My new math teacher who I haven't yet found out her name yet, finally finished scribbling the math problems on the board. The room was full of pencil sharping and the students hammering their mind for the answer.
Finishing the last question, I dropped my now dull pencil on the table which quickly rolled off the table. Getting up, I placed my paper on the teacher's desk, however she was too busy reading romance novels to notice it. I plopped down into my seat and turned to Lisa and the boy with the cool glasses.
I noticed they have finished also and were talking quietly. The boy with the glasses seemed to be sweating. His fidgeting died down a bit. Lisa didn't seem to notice. This can only mean one thing, this boy has a crush on Lisa. His body language says it all.
The more and more I eavesdropped into their conversation, the more I realized Lisa wasn't that bad. Her friendliness just startled me in science class.
I was about to return my attention to the front board, when out of the corner of my eye I spotted another girl, with dark brown hair glaring intensely at the boy and Lisa. One word, jealously. I feel like I'm in some kind of soap opera...in my math class.
"Time!"
Everyone dropped their pens and pencils and looked at the teacher for further instructions.
She ordered rather intimately, "Drop your papers on my desk on your the way out!"
As if on cue, the bell rung. The air was filled with sighs of relief. I shrugged merely and started to pack my stuff. As I started to leave, Lisa's voice stopped me,
"Hey Sadie!"
I turned around slowly and smiled, "What's up new lab buddy?"
She laughed at that and we both walked out of the class together. Before I could start a conversation, boys surrounded her like bees. They quickly offered her to take her things and carry them to her locker.
I heard her voice through the mass of stalkers, "I'll see you later!"
With that, the crowd of boys moved along with Lisa as she made her way over to her locker. Now that's something you don't see everyday.
The boy with the cool glasses walked out shortly after, staring after Lisa and her fan boys.
I stated casually, "You like her?"
The boy turned to me, his face full of surprise. He probably didn't see me.
"How do you know?"
I answered, "Well, I noticed you were all nervous around her in math class. Put the two and two together."
He sighed adjusting his glasses, "Yeah...but she only thinks of me as a friend. And I can never get her alone because those boys praise her all the time."
I feel bad for him.
"Well, I'm Sadie McGee." Changing the subject seemed good right about now.
His reply was, "Cookie."
Coconut Head....Cookie. That makes two strange names I heard today.
I commented, "That's a pretty awesome name. Cookies are the bomb."
Okay, that sounded cooler in my head.
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I talked to Cookie for a little while longer, then departed after he said he need to go to his locker. Hey! It's lunch now! I have to go meet Moze...Ned and Cookie. What a small world. Shoving my books in my locker, I made sure not to almost cut my finger off while closing the locker door. Once that was successfully done, I made my way to the cafeteria.
Pushing the door open, I was revealed to many kids in line waiting for their slice of pizza. Loomer and his gang walked by with pizza of their own. Which was in their bare hands...what? No plates? Suddenly, I saw Moze motioning me to her lunch table. With Cookie and Ned sitting opposite of her.
I walked over and awkwardly sat down.
Cookie looked up from his pizza and smiled, "Oh hey Sadie."
Moze looked confused, "You know each other?"
I replied, "We're in the same math class."
Moze nodded and began to introduce Ned, however I interrupted her,
"Ned Bigby."
Ned stared at me for a second, "I met you too?"
I laughed, "Well, we haven't formally met. Though, I did see you tangled in that broken desk."
"Oh well of course." He seemed embarrassed.
Moze said impressed, "Seems like you're comfortable at Polk already."
Stealing a fry from Cookie's plate, I said, "Yeah... however, those goons over there sometimes make me go off the edge."
I pointed over to Loomer and his gang who were now stuffing themselves with pizza.
Ned shivered, "Loomer."
Cookie advised, "I'd stay away from him if I were you."
"Oh come on guys, he's not THAT bad." Moze stated.
Ned exclaimed, "Of course you would say that! The guy has a crush on you!"
Moze grumbled, "Yeah, and its starting to get annoying."
I leaned in, "So I'm guessing this Loomer fellow picks on you two guys a lot?"
Ned swallowed his last bit of pizza, "Ever since elementary school."
Ouch.
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Moze, Cookie and Ned were actually really cool people to hang out with. They all have been best friends for quite awhile now. Which is pretty rare, for most middle school friendships end in a day.
After the lunch line died down, I finally got myself some pizza. Good thing, because they were running out quickly. As the lunch lady handed me my pizza, she glanced at me then my pizza.
"You're going to have an interesting year here at Polk."
Uh...okay?
I replied, "Yeah, I hope so."
About to return to the table where my new friends were sitting at, the lunch lady shouted at me,
"You have a secret admirer! The grease on the pizza says it all!"
Ignoring the crazy lady, I sat back down next to Moze and started to eat. I'm pretty hungry. Half way through my pizza, Ned asked,
"What did the lunch lady say?"
I glanced up from my plate, "Just that I'm going to have a interesting school year and that I have a secret admirer, that's pretty weird isn't it?"
Moze shook her head, "The lunch lady can give you your future just by the food you get."
I stared at her in disbelief.
Cooke added in, "Yeah, they're true. A few days ago, the lunch lady said I would have to take a shower really soon. Later, Loomer threw me into a trash can."
Rolling my eyes, I finished my pizza, "That's pretty interesting.."
I got up yet again to throw out my greasy paper plate. The bin was right near Loomer's table. Here we go, let's see if I get tripped. I hesitantly walked by the table, not daring to give them a glance. So far so good... once tossing my plate into the bin and I quickly walked back to my table.
Lunch was almost over.
Ned suddenly reached over the table and nudged Moze, "Loomer is staring at you."
Did I hear a hint of jealously there? Ned and Moze. That's a pretty interesting pairing.
Moze moaned and looked down at the table, "Is he still looking?"
Cookie glanced over Ned's shoulder and replied, "Uh--well no. He's not staring at you at all. Sorry to break it to you Sadie, but Loomer is looking at you."
Fudge!
Moze looked at the gang's table to see if it was true. Her face lit up and she turned to me, practically squeezing me to death.
"Thank you!"
What did I do?
The bell rung for the start of a new period.
Moze, Cookie and Ned bid their goodbyes to me and left. However I stayed at the table.
If only I knew what I have done. Then I would have said, 'you're welcome.'
A/N: Yes no?
