Chapter 2: At the Café
They finally got to the café. hiro thought he should introduce her to his friends so he did.
"Hey guys I'd like you all to meet my new friend Melissa she's new at our collage and she started about a year before I did." Hiro said with confidence.
"Oh, that's an interesting coincidence how old are you Melissa you seem a little young for college, I'm wasabi by the way." said wasabi with curiosity in his voice.
"Well I'm 16 but my birthday is in 2 weeks so I'll be 17 soon." Said Melissa with some excitement in her voice. She turned slowly around to find GoGo standing right behind her with two hot chocolates in her hands.
She replied, "oh! I didn't see you there!"
"Yah that tends to be kind of a normal thing for me… you will never see me coming. I'm GoGo." she said in return. GoGo handed a cup to Melissa and sat down with the other. Melissa nervously accepted the chair that Fred pulled out for her.
As she sat down, he said, "Ayyy! My name is Fred. What are you doing here? Isn't there some kind of new girl party there always is...well at least that's what I have been told? That's why I don't go to parties. They say they're for new girls."
She responded, "umm no. That's not…no." He simply nodded his head, sat down and ate his burrito.
"Well, thanks for the hot chocolate GoGo, oh and the chair Fred." Melissa said as she drank her hot chocolate.
"No problem" Fred and GoGo said in perfect unison. As they sat and had small talk, she heard the bell on the door ring as a girl in pink walked through. When she walked in she took off her glasses and greeted everyone who smiled at her. As she walked up to the table, a chair was pulled up from the back by GoGo.
"Hey I'm honey lemon who are you, I love new people!" she said with obvious excitement in her voice.
"Oh, I'm Melissa I assume you're one of Hiro's friends right" Said Melissa as she looked around "Is this everyone?" She asked.
"Yep, this is everyone" Hiro said with enthusiasm. He sat down with the sound of relief in his gasp. They looked around for a long while in complete silence.
With wandering eyes, Melissa said," I'm glad I got to hang out with you guys, being that I'm new and stuff. I never thought I would be accepted this far into the school year…"
Hiro quickly responded cutting her off, "we are happy to accept you… I mean anyone who doesn't have anyone to go to." The group stared at Hiro as if he were the weirdest creature on Earth.
Melissa simply smiled and said her thank yous for all that they have done and left out of the café. Hiro slowly waved.