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now definitely
frustrated.
“ Because …
it ’ s just
… ”
Kat opened her eyes wide as
if to say ‘ Well? I’m
waiting!’
“ In the cafeteria, seriously?”
Lucy asked, expressing her own frustration.
“ Yeah, why not?”
“ I don’t know,” Lucy answered,
turning around to grab her tray of pizza and to pick up a bowl of
broccoli and cauliflower. “It doesn’t feel right yet.”
Kat’s shoulders fell. “Are you serious? The
guy went out of his way to say hi to you while he was with his
meat-head friends. He likes you!”
Lucy swiped her ID card at the
cashier’s stand and started walking toward a table. Kat snagged a
piece of pizza and followed her.
“ I just need time to process
it.”
“ Okay,” Kat said. “Just don’t
process too long. Guys are like puppies: short attention
span.”
The two girls sat down and started
eating. Lucy continued to look around the cafeteria. She was trying
to be subtle about it, looking like she was stretching.
“ It’s that other guy isn’t it?”
Kat said as she watched Lucy.
“ What? Who—I
mean, what guy? ” Lucy buried her attention in her pizza.
“ You know who I’m talking about. I
spend the first day of school doing nothing but sizing up the
smorgasbord of guys. You’re looking for the new guy, Benjamin,
because he’s the guy that brought you to my house the other
night.”
Lucy sat stunned. It was the truth, but she
couldn’t tell Kat that. It was too irrational.
“ No, I’m just
stretching.”
“ Shut up, you’re
looking for Benjamin Raven. It’s okay. He’s cute, but he must
be some sort of snob to be hanging out
over there.” Kat jerked her head toward the side of the room behind
Lucy.
Lucy turned around slowly. At a
table not twenty feet away she immediately saw Benjamin, and
practically sitting in his lap was Samantha. Lucy grimaced at the
sight when suddenly Benjamin’s head turned away from the seemingly
ebullient conversation and looked directly at Lucy. His green eyes
paralyzed her for a moment; then she shot back around to face
Kat.
“ Some guys are just natural snobs,
I guess,” Kat said, taking a bite of pizza.
Lucy stared at her lunch and didn’t say
anything. Her breathing was accelerated a bit, but Kat must not
have noticed because she was already onto her next topic of
conversation.
“ So, like I was saying, the reason
I saw Dave was because he totally came up to me and asked if I
wanted to go to the dance with him on Friday.”
Kat’s mundane conversation was enough to wake
Lucy out of her trance.
“ Really? Is that good? Didn’t you
like him in fifth grade or something?” she responded.
No longer feeling hungry, she picked up a
piece of broccoli and examined it in her hand. It was almost brown
it was so overcooked.
“ Yeah, he was so cute back then.
Remember when we both had braces and Princess Samantha was making
fun of me. He told her to go put her head out because it was on
fire. Remember that?”
Lucy weakly smiled and nodded her
head. Benjamin’s green eyes were still burned into her mind. As she
twirled the broccoli she closed her eyes. Two bright green orbs
floated toward her. They were mesmerizing. Suddenly they were
attached to a face, Benjamin’s face, and Lucy wished she could
reach out and touch him. She tried to imagine it
happening.
“ Lucy!”
The darkness turned white as Lucy opened her
eyes.
“ Are you okay? Seriously, you seem
a little out of it today.”
Lucy dropped the vegetable
from her hand onto her tray. “Yeah, I’m fine. I think I’m just …
tired, I guess. ”
“ Well, you
better wake up, honey, ‘cause I’ve already got a date for Friday,
and I have a feeling… ” she turned her head in Mark ’ s direction. “ … you ’ re about to have one,
too. ”
Lucy looked over and saw Mark’s beautiful
profile, his straight jawline and handsome features. She couldn’t
help but smile, but she knew the pecking order in high school. His
taste for her
frustrated.
“ Because …
it ’ s just
… ”
Kat opened her eyes wide as
if to say ‘ Well? I’m
waiting!’
“ In the cafeteria, seriously?”
Lucy asked, expressing her own frustration.
“ Yeah, why not?”
“ I don’t know,” Lucy answered,
turning around to grab her tray of pizza and to pick up a bowl of
broccoli and cauliflower. “It doesn’t feel right yet.”
Kat’s shoulders fell. “Are you serious? The
guy went out of his way to say hi to you while he was with his
meat-head friends. He likes you!”
Lucy swiped her ID card at the
cashier’s stand and started walking toward a table. Kat snagged a
piece of pizza and followed her.
“ I just need time to process
it.”
“ Okay,” Kat said. “Just don’t
process too long. Guys are like puppies: short attention
span.”
The two girls sat down and started
eating. Lucy continued to look around the cafeteria. She was trying
to be subtle about it, looking like she was stretching.
“ It’s that other guy isn’t it?”
Kat said as she watched Lucy.
“ What? Who—I
mean, what guy? ” Lucy buried her attention in her pizza.
“ You know who I’m talking about. I
spend the first day of school doing nothing but sizing up the
smorgasbord of guys. You’re looking for the new guy, Benjamin,
because he’s the guy that brought you to my house the other
night.”
Lucy sat stunned. It was the truth, but she
couldn’t tell Kat that. It was too irrational.
“ No, I’m just
stretching.”
“ Shut up, you’re
looking for Benjamin Raven. It’s okay. He’s cute, but he must
be some sort of snob to be hanging out
over there.” Kat jerked her head toward the side of the room behind
Lucy.
Lucy turned around slowly. At a
table not twenty feet away she immediately saw Benjamin, and
practically sitting in his lap was Samantha. Lucy grimaced at the
sight when suddenly Benjamin’s head turned away from the seemingly
ebullient conversation and looked directly at Lucy. His green eyes
paralyzed her for a moment; then she shot back around to face
Kat.
“ Some guys are just natural snobs,
I guess,” Kat said, taking a bite of pizza.
Lucy stared at her lunch and didn’t say
anything. Her breathing was accelerated a bit, but Kat must not
have noticed because she was already onto her next topic of
conversation.
“ So, like I was saying, the reason
I saw Dave was because he totally came up to me and asked if I
wanted to go to the dance with him on Friday.”
Kat’s mundane conversation was enough to wake
Lucy out of her trance.
“ Really? Is that good? Didn’t you
like him in fifth grade or something?” she responded.
No longer feeling hungry, she picked up a
piece of broccoli and examined it in her hand. It was almost brown
it was so overcooked.
“ Yeah, he was so cute back then.
Remember when we both had braces and Princess Samantha was making
fun of me. He told her to go put her head out because it was on
fire. Remember that?”
Lucy weakly smiled and nodded her
head. Benjamin’s green eyes were still burned into her mind. As she
twirled the broccoli she closed her eyes. Two bright green orbs
floated toward her. They were mesmerizing. Suddenly they were
attached to a face, Benjamin’s face, and Lucy wished she could
reach out and touch him. She tried to imagine it
happening.
“ Lucy!”
The darkness turned white as Lucy opened her
eyes.
“ Are you okay? Seriously, you seem
a little out of it today.”
Lucy dropped the vegetable
from her hand onto her tray. “Yeah, I’m fine. I think I’m just …
tired, I guess. ”
“ Well, you
better wake up, honey, ‘cause I’ve already got a date for Friday,
and I have a feeling… ” she turned her head in Mark ’ s direction. “ … you ’ re about to have one,
too. ”
Lucy looked over and saw Mark’s beautiful
profile, his straight jawline and handsome features. She couldn’t
help but smile, but she knew the pecking order in high school. His
taste for her
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