Chapter 8
At school the next day at lunch, Chip had left to go home early since he still wasn't feeling well. Xander was sitting at a table with Leelee, and Vida wasn't hungry so she went to go and catch up on some homework, which was hard for Maddie to believe, but she shrugged it off.
She saw Nick sitting with the new girl, Kuinn. The new girl was as beautiful as any girl could possibly look. She had long silky blond hair with piercing blue eyes. Vida, Xander, Nick, Chip and her had met her earlier.
(This is what happened when they met Kuinn)
Nick walked alongside Chip talking about how good the movie was last night when he bumped into someone. It was a girl, but he didn't see who. "Oh, sorry about that," he said, picking up the books that had fallen from the girls arms onto the floor. When he handed them back to the girl, he saw the beautiful Kuinn with her blond hair and pretty blue eyes.
"Uh, hi," said Nick. "Hi," said the girl. "I'm Kuinn. I'm new to the school," she said, smiling at Nick, the lip gloss on her lips shinning. Nick was obviously amazed by how pretty Kuinn was because all he could do was look down at her with his mouth open. Maddie giggled and nudged Nick. "Oh, right, um… you need any help getting around?" he asked Kuinn, taking Maddie's hint. Vida crossed her arms over her chest. "There's something about her that doesn't seem right," Vida whispered to Maddie.
Maddie shrugged her shoulders. She didn't want to get involved. "Sure," Kuinn said, giving Nick a mischievous smile. Kuinn looked Maddie up and down and then said in a rude tone. "Nice top. I think I saw it at a trailer park garage sale," she said. Kuinn let out a small laugh and Nick joined in, obviously not hearing what Kuinn had said to her.
Maddie's jaw dropped. She was speechless. She looked down at her top and then for some reason, zipped up her jacket, not sure why she was even believing Kuinn. Nick and the new girl left and Maddie didn't see either of them until lunch. "Don't listen to her," said Vida, zipping down Maddie's jacket for her. Maddie made a weak smile. "Thanks," she murmured and walked to class
(End of what happened)
"Hey, Nick!" she said happily, coming to sit next to him. But before she could even put her tray down, a few more kids came and filled up the table. "Sorry, we're full," said one of the cheerleaders that were sitting beside Nick. "And besides, this table isn't for dorks and nerds like you," said another cheerleader. Maddie looked at Nick who gave her an apologetic look. Maddie looked down and then said, "Oh, okay. Well, I… um, I'll see you later Nick." "Maddie, I'm sorry-" Nick began, but she cut him off. "It's okay, I think I see another table over there," she said and walked off.
She sat down at an empty table and breathed a sigh. "Great, I just embarrassed myself into the next century," she muttered and tossed her food around the plate with her fork. She let out another sigh and waited for lunch to end.
Later that day, Maddie walked to her locker. She put in the combination and then put her books inside. "Maddie, hey!" said Nick, coming up to her. "Look, I'm really sorry about what happened at lunch," he said. "It's okay, just forget about it," she said. "But I want to make it up to you," he said. She smiled and looked down at her hands. "You… want to get some ice cream tonight or something?" he asked. "You can bring Vida too," he said. Just then Vida walked up. "I can go where?" she asked. "To get some ice cream with us," said Nick.
Vida raised an eye brow. "You two? Getting ice cream?" she asked. "I must be dreaming," muttered Vida. She shook her head. "I can't. I promised I'd help Chip with homework tonight since he missed most of today's lesson," she said, "But you two go and have fun," she said, smiling at Maddie. Maddie's cheeks flushed red and so did Nick's.
"So, do you want to go?" he asked. Maddie smiled. "Sure," she said. "I meet you at the ice cream parlor, then?" she asked. "You bet," she said and they walked away.