"Where should I sit today?" I asked myself. I scanned the courtyard for somebody to sit with, everyone already had their cliques and already established who their friends were, but with Kelsey in rehab and the whole Lexi/Jesus situation I didn't have anyone to sit with. I sat at an empty table, alone and pulled my lunch out of my bag just like the first day I started school when I first moved here. Great, back to square root one.
"Marianna?" I heard a familiar voice say. When I looked up it was none other than Lexi, with her hand intertwined with Jesus's. I rolled my eyes. "Mind if we sit?"
"Actually, I do." I said in a cruel manner turning away from the duo.
"Marianna come on, we're best friends." Lexi said.
"I told you this was a waste of time." Jesus said before I could sassily retort. "Let's go." He said pulling Lexi away from the table. I could feel a tear roll down my face.
"Hey, pretty girls aren't allowed to cry." A deep raspy voice said as I looked up. It was Joey, an upperclassman, talking to me.
"I'm not crying." I said embarassingly drying my eyes. He sat down next to me. "There was just something in my eye."
"Oldest trick in the book Foster." He said smiling. "So, why don't I just stay here until you feel better?" I smirked at his flirting efforts.
"Yeah, I'd like that." I said giving him my signiture half smile.
"Well, if I do that, would you go on a date with me on Saturday?" he asked. I could feel my heard about to burst out of my chest. "I don't need an answer now, it'd be a group thing anyway, maybe I shouldn't have asked."
"No, I'd love to!" I said quickly. "It's just that you'd have to meet my moms, totally old school." He pondered what I said for a second.
"Your mom, Principal Adams?" he asked.
"And my other mom is a cop." I added shyly. He sighed heavily.
"Sure, but only because I've had my eye on you for a while." He said winking. "I'll message you on Facebook tonight." he said leaving and giving me a wink.