I don't have any announcements. It was all in the last chap.

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Skips one month (from previous chapter)

Everyday at school, I buy my food from the cafeteria. It was lunch and I saw how long the line was.

I turned to Maxon and said, "Maxon, would you please be a dear and buy my food for me? Here's 10. Anything will be fine. Thanks!" I shoved a $10 bill in his hands without waiting for a response. "Marlee and I will go find a seat."

I tugged on Marlee's hand, pulling her through the sea of people.

We found a half empty table; the other half filled with girls braiding each other's hair.

"Is anyone else sitting here?" Marlee asked them. One of the blonde girls shook her head.

"Thanks." I said.

Once we settled in, Marlee filled me in with gossip. She said quietly in a secretive tone, "I heard Kriss Ambers and Celeste Newsome like Maxon. Isn't that weird?" I don't know why, but something knotted in my stomach when she said that. Apparently, Maxon was new at the school, which kind of sucks to go through, especially for senior year. You would have grown so accustomed to everything at your old school, and then, all of a sudden, everything's different.

"How do you know?" I asked.

She looked around, making sure we wouldn't be heard. She leaned across the table and whispered in my ear, "I heard Natalie Luca and Anna Farmer talking about it."

Natalie wasn't always that reliable, but Anna? You could trust her with your life with no worries.

And what was even worse? Celeste always acted overly sweet with boys, but no offense, was a bitch in real life. I quickly became scared for Maxon. I didn't really remember him from before, but we had grown so close over the last month, he almost seemed like my brother. I didn't want him to get hurt. However, Kriss was alright. I trusted her, because she was pure and genuine.

She added quickly, "And I heard that Maxon might like someone, but I'm not sure about that."

From behind me, I heard Carter say, "Incoming food!"

"Here you go, my dear," Maxon said, mocking me as he set down a slice of pizza before me.

"I am not your dear." I told him.

He ignored me and continued, "My dear, you're welcome for that pizza."

I stuck my tongue out at him. He took the seat next to me, and Carter next to Marlee.

"That looks so good," Marlee said, looking at Carter's spaghetti. "Can you give me a bite?"

He fed her some, with tomato sauce staining on the edges of her mouth. He wiped the stains off for her with his fingers. She smiled at him, and he smiled back. I longed for this. The feeling of being loved other than family and friends. I've only ever really dated one person. Aspen. We dated for two months before everything fell apart. It wasn't that there was anything wrong with me or Aspen. It was just that we wouldn't work out. But we still stayed friends after.

I saw Maxon looking at me. "Oh, here's the change." he said. I opened my hand and he placed it in my palm.

"Thank you." I told him.

"Anytime."

I grinned. "Anytime? Then can you get me a lemonade, please? Pretty please?" I said with a fake pout.

He smiled and shook his head. "Anything for you, my dear." And he walked away to get my lemonade.

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