Chapter 3

"And this is the cafeteria.", I said while spreading my arms out wide. She looked around wide eyed like a kid in a candy store. "Over there, you have the grill line, where you can get a hotdog or a burger.", I said pointing to the longest line. "To the right of that, you have the Italian line, where you can get pizza and/or pasta. My personal favorite is the Chicken Alfredo. Mmm", I said while licking my lips and rubbing my stomach. She giggled and pointed to the last two lines. "What's over there?", she asked curiously. "Oh, the one to the left is the chicken line, you can get any chicken product from nuggets to boneless wings. And the line to the right is the salad line. I don't really go there cause salads are gross!!" She looked from line to line then looked at me and asked, "So where to?" I looked at her with a mischievous grin and led her to the Italian line. I got two slices of stuffed crust pizza and a plate full of chicken Alfredo pasta, Maria got one huge slice of pepperoni and some cheese sticks. We paid for our lunch then headed to my table in the corner of the room, nobody was there which was normal because everybody knows it's my spot.

I sat my tray down on the table and she sat across from me. She looked at my tray with wide eyes. "Are you gonna eat all of that?!", she asked while looking at my tray full of food. I put half of a pizza in my mouth and took a big bite. "Yeah, of course.", I said with a mouthful of pizza. She just laughed and took a bite of her pizza, then her expression got serious all of a sudden. I swallowed the food I had in my mouth and looked at her curiously. "You okay? You look pissed about something.", I asked while putting a fork full of pasta in my mouth. She looked up and giggled, "Huh? Oh, I'm fine hehe. But you're not." I looked at her with a serious face. "What's that supposed to mean?" She handed me a napkin. "You got food on your chin. Haha." I snatched the napkin from her and started wiping my chin, trying to get the food off before I became the laughing stock of the school. "Did I get it?", I asked while scrubbing my chin. "Yeah, you got it. Haha." (Her laugh is just so.... Ughh. No!! Stop it Jason! You don't know anything about this girl. She could be one of those crazy, psycho chicks. But then again... You never know.)

"Yo, Jason!!" I heard a familiar voice call my name. I looked up to see Matt, my next door neighbor and long time friend, walk up to where me and Maria were sitting. "What's up, Matt?", I said while we fist bumped. "Did you hear about the new girl?" I quickly looked at Maria and back to Matt, who didn't seem to notice her sitting right there. "I heard she's in a gang where they chop your balls off if you look at them wrong! Talk about crazy, right?", Matt laughed. "Ahem." Maria cleared her throat, which made me burst out laughing while Matt, on the other hand, turned as red as his hair. "Matt, was it?" He shook his head yes and gulped. "I'M the new girl. My name is Maria Hernandez." She had a sweet but devilish smile on her face. Matt looked at me then back at Maria. "Oh.....my bad. That's what's Daisy's going around telling everybody though." He looked back at me. My facial expression harden. (That fucking bitch, Daisy.)