Free Rebellion Project by Sara Schoen Page A

with a smirk. As I looked him in the eyes, I could see this was the only way to get him to help me. If I wanted his help, I had to give him the only thing I had to offer to make this project worth his time. “I don’t have all day to waste, Rebel. Either take the terms of the agreement as is or don’t. It’s your choice,” he said.
    When I didn’t answer right away, he rolled his eyes and started to walk away. If I let him go, I wouldn’t get another chance, and Parker had already said she couldn’t be my teacher and help me the way I wanted. Kayden could have asked for more, and while the asking price was high, I had nothing else to give him, I had nothing else to offer. So if I wanted this, I had to agree. As he turned toward the cafeteria I realized it was now or never and I had to make my choice.
    “I’ll make you a new deal,” I called out. He stopped and turned back to look at me with his eyebrow raised slightly. “I’ll help you pass whatever classes you need help in. I’ll do all of your homework, and for the class we share, you can cheat off of me for the tests. I won’t tell anyone, I swear. Just help me!”
    Kayden turned the rest of the way and offered me a smile. “While that’s tempting, I regret to inform you I’m actually acing all of my classes. I don’t need your help in any of my classes, so let me be perfectly clear when I say that the only way I’m helping is if you agree to the terms I set. You know what I want.” He waited again, and I was stuck between a rock and a hard place. I wanted to change, and I knew I needed help, but did he have to ask for the one thing I didn’t want to give up?
    I sighed, calming myself down. I knew I needed his help, and to get his help I had to agree. Here goes everything. “If you can actually help me change my reputation, you can have my virginity, but only if it changes and sticks. It can’t just be for a week because you convince people that I’ve changed and then you go back to calling me GG again, Kayden. It has to change for good and you have to make it believable too.”
    He nodded. “We’ll start over Christmas break.”
    “That’s next week,” I said nervously, realizing what I had just agreed to would be happening sooner than I thought. Was I ready?
    “Yeah, that’s kind of the point, GG. Start as early as possible,” he said with a smirk. “I get another week to figure out how to change you for the better, and to call you GG. I would like more time, but there’s no time like the present. I’ll see you next week. Catch you later, GG,” he said with a dismissive wave of his hand.
    What did I just get myself into?
    With Kayden as my mentor this meant one of two things; either my plan was going to work out perfectly and I had to pay what I promised, or it was going to fail epically and I would become a laughingstock again. I’m not sure which I would prefer, but there was no backing out now. I didn’t want to live under my dad’s rules anymore. I wanted to make my own life, just like my mom wanted me to, and I was going to succeed no matter what.

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 9
     
     
    Hair Dye
     
    My father was gone for the weekend on a business trip. Reveling at being home alone, I was sitting in the family room watching television alone. It was awkward having him in the house, and since we’d come home from the attorney’s office things between us had gotten worse so I tried my best to avoid him. I was also thankful he was gone because I knew Kayden was due to show up any minute to start our project, for lack of a better word. I just didn’t know when. I was nervous, but at the same time I was excited. This was a new opportunity for me, and I refused to let it pass so that I could slip back into old habits. My dad wouldn’t be pleased, but frankly I didn’t care. He had relinquished his ability to tell me the right thing when he cheated on Mom.
    The doorbell rang, breaking me from my thoughts before they