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Cassandra snapped her head back and caught the look With that, Elle was able to break the eye contact She felt e at them She had trained herself to never look any of the students in the eye, especially during PDA
Geez, what is wrong with me today? All Elle needed was to piss Cassandra off She’d had it out for her since freshman year when a boy Cassandra must have liked complimented Elle on her hair Cassandra et, and the boy had nothing to do with her from that moment on
The line finally reen beans, and applesauce were on the menu today Honestly, it could be worse
Taking a water out of the cooler, she reached the lunch lady, giving her lunch number to her “1089”
“You can charge the first week only, Elle, then you need to either putmoney with you every day” The lunch lady spoke louder than Elle thought necessary “We are not going through this again this year”
Elle didn’t think she could have felt any sicker “I will” She ive her number
“1072” Elle knew she could have, in fact, gotten sicker at the look on Chloe’s frightened face knowing they would have to make it to their table now
Elle started walking to their usual spot There were several tables scattering the cafeteria The studious students used the tables closest to the lines; they weren’t picked on, just ignored really The tables in the back of the cafeteria were used by the popular crowd Elle and Chloe, on the other hand, had always eaten at the same table for the past three and a half years—the one closest to the door This table was in-between the two sides but closest to the studious side Just one table full of nerds separated Chloe and Elle from the popular kids The robots
Elle sat with her back to the door; she liked the full view of the cafeteria Chloe sat opposite of her; she wanted the back of her head to the rest of the world
“Did you sleep last night?” Elle asked syhtmares, but today she looked like she hadn’t even slept a full hour last night She looked pale, alhostly Her black hair was now dull as it atteht side of her face She noticed the hollows under her stark, gray eyes
“Not uess” Chloe forced a smile for her friend
Elle looked at Chloe sympathetically “Don’t worry, Chloe This will be our last seh school Then, we don’t have to see the robots’ faces ever again Besides, o quicker than we reht of their situation
“We were gone three weeks, Elle, not three years,” Chloe replied lightly
“Hey, a lot can happen in three weeks Robots could have asked for a heart over break” They both laughed over that
“If that was the case, then htht…” Chloe squeezed her eyes shut and opened them a second later, “Now Well, it looks like no one asked Glenda the Go
od Witch for help” Elle laughed hard and Chloe couldn’t help joining in Elle was glad when Chloe loosened up
They both began eating their lunch while Elle carefully looked at the robot’s tables That side was actually pretty diverse You had a few athlete tables consisting of a full football tea a mixture of baseball, softball, basketball and soccer This left just a few tables
Her ht designer labels and were all mostly cheerleaders Cassandra was, of course, the head of that table The table adjoining Cassandra’s consisted of the filthy rich, and ISebastian, which was Cassandra’s twin brother Elle shivered in fright at not only the sight of him, but the sound of his name
This brought you to the final table, which Elle really couldn’t describe Three guys had always sat there; one was Nero, as basically the king of Legacy Prep, and the other tere his crew, as the school liked to call the one was Amo and the smaller one was Vincent; both were seniors, as well However, Elle noticed a new boy sitting with them
He must be a freshman Elle wondered who he was All she could see was his dirty-blond hair from the back
She suddenly felt like someone had stepped in her personal space That hen she realized she had uard
“I have been looking for you all day I have a little mess and I needed the waitress to clean up for me” Cassandra took Elle’s plate and pushed it off the table Then the high-pitched screech of her voice started back again “Go on, clean it up, waitress”
The whole cafeteria grew silent at her words That aitress ht as well be her birth name here as far as they were concerned
Elle thought about the two options she had Option one: blatantly ignore it or pretend you didn’t hear it; and option two: respond with either a witty response or a few short words She chose the first then stared at Chloe, wishing she hadn’t by her panicked expression