Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 36
When I sat down, he pulled a chair out from beside
me and plopped into the seat like it was an everyday
thing. He continued talking to me and I tried my best
to hold back from saying any rude responses. I
managed well. We talked until the teacher started
teaching. I fought off a smile. It felt better like this.
***
When I got to lunch, I looked out the window while
standing in the lunch line and realized that it was
snowing really hard, too hard to eat out there,
without freezing to death, that is. The table that I ate
at was covered in 2 inches of snow already. We
were supposed to be getting a storm this weekend.
It wouldn’t be anything that a snowplow couldn’t fix
but it was going to be enough to have people
complaining about the walk to their mailbox.
I sighed when I looked around to see no empty
tables. “Deciding to be civilized today?” I turned
around to see Jonah holding his tray in one hand and
his other stuffed in his pocket. Is that really
necessary? Does he have to show off and hold the
tray with one hand? I had the sudden urge to bump
into him but knowing him; he’d probably contort and
grab the tray with his tongue while still managing to
look cool.
“I’d rather not be but it has come to this,” I frowned.
“My table is covered in snow.” I bit my lip.
“We could always sit with Waverly and her friends,”
he shrugged. We? “As far as I know, they don’t have
a problem with you.”
But I have a problem with her. I weighed my
options: go to the bathroom, pick a stall and hope
nobody left a little gift, or sit with Waverly’s group
and hope they’re as nice as Jonah says they are. “Are
you sure they’d be okay with it?” I asked him.
Jonah grinned. “Of course.”
***
“Hi!” Waverly was surprisingly okay with me sitting
with them. I sensed falseness to her large grin. It’s
like she was expecting it, almost. She probably
doesn’t see me as competition; I don’t even see me
as competition.
“Hello,” I plastered a smile on my face. I slowly sat
down beside Jonah. I was stuck between a guy I
didn’t know and Jonah. I expected the table to be full
of gossiping girls. That’s what I’d seen in the movies,
at least.
“I’m Waverly; this is Ainsley, Hailey, Jacob, Wyatt,
Greg, and of course you know Jonah,” Waverly
introduced.
Ainsley was a small blonde girl who was snuggled
up against Greg. I think she was the one who
Waverly was talking to in the hallway. And as far as
Greg goes, I recognize him from the student council;
he constantly gave speeches and such. His hair was
as black as the black beans on his plate. The couple
was seated beside Hailey, a taller Asian girl who had
a pixie cut, she was giggling at something Wyatt said
to her. Wyatt had chocolate colored skin and a
shaved head. He had a bright smile which he was
showing me. Jacob was the boy I was sitting next to.
Raising his head from his entwined arms on the
table, he looked up at me and flashed me a
breathtaking smile. It surprised me. He had brown
cropped hair and kind green eyes. How come I
hadn’t noticed him before?
“I’m Savannah,” I smiled at the group of people.
They all said their hellos before casually turning and
talking to the person they were sitting next to. I was
awkwardly excluded from conversation as Waverly
leaned over Jacob in order to talk to Jonah.
“Hey, J,” She called him J? How original.
He better not call her ‘Wave;’ that’s an action, Jonah,
not a nickname. “Hey, Waverly,” he smiled. Thank
goodness.
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