The Supermarket Teens

Twenty Two

"So how old are you now?" Monica questions Zach, her arm wrapped around my body as we walk.

"I'll be 18, finally caught up with this old lady here" he chuckles, making Angelica slap his arm lightly.

However, the movement caught the attention of Alex, who hugged her torso as we walked. "Just wait till you get to be my age" Monica chuckles, cracking her gum loudly "Enjoy college or the time you have left at your parents house, because adulthood isn't pretty."

"Fabulous" Alex grumbles under her breath, but she isn't met with a response. Angelica only sends her a deathly glare, as if she was saying 'don't ruin this'.

I pulled at my sweater, we were walking for 10 minutes and I was a bucket of sweat. Since the restaurant was so close, Zach said we should take in as much of the city we can. As we walked, people eyed my outfit, leaving me slightly irritated. I tried to escape the public eye, but I found it anyway.

Just great.

"Are we almost there Geli?" Jeffery asks, saying his first words since we've left. He's stayed next to his sister and the birthday boy, leaving me to look at his back.

His gorgeous back.

Oh not these thoughts again. Shaking my head, I push the thoughts aside, and pulling up what a stupid choice it was to wear such a heavy sweater and jeans in Florida.

"Yes, if you keep asking if we're almost there, you're not getting food" Angelica says, before plastering a smile on her face. I couldn't decide if it was fake or not.

Hopefully it was real, because at the moment, we have a possibly pregnant girl and her boyfriend who has no clue, not one, but two wildcards who get more action than most of Florida combined, a girl about to die of heat exhaustion and a boy who's heart is broken.

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"Here is your table Miss Damilette" the hostess smiles lightly, setting down the menus. As we sat down, the woman pulled out Angelica's chair, her eyes lingering on her a little longer than necessary. "Let me know if you need anything" she purrs before leaving us shell shocked.

"You know Angelica, the best present would be if yo-"Zach began before a chunk of bread was thrown at his face. "Don't even go there Zachary" she growls, but humor laces her tone.

"My my Angelica, you might just have beat me at my own game" Monica states with a wink.

Luckily the place had the AC blasting, so I wouldn't die, or at least be covered in sweat.

"Hello, my name is Tom and I'll be your waiter this afternoon. Can I get everyone something to drink?" the man Tom states, pulling out a notepad. "I'll have a beer please" Monica smiles, pushing forward her fake I.D.

With the rest of us lacking a fake I.D, Alex, Jeffery, Zach and Angelica settled for a brand of pop. "And what would you like darling?" the waiter smiles, his white teeth almost blinding.

"Um..." I trail off, my face flushing. Along with my wardrobe reverting to how it was in highschool, I had lost the confidence the group placed in me. "I..would like a water..without lemon please" I say, turning my red face away from the man.

"Stop it" Angelica hisses under her breath, to presumably Jeffery, who's hand gripped his silverware tightly.

Taking a breath, I send a smile at Zach, who looked at the three of us with worry. "So Zach, what did you want to do after this?" I question, cocking an eyebrow. "Well" Zach says, clearly excited "I was thinking we could find a laser tag place, do you know how fun those places are?"