The black haired girl sat on her own in the canteen, she held a book in her nose and her food was practically untouched. Suddenly the chair opposite scraped across the floor and Linda sat in it. The girl looked over the brim of her glasses and lowered her book. Linda smiled,
"Hi, I'm Linda" she said holding out a hand across the table. The girl looked at her hand and put down her book.
"Lucy" she replied not shaking her hand, Linda's smile dropped and so did her hand.
"So, Lucy, have you met everyone yet?" she said putting on another smile,
"No" Lucy replied,
"How about Matt? You met Matt?" Linda asked leaning on her hands.
"No, why?" she asked bringing her open book back to her face.
"You sure?" Linda asked,
"Yeah, I think I'd remember if I met some guy called Matt" Lucy said turning a page.
"Okay" Linda sighed and stood…
Linda landed in the chair opposite Near again, "It wasn't her" she said simply her bottom lip poking out.
"Told you it wouldn't be" Near said simply standing and picking up his tray,
"Hey, you don't get off so easily, I need your help" Linda said standing Near paused and sighed,
"Fine, so where do we start?" he asked. Linda smiled and caught up to him,
"His best friend" she smiled skipping off…