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I sit down in the canteen next to Jordan, it's been a few days since Toby's first arrival and Jordan has been talking to Toby more and more, it's starting to get me worried. I pull out my chicken sandwich and take a bite, chewing I look at Jordan. It was lunch time, except Jordan wasn't eating. I look down at my sandwich and when I look up, I can see her looking around the crowded canteen. I swallow my food "How was history?" I ask, Jordan gives me a quick glance but then turns back to look around the canteen "Yeah, it was good" She answers, I slowly nod my head "Cool" I mumble "Your hair looks good today" I tell her, pointing to her blonde hair that's been pulled up into a bun. "Thanks" She says, I look away, getting the message that she clearly isn't interested in what I have to say.
Suddenly she sits up straight and her face lights up. "Toby! Come sit with us!" She calls out, I frown and turn around to see Toby wearing a dark blue shirt and waking over to our table. "Hey!" he says pulling a chair over and sitting next to Jordan. "Hi Toby" Jordan says smiling at him. I look off to the side and concentrate on the window, not wanting to see Jordan and Toby flirt in front of me "Hey Lindsay" Toby says, I turn to see him looking at me, I give him a small smile before turning back to the window "How annoying is our maths homework?" Jordan says to Toby giggling. I frown, I wasn't in their maths class so I had no way off contributing in that conversation, angry at Jordan cutting me out like that i turn to Toby. "But what about our science homework?" I tell him, I glance at Jordan and smirk, Toby gives me a wide grin "Ha! Yes! Our teacher is such a noodle" he says to me, I smile and look him in the eyes. "Do you like our science class?" I ask him, I hear Jordan sigh frustrated, I knew cutting her out of the conversation was mean, but she was trying to do the same thing to me. Toby nods "Yeah! Science is the best, it's so sciency" he tells me laughing "Yeah, I really like sitting next to you" I tell him "Thanks! I really like sitting next to you too" he replies, I fell my face blush and I can't help but smile. Suddenly I see Jordan move her chair closer to Toby and she begins to smile. "So Toby, I was wondering if you wanted to come to my house after school sometime" My smile drops as Jordan says this, she knows I like Toby, She couldn't seriously be asking this "So we can do our Maths homework together" Jordan says to Toby, my heart beats fast and I look at them both staring at each other with stupid smiles on their faces "Yes! That would be great!" Toby says to Jordan happily, my eyebrows crease together and my mouth opens slightly, I can tell if I'm mad, sad or just shocked. Jordan does a stupid giggle and Toby lets out a laugh as well, neither of them paying attention to me. Okay, I was definitely mad.
Quickly putting my sandwich in my bag, I throw my bag over my shoulder and push out my chair to get up, making sure it makes loud squeaks against the floor. Toby and Jordan look up at me confused, I turn and walk away, not looking back to see what they were doing. I walk out of the canteen building until I get to the front of the school, I sit on the grass out front, I close my eyes frustrated. Suddenly I hear someone laugh from behind me, opening my eyes I spun around to see that a boy named Shane was standing behind me looking at me. I had never spoken to Shane before, but I knew his name, everyone knew his name. He was normally seen walking around leading a bunch of tall footballers and talking to skinny girls that were always covered in makeup, to me he was a cliche popular guy, who would never be seen talking to someone like me. Realizing he was probably here to make rude and nasty comments, I turn back around so I'm not facing him, I wasn't in the mood for him right now.
"What do you want?" I ask him angrily, I hear him laugh from behind me again. "Someone's angry!" he tells me, I clench up my fists and ignore him. "I just came over to say hi" He tells me "Can I sit next to you?" He asks, still frowning I nod my head. Slowly, he sits down to the right of me, straightening his legs, I can feel him looking at me but I ignore him, he was much closer than I would like him to be sitting. "It's Lindsay, Right?" he asks in a friendly tone, I mumble a yes as a reply. "Well, My names Shane" He tells me, I take a breath, calming down a bit. I turn and give him a little smile, he smiles back, He had a really nice smile I think to myself. I look over him, he was wearing black jeans, a red shirt and on his wrist was a leather bracelet. He had really short blonde hair, but the thing that really caught my attention was his bright blue eyes. "So why are you talking to me?" I ask him, he laughs loudly "What do you mean?" He replies, running a hand through his hair "Well, normally I see you hanging around a bunch of tall guys and stuck up girls, so I'm just going to assume you're here to make fun of me" I tell him bluntly, I realise how mean I just sounded "Well first of all, the girls I hang out with aren't stuck up and secondly I am not here to make fun of you" He says laughing, "Like I told you before, I came to say hi" I roll my eyes and look down at the grass "Are you always this angry?" Shane asks, I sigh feeling bad "No, I'm sorry, I'm just in a bad mood" I admit to him "No need to apologize, Can I ask whats wrong?" He asks quietly, I shrug thinking over it "Honestly, Its really stupid and I overreacted, I probably was doing the wrong thing..." I tell him, I suddenly feel a rush of regret, I probably made a fool of myself "But yeah, I don't know, I just got a little mad at my friend" I look over to him and he looks as though he is thinking over it "Well, I'm sure it wasn't that bad" He points out, I chew on my lip "Yeah I guess it wasn't" I mumble, but in the back of my head I knew it was pretty bad. He smiles at me "See ! No need to be so upset" Shane tells me lightly patting my back, I smile "Why are you being so nice to me?" I ask him quietly.
Just as he is about to answer me, the bell goes and I groan "I have science!" I moan, dreading the thought of having to sit next to Toby after embarrassing myself yet again. Shane laughs and pushes himself up "Hey! I love science!" He says, he extends his hand and I grab it, he pulls me up. I wipe grass off the back off my thighs "Also, the reason I was being so nice to you is because Im just a nice guy" He tells me, I laugh "Oh are you now?" I ask him, he grins and nods. "Well it was nice talking to you Lindsay" He says to me, I smile "You too Shane" I tell him before turning and walking away.