8 ● Paxton

"Still having difficulty in getting him to sleep with you? You know you can give up right? And just accept the fact that not everyone can fall for your sexual charm Paxton. And definitely not a guy like him."

Connor said almost immediately we all enter the locker room to shower after our morning basketball practice.

I decided to ignore him knowing fully well he was trying to annoy me, he had been at it the past few days, just taunting me on the fact that I still haven't gotten Xavier, the person of interest  to be interested in me not to talk of him agreeing to sleep with me.

"Can you at least give him some break, why are you so interested in his sex life anyway.?"  Dixon replied with disdain as he walks past us towards his locker. He never hide the fact that  he is against the whole idea of the bet in the first place. And he never missed a moment not to let me know how much he was disappointed in me for accepting the bet.

Not like he was wrong, I guess I am disappointed in myself for accepting the bet too. But I have lots of reasons to accept it, first is to put Connor in his place, he had always wanted to prove that he is better than me in many ways and I guess I accepted this to put him in his place and the second reason is the end result of the bet.

Five thousand grand!

That's a huge amount of money, maybe for me. I knew the amount meant nothing to Connor, his parents gives him and his sister thousands of dollars as their monthly allowance and he never missed a single moment to boast about it. Talking about the reason why he has so many friends and girls ready to kiss his feet despite his trashy and ugly attitude towards them.

"Oh, come on, no one forced him to take the bet, he accepted that himself, so he should work up towards it or he can as well just accept defeat and we will all forget about this happening in the first place." Connor reply with a smirk looking at me.

Him forgetting about this happening in the first place? That's obviously not going to happen, knowing the type of guy he is, he will definitely used that to taunt for the rest of our final year in school.

I turned to see Dixon also looking at me, I knew he was expecting me accept defeat right away and end the bet. Sorry bestfriend, I really need that money. I turned to Connor with a slight frown.

"Can you stop bugging me about this, the given time is not even over yet, I still have less than sixty days for the bet to be over. In case you've forgotten. You said the bet ends if I am unable to bring him to prom which is happening in less than two months time. So until then, I am not accepting defea–"

The sound of the locker slamming close interrupted me, making me to jolt before turning towards the sound as I watched Dixon walking away from us towards the bathroom. Mehn, he is pissed. I quickly picked up my own towel too as I rushed after Dixon.

Pretending not to know how angry he is, I decided to change the topic. "Hey, wants to grab something to eat at the cafeteria with me before we head back to class?"

"No" His reply was fast and blunt, it's like he was trying to tell me how he was feeling through that word. Dixon was done with his shower in lesser time than normal as he walked away not waiting for me to finish up too like he used to do.

I sighed hoping he will get over it real quick like he always does. I have to find ways to make him forgive me real quick if he doesn't want to. I can't lose my bestfriend yet I don't want to lose that bet too.

I guess I really am this complicated.

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I really was wrong when I thought he did get over it real quick, it's been the third to the last period of the day and Dixon is still refusing to talk to me. And even though our seats are both beside eachother, he haven't for once take a glance at me or starts a conversation with me like he always does during boring classes like the one we are having now.

History.

I sighed not being able to concentrate as I torn a piece of paper from the back of my book, I picked up my pen as I wrote a note on it.

Hey, are you still mad at me?

I was about folding the note up to throw at him when I felt someone tapped me from the back, I turned to see Lily, the girl sitting behind me stretching a folded notes at me.

A love letter?

I smiled as I made to collect it but stopped when she pointed to the back of her seat, I looked up to see Connor smiling at me with a wave. He was the one who told her to passed the letter to me. I frown a bit collecting the letter before turning away from them.

How about I teach you how to make him fall for your charm, guess you can't do it on your own.

What's wrong with him? I thought this conversation ends in the locker room when I told him to wait till the speculated time.

Fûck off, I wrote on the piece before squeezing up the letter and throwing it back at him.

In less than a minute I felt Lily tapped me again stretching another note to me. I groaned collecting it as I made to read it but was unable to as I felt someone snatched the note from me.

"What the–" I stopped on realising who it was. Mr. Book, the history teacher. I gave a nervous smile as I sat up.

Mr. Book opens the letter reading it out for everyone to hear. "Is it that you are having trouble bringing it up by any chance?"

Connor, you asshole!

The class turns uproar as they all started laughing, I forced a smile looking at the teacher who looks like he wants to crack my head open from how annoyed he look. "Who is in this with you?"

No one sir., I wanted to say but I know better than anyone not to piss him off even more. I smiled pointing my finger towards Dixon sitting beside me.

"Dixon?"  I nodded my head not bothering to turn towards him. He also probably wants to kill me now for lying against him. "Yes."

"Both of you out of my class! You stand outside that door till the end of this class!"

I turned to see Dixon slams his book close before storming out of the class. I quickly stood up rushing after him.

Dixon was resting his back against the wall outside when I came out, he turned to me when he heard me walked out. "What are you doing?"

"You refused to talk to me."

"That's why you lied against me. I clearly saw Connor passing the note to you through Lily."

Knowing Book very well, I knew the only punishment he could give his students is telling them to get out of his class. I guess that's one of the reasons I mentioned his name. We need to talk and I can't wait any longer.

I smiled, "So you were watching me? I thought you were angry with me."

"Paxton!"

I stopped smiling, the fact that he really looked annoyed right now makes me so confused, I am starting to believe this is not entirely because of the bet. Did I do something wrong apart from that. Maybe I had wronged him some other way, is that why he is pissed off right now?

"This is not only about the bet, is it?" I asked, believing it's time we talked about it.

"And what else will it be if it isn't?"

"You are seriously mad at me this much because of the bet?"

Dixon scoffs, "So it's really not something to be this mad about."

"Ofcourse not, I just_I mean... your reaction is being to excessive."

"You are making no sense right now man, and I really don't want to talk to you. If you are that interested in winning the bet just to please someone like Connor, then suit yourself." Dixon replied turning away from me.

"I wasn't trying to please him, I had m reasons for accepting it. And it really doesn't have anything to do with Connor."

Well it's does have something to do with Connor since he is the one who is going to be paying me when I succeeded in the bet.

"What's your reasons for wanting to go through with Connors request? The money? If you need money, you can tell me, I told you we are friends, you should be able to ask things from me."

That I rather not do, I know he was right about that though, he being born into a family of doctors with his parents being one of the biggest supporter of the school with their monthly donations. Dixon had never hide the fact that he is willingly to support me the way he could, I guess my pride just couldn't allow me to accept any help from him. I really don't what our friendship to be build on that.

"And I told you I am good." I said looking away.

"Then I see no reason why you accepted that, there are lots  of girls and boys who were ready to sleep with you so I see no reason why you agree to deceive someone who had no interest in you just so you could have your way with him."

Hmm, so this is actually about the boy. Why did I feel like there is more to this, he doesn't want me to bet on the boy? Did they know eachother? But I doubt that, I have never seen them talked before.

"You like him?" I couldn't help myself but ask.

"What? Are you serious right now? Ofcourse not, I don't."

I chuckles, "are you sure? I feel like you are getting jealous right now."

"I told you I don't like him." Dixon retorts, "it's just, he just does not deserve being used by someone like you. He deserves someone better to fall in love with not you"

Oh that hurts. "And what's wrong with someone like me?"

"You want us to get into that right now dude.? Is it the fact that you've literally slept with almost forty percent of the school population, or the fact that you have no interest in anyone apart from just the sëx part."

He indeed had a way of rubbing salt on ones wound to make it hurts way worst than it's supposed to be. He is saying this like he had no idea what caused all this in the first place.

I pushed the thoughts away as I forced a smile, "don't worry, I won't hurt him, who knows, I might actually fall in love for real this time."

"Maybe in your next life, you are way damaged beyond repair. And I rather you not fall in love with the poor boy, who knows what types of diseases you are harbouring in your body with all the people you've slept with. Don't ruin the boy's life."

"Hey! I am supposed to be your bestfriend, why did I feel like you've been insulting me since. I wasn't ruining anyone's life."

Dixon didn't reply as he kept looking at me. I wondered what he was thinking. Did he really think I was ruining someone's life because I sleep around. I can't remember ever forcing myself on anyone, it was always the other way round. They are the one who approached me, I never did.

I was never interested in anyone of them.

Feeling lost of words, I also looked back at him, hoping he did clarify what he meant by him stopping me from ruining the boy's life. He must have realised what I wanted as he sighed followed by a light punch on my shoulder before he chuckles.

"I was just pitying those girls and boys okay? You know how much the guys are angry with you? They believed you slept with everyone in school not giving them chances to be with anyone. If they sees you hanging out with the boy too, what if the boy has someone crushing on him, you want to give them the impression that you had slept with him too. That's like ruining his chances of getting being confessed to before we all graduate."

"I know you are good looking and everyone wanted you, but can you at least give the rest of the boys a little chance too." Dixon added kicking me lightly by my leg. I chuckles brushing my hair from my face to the back as I laughed again.

Is that really what he meant by it? Guess I was thinking too much then. "Don't worry, if you have a crush on anyone just let me know. I promise not to get close to someone you like." I replied wriggling my eyebrows at him.

"Just say you are not ready to stop fûcking around you piece of sex machine." Dixon scoffs shaking his head at me.

I laughed wanting to reply but stopped when I looked ahead of me to see him, Xavier staring at us. Just the best time for him to appear when I was thinking of how to approach him next. He looked away on realising I caught him staring. I chuckles before patting Dixon's shoulder. "I will be right back."

"Where are you going? The teacher told us to stand here!"

I didn't reply as I squat low to the ground walking fastly below the windows trying to avoid the teacher from seeing me leaving. I creep towards Xavier, standing up as I whispered in his ear.

"Cutie."

Okay, that came out wrong, I had no idea why I said that. I meant to say something else. I just couldn't think of what to say at that moment.

"Dude, what the heck!" I watched him gasped rubbing his ear as his face turned a tint of light pink blush as he looks up at me.

I felt my belly gives a weird turn. Why did I feel excited to see him reacted this way to tease? Maybe because I wasn't expecting that reaction from him, the way his lip turned into a cute pouts before looking away from me probably to hide his flustered face.

I smirked, "I saw you staring so I thought I should come over and say hi."

The reaction I got from him next made my heart dropped a–two bit. He looked up at me with a blank face, looking a bit confused and angry.

"And why will you want to say hi to me. Are we friends? Do we know eachother? What the fûck did you want from me? The last time I checked, I don't think I knew you existed until about two weeks ago you started disturbing me with your letters and annoying presence. I don't know what you want from me but I really think you should stop right now because I am not in the mood for whatever nonsense you–"

I chuckles.

He stopped talking as he looked up at me with a rather more confused expression. I really won't be surprised if he slapped my face right now, I knew he was angry at me yet all what I concentrate on was his lip as he talked.

I really want to kiss him.

"What the fûck is wrong with y–"

I interrupted him again as I crossed my arms resting my body against the wall. "You are cute, really."

Xavier frowned more. "You–"

I interrupted again, moving away from the wall before walking a bit more closer to him, he moved a few stepped back. "W-what did you want?"

"You are right, I wanted something from you. I really want you to teach me in calculus. Can you be my tutor? I will pay you if thats what you want."

"Why would I want to teach you that? You don't look like someone who really wanted to learn that."

"Ofcourse I do, I am lacking behind in it, and this is my final year, if I don't pass it, I will have to spend an extra year just to do it again."

Xavier didn't reply me as he kept staring at me. It's obvious he is still suspicious of me even though he looks like he wanted to believe me.

I sighed, "it's okay if you don't want to tutor me, it's just that I heard a lot about how you've been taking the first position in the course since our first year, so I thought it did be an honor to be tutor by you. It's probably a stupid idea, sorry for disturbing you all along and giving you the wrong idea. And sorry for the letters too, that's very bad of me."

I watched as his face fall, then him looking bad probably regretting the way he had treated me. Now I feel bad, did I come off a bit too strong? I don't know why I said that, maybe because I believe he is not really that heartless and cold like the way he showed himself to everyone.

"Sorry, I shouldn't have said that. That was very stupid of me. I understand you are busy with things too. We are both in our final year so I know how busy you might be." I said, trying to make him feel better.

He shakes his head, "No, I just–"

"You should teach him kid, he kinda sound genuine." We both heard someone said as we turned to see the man talking it was the calculus teacher, I don't know his name not like I want too but I do know he was the one teaching calculus. I wondered how long he had been there to listen to our conversation.

"S-sir" Xavier stuttered.

The teacher smiled walking towards us. "If you manage to make him pass the calculus in distinction, I promise to give you extra point in your overall mark. Even if he doesn't pass, but you still tutor him, there is also some points for you. Believe me, I won't go back on my words."

Xavier looked at me before turning back to the teacher as he nods. "Okay sir."

"I will try my best."

The teacher smiled patting his shoulder. "I trust you."

I smirked. Who can say no to a free extra points though?

Well, what can I say?

Things just worked in my way?

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