The Story of Us

The Next Day

Grace’s POV

Kim walks up to our locker and drops her bag inside.

“Hey Grace!” she says.

“Hi”, I reply. “What do you have for first period?”

“Advanced Math”, she groans. “I don’t hate the subject, but the teacher, Ms. Nimura, is so…” She trails off.

“Strict?” I ask. “I had her last year. Ugh.” The warning bell rings, and Kim and I quickly say goodbye and head for our classes. I have Social Studies, one of my least favorite subjects. I sit in the back, near the popular girls, then open my notebook and begin to doodle.

“Buzz buzz” (Think vibrating phone) , I hear. It’s coming from my bag. I look around to make sure no one’s looking, then I open my bag and unlock my phone. Oh, it’s a text from Kim.

Hey Grace wanna know what happened last night? –K

Sure, I text back to her. Tell meee! –G

Jack IM’d me. He wants me to sit with him at lunch 2day. And no, before you ask, I have no idea why. –K

                Whoa what? O_O HE DID WHAT? After 4 yrs of ignoring you, he asks you to sit with him? Who does he think he is? You’re not going to do it, are you? –G

                Umm.. I sort of already told him yes. And quit freakin. It’s not like he asked me out –K

                True, sorry. But aren’t you still mad at him? –G

                What he did to me wasn’t right, but I’m over it now. Gtg sorry seeya at break! –K

                Ok byee! –G

                Something doesn’t seem right to me. Why would Jack suddenly start speaking to Kim again? After all, he’s the one who blocked her phone number in the first place. He’s the one who wouldn’t talk to her even after she said sorry a million times, even after she fell into such a deep depression because she missed him that much. I have a feeling something’s going to happen to Kim, and it’s not going to be good. I send one more text to Kim, as an afterthought.

                Kim if you do sit with him, pls be careful. I get the feeling something’s not right with this. –G

                She replies almost instantly. Chill, Grace. I’ll be careful. Nothing’s gonna happen to me. –K

Lunchtime (Kim’s POV)

                The cafeteria’s serving mystery meat today. It’s called Mystery Meat because not even the lunch ladies know what kind of meat it is, or if it even is meat. For all we know, it could be made of… I don’t even want to think about it. It’s a good thing I brought a lunch from home today. I grab the paper bag with my lunch inside and head to the cafeteria.

                I spot Grace heading down the hallway in front of me and run to catch up, but she disappears around a corner, probably heading for whatever club she has to go to today, so I walk for a little bit more till I reach the cafeteria.

                I walk through the doors and am immediately greeted by the sound of kids yelling, people eating, and a lot of chatter. Our cafeteria is NOT a quiet one, in fact, a lot of fights break out here quite often.