Locks and Keys

Chapter 7

The lunch room was starting to fill by the time we got there so we decided to split into two groups: one to get a table and the other to get the food for the rest. It was decided that Ollie and Connor would get the food and Emily and I would find a table, which wasn't too difficult as most people were queuing to get lunch first, then find a table.

Em and I decided to pick one that was close to the window, then waited for Ollie and Connor to get back with our food.

"So, that was a pretty in depth conversation you were having with Oliver about Taylor Swift back there," she started, her eyes questioning me.

"Uh, yeah, guess we have something in common." I stated, hesitently.

"Hmm," her eyebrow was raised and she looked at me expectantly, as if she thought there was more to it.

"What's with the 'hmm', Em?" I asked her imminently.

"Oh, nothing, nothing." She said waving her hand, but I knew she was just holding back what she really thought.

"Uh huh, really, nothing to say?"

"No nothing, honest." But her voice got higher as she spoke.

"Oh, spit it out already!" I practically yelled at her.

"It's just that-"

"Here you go ladies, your handsome waiters have arrived," Connor interrupted, whilst Ollie giggled like a school girl. Dammit, I wanted to finish that conversation with Em.

"You think I'm handsome?" Ollie giggled again, batting his eye lashes at Connor. I didn't know what, but something about that seemed familiar.

"Of course I do baby doll, you the prettiest princess!" Connor said in a flirtatious manner.

"Oh, stop it, honey, you're making me blush," Ollie was giggling again into his fingers, making me roll my eyes.

"OK guys, we get it, you are both vain, can we move on, so I can eat my lunch?" I interrupted then, mid flirt, making them burst out laughing.

"Oh, honey, you're just jealous of our relationship. I know you want me, but I'm gonna have to let you down, you're just not my type. I'm into the more muscular and manly type," Connor wrapped his arm around Oliver. "Like Ollie here, I just love me some of that."

"But I can change!" I argue.

"My lovely, do you have a dick?" Connor asked.

"No,"

"Then sorry, you can never be enough for me." He said with a wave of his hand.

"Ugh, how dare you! I am a catch!" I splutter dramatically, just causing everyone else to laugh at me.

It wasn't long before more people joined us, including Lock, Brook, Amanda and the guys from break, along with Ollie's 'band mates', as he described them, who's names I had already forgotten, and a friend of Emily's called Ava. She was quite shy and didn't talk much, but they didn't mean the conversations didn't flow. There happened to be so many people at our table, some had to loiter around us because of the lack of seating.

I had Lock on my right, Ollie on my left and sat opposite me on the rectangular table was Trent, who had somehow managed to sneak his way onto the table,which had caused some more glares from other tables to be sent our way. The amount of curious staring and annoyed glaring had increased since break, possibly due to the new arrivals of Ollie and his mates, and as well as the volume of the chatter radiating from us.

"So, Key, have you missed me at all during your last two lessons?" Lock asked me, during a point where the talking had died down slightly.

"Oh my dearest brother, how can I put into words how much I haven't missed you in the past two hours. It's been rather quiet to say the least." I replied, causing a number of chuckles from listeners around the table.

"I am deeply offended," he says, acting wounded.

"Eh, not my problem," I countered.

"Oh, her mind has definitely been somewhere other than you for the past couple of hours. Mainly defining around a certain someone." Em buts in,meeting me cringe at what she's implying.

"Oh yeah? And who might that be?" Lock asked her suspiciously.

"Well, Ollie and I were having a very in depth conversation of something we both live, Taylor Swift!" I intercept, just before Emily can say anything embarrassing in front of the person I know she was going to say.

"You and that blinking Taylor Swift, I don't know. At least there's someone else to yammer with about her with rather than anything me all the time," Lock grumbled, before moving in to talk with Danny and Kent about something, from the sounds of it, joining the rugby team.

I looked over at Trent, who is looking at me, which in my opinion is kind of creepy, so I waved my hand over his face to get his attention. He immediately focuses on me causing a smirk to light up his face.

"You waved?"

"Yes, stop staring at me, it's really creepy," I sass, making him from further.

"You don't like it? Well isn't that something, most girls would find it endearing." he laughs out.

"Well I think it's annoying and creepy."

"If you say so, Key."

I frown then turn away from him to Brook who is also frowning with me. I rolled my eyes and saw she relaxed somewhat.

"What you got next, after registration?" I asked her.

"Double chemistry, what about you?"

"English lit. Lang. then a free. So in other words not being productive before leaving." I sighed.

"I have a free last too, want to go in the library again?" Ollie asked, obviously listening in to our conversation.

"Sure,"

I looked round the table to see Trent glaring at Ollie, which was weird to say the least and making me uncomfortable by how withering it was. But I decided to ignore it and look around at our onlookers.

There was a group of girls, who looked to be the popular bunch, half glaring right at me and half admiring my brother, which made me squirm, to think of any of those tarts trying to get their claws into my twin. It seemed we're both being victimised, but in different ways: Lock was a guy lots of the girls wanted to get their hands on and I was the one who was supposedly 'Stealing the rest of the attractive guys', which definitely made me a target to their wants (Lock) and their resentments. Oh boy, this was gonna be fun...