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and pulled back, frowning at him, pushing on
his chest to get him away from her. “That’s not for you to decide!” she
retorted, clearly annoyed.
    He smiled and kissed her on the cheek quickly. “You know
I’ll get it sooner or later, Char.” He waggled his eyebrows at her before
walking off, laughing at her horrified expression.
    I sighed and handed my presents to Beth. “I’d better go see
what Principal Bennett wants. I’ll see you guys in class later.”
    Luke groaned and kissed me again as I went to walk off. I
kissed him back, gripping the front of his hoodie, not wanting to leave either.
“I wanted to spend more time with you on your birthday,” he whined, pouting.
    “You could always sneak in again tonight if you want,” I
suggested, shrugging.
    He grinned and nodded eagerly. “I like that idea!” I laughed
at his enthusiasm. Luke was coming to the meal with us tonight, so he’d just
have to go home then sneak back in again once everyone else was asleep. “I’ll
park more than two houses away this time so your ninja mom doesn’t know I’m
there.” He laughed, kissing my forehead softly.
    “Good thinking. I’ll see you at lunch.” I patted him on the
backside as I walked past, heading to the office to see what the Principal
wanted. I knew I wasn’t in trouble, I was never in trouble. As I walked into
the reception, I was immediately waved through to Principal Bennett’s office.
    She looked up as I walked in, pushing her thick rimmed
glasses up her nose as she smiled warmly at me. “Maisie, thank you for coming,
dear. I have a favour to ask of you,” she trailed off looking at me hopefully
as she waved at the seat opposite her desk.
    I nodded, sitting down. “Okay, sounds intriguing.” I was
always being asking to do things, I was on a lot of the committees and panels
at school, arranging dances and charity events, I was kind of a ‘go-to girl’
for our Principal.
    “We have a new student starting on Monday. His name is
Zachary Anderson. He’s transferring from another school.” A frown lined her
forehead. “Anyway, I wondered if you wouldn’t mind meeting him in the morning,
giving him the tour of the school, helping him find his classes and locker,
that kind of thing,” she said, looking at me hopefully.
    I shrugged and nodded in agreement. “Sure, no problem.”
    She smiled gratefully. “Thank you, Maisie, I appreciate it.”
She shuffled some papers on her desk, pushing her glasses up her nose as she
read one over. “It looks to me like he was struggling a little in his last
school and his aunt has requested a tutor to help him catch up with the new
schedule. Would you be interested? She’s willing to pay.” She looked at me
questionably over the rim of her glasses.
    I nodded enthusiastically. I loved tutoring and the money
always came in handy considering Luke’s family had a ton of money. Compared to
the Hannigans, my family looked relatively poor even though my dad earned
really good money in his engineering job. Extra cash was always good, and then
I didn’t have to let Luke pay all the time when we went out, even though most
of the time he insisted anyway.
    “Absolutely. What does he need tutoring in?” I asked,
curiously.
    She smiled and clicked her tongue, not looking too impressed
over whatever she was reading about the new guy. “Looks like just about
everything. I would concentrate on the staple subjects though. There’s not long
left before graduation, so it’s more important to pull up his average on those.
He’s already repeating senior year.”
    I raised one eyebrow at the repeating a year comment. He
obviously didn’t make much effort at school. Staple subjects meant English, mathematics,
and science, all of my favourites. “Okay sure,” I agreed. She handed me a stack
of papers. I flicked through them quickly, seeing they contained his locker
combination and schedule, everyday things. “I’ll just meet him at the front
door then, the same as