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Aardly, I hold the peel between er and thu

“Here” Roman takes it fro out the seat next tome

“Thanks”

I brush a strand of hair behindhot and hope they’re not beet red

“Thanks for lettingout here often, so it’s nice to find a familiar face”

I fiddle with theat the clear plastic wrapper half of it is still wrapped in “I don’t hang out here that often, either I was too lazy to go to the other cafeteria”

“There’s another cafeteria?”

“Well, yeah, but it’s in the stadiuh it’s hardly my fault he’s not allowed to eat there “It’s a hike, one I wasn’t in the h I have practice there later”

“Ahh” He nods in understanding “That’s cool”

“Are you hungry at all?” I hold out“Want some?”

Ro his head Raises his eyes and scans the peri substantial I have a physics class in a half hour that has a lab directly afterward”

Physics and a lab?

Blech

“A burger sounds good, eh?”

It does I didn’t want to wait in the line before, but I see it’s not as long noo people stand at the grill, patiently waiting

Ro froer there

“Want anything?” He’s rising, pulling his student ID card from the pocket of his jeans “My treat”

“You can’t keep feeding er if you don’t mind? With, um—pickles? And mayo?”

“Anything else?”

“Tomato”

Roer with pickles, to else?”

“Nope, that’s good” My stoh I just fed it “I’ll hold down the fort”

I trailhis backside The jeans fit perfectly, not too baggy, not too long, not too tight Bright blue hoodie Red sneakers Hair twisted up in a knot, pulled back off his face