A/N: I don't really know where I'm heading with this, but I hope you guys like it so far. I know the chapters are too short but it's hard to make them much longer with so little time. Enjoy.
By lunch, she knows she is going to hate this school. The people here are too nice, too welcoming for her tastes. She gets school lunch, knowing she won't eat most of the crap they try to pass off as food. She spots an empty table in the back corner of the cafeteria and goes to read some more. While to most, she might look sad and lonely, maybe even depressed, Riley Matthews is content or maybe even happy sitting alone. Well, as happy as Riley gets.
After she had read a chapter and had eaten all of her carrot sticks, the only edible thing on her tray (and even that was questionable), Pretty Boy, Blondie, and Genuine Smile Bad Boy come over to her table. She didn't notice them until Blondie cleared her throat. When she looks up, she says, "Hi, I'm Maya Hart. You were looking kind of lonely so we thought we would introduce ourselves."
"As thoughtful as that is, I'm fine without friends. Don't bother. And while I am technically alone, I am rarely ever lonely," she says, barely glancing at them all before going back to her book. She knows she stunned them, seeing as they've never heard her talk, and her first words to them were probably the most rude thing they had ever heard in a school like this. But she doesn't care. She doesn't need friends. She doesn't need people, or want them. They're just more trouble than they're worth.
When they realize she's not going to be saying anything else anytime soon, they walk away. She almost regrets being so rude to such nice people, but they were getting on her nerves. She realizes she still didn't know Pretty Boy or Genuine Smiles' names. Oh well. It's not like they'd be talking to her again anytime soon.
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At the end of the school day, on her walk home, Riley thinks over what school was going to be like. She would have 3 of her 5 classes with Pretty Boy, Genuine Smile, and Blondie/Maya. For English, they had been assigned to read the first 2 chapters of Huckleberry Finn, which she had read last year.
Riley heads up her driveway and for some unknown reason, looks to the side. When she does, she sees Pretty Boy unlocking his door two houses down. When he sees her looking, he waves. She ignores it and looks back to her door. Great. Just what she needs. More temptation to talk to people.