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"This was the first thing that really ht," I said happily as I ladled a gihugic pile of spaghetti onto hetti! For breakfast! I love our cafeteria"

"When you say psaghetti you sound like you’re six years old," Stark said, buive hi) scras and bacon

I went to the drink bar and filled upback to hihetti he-ti, pa-sghe-ti!" and even did the psaghetti dance onthat maybe the day wouldn’t be so bad After all, it had started with a shoulder rub and psaghetti! But just as Stark was sliding in next to hetti

I didn’t need to look at the cafeteria line to knoas singing All I needed to do was look at Stark’s face He’d been grinning at hetti celebration, but that happiness had disappeared fro instead a tense, serious expression that made him look frustrated and pissed

"How old were you when you met Heath?" Stark asked

"Nine," I said It aze wouldn’t stay on Stark’s face It was drawn to the guy as still singing hetti on his plate

I wondered if it would have helped if Aurox hadn’t been so cute He did a dorky guy version of the dance I’d just done as he headed over to the drink bar

Nope, I decided, feelingit used to do when Heath would walk into a room Aurox could have looked like a troll and he’d still make my stomach do flip-flops because he shared Heath’s soul

"Good !" Damien came in with Shaunee, Stevie Rae, and Rephaiet in line and fill their plates

They didn’t see in return

"Hey there, Aurox Wanna sit with us?" I heard Dareat," Aurox said

"Awesome--Z and Stark are already at the table It’s that one over there" Damien pointed at us, which is when his happy-schmappy expression slid away, and was replaced by an uh-oh look "Uh room and it’s okay with Z and Stark, and, u pink

"Fuck!" Stark said under his breath so that I was the only one who heard hihter and called, "Yeah, no probleot room for Aurox"

When Aurox sat down directly across frohetti into ?" Stark shocked the bejezzus out of ?" Aurox answered around a mouthful of noodles

"Never , uncomfortable silence wasn’t broken until Daroup smooshed into the booth

"Have y’all seen Aphrodite today?" Stevie Rae asked

I looked up then to see everyone shaking their heads

"Or Darius?" she added

More head shaking

"Crap," I said "I need to go check on her It’s not like her to herreed "She calls breakfast the beginning of the day’s fashion parade You know she actually toldto turn into their fat, flabby irl is super crazy," Shaunee said