Chapter 3: More Friends
Cagalli sat at the lunch bench, with her chin in the palm of her hand, as she absentmindedly forked a marinara soaked meatball around her nearly empty plate. For the umpteenth time, she surveyed the cafeteria. Each day it became busier and fuller, and by next week, Cagalli presumed, that it would be even more packed.
Hopefully, by then, I'll find who I'm looking for, she thought, stuffing the meatball in her mouth.
"Hi!"
Cagalli began coughing, as she nearly swallowed her meatball whole.
"Oh, sorry!"
Cagalli looked to see who had startled her. A young woman, with short auburn hair, was standing next to her with her hand covering her mouth. Two young men accompanied her.
"Miriallia, you shouldn't scare people while they're eating," said the young man with a mop of brown curls.
The girl, Miriallia, frowned at him.
"I didn't mean to," she said to Cagalli.
Cagalli wiped her mouth with a napkin before smiling at them.
"Yeah, I know," she said. "Seems like I scare easily." she looked over the three of them and realized she had at least one class with each of them. "Not to sound rude, but did you want something?" She raised an eyebrow.
"Um…nothing in particular…" the other male spoke.
"We noticed you were sitting all alone, and wondered if you wanted some company," Miriallia said.
Other than a brooding kid at the end of the table, Cagalli was all alone. For the last couple of days Ahmed had joined her, but today was the start of his Military Training/Education Program.
"I don't mind," Cagalli scooted over, and immediately the trio sat down.
"This is Sai." Miriallia pointed to the young man wearing glasses. "And this is my boyfriend Tolle." She pointed to the curly haired one.
"Nice to meet all of you," Cagalli smiled.
"And this is…" Miriallia's head perked up as she scanned the area. "Flay?"
A red headed girl in a pink dress, just a couple of yards from the table– who Cagalli had not noticed before—turned to face them.
"Where are you going?" Miriallia asked. "Aren't you going to sit with us?"
The girl looked at Cagalli, and, with a scowl, said, "no." She walked off.
"I wonder what that was about," Tolle said.
She looks familiar, Cagalli thought as she watched Flay walk away.
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