The next morning Mara walked to lunch with her nurse.
"Here you are, Mara. Enjoy your lunch." the nurse said walking away. Mara got in the line behind a few other girls. They looked around her age. Mara looked down at her feet when she realized she was staring at them. They looked at Mara and one rolled her eyes.
"Tricia, be nice. We're here to visit Poppy." one whispered into another's ear.
"I know, but she was staring at us. Like she had some kind of problem with us." the other responded.
"You never know she could be a spy." A blonde one said looking Mara up and down.
"Whatever she is, just be nice." the brunette whispered back.
"Hey, um. Would you like to sit with us?" the brunette said to Mara while moving down the line. Mara looked up and smiled.
"Um, sure." Mara responded.
"Cool. We're sitting over there." the girl said pointing to a table with six boys at it. Mara smiled and nodded while moving down the line. Mara picked up a salad and some sides. She tapped in her asylum number and followed the three girls to the table.
"Alfie, stop that's gross." a brunette said looking at the African-American boy across from him. Alfie was blowing air into his straw creating water bubbles. Alfie stopped and looked at Fabian.
"But it's fun." Alfie said and then continued. He stopped when he saw the blonde.
"Hi, Amber." he said looking at her.
"Alfie." the blonde said sitting down next to Alfie.
"Who's this?" the brunette boy said looking at Mara.
"Umm..." the brunette girl pointing to Mara.
"Mara." Mara said smiling weakly.
"I asked Mara if she would like to sit with us." Joy said making Jerome look up. Mara looked at Jerome, smiled, and then looked away. They all introduced themselves to Mara.
"Hey. has anyone seen-"
"She said she was visiting someone, I'm not sure who." the brunette boy, Fabian said cutting of Eddie.
"Oh." Eddie said. Of course he wondered where she was, she was his girlfriend.
Sorry for the crappy and short chapter. Also my absence is because I've been working on writing a chapter book. So yes, as usual please review!
