Disclaimer: I don't own these characters. They belong to Disney.
"So how do you like our school, Hayden?" asked Eddie as he walked with her to the cafeteria with Raven.
"Meh, my old one was better," she examined her surroundings. "Way better!"
Eddie and Rae looked at each other and rolled their eyes. As they walked into the cafeteria, they were greeted by the smell of just about every food in the room mixed into one.
"My God, that's rancid!" Hayden said as she covered he nose with he thumb and forefinger.
"It's just the food."
"It's the whole bloody school, I think."
"I've had just about enough of hearing what she thinks," Eddie whispered to Raven.
"I hear ya!"
"And so do I. You think I'm deaf or something?" Hayden asked.
"Let's just get a seat, k?" Raven said.
After Eddie and Raven bought their food, they sat at the back of the room. Hayden was glad that she brought her lunch instead of buying some gross fried food from the front. She took her sandwich out of her paper bag and unwrapped it. Everyone ate in silence. Eddie would look at Raven every once in a while, knowing exactly what she was thinking. How could she volunteer to take in such a monster of a girl? It seemed worth it a month earlier when she found out that Ben Sturky would be going to Canada in exchange for someone else, but looking at it now, Stink Sturky didn't seem so bad. At least he was nice.
"Hey, you guys you're not going to believe it!" Chelsea's said, almost completely out of breath from running.
"They're giving out free money in gym class?" Eddie asked.
"They're giving out free shoes in gym class?" asked Raven.
"What? No…nobody is giving out anything in any class. It's what they're taking away that's unbelievable!"
"What is it?"
"The environmental club…the administration is canceling it and putting all of our funds into the football and basket ball team. We have to do something!"
Hayden dropped her sandwich at the sight of the upset girl. She couldn't help but notice her reddish-brown hair and deep brown eyes. Though she thought she had managed to turn off her emotions and feel nothing for others, including compassion, Hayden felt a bit sad that the stranger was distressed.
Who is that girl, she asked herself.
"I'm starting a protest. We've gotta go right now if we want to get the word out to the staff that what they're doing is wrong…choosing sports over Earth…again! We can't let them get away with this, you with me?"
"Hmm…" Eddie and Raven moaned.
"You guys, come on. We have to be together on this," Chelsea said.
"Well, we were together on your save the whales protest."
"And don't forget about your anti-abortion protest," Eddie added. "Sometimes you just have to sit back. We can't be an advocate for everyone and everything. We're just teenagers!"
"Yeah, I also thought you were my friends," She said, turning away with a sad look on her face.
"Oh..." Raven was starting to feel bad. So was Eddie.
"Fine. What's the harm in one more protest?"
Eddie and Raven quickly ate the rest of their lunch. They looked at Hayden sitting there, eating an apple.
"Do you think we should invite her, Rae?" Eddie whispered quieter than he did before.
"No way. Do you think she would even want to do something like this?"
"You're right."
"Thanks. You two are the best friends I've ever had!" Chelsea said as she pulled them into a hug.
They took off, leaving Hayden at the table by herself. She looked like a complete loner and felt like one too. After looking left and right at the room and seeing hundreds of kids enjoying lunch, Hayden let out a sigh, before taking a bite of her apple, then unenthusiastically throwing in back into the crumpled paper bag.
"I want to go home!" she said as a tear escaped her eye.
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