Chapter 3:
Walking to lunch with the rest of the tenth graders, Krys got in line and asked for the lunch special. The lunch lady put a heap of smelly brownish gray stuff on her tray and she stared at it. "What is THIS?" she asked in disbelief, trying not to wrinkle her nsoe at the smell.
"The lunch special," the lunch lady said. "Rice-a-roni and gravy. $5.50, hon."
Checking her pockets, she said slowly, "Uh, I don't have five fifty."
"Well, I'm sorry, you can't eat lunch."
The lady started to pull the tray back when a voice said, "I'll pay for it." Turning, Krys saw the kid with the dark mop of curly hair again. "You're welcome," he said pleasantly, smiling at her.
"You're saved by the knight in shining denim," the lunchlady joked, earning a weak smile from Krys as she took her tray and left the lunch line.
"As if I needed another reason to hate this school," she muttered as she tried to find an empty table. Looking around, she saw that nearly every table was occupied by students eating and chattering happily. Sighing, she started to walk over to the only nearly empty one, where the Ellie girl sat with her friends Ashley and Sierra.
"Hi again," the boy said, walking up to her. "Wanna sit with me?"
"Craig, right?"
"Yeah."
"Sure. It gives me something to while I eat this...food, if you can call it that." Laughing, Craig led her to a table where a group of boys sat.
One in particular caught her eye. He had short brown hair, deep chocolate brown eyes, and a friendly smile. "Guys, this is the new girl from MI," Craig said. "Krys, this is Spinner Mason-" Spinner waved his hand like an idiot and smiled goofily "-J.T. Yorke-" A boy with bunny teeth and shaggy hair waved "- and my good buddy, Jimmy Brooks."
"Hi," she said shyly. She then felt awkward. She hated being around boys, even back in Philly.
"Guys, this is Krys. She moved here from the U.S."
She put her tray down across from Spinner and smiled shyly at them. Funny how she was a tomboy, yet seemed scared to death of boys. "Nice to meet you all."
"It's an honor, milady," J.T. said, standing up on the table and bowing, earning a laugh from all of the people at the table.
She smiled before she sat down. "What're you gonna do next, kiss my hand?" J.T. smirked before she said, "Don't worry, I'm a tomboy. I'm not all that into the girly things. I do things the guy way."
Laughing again, Spinner said, "Well, you're gonna fit right in with us here at Degrassi!"
Krys smiled. Things were shaping up to be a pretty good day.