always you || eli moskowitz

06

Miguel and I are currently both in line for the nasty school food.

"I'm gonna go find a spot for us to sit while you get your food. Is that cool?" He asks me because he got his food before me.

"Sure." I say to him, and he walks away.

I pick out my food and give it to the lunch lady to scan. Once she tells me my total I give her my money and walk over to the tables to try and find Miguel. When I finally spot him, I see that he is sitting at a table with two other boys.

As I walk closer to the table, I notice that one of the boys sitting there is the same boy that sits next to me in English.

"Oh, there you are." Miguel says looking at me. "This is my friend Cassie, do you guys care if she sits here too?" Miguel asks the two boys. They both shake their heads, so I sit down.

"Hi, I'm Cassie." I say to them with a small smile.

"I'm Demetri and this is Eli." The boy named Demetri says to me.

"Hi." The one named Eli says to me somewhat quietly.

"Hey." I say back to him. I have a feeling he doesn't talk much.

Suddenly I get a huge whiff of perfume coming from behind me, so I turn and see two girls walking to a table. I look to the boys and I see Miguel staring at one of the girls.

"Dude, don't torture yourself. Those are the rich girls." Demetri says to Miguel, noticing him staring at them.

"Do you ever talk to them or.." Miguel asks Demetri.

"Oh yeah! All the time. We have out after school, make out, give each other hand jobs." Demetri says sarcastically, making me laugh loudly. "Eli here is the homecoming king. Gets laid more than anyone. Isn't that right Eli?" I look at Miguel and see he looks somewhat annoyed.

"Talk to them?" Demetri asks him. "You realize what table you're sitting at right? You've pretty much signed away all hopes of losing your virginity before college."

"Oh shit. There goes my afterschool plans." I say sarcastically, earning a laugh from everyone at the table.

"Oh shit, Yasmines looking at us. Probably just making fun of me." Eli says, staring at the rich girls table.

"I don't think she's making fun of you. I mean, just because they're hot doesn't mean they're mean." Miguel tries to tell him.

"Wrong." I say to Miguel. "They're total bitches." I say while looking at them.

"I don't care if Yasmine is the meanest girl in school. I'd kill all of you just to get her to spit in my face." Demetri says to us.

"Do you have a spit kink or some shit?" I ask Demetri with a small laugh. He looks at me, clearly annoyed.

"No, I don't have a spit kink." Demetri says, making me laugh a little more.

"If you don't make a move, you'll never have a shot with her." Miguel tells Demetri.

"True, but i'll also never suffer a humiliating rejection. I'm at peace with my depression, last thing I need is to be suicidal." Demetri says, looking back at his food. Miguel starts to stand up, and we all look at him confused.

"Dude, what the hell are you doing?" I ask him with wide eyes.

"Striking first." He says as he starts to walk away from our table.

"Are you serious following my dad's advice right now? Thats for karate, not girls." I say, hoping he listens to me. Unfortunately, he doesn't.

"Oh shit." Demetri says, "Hope we don't get hit with the shrapnel." What the fuck is shrapnel?

I look and see that Miguel is almost at the table when Kyler goes and sits by the girl he was going to talk to, making him turn around.

"See you later 'Rhea." Kyler yells behind Miguel.

"So how'd it go?" Demetri asks, already knowing the answer. Miguel gives him a look and goes back to eating his food, making us all laugh at him.