My Night Breeze (The Breeze Series) by M.L. Newman Read Free Book Online Page A

pages of her science book trying to make sense of it. She pulled out her notebook to scan her notes about the subject, but nothing seemed to make sense. All the words were running together. It was starting to give her a headache. She lay her head down over the book, giving up the battle.
    “You won’t get it by doing that ,” Stephen said.
    “I figure my head and the text should talk directly . Clearly, something is getting lost in translation.”
    “What subject?” Mateo ask ed.
    “Science ,” Stephen responded.
    Mateo tug ged the book from under her to skim the chapter. Audra looked up and shoved her notes towards him, too. If he could make heads or tails of the information and assist her, that’d be great. Molly started to chuckle softly at the expression of hope and hopelessness twisted together on Audra’s face.
    “I think we’ve all tried to help . Looks like it’s your turn, Mateo,” Molly joked.
    “Don’t be discouraged . Think of it as a group effort,” Stephen encouraged.
    “You’re all ridiculous. It’s just this one subject,” Audra muttered.
    Mateo move d from across the table to sit next to her, pointing to the notes section. She was looking at the wrong notes for the new chapter. Audra sighed frustratedly but flipped to the new notes. Mateo took his time explaining each page with her notes as back up, using examples that she could work with. After fifteen minutes, it seemed like she had learned more from him than during first few weeks of class. Audra added a few more notes and borrowed Stephen’s highlighter for the parts that she needed to truly focus on.
    “Does that make sense?” Mateo ask ed.
    “Yeah, thanks.”
    Stephen started to pack up, and Audra realized how quickly the time had gone. She stuffed her backpack with notebooks and books. Molly led the pack down the hallway towards the exit as Audra and Mateo lagged behind. She needed a tutor who made sense, and he was the only one who had managed to get into her thick skull. But would he be willing to do that for her? She really needed to keep her grades up so she wouldn’t get kicked off the volleyball team, but she also had to get her dad off her back.
    “Hey…um …can I ask a favor?” Audra asked hesitantly.
    “Depends.”
    “I really need to do well on my next test. Would you be able to tutor me?” Audra asked.
    “I can try , but no guarantees.”
    Audra pull ed out her cell phone and switched phone numbers with him. This way, if she needed help over the weekend and he wasn’t busy, she could call him. Audra smiled to herself. She may actually do well in this class. She could only imagine the face on her teacher or even Jim. She took a deep breath trying to reel in her excitement.
    “Thanks , by the way.” Audra said.
    Mateo nod ded as they began to walk out the exit towards Molly’s vehicle. Stephen and Molly were already inside waiting for them. Audra glanced at him, and the tension started to radiate once again. She furrowed her brow in question. What’s the big deal?
    Ryan walk ed over towards his navy car, flagging Mateo over. Audra looked back, noticing Mateo’s shoulders slump down in what she perceived as relief. Mateo nodded at Ryan, turning to face her.
    “I’ ll see you tomorrow,” Mateo said.
    “Okay.”
    He walked over to Ryan, getting in the vehicle without an issue. It was the weirdest thing, watching someone tense up and be relieved within minutes with an exchange of driver and vehicle. Maybe Mateo didn’t trust female drivers? Audra shook her head and got in the car with her friends.
    “Can you drop me off on Dover Street?” Stephen asked.
    “Sure ,” Molly replied.
    “Chris?” Audra ask ed.
    “He was going to come today , but something came up,” Stephen replied.
    “You two a thing yet?” Molly ask ed.
    “We ’re taking it slow,” Stephen said.
    “Why don’t I believe you?” Molly continued.
    “I swear. I learned my lesson after Brian ,” Stephen admitted.
    Audra roll ed