Heart of Glass// Ethan Dolan✅

Chapter 2

When the lunch bell rings, I leave my creative writing class and head straight to the cafeteria, also known as the place I don't have to look for on the school map because everyone else is already going there themselves. Once inside the cafeteria, I'm awestruck; this place has to be bigger than my entire house. My mom wasn't kidding when she said we moved to the richer part of New Jersey.

The cafeteria is spread out wide and even has a second floor. There is a salad bar for people who are waiting to get their lunch while the actual lunch line spans out across the cafeteria. A large menu board located underneath a large wall clock states that today a ham and cheese po'boy is being served.

It takes around fifteen minutes for me to actually get my lunch, and I was in the middle of the line! Looks like I'm just going to start bringing a lunch. My tray is handed to me by a nice lunch lady, and I am soon facing one of the most difficult decisions of my life: where in the world do I sit?

After walking around a bit, I spot someone waving their hands in the air. I realize that it's Grayson. Well, isn't he a little bipolar? Two can play at that game. I spin around on my heel towards the opposite direction, but just as I do, I feel a hand on my shoulder.

"Hey, I was calling you," he pants. He must've run over here due to the fact that his table is pretty far from where I'm standing.

"Oh, so now you want to remember who I am, Grayson," I say bitterly. Grayson scrunches his eyebrows together. "Listen, I don't have time to play games with people who don't want to talk to me. Either you're my friend or you're not, and, by the way, you were acting in world history, it really seems like you don't want to be my friend."

"What are you talking about? I don't even have world history!" he exclaims.

"And now you're just going to lie to my face?" I scoff. "You have some nerve, Grayson." I go to spin around but he grabs my shoulder.

"Wait," he pleads. I turn to face him. "I have a twin. His name is Ethan. He's not the nicest guy in the world, so you must've met him and not me."

"Are you being serious?" I ask him. "You better be telling me the truth."

"Of course, I'm telling you the truth, Cara. I wouldn't lie to someone I wanted to be friends with," Grayson reasons. "I'll even show him to you if you'll let me."

I sigh debating my options. What could it hurt? "Alright, well where is this supposed twin of yours?"

"He should be getting lunch right now. He usually sits by me, so why don't you come sit with my friends and I until he gets done getting his lunch?" Grayson suggests.

"Not like I had anywhere else to sit," I shrug, following him to his table. The only other person at the table is a guy with black hair and really pale skin. "I thought you said friends as in more than one."

"Okay, to be honest, everyone hates me and Ethan," Grayson admits, throwing his hands up.

"Ethan is your twin?" I ask him. He nods. "Well, why does everyone hate you two?"

"It's been an issue ever since we were little kids. Parents were ashamed if their kids were to hang out with Ethan and me... we were like nine!" Grayson exclaims, shaking his head. "High school is a lot worst. We don't know if everyone's jealous of us or something..."

"That sounds a little conceited, don't you think?" I ask him.

"I know it sounds like that, but it's true," he tells me. "Me and E... we kind of are social media famous. At least, we're getting there. We got a lot of our fame from Vine, and we have branched out from there. It just sucks having people hate you for no reason."