But We're Not Dating

It was either a Monday or a Tuesday, I remember, and about seven weeks into the year. No, it was definitely a Monday because Mrs. Armstrang assigned a crap load of homework earlier that day, and we didn't have her Tuesdays.
But that's beside the point.
"...and I was wondering why the heckidy someone would actually drink that, you know? Like, you do realize it's BEAN WATER right?" Kate waved her arms around frantically to prove her point.
"Yeah and the aftertaste is seriously weird," Robyn chimed in, grabbing her purple striped lunchbox off a hook. We all packed our own lunches; hey, even a granola bar and maybe an apple were better than Tuna Boat with Salsa.
I brushed a lock of mousey brown hair behind one ear and nodded my head in agreement as we entered the relatively small cafeteria.
You need to understand, Pinewood was an extremely small private school. Not exclusive or anything (I mean they accepted me after all) just off the beaten path. There were about 100 students total in the highschool, and only fourteen in the tenth grade, my class. It was pretty nice, actually. Bullies were weeded out easier.
"HAHAHAHA!" Well, not all of them were, "Cameron, you're sooo funny!" I wrinkled my nose. Lyn was such as suck up. It didn't help that the person she was sucking up to was my ex 'boyfriend' Cameron. I put air quotes around boyfriend because we weren't actually dating, he was just such a fat head that he thought we were. I thought I left that moron behind when I switched to Pinewood, but apparently not, because a year later he transferred as well. Moron.
Kate and Robyn shot the two a nasty look. There were probably the only two in the school who knew the whole story. We had considered warning Lyn about Cameron (she really wasn't THAT bad) but, as Robyn said, "Some things are better for you to learn on your own."
And that was that.
We sat down at the big tenth grade lunch table (there were only fifteen of us so why not?). Emma plopped down beside us, her brunette hair pulled back in a high ponytail.
"Did you guys hear? New junior!" She deposited us with the latest news, grinning broadly. That was a surprise, we rarely ever got new students and if we did they never came in in the middle of the year.
"Wonder why," Kate asked, furrowing her brows. Emma leaned in conspiratorially.
"Apparently he got kicked out of Belleville!"
"Ooooh," we all giggled.
"I wonder if Hannah knows him," I asked taking a big bite out of my apple. Hey, I was a hungry person. Hannah left Pinewood the year before to go to the local public school, Belleville High. I think she got fed up with Lyn's crap.
The table lapsed back into comfortable slice and we all munched on our food. Soon, Lyn, Bri, and Asia arrived and conversation picked back up. I wasn't really interested, though. All they ever talked about was boys or their crap music.
"Awh, looks like new kid is sitting all alone!" Asia said looking over at a table with one sole resident, concern evident in her blue eyes.
"Should we, like, talk to him or something? He's kinda cute."
Lyn peered over at the table.
"Nahh, he'll be fine. Besides, he's not THAT cute."
Robyn, Emma, Kate, and I looked over that the table concerned. Normally it would be that big of a deal, but the poor guy seemed pretty pathetic and lonely. Plus, I could tell right away that he was a 'Band Guy'. The longer raven hair was a dead giveaway.
While the other people at our table were distracted with Bri's new Instax Mini, we all looked at each other and came to a silent agreement.
And we made our way over to the lone table.

Notes

I really wish I could've made this chapter longer but I hope this will do for now. Maybe I can update again later tonight :)