Chapter 3 - Food War

After my third lesson had ended, which happened to be science, I was in a very good mood.

My new friends had been welcoming and attentive if I asked a question, or was unsure about something. It made me feel much more comfortable with everything and I was already grateful to them for being so kind. Needless to say, I was also happy I didnt have to see Richard for the rest of the day except for lunch. (Rachel was kind enough to point out which lessons he was in.)

Stepping into the dinning hall was hard, as everyone wanted their food first. There was a similar unstoppable flow of students which reminded me of yesterdays events near the lockers. My mind automatically wanted to shy away from such thoughts, as they were linked with a certain someone whom I didn't want to think about. I navigated around the crowded dining room, following my instincts towards the other end of the hall where it was quieter.

Each of the students around this area had packed lunch, so therefore we sat away from the other students who were getting hot dinners from the canteen. I sat down at a random table. Karen and Jenny had a science project to finish, and Rachel was helping out at the library, so everyone was going to be at least 15 minutes late.

Okay don't worry. Lunch lasts an hour, you' re fine. Its not like they have set tables here, I'm sure I can sit where I like, and it won't bother anyone.

It seems I was wrong again.

"Hey you're in our seats, I mean your sitting at our table!" Said a familiar whiny grass stain.

Oh no, please X'hal don't let it be them. My head turned hesitantly to the side to look, and sure enough there was Garfield, Victor, and a ginger haired boy staring down at me. They were each holding dinner plates which had spaghetti on them, and a mix of expressions varied from confusion, annoyance and curiosity showed on their faces. I recognised the ginger haired boy, his name was Wally West and was in my science class. I could remember Jenny pointing him out as the track star, with a dreamy expression and a delicate shade of pink on her cheeks. It seems like everyone has crushes within Grayson's gang.

"I thought hot dinners ate over there?" I quietly pointed to the left of us to the other end dinning hall.

"We all sit wherever we want." Said Wally, though I didn't pick up any animosity in his voice, just calm instruction.

"Well...why can't you sit somewhere else then?" I smiled hesitantly when the boys looked at each other in silence. Perhaps they weren't so bad, just a little touched with popularity.

"We always sit here princess" came a voice behind them. I felt my good mood instantly drain away, and my eyes searched for the source of my annoyance. Sure enough, Richard stepped in front of the boys, looking quite smug as he looked down at me. I quickly got to my feet, not to move but to match his height so that he didn't feel like he had more power over me.

"Yeah! You like, listen to Robbie poo!" A whiny voice spilt the air like a knife, and I flinched against the sheer magnitude of such a high voice. I also noticed Richard flinch in the same way, he teeth gritting together. I rose an eyebrow at him in silent question Robbie poo?

A blonde girl pushed her way past Gar, and slung her arm around Richard who leaned away from her touch.

"Kitten" he said though gritted teeth, Richard spoke the words like poison and his face showed a severe amount of irritation. It didn't seem like Kitten even noticed, or maybe she chose not to.

"You." She pointed a sharp, pink finger nail at me. I couldn't help but feel my blood boil in response. She had only spoken one word to me, and already I disliked her.

"You're that snot nose, poor girl that yelled at my Robbie earlier! Move like right now." Her blue eyes narrowed into slits as she glared at me, and I rose my eyebrow in challenge.

"I'm sure you are only challenging the amount of money I own, as a result of being a spoiled girl from a rich family." I said this smiling sweetly, all the while thinking what's wrong with me today? Why am I so confrontational?

Kitten screeched and stomped her foot, proving my theory correct.

"Who are you!" She demanded shrilly.

"Uh, this is-" I noticed Richard step forward, but everything seemed to slowed down in slow motion as he slipped on a stray bit of spaghetti on the floor. I watched in horror as he fell straight into me, pushing the spaghetti all over my favourite purple jumper. I bit my lip to stop a million choice words from leaving my mouth as the plate fell away, and hit the floor, leaving the spaghetti and a nice orange stain in place. I felt tears water my eyes as Kittens laughter filled my head, rattling my thoughts and leaving me feeling utterly humiliated. I knew from my state of panic that I was going to do 1 of 3 things.

1 Cry infront of everyone

2. Go berserk and start a food fight.

3. Walk out of the room to get cleaned up calmly and quietly.

Needless to say, I was beyond all rational thought, so as much as I wanted to do option 3, it was out of the question. And while I really wanted to do opion 1, my anger overrode my panic and so I was left with 2.

Getting all of my pent up humiliation, I turned it into rage as I grabbed Kittens plate of food and faced Richard. He was standing straight, looking at me with what I suppose could have been sorry in his eyes. I didn't pay attention to his expression though, as I was hungry for revenge. I narrowed my own eyes in a silent exchange of hidden words

Not buying it jerk.

And then, as I threw the spaghetti and it hit Richard square in the face, who else was it but Garfield to yell:

"FOOD FIGHT!" At the top of his lungs. All the boys who were tuned into such words of mayhem, instantly began to follow suit and grabbed their plates of food.

And so it started. Food hit faces, walls, windows, dinner laddies and teachers alike. Amongst the chaos that raged on about me, I crawled on hands and knees out of the dining hall, trying to avoid getting hit or stepping on stray bit of food. Crawling out into the hall way, I got to my feet and running to the bathrooms I couldn't hold it in any more as I began to cry.

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Wow that was fun! I mean who else would yell "food fight!" it had to be BB! hehe I'm also glad i made a food fight scene even if it was short! lol...OK next capture is gonna be quite boring, but its leading up to something...actually ALL of this is leading up to something...Muhohohaha!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx