"Hey I'm back. Sorry I'm late."
"Did he see you?"
"Huh? Yeah he did. Why wouldn't he be able to see me?"
"No reason I was just curious."
"Ha. Well he did see me, sorry again for being late. We were talking about all the extra credit assignments I could take to perfect my grade."
"That's good to hear."
"Oh! We also talked about you."
"Hm? What did you talk about?"
"Well I talked about how you weren't doing so well in his class and he agreed. He said that you could have a tutor help you out. Or he could give you a project to do, and if you did well on it he would change your grade to an A."
"Okay."
"Yeah then he asked me if I wanted to tutor you, since I know you so very well and since I have an A in his class."
"Oh, no thanks."
"Huh? Why not?"
"I wouldn't want a friend tutor me."
"Why not? I would be nice to you and help you understand every step in ways that you only understand. I mean we're friends, I'm bound to make you understand math in some way you understand it."
"That is why. I don't want a friend tutoring me. I rather have a complete stranger tutor me."
"But they could hurt your feelings.."
"I'm fine with that. Plus I don't really want a tutor anyways."
"Why?"
"I've given up on trying to understand math, remember."
"Yeah. I gotta go again. I think I hear Tanner yelling for me."
"Huh? But he's not-"
"..Here..."
YOU ARE READING
Winners and Losers
Short Story"we're all losers at one point. but it's only a matter of time until we decide to not be them anymore." a story about a girl who believes she's a loser and starts to give up each minute until finally, she becomes a winner. *originally called "Losers...
