Learning To Live Again

Chapter 4

Mrs. Kent ------------------------------------------------------>

Malia’s POV

After I got to my second class the rest of my morning was uneventful. A few people tried to talk to me during class but for the most part I was left alone. Emily, Wally, and their friends weren’t in any of my classes so for that I was thankful. As lunch time rolled around

As I entered the cafeteria I went and stood in the food line while debating what I would have for lunch. Nothing really appealed to me so I just got some fries and an orange with a bottle of Dr Pepper. After I paid for it with the money that Mrs. Kent gave me that morning I went to an empty table by the door and sat down. However, before I could start eating I heard someone call out to me.

“Malia, hey!” Wally said as he and his friends walked over to me and invited themselves to sit down.

“How’s your day so far,” Emily asked as Wally just looked at with me with a small smile on his face as everyone else started eating.

“It was fine,” I said quietly as I started to peel my orange.

“So where you from huh,” Michelle asked.

I looked at her confused and asked if she meant where I was born or where I just moved from.

“Both,” she answered.

“I was born in Hawaii but I just moved from Chicago,” I told them.

When Jason asked me why I left Hawaii I tried to change the subject by asking if they were all born here. As they started to talk amongst themselves I busied myself with eating my lunch when Wally interrupted me.

“So,” he asked with a hopeful look on his face, “do you need a ride home; I can drive you if you want.”

“It’s okay, Mrs. Kent is picking me up, but thank you for the offer though,” I told him.

“Well, if you’re ever stranded and need a ride just call me and I’ll come get you,” Wally said.

I knew that he was trying to get me to ask for his number so I did the exact opposite and told him that I would think about it and before he could reply I turned to Emily and started a conversation with her. The rest of lunch went by like this, with small conversations, and with everyone trying to get more information out of me but I kept changing the subject. When the bell rang Emily asked me what class I had next and when I told her that I had art with Mrs. Cole, she got excited and said she had the same class and dragged me off faster than you could say see ya.

Wally’s POV

The close lunch time got the more impatient I got. I just wanted class to end so I could see Malia and make sure that she was still okay and that nothing had happen in the few short hours that I was away from her.

“Bro, chill. She’s fine,” Damion tried to reassure me.

“That’s easy for you to say when your mate is right next to you,” I snapped looking at him and Michelle.

“Watch it,” he growled back, and I apologized.

The second the bell rang I bolted from the class with Damion and Michelle chasing after me. When we got to the cafeteria, we meet up with Emily and Jason. As we entered I automatically started to look around for Malia and spotted her sitting by herself. She looked so gorgeous sitting there.

“Malia, hey!” I called out as we walked over to her and sat down with Jason mentally complaining, but Damion let out a warning growl before I could.

“How’s your day so far,” Emily asked as I  just looked at her with a small smile on my face as everyone else started eating.

“It was fine,” she said quietly in that voice of hers that I already love as she started to peel her orange.it was the I relised what she had for lunch. Some fries, an orange and a Dr Pepper. It worried me a bit that it wasn’t enough for her but I knew I couldn’t say anything about it yet.