The World, Upside Down
CHAPTER 2: Lunch and Jealousy
TRENT'S POV
I think I upset her… but why do I care? I mean, I upset my parents on a regular basis and I'm okay. But when I upset her, I feel like someone punched me in my stomach.
I walked up to her after class. "I'm sorry if I offended him earlier." I apologized.
"It's okay. It's just, everyone calls him that. I'm just glad he can control the urge to punch the lights out of them…" Gwen said, looking at the floor. We got to the lunch room. "Wanna eat with us?"
"Uh… sure." I said, nowhere else to sit anyway… even though that's never really bothered me before.
"I'm gonna go get my lunch, our table is over there, near where Courtney and Duncan are standing." Gwen explained, then walked off towards the lunch line. I walked over to the table, a little afraid.
"What's with the new meat?" Duncan asked, smirking.
"Be nice." Courtney warned. "Hi, I'm Courtney."
"I'm Trent, you must be Duncan. Gwen told me." I said. I could see Courtney's eye twitch a little.
"Right… well, where is she?" Duncan asked, impatient.
"Getting lunch." I answered.
"Fine, sit down kid." Duncan mumbled.
Gwen came back, setting her found on the table. Duncan sat down next to her, smirking. "Hey babe, how was class?"
"Fine." Gwen answered, taking a sip of her juice.
"Cool." Duncan said, putting his arm around Gwen. I felt this weird spark of jealousy in me.
"Where's Bridgette?" Gwen asked, looking around.
"Sitting with Geoff." Duncan said, pointing to the Jock table.
"Yeah, you know how they started dating." Courtney added.
"Yeah, they're so cute together." Gwen said, smiling at the couple.
I sat there silently. I was eating my sandwich, bite by bite.
It was a pretty long lunch, I spent most of the time looking around. I saw couples holding hands, geeks studying, and jocks laughing. Then I saw Duncan and Gwen flirt, I felt jealousy again.
It's so weird, considering I've never felt this was before…
