Chapter 2: Cheryl and Judy
Roxanne's POV
"I'm so sick of coming to school." Gloria mumbled as we sat down on the front steps at lunch hour. It was Tuesday and our second day of high school. I was getting along ok with it and so were Donna and Gloria.
"It's not that bad." I said, smoothing my skirt out over my legs. Gloria shrugged and rested her head in her hands. It was a nice day, the sun was out and the sky was blue. Cheryl and her friend had barely looked at us, which was good. Gloria said that meant they weren't going to bother us.
"Look who it is." Donna whispered. I slightly turned my head and looked behind me. Where Cheryl and her friend were coming over to us.
"What do we do?" I whispered. Donna shrugged but Gloria whispered "We'll tell them to go away."
"Hi Roxanne." Cheryl said. I looked up at her.
"Hey Cheryl." I said, hoping they'd leave us alone now.
"Wanna hang around with us?" she asked. My eyes grew wide. Hang around with them? That would be awesome, I thought. I didn't mean all that I had said about them before. I was just jealous, I told myself.
"Um, no thanks." Gloria said, flicking her hair over her shoulder. Cheryl crossed her arms.
"Why not?" she asked.
"We will." I said, a little too loud. "I mean we will hang around with you." I stood up and brushed off my skirt. Donna stood up as well. I knew she would come with me. Gloria? I wasn't sure if she'd come. "You coming?" I asked her. She sighed loudly and then stood up.
"This is Judy by the way." Cheryl said, pointing at her friend. I smiled at her as we followed them to another spot in the school. We ended up in a little place behind the Science rooms. I had never thought of coming down here. There was no one else, just as. The grass was green and there were two tables to sit at. We sat down, us three across from Judy and Cheryl. I smiled at her and hoped this wasn't a one-off thing. "I like your skirt." Cheryl said. I looked down at my plain white skirt. I wasn't sure if she was being nice or what.
"Thanks." I said, grinning. I nudged Gloria and I looked to see her trying to hide a smile. She knew it was a good idea to come with them. "So why did you invite us to sit with you?" I asked. Cheryl leaned in closer to us.
"Because there's no other girls in the class we like." she said, quickly looking at Donna. "And if we want to make friends we thought why not they be you." she sat back in her seat and grinned. I liked her already. She was so nice. Cheryl had brown hair and eyes. She was pretty, even better looking than Gloria I thought. Judy had short blond hair and blue eyes. I didn't mind her, she was kind of quiet. "We're going to go to the bathroom. We'll be right back." Cheryl said and she walked away, Judy following.
"I like her." I said to both Gloria and Donna. Gloria shrugged, and I knew she liked them.
"I don't. I mean what if they don't come back?" Donna asked. I never thought of that.
"They will." I said, smiling at her. "They wouldn't be that mean." We sat quietly for a minute until Judy and Cheryl came back, sitting in their same spots. They smiled at us and I was worried they may have done something to embarrass us. We sat there at that table, not eating of course, for the rest of lunch. Talking and laughing, I had fun. When the bell rang we got up from our seats.
"Gloria, Roxanne you can sit with us tomorrow. Same place." Cheryl said, smiling at us. I nodded.
"Sure." We walked back to our lockers to get our books for the next class. As we went inside the building I heard someone following me. The hall we were in was empty, besides us and I was a little worried. Maybe it was a Soc. I continued walking, hearing those footsteps again. I stood still and whoever was following stood still as well. I was getting scared as I continued on, walking a little faster then usual.
"Hey!" someone pushed me forward and I almost fell. I got my balance back and turned to see my brother staring down at me, grinning. I tried my hardest not to grin back and I only managed a tiny smile.
"What?" I asked
"Mom wanted me to make sure you're ok. And you are, bye." he said, rather quickly and walked off in the opposite direction.
"Your brother's weird." Donna said. I nodded and we continued on as the hall filled with people rushing to their lockers.
