"Sure he does," Tina retorted, slurping the noodles into her mouth. Her cell phone vibrated and she took it out. It was from Babe (her nickname for Henry). She put the spoon down and started texting ferociously.

"Well……we were wondering if you’d like a tutor perhaps," her mom said, prepared for the tell off she was going to get in the next two seconds.

"A tutor!" Tina screamed, slamming her phone onto the desk. She swiveled her chair around to face her mother who was smoothing out her sheets. "Are you fucking kidding me?!"

"Watch your language young lady," Victoria reprimanded, standing up. "It’s either that or summer school?"

"Fine, it better be a guy." Tina said. "A cute guy," she mumbled.

"Actually we were thinking of the girl across the street who goes to your school." Her thumb pointed out the window. Tina’s window faced the house across. It was the house looking in a mirror. She got a clear view of the window but she never bothered to look."

"Fine who is she…." Tina said, trying to get her mom out of the room, but not liking this one bit. She returned to her noodles.

"Bette Porter."

Tina started to choke. Her mom quickly got up and smacked her in the back. Tina swallowed what she choked on and drowned her mother’s voice out. Bette Porter was going to be her tutor.

"Look Bette I’m Superman," Valentino said as he "flew" into Bette’s bedroom with a cape (a bedsheet).

"That’s nice honey, but I have to study for Biology." Biology….there was no way she was going back to that class again. She sighed, as she remembered what went down in that room not a few hours ago. Nadia outed her.

Valentino "flew" out of the room while making a whooshing sound. Melvin entered the room with a piece of paper and placed it in front of Bette. She picked it up and quickly read over the printed e-mail. It was from Victoria Kennard, whoever that was.

"A friend of mine needs your help for her daughter."

"Who?" Bette continued to read the e-mail.

"Tina Kennard. She lives across the street. You can stop there every afternoon and they’re willing to feed you dinner. Think of it like a new friend."