Tina drew her lips in, hiding her grin. "Yeah, come with me," she said while walking up the stairs, she wondered if Bette caught the innuendo.

Bette caught it alright but did a good job in hiding it. She followed Tina up the stairs, matching her steps with Tina’s so she wouldn’t end up running into her.

Once they reached Tina’s room, Bette stood awkwardly in the doorway, taking in Tina’s room. There were a few articles of clothing on the floor and make-up was scattered around her dresser. She had a queen size mattress in the middle of the room. There were no bedposts, just a mattress on the floor. Her window was opposite of the door and the dresser. It faced Bette’s window exactly.  On the bedside table, there was a black iHome with the newest iPod nano charging on it, a small Beanie Baby, and a framed picture of Tina and Henry at Homecoming last year. Tina was seated in her spinny chair, checking her messages on Myspace on her outdated PC. Bette could only see the back of her head.

"You can sit down. Make yourself comfortable." Tina could see Bette’s reflection from the monitor.

"Thank you," Bette replied. Melvin and Katherine had done a good job teaching her manners.

"So……"

"So A Squared Plus B Squared Equals C Squared and the long side in the hypotenuse?" Tina asked, sitting by Bette on the bed.

"You got it! I don’t see why you need a tutor," Bette said. It took her an hour teaching her the Pythagorean Theorem because they ended up having a lot of side conversations. Also, she ended up repeating herself many times because Tina’s clothes were distracting. Very distracting.

"My grades are really bad," Tina sighed. She closed her notebook. Bette has helped her finish three missing assignments. ‘Wow, beauty does come with brains.’

 "Like how bad?" Bette yawned. She stretched her arms above her head causing her sweater dress to ride up and Tina to get a look at her upper thighs. Only a few more inches and she would see her…

"Um…like ‘not passing’ bad," Tina replied, turning to face the window.

"A C?"

"Lower."

"A C Minus?"

"Not quite."

"A D Minus?"