Nick's POV

"Are you now married or something?"

I just kept staring at Philips face hoping he would elaborate on his irrelevant question or just shut his stupid mouth.

"You have been leaving the class early at end of lectures since the last few days. Otherwise you usually take your sweet time packing your bag or just keep reading those comics of yours," 

This dude was a spy. 

"Mr. Joshua has asked me to supervise the detention class for few weeks. So I need to be there after classes," I said sulking, I didn't want to do this supervisor thing at all. It was just Aiden there reading novels, why did he need supervision? I'd rather read books in my bed. 

"Is he giving you extra credits for it?" 

"No," 

"Then?" he asked moving his neck like an ostrich. 

"He is blackmailing me." 

Philip instantly laughed at me hearing this. What a great friend! Annoying son of a donkey. 

"So you supervise for free I see. Can you also do my homework for free? And since I'm a very good friend, I can sometimes pay for your snacks," 

I narrowed my eyes at him, secretly wishing I had some super powers like Medusa so I could turn him into a stone and stop his bickering forever. 

"What? Are you trying to unleash some super powers to turn me into a stone statue?" 

I was taken aback by his reply and couldn't help but just stare at him in disbelief. This dude really was a spy or perhaps he could read minds. 

"You were going to audition for the theatre, what happened to that?" I quickly asked trying to change the subject before he had a chance to make more fun of me. 

"The volunteers kicked me out because I was late," he pouted.

"So you're not going to be the part of the annual theatre?" 

Philip opened his mouth to say something but quickly shut it when he saw our calculus professor walk in. 

"Everyone settle down, I am about to distribute your test sheets based on your last assignment," professor announced. 

I had helped Aiden with that calculus assignment, his face looked like he understood what I explained to him. After two days of the assignment submission, professor decided to take a surprise test. I wondered if Aiden really understood what I taught him. I slowly moved my head in his direction, his eyes were already on me. 

Huh? What? 

What was I supposed to do? 

I had no idea what to do in situations like these. I just kept staring at him and he didn't move his eyes either. Aiden's hair looked like it would be soft to touch. I was looking at his hair when he suddenly moved his face away. 

Could he hear my thoughts? And why was I thinking about the softness of his hair? We had been staying after school for about a week now, I must have grown used to him. He definitely thought I was a creep for staring at him like that. 

"Way to go, Nick. Way to go." I said to myself. 

But I don't have to care about his opinions on me, we are not close. Not even friends. 

I moved my head up when I heard the professor call out my name. Taking long strides I quickly grabbed my answer sheet. I peeked at the piece of paper in my hand, I had scored 42 out of 50. Not bad. I let out a deep breath of satisfaction. 

My neck subconsciously moved towards Aiden, his eyes were on his test paper. As if the last session of embarrassment wasn't enough for me. Aiden moved his head towards me like he could sense I was thinking of him. Like he could feel my gaze. 

I fixed my glasses and raised my eyebrows, signalling him to tell me his score. He made a two and then an eight with his fingers. I gave him a thumbs up with slight smile. I was impressed with his score and the way he could understand my signals. Usually only Philip would understand them. Aiden wasn't the one to study hard and with a difficult subject like calculus, his score was better than most of our classmates. 

Was Aiden taking his studies seriously now?

Probably I was just an outstanding teacher. I smirked to myself. 

I pulled Philip back who was sitting in front me, he immediately understood what I wanted to know. 

"I got 25," 

"My 5 years old nephew could have scored more than this," 

"Well unlike your 5 years old nephew, I don't have a bookworm uncle."

I had to admit, Philip's comebacks were always on point. 

I narrowed my eyes at him and he did the same. We both chuckled in few seconds at the same time. Philip always annoyed the living day lights out of me but, life would be a little  boring without him. 

"How long are you going to supervise the detention class?" 

"Two more weeks," 

"I want to go to the bar on the Corn Street," 

"With me?" 

"Who else am I speaking to?" 

"I don't enjoy drinking," 

"Are you a light weight Nick?" Philip wiggled his eyebrows at me. His wiggling eyebrows got me making a disgusted face at him. 

"You are so close to my face, I can see your ugliness," 

"What ugliness? You are just trying to change the topic spouting nonsense-" 

"Nick?" 

Philip and I turned towards the voice but, I already knew who it was before moving. 

"Oh Aiden! How much did you score?" Philip questioned.

"Twenty eight," 

"Really? You scored more than me!" 

"Of course I did. Do I look like a dumb bitch to you?" 

Philip scowled at him. 

Philip didn't have a comeback for Aiden or perhaps he was afraid of getting punched. 

"Anyways, Nick can I borrow your Statistics notebook? I will return it to you in the detention."

"Okay," I pulled out the notebook from my bag and gave it to him. 

"Thanks. See you after class," he left smiling at me. I just nodded my head in response. 

"You are friends with this bitchy bad boy Aiden?" 

"Not really." 

"Didn't seem like it. And what's up with meeting in the detention class?"

"I am supervising him so obviously we will meet in the detention class."

"You never told me you were supervising Aiden!" Shock was evident on his face, it was funny. 

"Is it important?" 

"Of course it is, I should know all the gossip about my friend's boring life," 

I glared at him. 

He smirked at me. 

I walked to the detention class reading a new novel on my way. Aiden was already in there. He was writing something. 

"I saw your score today, it has significantly improved."

"I guess I should thank you," 

"Not really. You are a quick learner and you can easily score much better. Why don't you then?" 

"I need someone to be by my side while I am studying otherwise I will just fall asleep. I scored well this time because you were with me and you also cleared my doubts so that was  like a bonus."

"Do you want to study together then?" 

Did I really just say that? Why? 

"I thought you didn't like people around you?" 

I don't but, you have soft hair and I want to touch. 

"You don't disturb or annoy me so it doesn't bother me."

"Cool, then let's study together after school."

"Cool."

Cool!