AN: again, so sorry i haven't updated lately but i've been super busy & i've been sick :( But I didn't want to keep you guys waiting any longer. Sorry if this chapter sucks but my brains a bit under the weather :P Hope you enjoy this chapter(:

Chapter 10: Drifting Away

With Mike

Mike sat in his seat during English class, listening to his boring English teacher talk about Shakespeare. Like he never heard of him; all his teachers since first grade always talk about Shakespeare so this was nothing new to him. Mike stared at the clock, his head resting on his right hand. "Why can't this clock go any faster!" Mike thought to himself. He was soon pulled out of his thoughts when the guy in the other desk right beside him was throwing paper balls at one of his friends. The teacher didn't see them because she had her back turned away, writing down notes on the board.

Suddenly, a paper ball landed on his desk. He grabbed and unravel the crumbled up paper; just out of curiosity. It was actually a note to him. It said Yo Mike, what's up dude? I'm Justin. Look back to see who I am.

Mike looked back and three seats behind him from this row to Mike's left, Justin gave alittle waved to show who he was. Justin was brownish hair that came just below his chin and swooped to his left; wearing a skull looking t-shirt and cap turned backwards. Mike turned back around and wrote Nothing much. Bored sick from this teacher. Mike looked up to make sure the teacher wasn't looking at them, then he turned and threw the paper ball to Justin.

Justin wrote something back and threw it to Mike again. Yeah, i know. She's always like this. So I see you're new. What are you doing here anyway?

Mike had to think a moment to find a convincing answer. Uhh, resently moved here. Mike threw the paper back to Justin, which Justin wrote back Cool. Hey, you wanna sit me and my group at lunch? I think you'll like my friends.

Mike hesistated on his answer. He really didn't want to leave his other friends but he always sat with them. Mike really wanted to make some new friends too but didn't want to abandon his other friend. But then again, it'll only be like one lunch so what's the risk. So Mike wrote back Sure, why not.

At Lunch

Emily had gotten her lunch and sat down at the table that her friends always sat at. Emily took a bit out of her burger and saw Mike talking with a group of guys coming into the lunch room. Emily knew that Mike knew where to sit, so she didn't need to wave at him. She looked around for the others and saw them in the lunch lines. When she looked back at Mike, she saw he was sitting at another table. Emily stared at him and tried waving at him; she told maybe he forgot where to sit.

"Em, I think you can stop waving now! I'm here now." Kevin said, just down across from her.

"Oh, hey Kev. I was actually waving to Mike over there. I thought we all usually sat together." Emily asked, confused.

"We normally do. I talked with Mike later." Kevin said.

Emily nodded and continued to look around the caferteria. She spotted Mia and waved. Mia saw Emily and smiled, but continued walking away from their table. Mia sat down at the table with Sally and her friends.

"Kevin, Mia just sat down at another table!" Emily shrieked.

"So, its not a big deal Em. Maybe she just wanted to get to know them more by sitting with them. I'm sure she'll sat with us tomorrow." Kevin assured her. Just then, Coach G came over to there table and got Kevin's attention.

"Kevin, could you come with me for a second? You're not in trouble; I just wanted to you about the swimming team." Coach G said.

"Sure, Coach. Sorry Em but I've got to go. See you later." Kevin said, getting up and following Coach G.

Emily sighed, sad that no one was sitting with her. But then she remembered that Jayden and Antonio would still be coming. She looked around for them but couldn't see them. Emily jumped alittle when Jayden appeared out of nowhere and sat down at the table.

"Gosh, Jayden! You scared me." Emily laughed, her hand over her chest.

"Sorry I'm so late. The line were unbelievably long. By the way, Antonio's not coming because he said something about the Tech Club meeting at lunch." Jayden said, digging into his burger. "Hey, where is everyone?"

"Mia with those cheerleaders, Kevin had to go talk with Coach G, Mike with some group of guys..." Emily stopped when dropped her fork. As she went down to pick it up, she heard Jayden say, "Oh, hey Grant!"

"Dude, wanna come sit with us? Since you seem to be sitting alone." Grant asked.

"Actually, I'm..."

"Come on! We're gonna talk about the football play for Friday. You've got to come hear this!" Grant insisted.

Jayden hesisated, "Umm, sure." Emily sat up to see Jayden getting up and mouthed 'Sorry' to her.

Emily huffed, "Great, now Jayden's with the jocks." Emily slowly took a another bit out of her burger as she looked around at everyone. She then tossed her fork across the table, feeling depressed. Emily thought to herself, "What the heck? I'm eating a hamburger, why do I have a fork!"

AN: so there you have it, chapter 10! I'll try to upload the next chapter as soon as I can. Leave a review for me, its what keeps the chapters coming. Otherwise, no reviews means no new chapters. ;)