Table for 6

Part 8

Man, these days seemed to drag on so slowly. I'd been running with Kathy in the early mornings. I would always watch out for Kataniss' eating habits. And now, I'd be there for Aisha when she needed me. Not to forget the all homework. It all just made my life more difficult, but I'm going to handle somehow..

Then there was the cherry on top of it all! Everyone at this table for six still had to deal with the annoying remarks of Ryan. Then again, Macy didn't get the half of it anymore. I wonder if she was starting to notice it like I was.

I counted down the minutes until the last bell rang. Finally! I decided I could use some more exercise. Walking home it is! I walked through the hallway and said bye to my friends that walked past.

Then I caught someone glance my way. Ryan. He looked away from my eyes and seemed to be debating something with himself.

But in no time he was back to pretending he was too cool for me to even be in his presence. Nothing new there.

I'll just ignore him like usual, I thought as I started to walk past him. But then Adam, Ryan's best friend, turned to him and snickered. "I can't believe you have to sit with her", he spat. Now that was a hard comment to ignore.

I looked down at myself, subconsiously. So, maybe I wasn't the skinniest, prettiest, or smartest girl out there, but I didn't think I was that bad. Who knows? Maybe I was that bad. It wouldn't be the first time I had been proved wrong.

I started picking up my pace. I really didn't want to stick around and hear what Ryan had to say about me next.

By the time I got to the end of the hall, I was almost running. I felt so awful about myself. I pushed through the double doors, to be faced with someone. None other than, Ryan?

Wait... How did he get here so fast? Before I could ask, he grabbed me by the arm. He started sprinting to the other side of the building, almost dragging me along.

His eyes were wide when he began talking. That meant he was being the rare serious-Ryan right now. Weird.

"We need to talk." He said. "I know that your keeping everyone else's secrets, so what'd ya say? How about one more?" I didn't know how he knew that I had been keeping three other secrets. But he did.

I so badly wanted to say no. He wasn't the nicest person I knew. But his eyes pleaded me to listen to him.

"Shoot." I said.

"Okay, so... ummm... c-can you like... maybe figure out if Macy likes somebody? I mean, uhhh... well one of my friends is interested in her." He blurted out, looking absolutely terrified.

"You are a horrible liar." I said with a smug smile.

"Excuse me?" He sneered.

"Well, it's pretty obvious that you are the one that likes Macy, for 3 reasons." This was going to be fun.

"One: You've started being crazy nice to her for the past week, and you haven't said anything remotely rude or disgusting to her. Actually you've been trying to make her laugh." I stated matter-of-factly whilst Ryan just stared at me. But I continued on.

"Two: You have been staring at her in class for long periods of time. Even when the rest of us are trying to get your attention." He still hadn't interrupted me,

"And three: When you started explaining your 'friends' secret, you started stuttering and sweating... A lot." Yea, I know, I'm crazy observant! And oh my gosh, the look on his face! I tried to hold in my laughter, he was so embarrassed... It felt like I was almost getting my revenge for all the times he had bugged me.