"TEEN ROMANCE" ~ Malachi Barton

Chapter - 10

READ!! A/N: hey!! Thanks so much for all the reads I did not expect it. And I always wanted to mention a t/w for dizziness and mentions of poor eating habits. Ok now into the story.

TIME SKIP ~ Lunch

Malachi and I are walking to lunch, pushing through the crowded halls, and the people in them.

Once into the lunchroom, we got in line together and one of Malachis friends, Stone, joined us. He raised his eyebrows a few times at Malachi.

"Malachiii" he teased in a sing sing voice.

"What Stone?" He responded, sounding a bit pissed off, but his face flushing a light shade of pink.

Stone came closer to Malachis ear, and whispered something out of my hearing range.
Stone pulled back and smirked at Malachi, who punched him in the arm.

"Shut up" he ordered through gritted teeth.

"Whatever you say..." he smiled and walked away to a table that had a few other guys.

We moved forward in line until we got to the pizza and sandwiches. I grabbed a slice of cheese pizza, and placed it on my green, plastic, tray.  He followed my actions, but, grabbed a slice of pepperoni.

"What was the about?" I questioned, we moved forward more in line, until we got to the desert items and fruits.

"Don't worry about it." He avoided my eye contact.

I grabbed a cup of fruit and hesitated on it I wanted a cookie or not. My hand hovered above it and I debated for a moment, trying to calculate the calories. Then, I realized that my whole tray was too many calories.

"The pizza? Probably 500. That's too much. That's too many"  my heart beat picked up, as I continued to hesitate. I cleared my throat and rubbed my hand on my shirt. The room, suddenly feeling hot and crowded, I felt a wave of anxiety wash over my body.

I kept walking and Malachi looked at me, confused.
"What was that about?" He questioned, mimicking what I asked moments earlier.

"Oh...nothing." I wasn't paying much attention to him.

"If I didn't eat breakfast this morning, and I eat this I will be at around 600 calories. No. Too much. You will eat later when you can burn it off" I agreed with my thoughts, but still, I would bring the food back to my table to make it look like I was really eating it.

"Do you and your friends want to sit with us?" He looked nervous while asking.

"I'll ask them." I smiled warmly and walked to the checkout. I pulled up my lanyard that was hanging around my neck, with my student ID on the end of it. I scanned it and the lunch lady nodded.

"Have a good one, thanks." I stepped out of line and turned to face Malachi as I finished checking out.

"Can you come-over and we can get the books and stuff today?" He asked, stepping up next to me, and beginning to walk with me towards my table.

"Yeah, probably. I'll ask though, just to make sure." We approached my table and Lily, and Keira seemed to be having a deep conversation.

"Hey could we sit with Malachi today?" I put my tray down, waiting for their response.
They looked up and smiled. "Yeah sure," Keira responded, turning her head towards Lily.
Lily flashed a half smile. "oh uhm. I don't really want to." She snickered and casted a glance at Brooke, the dark brown haired girl, who sat next to her. "Yeah me neither." She explained.

My heart dropped for a moment, not because I felt hurt, but, because lily and Brooke know that I like Malachi, and I expected more support and enthusiasm at this offer.