A Dramatic Lunch

The rest of the morning passed quickly, and lunch was there before I knew it. I met Claud near the lunch line, and grabbed a salad. To my surprise, Claud grabbed one too. She's not exactly known for eating healthy. She caught my look, and blushed.

"I'm hoping to ask Pete to the dance… I thought it probably couldn't hurt to loose a few" She faced down, as I stared at her.

"You? Please! And Pete? Since when? Why didn't you tell me! I-"

I stopped quickly as I realised I was about to chastise Claud about her little secret, when my little secret was just a tad bit more shocking.

Speaking of my little secret, he sat at our normal table holding Mary Anne's hand. Obviously they couldn't get enough of each other. I diverted my eyes. Along with the golden couple, Emily and Pete were also there. So, to my surprise, was Kristy.

"Hey Kristy! How are you? It's been awhile! How's the team?" I asked her as I sat down and opened my salad. While Kristy and I engaged in our talk about softball (okay, so Kristy talked and I made noises every now and then), I snuck looks around our table. Claud was talking to Pete, a little flirty I noted. Emily was talking to Shannon, who had just joined us, and looked pretty stressed out. Mary Anne and Logan appeared to be fighting.

Hmmm… I wonder what that's about. Mary Anne looked pretty upset, but Logan just looked angry. Trouble in paradise? I thought amused. Wait, that's not fair. Poor Mary Anne. She really does look upset.

My thoughts were interrupted by Kristy, who seemed to come out of her softball lecture in time to notice Alan, across the cafeteria, harassing one of his friends. A bunch of sophomores were bunched around him, laughing. Kristy had elbowed me in the ribs to draw my attention to it.

She then proceeded to mutter about Alan. Hmm… What's up with that? Kristy hadn't been bothered by Alan in years.

My attention was drawn back to Mary Anne and Logan however, when Logan got up abruptly, shoving his chair back.

"Whatever Mary Anne. I've got to get to class."

He caught me watching.

"I'll call you tonight about that assignment, okay Stacey?"

I nodded, and he walked off, leaving a distraught Mary Anne behind him.

"What happened?" I asked, although everyone now seemed to have focused their attention on Mary Anne.

She was teary eyed, but not crying, which surprised me. Mary Anne is not exactly known for holding back the tears.

"Well… He's upset about Cary. He thinks I still have feelings for him, just because he saw us talking. I mean, Cary and I, we were together for years! I can't just cut him out. We're still friends."

She sighed, then looked at me.

"Stace? You're seeing Logan later right? For that assignment? Could you talk to him? He won't listen to me right now. Please?"

Oh no. The last thing I want is to get involved. But how can anyone say no to Mary Anne? She's so sweet and kind.

I knew what I had to do.

"Sure. I'll talk to him"