I slid my tray on the table and sat down next to Alisa. 8th grade lunch normally ended badly, but who cares? She smiled at me.
"Hola mi Amiga, como estás?"
"You just had spanish, I'm guessing."
"Sí!" I laughed. Melanie slid her tray down next to me on my right, Alisa then on my left.
"Wassup girlies?" She asked. I smirked.
"Hey Mel." Just then, the new girl, Kayley Grace, walked over with her tray. She was a little mysterious. Rumor has it her parents were murdered when she was little and she ran away from an orphanage, living in the streets and coming to our school this year. She wore a black t shirt with ripped sleeves, dark blue denim shorts that looked as if they were ripped as well, black fishnet leggings underneath that, and army boots.
"Can I sit here?" She asked quietly, seeming a little shy.
"Sure thing K." I said warmly, getting weird looks from the other 8th graders at my table. She was sort of an outcast, but...who cares? Kristal, Abbi, Ava, one my close friends, and Sienna, my oldest and one of my closest friends slid their trays down as well, completing our friend group.
"So. Who did anything eventful?" Ava asked. None of us responded.
"That exciting, huh. Nice." Just then, Eddie, the super annoying transfer kid who had a super obvious crush on Ava, came over.
"What's up girlies? How's my favorite cutie, Miss Ava?" Abbi snorted.
"Go get a life, shuck face." She mumbled, making me laugh. Glader talk. The Maze Runner is amazing. Ava must have caught onto the trend and smirked.
"Yeah, klunk for brains. Get lost before I pound ya." She said, trying to sound tough, which sort of didn't work. Poor Ava was the second shortest kid in our grade. Though, that girl could punch.
"You're just jealous of my awesome awesomeness." Eddie replied, a smug grin on his face.
"Very funny, Eddie. Leave my friend alone, you psycho." Kayley Grace said, speaking up for the first time. Shock registered on Eddie's face.
"Fine. I didn't really want to talk to you freaks anyway." He replied smugly, walking off. All eyes turned to Kayley.
"Nice one." Sienna said.
"BURN!" Kristal and Alisa yelled in unison. I smiled. My life was getting to be normal again.
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"Back!" I yelled, walking through the door.
"Hey Em! C'mere, there's a new episode of Crognard the Barbarian on! And we have pizza and popcorn!" Mikey yelled back. I threw my backpack down next to the door and walked in to see everybody crowded around the TV. I jumped on the couch from behind and slid between Raph and Casey.
"How was school?" Donnie asked, still glued to the TV.
"Fine. No homework...that's nice." I responded nonchalantly, watching the episode.
"Crognard, the Galactic Emperor of the Galactic Galaxies is holding the Gem of Mystical Mystics hostage!" The girl yelled.
"Smooch smooch! What will we do, oh smooch smooch!" Smooch yelled.
"This show is so dumb, guys." I said, tossing a piece of popcorn in my mouth.
"Is not!" Mikey yelled defensively.
"Sure. Well, I'm gonna go do something that won't brutally murder my brain cells. Have fun, you guys." I said, getting up from the couch and walking to my room. I noticed that Raph's eyes followed me out of the room. Nice going there, Raphie. Way to play it cool.