By this time they had reached the cafeteria. Jam saw his friends at their usual table, and thought about asking Jean to come and sit with them. He then decided against it, knowing full well the treatment his friends would give him if she did.
He got a plate of disgusting cafeteria mush and looked around in time to see Jean sitting down with some girls she must have met in her first lesson. Sitting at the table, he realised that once again Hawk and Trip were engaged in another stupid argument.
"The cat face? It's pathetic! There's so many other choices of design he could have chosen other than a cat!" Hawk was punctuating his view by pointing his index finger on the table with every second word.
"It's a beautiful creature dude! The cat, it, like, shows the ferociousness of the band!" was Trip's argument.
"Man that doesn't even make sense. You just major contradicted yourself."
Both guys looked over at Lex to see if he would settle the argument.
Lex stood up, "I'm gonna get another bread roll." Off he went.
Jam played with his food, occasionally looking in the direction of Jean without making it too obvious. He only zoned in on the conversation when Hawk changed the subject.
"Hey have either of you seen that new chick who's in my Chemistry class?"
"What, Jean?" Jam said without thinking.
"Yeah that was her name I think. She's so incredibly fucking hot, man I'd do anything to get her."
Jam got an annoyed feeling in his stomach, "She's also really nice and friendly. I've invited her to Lex's party this Friday."
Hawk smiled, "Great."
The bell went and they all departed. Jam decided against telling Lex about inviting Jean, figuring no matter what he thought his reply would just be, "K." Looking over at Jean for one last time, Jam left for English.
For the next two school days, all talk was about the party. What people were wearing, what people were drinking, what people were smoking. It got to a point where teachers refused to allow students to go to lunch if one word of Lex's party was mentioned. It was surprising that Lex was so popular, as he never spoke, nor showed any inkling of personality. However, having a lenient mother and a big living room may have had some part in his popularity.