Chasing Charming ✔️

7 - Why Don't You Join Us?

"You brought Betty!" said Kyle happily, I waved at him shyly. I had no idea he knew my name.

"I bumped into her wandering around the street and decided she looked lonely," Eli said while guiding me to a seat next to him, across from an empty chair. He sat next to Kyle, and the other boy sat across from Kyle.

I sucked in my breath when Eli placed his hand on the small of my back again. I think he heard me because his hand jerked back, and he looked down at me, questioningly.

"Do you have a bruise?" He thought he had hurt me. My cheeks turned the colour of strawberries again. I shook my head, and his eyes went wide, turning back to his friends. I could tell he was trying to hold back a smirk.

"So, how come you don't want to be my friend in class cutie? We could have had so much fun by now," says Kyle, which makes me laugh.

"Maybe I was waiting for you to make the first move?"

Kyle got a huge smile on his face and tried to lean towards me, over Eli, who smacked him in the head.

The boy who was sitting across from Kyle laughed. "My name is Matt Jones, but these morons just call me Jones," he said, introducing himself. I smile at him. "I can't believe that Eli brought you with him. He doesn't usually make friends."

Kyle laughed, "he's right; you're shit at it, Eli." Eli smacks him again, and Kyle starts protesting. Amid their fight, two other people came bounding towards the table. It was a boy and a girl. "Oh shit, the twins are here," says Kyle.

The girl came around and smacked Kyle on the head. "Owww," he whined.

The girl took one look at me, and a huge smile lit up her face. She pushed her brother from the seat he had chosen across from me, and he groaned and moved over.

"Oh my god! Hi! My name is Taylor, and this is Owen, he's my stupid brother. Who brought the girl?! I can't believe we finally have another girl. You look so cool, do you go to Yellowbrook Secondary too? I love your outfit! That green compliments your eyes."

I got a stupid grin on my face. I don't know if Taylor was going to let me get a word in, but I loved her energy.

Eli groaned beside me, "Oh my god, Taylor, take a breath, you're going to pass out!"

She shut her mouth, still grinning. Owen and Kyle look annoyed, but Jones was laughing. I laughed too. "Hi, I'm Betty."

"Hi, Betty," she said.

We ended up chatting for a few minutes, ignoring the boy's constant interruptions. We exchanged numbers and Snapchat quickly into the night. "Holy shit Taylor, how high is your snap score?"

Kyle sighed, "That was a mistake, Betty, she's never going to stop sending you pictures now."

The group asked me about my old life and my old friends. Eli keeps interjecting with things he remembered that I told him on Friday, and Taylor kept looking at him like he grew a second head.

"How are your friends enjoying their school year?" Asked Owen.

I scoffed, "If they stayed with me on the phone for more than two minutes, I would know," The boys laughed, but Taylor looks at me sorrowfully, and I realized what I just said.

I covered my mouth with my hands, "Oh my god, that was so mean. They're just excited about school starting. We had all these first week traditions, so they're probably busy with them. I'm sure they're having fun."

I sunk into my chair and took a bite of pizza. That was petty. The group promptly moved onto another topic, but I was barely listening, I shouldn't talk about my friends like that.