Scars (Wade Crybaby Walker love story)

chapter three

We pull up to a small dinner and the sign reads no blacks welcome and I frown. I tap Baldwin on the shoulder and he turns over to me. "yes what is it dear"  I then point to the sign and frown. "oh it isn't a big deal lets just go in and enjoy ourselves." he says wrapping his arm around me and I get away from his grasp and I shake my head and I strain a little. 

"n-n-no t-t-touch" I then rub my sore throat. he seemed shocked but raises his hands. 

"All alright" we then walk in and we get a booth seat. I sit looking around and I notice a jukebox. I see someone pick a song and I sway to the sound. "so those bandaged can you take them off" he asks and I shake my head. "well why" I then take out the whiteboard from my bag and I write 'it is private' he shrugs and sees a waitress and calls her over. 

"ready to take your order," she asks 

"yes we want to share a strawberry milkshake" he smiles and I couldn't get the waitress's attention before she walked away so I try not to think much of it. I then write on the board. 'this isn't a date right' "do you want it to be" he asks and I shake my head he gives me a pouty face "awe come on" I get uncomfortble and I scoot back a bit. "anyways I think it would benefit you I mean your mom and pop would love a guy like me don't you think" he asks and I shake my head. "well why not" I didn't get time to answer before the waitress comes with the milkshake and hands us a resite. I then wait for Baldwin to take a sip so I can but he was just sitting there. I decide I can try to take a sip so I go in and he leans in at the same time and I quickly pull away blushing. there is then a ding and I see a group of kids and they are with Crybaby. I notice one of the girls is wearing something on their neck and they sit at a booth on the other side of the restaurant. I want to get up and ask where she got it from. I turn to Baldwin who is talking to a friend of his that walked in. I get my things and I walk over to the group. 

they look up at me and I smile. "what do you want" a girl with long brown hair asks. I then write on my whiteboard. 'hello I am Coraline I can't talk at the moment I just wanted to ask where your friend with the eyeliner got her neck thing' I then turn for them to read. crybaby looks at me finally realizing I'm here. 

"guys this is the new girl I was telling you about" the group then seemed to understand more. "caroline this is my gang, this here is my sister pepper, next to her is Wanda and across from us is hatchet face and Milton" he introduces me to everyone and I wave. Wanda digs through her bag and pulls out a red neck scarf and she takes my hand and hatchet face and pepper follow us to the ladies room. 

"so how you put this on is you fold it like this" Wanda starts to fold it. "so when you take off those bandages you'll put it around your neck and then tie it just enough to where it won't move" she was demonstrating by putting it on hatchet face. I nod and watch carefully. I then give a thumbs up. hatchet takes it off and hands it to me I then pull out my coin purse and they stop me. "it's okay I have thousands of these losing one won't hurt me" Wanda smiles. 

"so what happened to your voice" hatchet asks I didn't have my whiteboard. pepper then gives me a marker and points to the mirror. I am hesitant but I decide to do it anyway. 'I was in an accident and my vocal cords got cut but they are healed and I am getting my voice back slowly' I then let them read and I go to wipe it off and it wasn't coming off. luckily I didn't do it in big letters. 

"is there a scar" pepper asks and I nod 

"so that's why you wanted a scarf," Wanda asks and I nod. "hey how about you come to sit with us. we saw you and balddick over there and you seemed nervous" I then smile and nod. we leave and hatchet scoots Milton over and herself so I can sit but then someone grabs my arm harshly and without hesitation, I switch it and I have whoever it was arm pinned up and their head on the table. I then see it was Baldwin.