A WHITE LIE.

“There you are.”

I look up from where I was lying on the floor playing with Blue and Aid.

“Ax? What are you doing here?”

“Keon told me you were hiding, then Dru sold you out. So now I’ve come to get you for class, you missed lunch.”

“What?” Blue and I shout in horror simultaneously.

I’m on my feet dragging Blue up with me as we hassle it out of the library and down to the cafeteria.

We burst past the door Blue hanging on my back, only to freeze at the now silent cafeteria, crap!

Everyone was here and they were all staring at us.

“Food.”

Blue’s firm words jolt me and I ignore the stares moving swiftly towards our seats from before. They had a stellar view of the quad outside and were also a bit hidden, well, as hidden as they could be in this open plan space.

Still ignoring the silence, I hurry and order enough food for Blue and me then we settle to wait. About two minutes after we burst in Axel and the pixies join us, Ax shaking his head in amusement.