Kith and Kin ✔️

24. Resurrected Problems

"Hey Jason!" Abby started waving at Jason as soon as he walked in to their classroom. He thought he was late but their History teacher had decided on competing with him.
"The old man is late again." Abby said as Jason sat next to her.
"I think he won't even show up today. By the way, I have something for you." He searched his bag and pulled out a new book from it.

Abby gave out a gasp when she saw the book in his hand. It was a hard cover copy of City of Heavenly Fire.

"Oh wow Jason, I didn't know you read books. This one is my favourite by the way." She said, still looking at the book as if it was a piece of candy.

"I'd rather eat a jar of pickles than read a stupid romance novel." He said, scoffing.
Abigail placed a hand on her heart, looked up towards the ceiling and started to mutter something.

"What the hell are you doing?" Jason asked, confused.
"Praying for patience." Came her quick reply.
"But why?"
Abigail looked at him and gave out a long sigh.
"I'm trying to control myself." She said softly.
"Wha-"
He was interrupted when a book hit him in the head.
"Ow! What was that for?" Jason whined.
"Don't you dare call that book stupid. It is the epitome of perfection. Assholes like you don't even deserve to hold it." She was giving him a killing glare and wanted to snatch the book from his hands.

"Okay babe, chill." He raised his hands in surrender. It was quite amusing to watch her getting so worked up over a measly book.

"Whatever." She said, rolling her eyes.
"Wanna go outside?" He asked.
Abigail looked around the class and without saying anything started to pack her bag.

They both sat on a bench by the trees and looked at the sixth grade boys playing soccer.

"So why do you do it?" Abigail asked, disrupting the quiet.
Jason looked at her, confused, but when he followed her gaze, he knew what she was talking about. She was eyeing the box of cigarettes poking out of his pocket.

"Cause it's fun." He said, with a slight shrug.
Their eyes met and Abby shook her head slightly.
"Don't lie to me, Jason."
"Okay fine. But the real reason is a bit embarrassing." He rubbed his neck.
"What is it?" She asked, now curious.
"So I always thought that the boys who smoked looked cool so I did it to look cool as well." He laughed nervously.
"I hope you know that I'm not buying that either." She frowned a bit as she said it.

Jason ran a finger across her forehead to remove the lines marring it but they only deepened. 

"Well, it was worth a try." He shrugged.

Sensing that he was not in the mood to share right now, Abby decided to change the topic.
"You know you should really do something about all this fat. You're really lazy." Abby said, poking his stomach, only to meet hard muscles. 

Jason snorted. "It's all muscle, baby."
Abby rolled her eyes. "I beg to differ."

At once, Jason got on his feet and raised his shirt in front of her face.
"Wanna touch, babe? I know you do." Jason said, giving a wide smirk.
"Argh, idiot! Go away." Abby said, pushing him lightly.
Jason fell on the ground due to that little push and made Abby roar with laughter.

"Are you trying to make me fall for you, woman?" Jason shouted.
Abby's mouth hung open at the cheesy line he had used on her. She had an idea about him being experienced with this flirting thing but it still shocked her.