Before we begin!! I have a clarification. Schoolwork in this fic is a person. That's it!

       **Bellas pov

I walk into my English class, well, honors to be exact. I don't know how I got into this class but I did.

Greeting my friends Diana, Natalie, and Techno as I walk past them to my desk. I daydream about random things for the first 10 minutes of class as I wait for Schoolwork to come in.

Ugh, Schoolwork. Where do I even begin? They're overly nice and try to help me even when I don't need it.

Every day our teacher SVK brings in Schoolwork who helps us with whatever we're learning about. They are our age so we can "learn better." I hate school.

I hate them with their light brown curly hair, round glasses, freckles, and smile they always have. They're so obnoxious.

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"Hey Bella! How are you doing on this topic?" They say.

"I'm doing fine, you can just move on to the next person." I say in a slightly cold tone.

"That's great! Can I see your work?" They ask me.

"Sure.." I mumble, handing them my paper. They hold it in their hands, eyes scanning over what I've written. Their hands look kinda soft- nope. We don't think that here.

"You say you're doing fine but your work says otherwise," They say, putting my paper back onto my desk "so...." they continued to explain more on the topic.

       **The next day

"Hey again! Have you gotten a better understanding of this yet?" Schoolwork asks me.

"Yeah yeah, I got it now. Bye" I monotone. They chuckle a bit and grab my paper from my desk, smiling a bit. Schoolwork looks over the page.

Looking back over to me, they start talking, "you do know that it's okay to ask for help, right?" I nod my head, not smiling.

They maintain eye contact as they explain to me once again. I've never noticed how beautiful their eyes are. The hazel with golden flecks mixed it suits them a lot. I mean, just because I hate someone doesn't mean that I can't think a part of them is beautiful. I hate Natalie but I still think her hair is pretty.

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       **third person pov

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This same process repeated the rest of the week, but on Friday something else happened.

After looking over Bellas work once more, Schoolwork said something that ze didnt expect.

"Look, Bella, I'm so sorry but just having a little bit of time together these 2 periods isn't enough. I think we need to have after school studying. I'm going to go talk to SVK about it now." They say, walking over to talk to the teacher.

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"Hey SVK, Bella has been falling a bit behind recently, and I was wondering if there was a way we could study together after school. Maybe in the library or something?" Schoolwork said and asked.

"Of course, there is an hour after school at the local library dedicated to student studying. You guys could go there!" SVK stated.

"That's perfect! Thank you so much for your help." They said in response.

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After informing Bella and zir parents about the twos study time, they decided that it would be one hour every day after school, and that they would start on monday.

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       **Bella's pov

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Ugh, why cant I just be left alone. I'll get it by myself, I don't need Schoolwork's help. I stare out the window as we drive to the library. This is stupid.

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Schoolwork sat us down at a table in the quiet building. They grab a few books about the topic we're learning about in English and sit down with me.

Some time passes of us studying and they reach over me, hand brushing against mine. I feel my face turn a light shade of pink. Wait what? Why did that happen, I hate them!

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       ** third person pov

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This is what happened for the next month. Bella started hanging out with Schoolwork outside of study time.

"Maybe I don't hate them." Bella thought to zirself.

Week after week went by of this. Bella eventually started understanding the English work on zir own. They stopped studying together after school, and instead started hanging out at each others houses. Bella stopped being so cold toward them, and Schoolwork started being nicer in the best friend way.

Friends. That's all they were, right? Right?

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One day when they were hanging out at Bellas house, ze decided to finally say what has been on zir mind.

"Hey Schoolwork?" Ze asked while they both sat on zir bed.

"Yeah?" They respond.

"You would still be my best friend no matter what happened, right?"

"Of course I would!" They exclaimed with a smile and light chuckle.

Bella takes a deep breath to prepare zirself for what ze was about to say, "Okay, so basically,,, ever since we started studying together, I've been developing feelings toward you. I don't just want to be friends, I've been craving more. Would you,, like to be my partner?" Ze explains.

Just as Schoolwork is about to respond Bella continues, slightly frantically "B-but of course it's completely fine if you don't want to! I don't mean to put any pressure on you, or, or-"

"Bella!" Schoolwork cuts off. "I'd love to be your partner." They say with their signature warm smile painted on their face. Bella then returns the smile with a few tears in zir eyes, lunging toward the other and pulling them into a tight hug.

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The end!! I swear I got Bellas permission before posting this.

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