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I like Tutor Time even more than I like monster movies, I think. Though maybe not more than The Salty Eyeball From Deep Space 46, that’s a hard one to beat.
But Tutor Time is so fun! Even though it’s school things, and school things make me worried, and the college school things are even harder than the high school school things (I said school too many times, hehe), I like it when we do Tutor Time. Double Dee knows how to make it fun.
When I was doing Tutor Time at the counseling center, everybody just thought I was dumb, and nobody liked working with me. I heard them talking about me at the front desk one time while I was trying to do math. They said they didn’t know how I even got in to a school like this, I must have parents who paid my way here, or I did somebody a favor. I wrote my own essay to get here, Double Dee just edited it and Eddy helped me think of things to say. But I wrote it. And that big test I had to take at the end of the year, it was so scary, but I did okay in writing and science...at least that’s what Double Dee said when he read my scores to me. The numbers were confusing.
Anyway...I quit going to the counseling center after that. It made me sad. When Dee found out, he volunteered to help me out on the weekends when I’m not playing football. I was so excited I had to give him a hug!! I’m so happy we go to the same big college school.
So on the weekends Dee comes over to my house and we sit on the floor in my living room (it has soft carpet) and we go over aaaaaall my work. It’s hard sometimes, and I get frustrated, but Dee is so nice and we take breaks and talk and he always has snacks. I’ve been doing much better since we started doing Tutor Time.
The best part about Tutor Time though...is Dee.
He smells so good! I know, that’s weird, but he does, and when he gets close to read my work my heart gets all fast and my face feels hot like when I peek in the toaster. I dunno what that means, but when he talks I listen, and I like it when he wears his tie to my house even though it’s not school time, and sometimes before he comes over I even make myself pick up some trash cause I know he doesn’t like it messy.
After all my work is done sometimes we get lunch, or I’ll make us sandwiches. I’m good at grilled cheeses. I like it when Dee eats with me, and even more when he likes my cooking.
Tutor Time last weekend was a little shorter because I had a night football game and I had to go to practice. It made me a little sad, I like spending my day with Double-Dee even when we’re doing school things that make me think. We played a game I love, I call it Tossy Toss. Dee brings these gummy snacks and he holds up flash cards with questions on them. We do math ones, and some English ones. When I get the right answers, he tosses me a gummy snack and I get to catch it in my mouth. It’s yummy and it makes both of us laugh.
We were playing Tossy Toss last week and he threw one that was hard for me to catch, I think he was laughing too hard. When I tried to catch it, I had to wiggle around on my knees and I almost fell into Dee’s lap.
We were both laughing cause I fell and we looked at each other and his face was all red and my chest hurt and my face hurt from smiling so big. I like Double Dee’s eyes. I think I stayed there close to him too much because Dee got nervous and he told me to quit messing around and his face got even more red.
It was really cute.
Today is another Tutor Time. This morning I made sure the living room was clean and I threw away my trash. He doesn’t like it when I have my trash out. Before bed last night I even took a shower. I don’t like showers. I figured out when I turn the water kinda cold it makes it a little easier, and I have this soap that smells kinda nice like oatmeal? So I did that. Cause I thought maybe when I got too close to Dee he thought I was smelly, and I don’t want him to think I’m smelly even though I hate to shower. Dee hates smelly things.
It’s almost time for the big middle tests of college, so Dee has been doing his own studying too and helping me, so he’s been stressed. I made sure I got some cheese and his favorite bread when Eddy and I went to get groceries, so maybe after we’re done I can make us sandwiches, maybe he’ll like that and not feel so stressed.
I want to ask Dee to come to my big Homecoming football game. It’s special and our team is good, and all the other guys on my team keep making big deals about who they’re going to ask to come to the game and then the dance. Cause who they have at the game is like a good luck charm I guess? I have a penny in my shoe for a good luck charm (Don’t tell Eddy he’ll steal it) but Double-Dee helps me so much at school things maybe he’d help me play better if he came to the game. I don’t think he likes sports though.
Just thinking about playing football with him watching me makes me so happy. I like how I look in my uniform and maybe he’d even have fun watching me run and tackle, I’m the best at tackling. What if I could score a touchdown while Dee is watching?! I think I’d be so happy I could explode.
...I think I like Tutor Time more than I like monster movies...because I get to be close to Dee.
I hope he doesn’t think I’m smelly. I know he doesn’t think I’m stupid, and that makes me feel warm and fuzzy. He and Eddy are my best friends, but sometimes I think I feel different about Dee than I do about Eddy and I don’t know what that means.
I wish Tutor Time could be every day. I want to see Dee and make him sandwiches and make him laugh with Tossy Toss every single day. And I want to play football for him to see and be big and strong and cute in my uniform!
I hope that’s not a bad thing, that I feel different about him.
I think he’s almost here...I think I’m gonna ask him to Homecoming. I hope he says yes. I hope that’s not weird. I wish I had showered again this morning, I’m getting sweaty.
I hope he says yes.
I love Tutor Time...and I like Dee.