What can I say? I was in a writing mood...I give you the next chapter.
Chapter 7: To See
"Hey guys. How are you today?" I raised a hand as I sat down at the lunch table.
Alexis raised her eyes briefly. "Hi." She then hunched back over her notebook. I lifted an eyebrow at Niel, but he just shrugged before merrily digging into his food.
"I'm going to throw up." A voice greeted. Rhiannon dropped her tray onto the table beside me. "You're in my spot."
"Sorry." I started to stand when the girl pressed her hand against my shoulder, forcing me back down.
"No! Stay where you are!"
I frowned at her.
"I want to see if Niel plays footsies with you." She admitted. Rhiannon looked at her food again as she spun a chair around and sat down. "I repeat: I will throw up."
"Troublesome." Shikamaru sat down beside Niel. "Why?"
"What part of an animal does a 'ribblet' come from?"
"Here we go again…" Niel sighed.
"Oy! It's not my fault that you don't care what you ingest!"
"I care. I just don't think about it."
"Well…I think!" Rhiannon nodded her head as she took a bite out of a ribblet. She really looked like she was going to be sick.
"I don't know if I should tell you this…" Shikamaru began, "but animals don't have ribblets."
"I knew that! You didn't need to tell me!" She stared at her food, apparently willing it to turn into something else. "No one talk to me for…ten minutes. Let me torture myself."
"Masochist."
Rhiannon glanced up. "Yeah? So?"
We finished off our food in the allotted then minutes.
Immediately afterward, I felt a familiar cold presence directly behind me. I casually looked over my shoulder and caught Sasuke's eyes. I gave him a slight smile and turned my head back to the group.
"You know what song I have stuck in my head?" Alexis asked.
Rhiannon tilted her head. The dark haired girl started waving her hands and her friend laughed.
"I should have guessed. That's what happens when we listen to that in band on a free day."
"You and me baby ain't nothing but mammals, so let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel! Do it again now. You and me baby ain't nothing but mammals, so let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel!"
I looked up to see my French teacher stumble as he walked by. He looked startled, to say the least.
"Nice." Rhiannon said. "He totally thinks I', insane now."
"You have him too?" I asked.
"Merritt? Yeah."
"Did you take that test last week? The one on transportation?"
"That was so stupid. He didn't teach us half of what was on it."
"I'm not the only one!"
I heard a soft chuckle from behind me, and I glanced back at Sasuke to see him near-smiling.
"He isn't that bad."
"Easy for you to say."
Someone poked me in the side and I jumped, turning back to face them.
"Talking to yourself?" Rhiannon asked, eyebrow raised.
Oh no…they heard me…
"Alexis?" Niel frowned. "Why didn't you get any lunch?"
"Oh. I forgot my money."
"Gyah!" Rhiannon dug through her books and pulled out a small green card. She pushed it into her friends hand. "Use my ticket. Go out the on the left side."
"I'm going to get ice cream. I'll go with her." Niel offered as he stood up. "Shikamaru? Ice cream?"
The pony-tailed boy frowned. "Sure."
"Come on."
Niel proceeded to push Alexis ahead of him into the kitchen area as she protested about not wanting to owe anyone money. Shikamaru followed, hands in his pockets.
"This happens often." I stated.
"You knew that." Rhiannon looked in Sasuke's direction. "So…is your friend here?"
I froze and stared for so long the girl actually waved a hand in front of my eyes.
"Naruto?" It's not too difficult. Is your friend here?"
"H-How do you…"
"Know? Paul."
"Paul…that little guy who…"
"Is one of my best friends? Who was my first school family brother? Yeah. That's him."
"How did he find out?"
"He can see him." She said slowly. "How else?"
"I…don't know." I turned to look at a bewildered Sasuke. "How does he see you?"
The raven slowly shook his head.
"…I don't know. I don't even know how you can."
"I'm glad I can."
The way Sasuke looked at me, he didn't even need to speak to say he was glad as well.
"Paul wouldn't tell me anything about him. What does he look like? How old is he? Wait-first, what's his name?"
"…Sasuke."
"Sasuke?" She tilted her head. "I've heard that name before…where?"
I waited for Rhiannon to answer her question, but she just shook her head.
"How old is he?"
I frowned slightly, glancing at the raven haired boy as he came closer. "My age."
"His hair is dark, isn't it?"
"…yeah. How'd you know?"
"A guess."
"How'd you know?"
"Because I thought that you and I might have the same taste in guys and girls. Guess we do. Dark eyes?"
"…yeah." …the same taste in guys and girls…? "Woah….wait. I don't-like him like…"
Sasuke's cheeks were stained with a light blush. Rhiannon just shrugged.
"Okay. I thought we had the same unconscious choice for our best friends appearance. Better?"
"I guess."
"Speaking of best friends…"
"Rhea-chan! He made me get ribblets!"
"They didn't have the ice cream I wanted!"
Rhiannon looked a little green now that she'd been reminded of what she'd eaten. "Ewww…"
"Ribblets!"
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The bell had rung and we were all on our way to our last period classes.
"Alexis?" I asked. A random thought had struck me after everyone had regrouped and settled down. "If I can find a photo of someone, can you draw me a picture of them this weekend?"
The girl blinked her dark eyes slowly in thought. "Probably. I could try."
"Sasuke?"
I nodded slightly.
"Who'd that?" Alexis asked.
"A friend of mine."
"I'll definitely try. Can you give me a picture tomorrow?"
"If I can find one."
We were about to go our separate ways when Rhiannon slapped my arm.
"Oww!"
"The eyes!"
"…what?"
"That's what you and Paul have in common. Your eyes."
"…your friend has brown eyes."
"Not the color, dobe, the look. You look…"
"Lonely."
"Yeah…exactly."
"Why does Paul look like that?"
"The way his parents treat him, it doesn't surprise me."
"What?"
"It'll take too long to explain."
"What will?"
"Nothing. I'm going to be late. Bye."
"Wait!"
Rhiannon turned around. "Yeah?"
"What does 'dobe' mean?"
"It's something like loser."
"If someone calls you dobe, what do you say back?"
"Fox calls me 'teme'. He's gender retarded, though."
"Huh?"
"Nothing. Bye."
"See you later, I guess."
I started walking a bit quicker than normal, so I wouldn't be late to class.
"Dobe."
I glanced down and to my left.
"Teme." I said with a small smile.
Sasuke just nodded his head and waved before disappearing.
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So okay...this was kind of filler.
You know what? I wrote the next chapter months ago. I feel like posting that one as well...you'll be seeing it in...a minute or two.
