A close friend can become a close enemy.
~African proverb

I do not know why, but the only thing I could think about was getting revenge on Tristan and Pearl; mostly on Pearl because Tristan did nothing wrong to me but hurt my feelings.

The fact that the kind stranger offered to help me, made me very confident that this whole revenge thing could totally work out.

The whole time I was in between classes, I couldn't stop thinking about who the mystery nerd is. That guy or girl really seemed to be interested in me because they seemed to be really updated with what is going on in my life.

I couldn't wait for classes to be over and so I waited for the angel to sing her song. Once the siren rang, I immediately walked out of the class in readiness for math club. Whoever it was that sent me that note left me in so much curiosity that all I could think about was knowing who was willing to help me and how they intend to do so.

I hurriedly walked in the hallways really excited for math club. The minute I entered the classroom, all the nerds gawked at me like they had seen an imposter. Others were busy on their calculators but when they saw me, all their attention was on me.

"Hi, my name is Luna." I said sheepishly. I felt the need to introduce myself because everyone seemed to be focused on me than on finding X.

"We already know your name!" Yelled a chubby nerd seated at the back of the classroom. We?

I arched my brow and scrunched up my face. They all knew my name but how exactly did they know my name?

"Mister Jackson talks about you a lot. He said you would totally outsmart us all if you participated in one of the quizzes ." The chubby nerd said when he noticed I didn't reply.

Mr. Jackson always loved me from the first day I attended school. I don't know what exactly I did to make him have so much confidence in me. Okay,  I do know. I kind of participated in all his lessons and whenever he would ask someone to solve a question, I would always volunteer.

Never did I expect him to have so much confidence in me for doing that. All the nerds seemed like they would be way smarter than me and now Mr. Jackson really raised the bar high for me.

"Today we are having a maths quiz, so you need to prove Mr. Jackson right." The chubby nerd replied to my silence. He seemed really talkative, but it looked like he was speaking for everyone because all the nerds nodded in agreement with his statement.

I just wanted to know who the mystery nerd was that promised to help me; not compete with a bunch of nerds that studied for this quiz. Which reminds me, I did not study for this, because I never expected a quiz today.

"You guys are obviously way smarter than I am," I said trying to defend myself. There was no need to compete over who was the smartest especially with someone as dumb as me.

"No need for humility young miss. Take a seat and let us commence the quiz." Mr. Jackson said. I never noticed him enter the room and now all of the sudden, I started to feel anxious about it.

I looked around the classroom for somewhere I could seat. My eyes immediately caught sight of Xavier seated at the back of the class. He had his hand high up, indicating to me that I could sit next to him.

I walked over to him and sat next to him.

"Hey." I whispered to him. I never really expected Xavier to be in the maths club. I knew he was a nerd but sometimes his looks made me forget he is one. No offense to the other nerds though.

"Hi. Welcome to math club." He muttered, with a serene smile spread over his face.

"Thanks." I replied then focused my attention on Mr. Jackson. If I was going to prove myself worthy of being in this club, I needed to do my best during this quiz even though I did not study.

"So the quiz works like this. The one that solves the most questions--- fastest; is the winner. The answers will be confirmed towards the end." Mr. Jackson said, holding up a paper with a bunch of questions.

I felt intimidated because it felt like it was going to be a really hard quiz. In no time, the papers with the questions were handed to everyone.

"So the quiz begins now!" Mr. Jackson said. The moment he uttered those words everyone immediately started solving the mathematical problems.

I looked at questions I had been given. They were all surprisingly easy. I got excited and decided to take my time while solving it to prevent myself from making mistakes.

"Done!" I yelled. I did not expect myself to be the first one but I guess I finished solving them quickly. I handed my answers to Mr. Jackson so that he could scrutinize them and when he did, he stared at me in awe.

"They are all correct." He said. Then he shifted his view to the class. "Told you she was smarter than all of you."

"No don't say that sir! Others were just about to finish solving them." I said, trying to prevent him from making enemies for me.

"Okay then. Who else is done solving all the questions?" Immediately, I saw the chubby nerd and Xavier raise their hands.

"Bring your answers here, Xavier and Kyle."

He carefully examined their solutions." kyle, you got one wrong."

"Oh no!" He murmured,"Luna, you're  way smarter than I thought... congrats."

"Thank you." I answered, surprised at the fact that he was being kind to me.

"Xavier you also got everything right." Mr. Jackson said, causing Xavier to jump excitedly.

"There will be a maths competition that will take place this week and we need you three to participate in it." Mr. Jackson said. A math competition sounded like fun and it would be just the right thing for me to forget about Tristan.

"I am in sir. That would be nice." Xavier said. Then Kyle nodded his head in agreement and so I joined kyle in agreeing to Mr. Jackson's offer.

"So since these three have won the quiz, I guess you can all go home." He said and then everyone started packing their things to go.

I looked around the classroom, trying to suspect who might have sent me that note but no one seemed suspicious.  I sat quietly waiting for the mystery nerd to approach me but no one did. I literally waited until everyone came out of the classroom.

I felt very disappointed that I got my bag, put my hands in the straps and stood up to go back home. I headed out the door and then I got approached by someone.

"Can I talk to you?" Xavier said, snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Yeah, sure, about what ?" I asked, wondering what mister emerald eyes wanted from me.

"It's about the note." My eyes widened. He sent me the note?

"You're the mystery nerd?" I said. I did not mean to say that out loud but I guess I just blurted it out.

"I guess I am." He replied in between giggles.

"So how exactly do you intend to help me get revenge? " I asked, trying to figure out his genius plan to help me.

"I can pretend to be your boyfriend." My mouth was wide open and my eyes were ready to pop out of their sockets. Did he want to pretend to be my boyfriend?

Of course, I had no problem with that. Xavier is a very good-looking guy, even just being his pretend girlfriend would be an honor.

"That would be awesome." I said excitedly, even more, excited than I expected to come out.

"But how does pretending to be your girlfriend help me get revenge?" I asked, after carefully thinking about what I was agreeing to.

"Tristan murdered your heart," he continued." The only way I can help you is by making him jealous. That is where the whole boyfriend thing comes in."

It was true. Tristan hurt my feelings. He said he felt nothing for me. Not even a little. That did break me and I would love to make him feel the same.

Even if it wouldn't be the best revenge, accepting Xavier to pretend to be my boyfriend would be a plus for me because he is hot.

"What about Pearl?" I asked. I wanted revenge on Pearl even more than I did on Tristan and I wondered how he would help me.

"One step at a time babe." He said smiling widely, his eyes turning into crescent moons.

Babe?

It sounded weird when he said it because I never thought he was this talkative. I would always see him at the back of the class with a book and at some point, I thought he couldn't talk.

I smiled back at him and found myself laughing at his joke.

"Why are you helping me?" I asked. I wanted to know why he would want to go through all that trouble to help me.

"Don't worry about that. Just consider it a kind gesture from me." He said with a smile plastered on his face.

"Okay... Thank you by the way."

"You're welcome, Luna. So we can start the pretense tomorrow or maybe ano---"

"Tomorrow is fine with me." I said interrupting him.

"Okay bye. Babe." he said winking at me.

"Bye. Babe." I winked back at him.