Zendaya's Pov

(AN: I went ahead with the time jump so about one month later)

"Alright class your homework is to read and take notes on chapter 3 so we can discuss it next class. Zendaya can you hang back for a minute?"

I look at Lauren and she looks back with the same expression I have on my face. What the hell did I do?

"I'll save your seat for you."

"Thanks Lo."

I stop rushing to pack my bag since I don't have to rush out the next class, and take my time. I know Ms. Aiko is waiting for the class to empty out so we can talk privately, otherwise she would have come up to me already. I know I haven't done anything wrong so this surprise chat has me on edge a little bit. The class finally empties out so I walk over to Ms. Aiko so we can talk.

"Pull up a chair to my desk Zendaya I just have to find something first and then we can talk."

"You're gonna write me a pass for my class, right?"

"Of course, just have a seat."

I grab my book bag and my chair and pull it up to her desk, then I sit down to wait for her to find whatever it is she needs to look for.

"Zendaya I'm gonna be very upfront with you right now. You and Lauren are the top two students in my honors class but I thought you were better for this job than her."

"Who's the top student?"

"That's not the point. The point is I have this student who is very smart in class during discussions, but it doesn't show up on her homework assignments so I need you tutor her."

"........Are you sure Lauren wouldn't be better for this job?"

"I'm sure Zendaya. Also you need the credits to make up for you lack of class discussion points."

"Okay I'll do it but if they don't work with me I will back out if I have too."

"That's perfectly fine, come to my class at the end of the day so you can meet her and work out a schedule to meet up together."

"Okay. Is that all because the bell just rang?"

"Yes that is it. Here is your pass, even though your class is just down the hallway."

"It's the principle of the matter since you promised me one."

She laughs and hands me my pass so I can leave for my culinary arts class. I can't believe she asked me to tutor someone. I have no problem tutoring someone , but what if the person I'm supposed to tutor doesn't like me, or worse I don't like them. I'm gonna try not to think about it for the rest of the day until I have to meet the girl I'm supposed to.

"So last week we talked about the different appliances you would see in a standard restaurant kitchen. The next two weeks we're going to go into each of the appliances we talked about and go over the uses and dangers of them."

*knock knock*

"Lauren can you get the door for Zendaya, please?"

"Sure Chef Curry."

After Lauren let's me in the class room I catch up fairly quickly with the notes on the board and I pay attention until the bell rings then I give Chef Curry the late pass before I go to my next class.

"So what did Ms. Aiko want to talk to you about?"

"Nothing she just wants me to tutor someone in her non-honors class."

"And what did you say?"

"I said yeah because she promised me extra credit, which will put me at top of the class."

"Do you know the person you're supposed to be tutoring?"

"No but Ms. Aiko said she when she was talking about her so I know it's a girl at least. I'm supposed to meet them in her classroom after school ends and come up with a schedule with them."

"Well let's hope it's someone you can work with."

"Yeah let's hope."

(AN: Fast foward to lunch. Thoughts are in italics.)

I have to get my own table soon sitting Trevor's table for way too long. Maybe when the season starts I can sit with the rest of the team.

I sit down next to Trevor and get a head nod of acknowledgment from the rest of the table and Trevor doesn't even look at me he just puts his arm around me and just keeps talking to his friends. I hate sitting at his table, no one actually talks to me, the only people who even try to include me in the table's conversations are Diggy and Trevor and when that doesn't work I put my headphones in until the bell rings.

"So Zendyea"

Who the hell is that?

"It's Zendaya"

"Oh I'm sorry Zendyea."

Still said it wrong. You didn't even try did you? "Yes?"

"So are you in honors classes of something? I never see you around in any of my classes."

"Uh yeah I'm in honors classes."

"Do you have different teachers than the rest of us or the same ones?"

"Uh I think the only teacher we have that's different is I have Mr. Walk for U.S. History when you have Mr. Reid."

"So you have Ms. Ako for English then?"

Does she say everyone's name wrong?

"Yep every morning for first period."

"Do you think she's a tough teacher because I don't understand anything that lady says sometimes."

Oh god no please don't let her be the one I have to tutor.

"The assignments. I mean she explains them sure but it's like in on ear and out the other."

"That's because you never pay attention in that class, you're always on your phone in there!"

"Yeah Jas if you didn't text your freshman boy toy during class maybe you would know how to do the assignments."

"Oh whatever Trevor, Diggy, at least I'm not the ones making jokes and disrupting the class all the time."

The whole table laughs at that and I don't really get the joke but I still laugh too, just so I don't feel left out.

"So Z, can I call you that, are you gonna be on the team this year?"

"Yeah the sophomore team is a guaranteed spot but I'm gonna try out for varsity too."

"Cool I was gonna go out for the sophomore team this year."

"Why didn't you try out for the team last year?"

"I didn't want to play last year but now I do."

"Well what position do you play?"

"I don't know how many are there?"

"Well I'm gonna cross off center because you wouldn't be able to play that position."

*bell rings*

"Well maybe you can tell me about all that tomorrow?"

"Yeah sure Jasmine."

"Bye Zendiyah."

Sigh That's not my name.

"Ready to go to class Z."

"Yeah I'm ready."

Trevor grabs our trays to throw them away while I grab my stuff from under the table, then he walks me to my class before going to his math class. Walking into the class I see Lauren on her phone texting. I think nothing of it because we have a sub and go sit down in the empty seat next to her.

"Hey you don't mind if a friend of mine sits with us today do you?"

"Would I have to move from my spot?"

"No she would sit across from me."

"Then, I don't care."

"Good she got transferred into our class last minute and I told her she could sit with me at lunch."

"Is this a friend of yours that I know or somebody new?"

"Somebody new. She's on the volleyball team with me and she just transferred in this year."

"Oh okay."

"I actually think you'll like her you have a bunch in common."

"Oh yeah like what?"

"Well you're both shy and love r&b music."

"That's it Lauren? Wow we have so much in common I can't wait to meet her!"

"Hey! Watch the sarcasm there that's my thing!"

"I'm so sorry Queen of sarcasm. I shouldn't encroach on your territory."

"Oh encroach? Pretty big word there, Coleman."

"Oh whatever Miss. Jauregui. Don't act like we aren't in all the same classes together, I'm just as smart as you!"

Lauren and I both laugh until a girl I don't really recognize walks up to our table. No one ever comes up to our table. I wonder who this is?

"Hey Lauren!"

"Hey Dinah you found us!"

"It wasn't hard I just had to listen for my very loud captain's voice. Then it became very easy to find you."

"Well have a seat then buddy. This is Zendaya, your future basketball teammate and probable captain."

"Hi Zendaya. Am I saying that right?"

"You have it exactly right Dinah. You're one of the few people who got it right on the first try."

"Wow that is quite an honor."

"You're also one of the few people who have actually asked how to pronounce my name."

"Really?

"Yeah I either tell them how to say it, or I have to listen to people tell me how to say my name."

"Wow I get that sometimes too."

"Really your name sounds so simple."

"You haven't heard my full name yet."

Lauren, who has been silently texting this whole time, laughs when Dinah says that.

"What's your full name then?"

"Do you want the one on my birth certificate, or the one on my ID?"

"Is there a difference?"

"Yeah the length."

"That's what she said!"

"Shut up Jauregui!"

Lauren just laughs again, still not looking up from her phone this entire time.

"Uh both."

"Well according to my school records my name is Dinah-Jane Hansen, but my birth certificate says my name is Dinah-Jane Milika Ilaisaane Hansen."

"Damn that is a long ass name. Does it have any special meaning behind it?"

"Yeah Milika is my mother's first name and Ilaisaane is my grandmother's middle name. I take both sides of my family's last names as well."

"Oh so like Lauren takes both her father's last name and her mother's maiden name?"

"Yeah kinda like that."

"Wait Z how do you know that I take both my parent's last names?"

"Because whenever you get in trouble I can hear your mom shouting it in Spanish from my house."

"Do you guys live close to each other?"

"Lauren and I have been next door neighbors for forever."

"Yeah we've lived next from each other ever since I moved here from Miami."

"That's really cool."

"So you just transferred in, where from?"

"Oh I transferred from Hamilton in Santa Ana."

"Oh my friend Normani just transferred there."

"Really I'll have to ask my friend Briannah to keep an eye on her then."

Since the teacher didn't come today we have a sub in class. All she did was tell us to pass around a sign in sheet and tell us don't get to loud. I'm pretty sure she's been trying to watch Netflix this entire time on the school's computer but the Internet service kicked her out so she's been trying the proxy sites we use for going on Youtube on the class computers. This and my JROTC class are my only non-honors classes, because you can't test into them. I would never admit it but Lauren was right about Dinah, we hit it off really well. I didn't know talking to someone could be so easy but I wish I could be this comfortable talking to everyone. If this girl has even a decent taste in music she could be my new best friend.

"So Dinah what kind of music do you listen to?"

"Oh here we go. I was waiting for this question."

"Quiet Lauren!"

"Well I listen to a lot of hip hop, reggae, r&b, if it has a nice beat I'll listen to it."

"Cool cool, so who's your favorite artist?"

Dinah doesn't answer at first she just looks at me, kinda like she's studying me before she answers. Not gonna lie this question is very important to me because a person's music taste says a lot about them.

"Well I wouldn't say I have one but I love listening to 90's r&b, Beyonce, reggae, and Destiny's Child."

I look at Lauren and she has her 'I told you so' smirk on her face. I know she was right but I don't like that she was.

"I told-"

"Shut up Lauren!"

Lauren laughs again while shaking her head.

"But didn't I?"

"Yeah you did just don't say it."

"Let me guess she told you we had a lot in common and you don't want her to say I told you so."

"Yeah exactly."

"Well was she right?"

"Yeah she was."

"Then don't sweat the small stuff. She wanted us to hit it off and we did."

*bell rings* Dinah's POV

"Well it was nice meeting you Dinah. I'll see you around."

"Yeah I'll see you around."

"Yo Dinah don't try it she's taken."

"She's dating Trevor right?"

"Yeah why?"

"She won't be taken for long. See you at practice Lauren."

I walk away from a confused Lauren and go the same way that Zendaya went but I walk past her to my own class. Lauren told me a little bit about her at lunch and she sparked my interest, but having a conversation with her made me like her all the more. If I had to use a song to describe her it would be You Stop My Heart by Melanie Fiona,(AN:Listen to that song it's great) because every time she smiled or looked into my eyes I would stop breathing. I don't even care that she has a boyfriend, Lauren told me that she was Bi so that won't be a problem, I just want to be the one who puts that beautiful smile of hers on her face.

 I can't stand my English class it is definitely going to be a downer on my mood. I hate my classmates they can never be serious about anything for more than five minutes, especially Trevor and his friends. They make everything into a joke and we never get anything done because they disrupt class all the time. Thank God Ms. Aiko is my homeroom teacher, that way if I have any questions I can ask her then. Like this morning I asked her if there was any way I could get some extra help clarifying a few things and she said she would look into finding me a tutor from her honors level class. Hopefully she finds someone I know both Lauren and Zendaya are in that class, but my luck has never been that good so I won't get my hopes up for either of them. 

I'm the first in the classroom so I put my bag down see and if Ms. Aiko needs any help with anything, I wouldn't ask if this was anyone else but she's my favorite teacher.

"Hey Ms. Aiko you need any help cleaning up or anything?"

"Hello Dinah. No I don't think I need that much cleaning done but I have some news for you about your tutor."

"Does this news involve a name?"

"It does not but I have picked someone. Come by at the end of the day to meet them."

"Thanks again for doing that for me."

"It's no problem Dinah. I know it wasn't you it was the environment you were trying to learn in that was the problem."

"Yeah I just get distracted easily and frustrated easily when I can't get something."

"And that's perfectly normal Dinah. Asking for help is a good thing."

I take what she says to heart and sit down as the rest of the class comes in the room as the bell goes off in the hallway.

*end of the day* Zendaya's POV

"Alright class you have your homework I'll see you next time."

The bell rings and I get up before Lauren does to pack up to go.

"Why are you in such a rush Zen I thought I was the one with a game today?"

"I have to go to Ms. Aiko's class to see who I'm tutoring. Remember?"

"Oh yeah I forgot. Okay well I'll tell Ms. Lovato you'll be a little late."

"Man twice in one day I'm showing up late. Let's hope this doesn't become a thing."

"Oh please everyone knows you hate to be late for anything."

"Everyone but Trevor."

"Still having communication issues?"

"Yeah.....it's like in one ear and out the other with him."

"You should talk to him about it."

"Nah I'll be fine...it's probably nothing anyway."

"Okay......well I'm gonna be downstairs in the gym helping set up the gym okay?"

"Okay."

I finish packing my stuff up and make my way to Ms. Aiko's room to find out who I'm supposed to tutor so I can get to the volleyball game. Normally I wouldn't care about the game because Lauren would just tell me how the team did the next day, but today I have to take the score because the regular girl who does it didn't come to school today and I know how to do it. Ms. Lovato, my math teacher and the volleyball coach, came up to me after class and asked me if I could do it today and any other time the regular girl couldn't be there to do it. I don't really have any plans until my season starts so I said yes in exchange for service learning hours. Plus it's not like I would really have to do anything anyway taking the score in volleyball is just counting by one. 

I make my way to the English room but I don't go in yet because Ms. Aiko is talking to another student and I don't want to seem rude by interrupting them.

"She should be here any minute just take a seat and wait."

The student walks away from the desk so I take that as my queue to enter the room.

"Hey Ms. Aiko."

"Oh good Zendaya you're here the student you're tutoring is right over there."

"Oh hey Z! I guess you're my tutor."

I turn around to see Dinah standing up from the desk her book bag is sitting on and I smile. Well at least I don't hate her.

"Yeah Dinah I guess I am."

AN: Hey people hope you enjoyed this chapter. Say hello to Dinah Jane. She's flirty, plays volleyball, and has great taste in music. She also has a little crush on Z and needs her help in English class. If I got anything wrong with the explanation of Dinah's full name please call me out on it because I'm not even sure myself. Next chapter will pick up where this one left off with Z and DJ talking about tutoring and the volleyball game. If you have any ideas you want me to add let me know I'll see what I can do. As always Vote Comment and Share.

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Peace,

Meags