"One Last Time"
"Finding my place"

It was early in the afternoon and lunch had just come around. I walked down the halls until I reached the lunch cafeteria I didn't see any one I really knew so I just went over on the line and got my tray and began to discriminate what looked gross and what didn't in my head as I passed different items of food. When I got off the line I found my self standing up and looking for where to sit. The cafeteria was noisy and all I can see was students walking back and forth holding trays and many tables. I noticed Amy at one of the tables and I didn't bother to go until she noticed me, and so she did. "Come over here!" Amy said with a smile over the boisterousness of the cafeteria I could barely hear her but I knew what she said.
"Hey" I said sitting next to her as she moved over to give me room.
"How's your day back so far good" she said playing with her hair with her elbow on the table.
"Yeah" I said smiling. "Amy oh my god you would not believe what the…Emily?" I heard someone say I knew who it was of course it was Kayla and next to her Page.
"Yeah hi Kayla…Page" I said rising my head up to them.
"Oh my you look like devil material" page said before she gasped.
"Yeah?" I said rudely to her as they both sat down in front of Amy and I.
They just looked at me and then I noticed Bright and his gang come over to the table.
"Hey ladies" Bright said looking at me smiling. "Bright isn't that your ex." Bright's friend said pointing at me. "Yeah um.no" Bright said sitting down pretending he didn't know who I was.
"Bright lying isn't nice" Page said looking at him as he hid his face from us with his basketball yellow and red Mines logo jacket (our school basketball team)." Yeah she is," he said finally. "Wow she looks so different from last 2 years when we were in junior high," his friend said
"Yeah, why Emily, you look scary your face has holes with jewelry in it." Page said looking at me with an evil face. "You don't have to say it like that its what you call piercing" Amy said rolling her eyes. "Still its disgusting and black lipstick is a no no" Kayla said with a half smile. As they continued on I noticed Ephram walking to a table with Wendell across from where I was sitting and I made my mind up. "That's it I had it with you two. I can't stand the way you guys talk about people. I can't stand the way that you guys lie about being my friend look at them Amy their losers their bitches screwed up bitches." I said getting up and walking over to where Ephram was. "I knew she was going to turn against us one day Amy I told you already don't worry about her we don't need her in our group any more anyways." Page said watching as I walking away. "Look and she going to sit with the loser boy now look who is a loser now" Kayla said laughing. Amy just sat there looking angry and sad at the same time.
"Hey guys," I said sitting next to Ephram.
"Hey Emily" Ephram said with a big smile on his face as I sat next to him. "What's up with them?" Ephram asked "nothing I just…" Ephram quickly cut in between what I was saying before I could finish. " You picked the wrong place to sit that's all. There's no one there nice except Amy but she doesn't want to admit It." He said playing with his applesauce.
"No actually… you know Amy?" I asked him as Wendell came back over from throwing away his garbage." Yeah very well…they talk but at lunch not that much cause of…the evil two." Wendell said looking at Ephram playing with his applesauce. "Yeah he is right why?" he said looking at me. I looked at Wendell then at Ephram "well I am best friends with Amy I knew her since I was 3 and where very close… I kind of got in a little fight with Kayla and Page." I said looking at him "Meaning she use to be a popular slob two years ago when she was here. Now she's not cause they don't like her new being… lame isn't it?"
"Yeah and I am so surprise you know Amy I mean that's a surprise" Ephram said looking at Wendell then me. "Why is it a surprise?" I asked smiling
"Cause he likes her" Wendell said with a half smile.
"You do," I said feeling my heart drop.
"Yeah well um we talk…and yeah I do ever since I first came here"
"Oh well um that's a surprise for me" I said feeling so hurt inside. What am I going to do now Ephram likes Amy not me? What if he likes me though also? No but he couldn't I think there is more to this. Through the lunch period I was in a daze. I didn't know what to say and I was just off somewhere else. I never felt this way about a boy before ever since Bright.
When lunch was over I walked Ephram to his locker and I had to ask him. "Hey um do you want to come over to my place today and read some comics and listen to some music?" I asked as he dug in his locker. "Sure why not… how about at 5 ill come over what's your address?" when Ephram asked me I was going to say but I saw Amy walking over. Alone. "Hi guys," she said looking at Ephram and me. "I see you guys met." She said to me. "Yeah we did," I said looking at her feeling irritated. "Yeah she told me about how you guys are best friends and all that. That's cool. She's cool." Ephram said smiling at me. "Yeah so I see you guys like each other that's good." Amy said not knowing what to say. "Amy can you hold a sec." Ephram said turning to me. "Why don't you come by me ok bring the stuff over ok." He handed me a paper with his address and I smiled happily "ok by Amy ill see around ok" I said walking away so happy with Ephram's address in my hand and Amy looking at me smiling.