I was listening to Del and Marshall talk about their plans on Halloween. I was excited too but then I didn’t feel like joining the conversation. My eyes were stuck on the cafeteria door, Eldon wasn’t here yet and it had been fifteen minutes already since the lunch started. There was not a single day he missed lunch, sometimes when our tables were occupied he made sure he saved the seats under the tree in the campus for us. Where was he? I thought for the umpneeth time.
Charlie and Anna were talking about swimming and I didn’t think I had felt left alone like I was feeling at the moment. I threw the fries back in the tray and got up from my seat to throw away the trash and keep the food inside my bag. I hated wasting food. I had eaten the apple, some pie and a slice of sandwich, other tha
