw what was going on and ran to feel the movement of the future family member.

Once Cassandra got on the school bus, where her best friend, Lincoln, who seemed to be a good boy, was waiting for him, but the older brothers will understand that no one is worth it for our little sister. Cody got on a bus to get there a little earlier, looking lost out of the bus window, thinking about many things and at the same time none, usually, Wednesdays are the good days of the week removing Friday, because one is already used to the work routine and faces the things of better encouragement.

Once they got to school, Cody noticed how vegans again did a public protest to demand the school Chef's firing over the dolphin sausage incident, Bridgette and DJ among their number. Yeah, Good luck with that. Chef was Chris' right-hand man. He'd never be fired for anything less than a federal order, and even that might not be enough if the rumors about Chris's contacts were true.

After math class, which followed the same old tonic, only this time Tammy and Leonard were kicked out of class for using their cellphones in class to play one of their typical role-playing games. He was now on top of them in hegemony. Cody was willing to go to the next class, which was Spanish when a hand took him hard and dragged him into the teachers' room on the other side of the aisle.

Wait, Courtney?!

Oh no, this isn't a movie, sure she had her reasons, or maybe she-

"That was close, I can't let my reputation go down the toilet for seeing me with someone like you," Courtney said as she looked out the door window that the other students won't notice her presence.

Forget it...

"What's the matter, Courtney? I'm going to be late for Spanish," Cody asked, confused. To which she took a piece of paper out of her pocket and handed it to him, a notice with the principal's seal so that she can be late for classes for administrative matters.

"Listen, I'm only going to tell you this once, but you're going to fail as a tutor."

What?

"How do you know I'm tutoring now?" Cody asked.

"Simple, because on the orders of the principal. I am now your supervisor, it is my job that you perform best for your academic future, but everything will be useless, you will fail." Courtney answers.

"What? Why? Yes, they need urgent help, but they can get ahead with help, that's what the tutors are for," Cody responded with some hesitation in his voice, like a puppy barking at a mature dog.

"That's our motto, but your group is a lost cause, even I couldn't raise their average last semester," Courtney admitted, leaving Cody shocked "by a special deal that I have with the principal, this won't affect my future as the best tutor at this school." Courtney approached a couple of steps towards Cody, who instinctively recoiled until a wall left him without space.

"Do you understand now, Anderson? You have no chance, I admit you have the basis to be a good tutor, but this group is useless. Sky and Dawn care more about their interests than in studies, your friend Kitty is too slow to understand things, not to mention Amy's twin. What can you do that I can't?"

Cody was silent.

"All right, any questions you have with the system, please contact me by mail, I'm here to help you, and watch you fail. Oh, and if you tell anyone we were alone in this room, you're dead, have a good day."

Courtney left the room, leaving a thoughtful Cody lost in his thoughts.

What did he have the perfect Courtney not have? Nothing. Still, this message of failure only woke something up inside him, something that was taught to him by his father the same day Cody take a zero in a test.

"Cody? Are you all right?" Kitty asked, who was next to her best friend, ready for the second day of tutoring.

"Yes, it just hurts my hand to prepare the material for each of you," Cody replied, moving his hand to remove him numbly.

Kitty hadn't seen him at lunch. She even saw him in Spanish more distracted than usual, writing like crazy on some papers, knew the Don could be a bit heavy, but not so much to be like this anymore. Kitty didn't see it in the cafeteria either. She could understand this because of what happened yesterday. He expected things to cool down to eat again among the rest.

They both arrived in the classroom five minutes late because Cody ran to take copies of some sheets out of the teacher's room, which he insisted on doing so only for some reason.

"Good!-" Kitty's voice went out when she didn't see anyone in the room." ...morning?"

"This is bad," Cody whispered.

"Good morning," the best friends gave a leap when a very soft voice speaks to them from behind. Amy?!

"Ah! Amy! I'm sorry about yesterday. I didn't want to make a fool of you! Please don't tell Scott to kill me!"

"Hey, Cody..." speak the blonde, "I'm Sammy."

"Oh, ok. I don't know where Dawn might be, but if I know where Sky is. Cody! Leave her to me, you and Sammy go get Dawn."

"Wait for-Kitty!" she felt bad for her best friend, leaving him alone with a girl she barely knows must be tough, but she had to confront Sky, as Kitty had an idea why she chose not to come.

As Kitty predicted, the most obvious place was the gym, where she saw Sky practice her stretches alone, well, there were also Jo and Brick, but they were busier in fighting each other on the other side of the gym to notice their presence.

"Sky," the athlete looks at her head-on "what are you doing here? You should be with us."

"I told you can raise my average on my own, and why do you come instead of Cody? He so scared of me?" Sky responded.

"No, I came because I know you from the middle school athletics team. How stubborn you can be," Kitty said.

"Team, you gave up for photography, with the talent you had," Sky whispers, but Kitty was able to hear it.

"If you still have a problem with me for that, let's work it out with the others."

"I don't understand Kitty" Sky left her stretches to face her "you first waste your potential, and now you blindly believe that Cody Anderson won't do anything against us after what happened in middle school."

Kitty nearly screamed, but she sighs her rage out "I know Cody. I know he's innocent and if I can just find the evidence I…Sky, you remember that bet you owed me from athletics? Well, today I'm cashing it in, trust Cody once, only once, and you'll notice the difference. Besides, if Cody really is the way you think he is, you'd have no problem punishing him on the spot. And I will give you the chance to discuss what happened to made me leave the sports activities."

Kitty knew it was low to resort to a years-old debt to get Sky back into the classroom, but because of the personality she had, this could be her last option.

"Let's do something," Sky proposed, "I'll talk to Cody to see the terms of our agreement, but at the first sign that he sees me in a weird way, I'm out."

Sky took her things and went back. Kitty hoped Cody would be doing well.

Ten minutes earlier on the roof.

When he opened the door, Cody got to see some of Dawn's white skin on the roof, knew he could trust Beth's information. It was ten dollars well invested.

"I thought I was the only one visiting this place," Cody speaks, looking down the street, from afar we could see downtown Toronto.

"By your aura I can see that you are also assiduous to this place, only that we come at different times" Dawn smiled, opening her eyes "you can also and join us, Sammy. I can feel your aura hidden behind the door."

"It's okay Sammy, it's not getting as cold as yesterday, sitting here for a few moments won't hurt us," Cody said confidently. Slowly, Sammy came out of hiding and on her way to them, each sitting on Dawn's sides, facing the sight of the boundaries of Toronto, a beautiful winter postcard.

"I imagine you're coming to convince me to join your study group," Dawn said with her eyes in front of her.

"To be more specific, I couldn't leave Sammy alone in the classroom doing stupid exercises without my supervision, I think we both need to clear up a little bit," Cody responded the same way.

"I understand. Still, I must clarify that I have nothing against you, the tutoring classes seem like a good idea to boost everyone's academic abilities, yet I suffered from a bad experience on the part of Courtney Estevez." Dawn said.

"Yeah, she also gave Kitty tutoring, she is very strict with everything to become the best, today Courtney makes it clear when she speaks today. Saying that I had no chance with you girls. But a sage man told me once everyone can improve based on effort, everything can come true." Cody said.

It's better than being a perfect person from the beginning. Only someone who doesn't achieve something can understand others.

"But I assure you that with me it will be different, I can guarantee from the beginning that this will not be a waste of time. I understand that grades are not everything in life, but you need them to move forward at this school."

"I understand, and that's why I'd already agreed to be under your tutor for a while." Dawn said out of nowhere. "everything is in your aura, it's like an open book to me, very different from Courtney's or the principal's aura.

"But what is the aura?" Cody asked, curious.

"The aura is conceived as an energetic field of multicolored luminous radiation that would surround living beings, invisible to many people except some special people like me. That's why you always catch my attention, your aura and its context are unique. I hope to know you better, Cody." Dawn said.

"Me too" was now Sammy "I already told you what I feel yesterday, so, Cody, please let me keep learning from you!" both Dawn and Cody and saw Sammy with amazement. Dawn because she notices that Sammy let out her emotions to a stranger, something very unusual because of the color of her aura. Cody finally understood why Amy hadn't bothered him about what yesterday, he had actually protected Sammy.

"Well, it wouldn't hurt to do a study session out here once the weather gets a little warm, I just hope Chris doesn't catch us," Cody said, rising and stretching to get the cold out of his body.

The girls followed him to the classroom, where Kitty and Sky were already waiting for them. Once inside, Cody took over.

"Well, as you may know, all of you had a poor result in the overall exam. However, there is a dynamic that can give me hope, but before nothing, take this material" Cody pulls out a bunch of papers, handing five papers to each girl "the good news is that none is having trouble with English, that gives us less trouble to worry. Still, we'll give you a review before the first partial."

Cody focused his sight on Dawn, explaining the contents of her material.

"Dawn, you did great at getting the highest grade biology, even though you put in a little extra information, it's okay for open questions to provide as much information as you can, but try to keep it short unless the question specifies it. On the other hand, we must work in math a little more. Your procedures do not make sense by not following a logical order. Remember that even if you know the answer, Dwayne does not give it to you right without a well-fixed procedure. We'll start with some basic equation exercises to remember the basics, based on your progress. I'll put you more work."

Cody turned to see Sammy.

"Sammy, quite the opposite with you, by far you were the best in math, your procedures are simple and straightforward, I could even learn a couple of things about you, it's just a matter of improving a few details of understanding data. I can tell that history is much more complicated, it is normal, everyone believes it is of memory when in fact, it is to understand, we will work according to the curriculum that Mrs. Himiko gives us."

Now, Sky.

"Sky, te felicito por tu buen desempeño en Español, tener un Nivel B1 es muy impresionante" Cody said in Spanish (Sky, congratulations on your good performance in Spanish, having a B1 level is very impressive.)

"Muchas gracias" Sky replied almost perfectly, you had to work with the pronunciation of the R. Cody start to talk, now in English. (Thank you very much)

"With you, we must work on compressing scientific concepts. Yes, I know it's tedious, but it's just a matter of a keyword association, and if you don't like to write so much, we can work on mental maps."

"Kitty, you already know your strengths and weaknesses. Good for history, but as soon as you get through Spanish, you'd have an academic advantage in speaking three languages, English, Chinese, and Spanish, but we don't need to rush. With you, we will do pronunciation and grammar exercises, which is what gets complicated."

In the end, Cody looked at them all.

"I don't pretend that all this is just me talking and explaining, I will also study with you because I am human, and I can be wrong too. Any question doesn't hesitate to tell me and explain it in a group way if necessary, as I see each has its strengths, it is also my goal to reinforce what you have learned to others. As an old teacher said to me in elementary school. If you really learned something, you'll be able to teach others."

It wasn't just the fact that Cody's work system was different from Courtney's, who was stricter and didn't allow for any mistakes; you could never argue with her. Cody was more open and more sincere, and everything was reinforced when they started the job, he had a way of explaining things very enjoyable, and he didn't mind repeating things to him. What left the girls more surprised was the fact that yesterday's exam exercises had several handwritten notes, with notes and suggestions from the five great subjects at school, now Kitty understood why Cody was so distracted in class today. Hold on.

"Cody, who is your partner for the Biology project?" Kitty asked.

"What? What project?" Cody asked back, looking up at the exercise he was explaining to Sky.

"Yes, the teacher put a list on Canvas with the names of the pairs, I'll do it with Owen, but you-"

Someone knocked on the door, being closer, Sammy got up to see who it was.

"Cody, someone is looking for you."

Cody got up and left the room to see who it was, it was sure to Courtney to lower his spirits or Noah who might need it for something. On the contrary, it was the last thing he expected to see, and at that moment Cody's brain shut down completely. a girl with pale skin, standing slightly taller than him. Black hair dyed blue and a dark-colored top with blue and green sleeves. A girl he knew all too well. He'd been in love with her after all.

"Gwen"

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A/N: Hope you enjoy this chapter, in the next chapter, will be focus on Cody unpopular status. Also, will be the start of the individual (bonding chapters). Thanks for reading and stay safe!

Also thanks to my beta Strange Idea for helping me in the elaboration of this fic.

Answering reviews:

Mark Juan: Glad you like it!

Acosta perez jose ramirez. No problem, I really want to continue with this idea.

Guest: Yes, your vote is already in.

Person43: Oh, Heather as an important role, I can't say more.

Guy Buddy: Excellent!

AustralianBeast17: Thanks, and I will consider your idea with Jasmine.

BigSmoke Yeet: Courtney is already in, sorry if I do not make that clear. You can cast your vote for another girl If you want

Samastic 3.0: Okay!

Guest 2.0: Ok…as you said.

Cthulhu rex: Nice idea, Lindsay is on the top. Thanks for your idea

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-Votes (polls close after chapter 5 is on)

Lindsay: 4 votes

Bridgette 2 votes

Anne Maria: 1 vote

Ellody: 1 vote

Jasmine: 1 vote

-Cody´s harem: Dawn, Sammy, Sky, Kitty, and Courtney

-Friendship focus (semi romantic): Carrie, Zoey, maybe add more….

-Plot girls: Gwen, Heather, Sierra.