Surf & Love

Lousy lunch

After geography I didn’t see much of Mandy and her minions until lunch which I was glad about..and yes I avoided her even if it meant sitting at the back of maths class,hiding under mrs Sammy’s desk and hiding in the boys bathroom I still did it urghhh..and now it was finally lunch..I pick up my bag and head to the cafeteria where I meet savvy already waiting for me at the back of the line.. “why weren’t you at your locker” she asked “Uhhm..I needed to use the bathroom” I say even tho that was a big fat lie “hmm..alright then” she say as she eyes me suspiciously, it’s like she can smell the lie literally.. “soo, what’re you getting” I ask trying to change the topic.. “nothing, just a pudding cup and a bottle of water..you” “soup, I brought my own orange juice” I say nodding towards my backpack “hmm,ya strange,I wonder how I ended up being friends with you” savvy says as she nudges me playfully making me chuckle lightly..we both walk to the front of the line and tell the lunch lady our choices, she hands them over to us and we walk to our table,we take our sit and start to it silently until I ask “how did we become friends?? Savvy looks at me quizzically before answering “remember Mickey the jester” “yea..I nod” “well..we both got invited to his party in 7th grade and when they asked us to dance you danced so hard you fell in the pool, every body laughed and continued partying but only I noticed you were getting blue to the teeth” she says then pauses to take a sip of her juice then she continues “welll, I handed you my scarf and you took it,wrapped yourself up and the next thing I knew you burst into tears and started yapping bout how you never wanted to come in the first place,saying how your mum forced you and all that,I hugged you and took your hand,then we walked out of the house..then we waited outside till your dad came for you..he took you home and that was it,the next Monday you were following me around and talking like you knew me before,it was adorable” she paused again “you remember now” she asked with raised eyebrows “yea..I do” I say as I look down “thanks for being my friend savvy” I say as I feel tears well up in my eyes “Heyy, don’t cry,it’s fine, I’d even do it a million times if I have to” she says as she hugs me.. “thanks, I whisper again as she pats my back.. “ok,enough of this sad party”she say as she pulls away from the hug and starts to search for something in her purse “what are you looking for” I ask trying to see if I could get to look into her bag “I’m looking for my phone,I don’t seem to remember where I left it” she says still searching vigorously through her stuff “why’s the cafeteria suddenly silent” I hear I ask “how would I know,maybe..I hadn’t barely finished what I was saying when I felt a very cold liquid run through my body,into my ears and my eyes..I hear Savvy gasp and I look up trying to see who was it at my back,turning my head I meet Mandy’s cold glare.. “that’s just a warning to stay away from my boyfriend” she say as she and her minions giggle along with the whole school, out of the corner of my eyes I could see savvy c***k a smile..I turn to her and she immediately avoids my gaze.. “savvy,not you too” I mouth “I’m sorry,I didn’t mean to.. “I can’t believe this” I say as I pick up my soggy bag and run out of the cafeteria straight to the girls bathroom,I check if any one was in there then I enter one of the stalls and lock myself up..I sit on the toilet sit and begin to cry my eyes out..why is my life like this,why do I have to be the school’s laughing stock,what did I ever do,why can’t I just be normal,did I commit a crime,even my best friend has turned against me,why does my life have to be this awful,those were the questions running through my mind as I cried ..when I was through sobbing I went out washed my face that were now swollen..cleaned my red puffy eyes..dried my wet hair with a rag that made it fly up making it looked like I just survived a near electrocution experience,now I just had to get to my locker where I kept my spare sweat shirt without getting too much attention on the hallways which was kinda hard since I looked like a total wreck..I walked to my locker with my head down,thank goodness it wasn’t far from the toilet,I put all my notes into them,I just had 4 more classes and I’d be free from this prison yard..I picked up my sweatshirt and walked back into the toilet,I put it on ,tied my old one in a paperbag and ran bag to my locker because the bell had already rang..thank goodness no one was in the hall way..I took out my humanities textbook and notebook, before I started walking to class I had a brief thought of skipping class saying I was sick but just as quickly as it came it was gone and I started walking to my next class hoping I at least didn’t look like an electrocuted zombie,getting to the front of the class I told myself I can do it before entering the class which I found out was a bad idea immediately I walked into class cause every single person including my humanities teacher burst into a fit of laughter..I could feel tears spring to the side of my eyes as I tried to swallow the gulp in my throat.. “what happened to you miss Rodriguez” mrs Hudson asked.. “I..Uhhm..I had a lousy lunch” I managed to say “well it must have really been lousy”I heard someone say from the back “go have your sit miss” she said and I tried my best not to burst into tears as I walked to my seat with everyone’s eyes on me..