PICKLE TIME!

AngelxCollins: 2 pickles for answering first and being really cool.

Quixotic Lover: A SLICED pickle, and buttered bread. Gracias for permission to use your pickle sandwich.

Jeh-Nee-D: Pickle fo you.

Blueangel224: PICKLE.

Phantomfan91: Looky here, a pickle.

Aspirer: Pickley doo da Pickley ay. My oh my what a wonderful day.

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First Friday of the school year

I pout as Tom makes fun of my pickle sandwich, while he chomps on his tofu. TOFU. Who is he to talk? My friend Katy back in kindergarten taught me how to make one, and they're like the only thing I'll eat at lunch now.

The seven of us have been having lunch together every day this week. We've gotten so much closer, especially Mimi and me. Tom and I are closer, too, but no he hasn't asked me out yet. No comment. So yeah, lunch is the only place we can come and just be ourselves, get away from the torture of High School. It's true, the highlight of High School is the people. And not all the people are my favorites.

"What the fuck! You slut!"
Great.

"Get away from her!"
Just great.

"Roger get off of him!"
Oh crap.

I look up from my pouting state, and see Benjamin Coffin (the third, I hear his annoying voice correct me in my head) and Roger wrestling on the floor of the cafeteria. Mimi's screaming trying to break it up.

Okay so from what Mimi's told me: Fling with Benny in eighth grade, now madly in love (it's been a week, c'mon) with Roger. Obviously what the fight is about. Collins and Istand tobreak it up, but Ms. Kin is already here, blowing that annoying whistle. They're both sent to the principal's office, Mimi in tow.

"That fucker." Maureen says.

"Maureen! Language! We're at school!" Joanne hisses, looking around for teachers.

"Pookie, he called Mimi a slut and hit Roger!"

"If Roger hadn't have started-"

"Don't talk about him like that!"

And they're off on another one of their 7 minute fights that will end in a tears and a sloppy kiss. Thank God they takeit to another table, but why, I don't know. And why is Joanne smiling a bit? There's something going onnnnn. Then, sensing he's alone with Collins and me, Mark says,

"Look at the time! I have to go to that thing!"

"I'll come with you…" Collins says, being the gentleman he is

"No! Uhm…you're not involved in this one!" Mark says, walking away shooting Tom a "do it!" look.

What's going on?

"So…" I say, noticing the horribly awkward silence.

"Yerp…" He says, and I giggle.

"What?" he asks

"Yerp….? What is that?" I say, still smiling

"A word. Pickle princess." He says, joining the fun.

"Whatever, Tofu…uh…Teen!" I say, oh so retarded-ly.

"Nice." He says.

We crack up. Tom sobers up first, and looks at me. He takes my hand, causing me to stop smiling. There really is something going on. Please be the goings on that I hope are the goings on.

"Angel, baby. I know we flirt a lot and stuff, and I don't want you getting the wrong…impression, you know?"

Oh shit. I think I'm gonna cry.

"Oh Tom don't worry about it, we're just friends I know. I'm not assuming we-"

"No! My Angel that's not what I meant. I mean I don't want you to feel like your just some person I flirt withfor fun. I really really like you, God Angel I can never stop thinking about you! What I'm trying to say, without scaring you off that is, is will you go out with me?" Tom let out a breath it looked like he'd been holding for way too long.

"Oh Em Gee. Of course I will! How about tonight?" I squeel, then realize I pronounced OMG. OMG, I'm a loser. Tom doesn't seem to notice, he's nodding witha smile plastered on his face. I lean forward and give him a small kiss on the lips as the bell rings. Mo, Jo, and Mark cheer. I blush like mad. Once again, Tom doesn't notice. He leads me out of the cafeteria, still holding my hand and we walk off to our next class together. I suddenly appreciate History a whole lot more.

Oh em gee sorry it's so short. I had trouble getting my story to flow and had about 89237289724 distractions. Yay, QuixoticLover for her delicious pickle sandwich I have yet to try.

Keep up the great reviews all!
Oh and a slice of a pickle if they can tell me where the"goings on"s are from.

Next chapter, the first date. It'll be interesting…veryyyy interesting.