Bittersweet Strawberries

07: Welcome To The Gang.

Andrew's POV:

Me, Xayla and Noah were talking while waiting for my friends. Not long after, I spotted them across the cafeteria. I waved at them and they made their way to our table.

"Guys over here!" Yuki shouted to the others as she reached our table.

Seeing my friends again put a smile on my face. I was even more excited to introduce them to Xayla and Noah.

"Glad to see you all cheered up, Hud." Trace said to me as he slinged an arm around my shoulder.

"And just who might you two be?" Xandra shot an amused look at Xayla and Noah, who were eagerly waiting to talk to my friends.

"Hey there. I'm Xayla and this is my brother Noah. Nice to meet you guys." Xayla introduced them both even before I could open my mouth.

"I met Xayla at history. She's my new friend. I wanted you guys to meet her and her brother." I said as a smile appeared on my face.

"Does that mean you're going to forget us, bestie?" Yuki said while putting on a fake pout. I know she's clearly joking. She would never be jealous of me making new friends and she was always there to support me. I was really grateful.

"Hey, hey. We don't mean to steal him from you guys, do we Xayla?" Noah couldn't help but chuckle as he said that.

"Nice to meet you guys. I'm Xandra. These are my friends Trace and Yuki. We all are Andrew's friends." Xandra said with a slight smile.

"We're very happy to meet you guys. Can we join you for lunch?" Xayla asked.

"Of course." Said Yuki.

"I'm also cool with it." Trace added.

"Then that settles it. Welcome to the gang." Xandra said as she gave them a reassuring smile.

We all sat down and enjoyed a nice meal together. The gang got to know Xayla and Noah even better. I quietly ate my food as I enjoyed being silent. I loved the fact that they were getting along this well.

We still had 2 more classes after lunch, which made me groan in frustration. It's not like I don't like classes, it's just that I'm very tired.

The gang finished lunch and they added Xayla and Noah to the infamous GC. I was so happy to have new friends, and I was even happier to see all of them getting along.

After we were done with everything, Xandra, Trace and Yuki waved us goodbye as they still had classes too.

"So, we still have time. Wanna take a walk? Noah asked me curiously.

"Hmm, not a bad idea." I said as I smiled at the siblings.

"Great, let's go then hehe." Xayla grabbed my hand and Noah trailed behind.

We still had about 20 minutes till lunch break ended, so we decided to visit the water fountain.

The memories from last night still lingered in my mind. But since I had decided to forget about it, I reluctantly agreed with their idea of visiting the fountain.

"Wow, I can never get enough of how pretty this is." Xayla said with excitement.

"Calm down, Xay. It's not like this is your first time seeing it. We've been here yesterday and also alot more times than we can count." Noah sighed at his sister's excitement.

"You guys have been here before?" I was amused. They've been here before, interesting.

"Yeah, our older brother goes to this college. He's in junior year and we have visited the campus a handful of times." Noah said.