Summary:
You were the Ice Queen of the school and you're assigned to tutor Pedro Peña. Are you really what people have been saying you are? And what is going on between you and Freddy?
OR
A little bit of coming out of your comfort zone plus a little bit of Halloween make good things happen!
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Pedro Peña stood at the math teacher, Mrs. Lund's desk. He knew it couldn't be good; he'd failed every single quiz and test so far this year. Truth be told, he wasn't doing well in any of his classes. He wasn't stupid by any means, nothing seemed to click for some reason.
He looked to the ground hoping against hope this wasn't the talk he'd been dreading: getting held back.
"Mr. Peña," Mrs. Lund started once the last student left, "you're a good kid, never cause any trouble...but your grades..."
She sighed loudly and Pedro internally braced himself for his worst fear.
"So I've found someone willing to tutor you for free," she continued, "if you want to have any hope of passing on to the next grade, you'll take advantage of her graceful offer. She's proficient in every subject."
Pedro looked up to see Mrs. Lund give him a knowing look. He released the breath he had been holding. Tutoring. He could handle that.
"Y/N L/N will meet you here during lunchtime today and you'll come up with your tutoring schedule from there," Mrs. Lund said as she nodded for him to go on and leave.
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"Where's Pedro going," Darla asked curiously, "we have lunch."
"I don't know," Mary answered, equally curious, "I'm sure he'll tell us later."
Pedro slunk into the math room and sat in his usual seat. He wasn't the type to get nervous, but knowing it was you of all people tutoring him - he was nervous.
You had a reputation of sorts. If anyone bothered to talk to you or about you, you were referred to as "Ice Queen" or "Elsa." You didn't have any friends and you were known to have THE resting bitch face.
"Hello, Pedro," you said interrupting Pedro's thoughts, "I'm Y/N and I'll be your tutor."
Pedro looked up and for once his normally passive demeanor was shook. You were smiling and your eyes seemed very kind. You didn't seem to judge him at all.
"So Mrs. Lund told me that you're struggling in just about every area," you said as you sat down in the seat next to him, "I just want you to know that if you work hard, together we can find out what studying and learning techniques work best for you and you'll be on top of all your subjects in no time. What do you say? Are you up to the challenge?"
Pedro looked up and nodded. For the first time all school year he didn't feel hopeless.
***
"I need the living room," Pedro said as he and his siblings walked home from school.
"Why you got a girl coming over," Eugene laughed.
"Yes."
Everyone stopped walking and stared at him opened mouthed.
"It's not like that," he said casually, "Y/N is my tutor."
"Y/N," Freddy repeated, "as in Y/N L/N?"
"The Ice Queen," Eugene said in awe.
"That's not nice," Mary pointed out.
"I've never seen you go out of your way to talk to her," Billy countered.
