Noticed By Rich Blood

Chapter 4 : New Start

I trudge out of my fifth period class. Summary of what happened after Ahmed left? Well, my teacher yelled at me for being late to class for 15 minutes. I think Mr. CEO Jr. needs a punishment, not the other way around.

I go to the cafeteria since my sixth period class is lunch. The smell of chicken nuggets, fries, and pizza wafts through the cafeteria. I sit at a lunch table and wait for my friends. Liv walks through the double doors, right after her, Kristina. I wave at them and they walk over to where I am sitting.

"Hey Sunny," Liv says with a warm smile. Liv is my friend from middle school. I didn't know her very well during middle school but I reconnected with her in high school. Kristina on the other hand has been my friend since middle school. I knew her through Samantha and Valeria. 

"HI SUNNY!" Kristina cups her hands to her mouth and shouts. 

I laugh. "Hey, hey wassup y'all? Been a while." I give them a fist bump. 

"It's been good," Liv replies.

"Yeah, thank goodness we didn't get homework on the second day, well at least not yet," Kris says. 

Sam and Val enter the cafeteria and join us and right behind them.......Ahmed. He is talking and laughing with them as if he doesn't know whose friends they are. Maybe he doesn't. All three of them walk over to where we are sitting. 

"Hey guys, meet him. This is Ahmed and he will be joining us for lunch from now on. I talked to him on Instagram yesterday because he's in my 2nd period class. He's a fun soul to be around," Sam says, beaming.

At this, Ahmed looks straight at me and says, "Oh, I know her already." Then he smirks. "I didn't know you three were in a friend group,oops."

"Hey Ahmed. Nice to meet you," Liv says.

"Pleasure's all mine," he says, giving a dramatic bow.

"Oou he's a gentleman," Liv jokes.

Kris holds out her hand, "Hey, wassup." 

Ahmed shakes her hand, "YO, all good."

I am literally about to faint. Did my two best friends just betray me even after I told them what this guy had done? Then it hit me. I never told them the guy's name. Shit, I am so fucking dumb. Seriously, need to get a grip. I pull Val to the side and whisper, "He's the guy I was telling you guys about!"

"Oh my god," Val freezes. "I am so sorry, we never realized." Valeria pulls Samantha to the side and we walk out of the cafeteria, leaving Ahmed with Kris and Liv. 

"SAM, that's the same guy," Val shouts.

"Oh, shit, really? Damn, I'm really sorry, Sun. I didn't mean to do that to you," Sam says solemnly. 

I smile. "That's okay. Actually, meet my new boyfriend. We made up."

"Oh shit, really, like officially?" They both say in unison.

I pause to think. "Well, not officially, but he kissed me before period 1 and apologized. If he's so into me, he must like me, right?"

Val grumbles, "Or he could be a playboy looking for fun like he said?" 

I throw Val a dirty look. "WHATTT?" she says. "I'm just sayingggg..."

"Anyways, is it okay if he sits with us, then?" Sam asks.

"Yeah, it's cool, if he gets to sit next to me," I wink.

"He's all yours," Val replies with little enthusiasm.

"Alrighty, let's go eat then," I lock arms with both of them and walk inside the cafeteria. Ahmed notices me and gives me a half grin. I wink back at him, he smiles. We all take seats in our respective spots. Sam, Liv, and Kris on one side and Ahmed, Val, and I on the other side. The four of them get up to stand in line, leaving Ahmed and I by ourselves at the table.