Fing Perfect - S01 E15

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Fing Perfect - S01 E15

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 15

In the Same Boat

Cal was starting to get whiplash from these sudden turns of events. First she got the mean girl from school (who she thought she hated but now probably had a crush on) to pour her heart out to her about a potentially dangerous stalker.

And now there was this random girl fenangling her way into their tutoring sessions after meeting only a day ago.

Said girl was now basically glued to Cal's side in the study room, Grace glaring daggers at the two of them. All Cal could smell was perfume and undefined tension.

"You're so good at math, Cal!" Dana squealed. "I'm surprised you have to get tutoring at all!"

Cal laughed nervously. "Ha ha, I'm not that good."

"So..." Dana grabbed her arm and trailed a finger down it. Cal found herself tensing up and blushing at the touch. "Do you have a boyfriend, Cal?"

"Oh my god, you can leave if you're not going to do any actual math!" Grace yelled, basically shaking from fury on the other side of the table.

"Oh, come on," Dana pouted. "We can take a quick break."

"It's only been like fifteen minutes!"

Dana ignored her, looking up at Cal for an answer.

"Uh...I don't really date guys," Cal replied.

"Oh! My bad for assuming. Do you have a...girlfriend then?"

Cal was getting increasingly uncomfortable with this conversation. She wasn't normally shy about talking about her sexuality or relationships, but this girl was coming on so strong that she found herself getting tongue-tied. Cal ended up locking eyes with Grace, who seemed uncomfortable, but wasn't interrupting the question.

"No, I don't," Cal said, looking back at Dana.

"Ooh, I see." Dana smiled, almost devilishly. "Do you have someone you like, then?"

Cal couldn't help but react to the question, blushing. Yeah, someone in this room right now. She decided to go for a lie for now. "No, not really."

Dana's smile widened even further. "Oh, come on, your face is getting all red! You totally like someone! Who is it? We won't tell, right Grace?"

Oh, God, please...

Grace seemed to pick up on Cal's discomfort right away. "Leave her alone, Dana, she said she didn't like anybody."

Dana pouted. "Lame. I never got any juicy info from you either, Grace. The only crush I've ever known you to have was on your textboo-"

Dana was interrupted by a loud ringtone which made everyone jump. The blonde pulled her phone out and got out of her chair. "Sorry, I gotta take this. Be right back!"

Dana hopped out of the room, leaving Cal and Grace alone. Cal sighed in relief that she was saved from the barrage of questions, but now she was alone with someone who had heard too many of the answers.

"I'm sorry about her," Grace said. "She's always been extremely nosy."

"Ah, that's alright," Cal replied. "Although to be honest, she makes me super uncomfortable."

Grace smiled a little, as if she was relieved from Cal's opinion of the beautiful blonde. "Same here. I never expected she'd invade our tutoring sessions."

"Yeah, it was kinda nice with just the two of us," Cal blurted out, immediately regretting it. Was that too forward?

Grace blushed, looking away. "I guess it is easier to deal with one annoying person than two."

Cal smiled, kind of happy she deflected the comment. "So...was Dana actually your friend back in the day?"

Grace looked back at Cal, surprised. Cal could see the gears turning in her head, and she looked like she was holding back an explosion of opinions. "Hell no!" she let loose. "She would always try to show me up and everything! She'd do everything in her power to embarrass me or keep me from getting my way. I've always hated her!"

Cal blinked, taken aback by the sudden rant. "I see."

Grace sighed, calming down. "I just didn't want to tell you up front because I thought you'd think I was lying. She has a way of using her looks and shamelessness to get close to people."

Cal smiled, happy that Grace seemed to care about what she thought. "Nah, I believe you, she kind of creeps me out anyway."

"She might tell you...things about me, but just assume they're all lies." Grace seemed less confident about that statement, averting her eyes and blushing a little.

Based on that, Cal was kind of curious as to what kinds of things Dana would say about her.

There was the sound of a phone vibrating, and Grace picked up her's. She let out a sigh of relief. "She said she had to go suddenly. Kind of rude, but at the same time, thank God."

"You have her number?" Cal asked, surprised.

"Only out of necessity. We don't talk."

Cal fidgeted, a bit nervous all of a sudden. "Don't you think we should have each other's numbers by now? Especially with the tutoring stuff, it'd make it a lot easier..."

Grace flushed as well. "Uh...yeah, that's probably be for the best."

She gave her phone to Cal who put her number in. She decided to be a bit bold and put some hearts next to her contact name before giving the phone back to Grace.

Grace blushed at the action, kicking Cal's shin under the table. "Oh my god, gross!"

She texted Cal back so she could save her number as well.

"And don't start texting me unless you need to, I'll block you," Grace threatened.

Cal flashed her a wide smile. "Well, you can text me any time you want."

Grace rolled her eyes. "That time will never come."

The two got to work on math once again, but Cal could hardly focus. She was feeling unnecessarily giddy with excitement about the most recent development between them.

Oh man, this is getting bad.