The Twist In Life

Chapter 31_ As if!... I do!

"What's up?" I chirped, shutting my locker and whirling around to face Harvey.

"The sky, the clouds, the ceiling," Harvey replied.

"Oh, I would never have guessed," I said, tapping my chin.

"That's why I'm called the genius one," he shrugged.

"In your dreams," I beamed.

"Why are you in such a good mood?" he asked.

"Is it a crime now?" I replied with the same answer he had, the day before.

"It is, if it's something illegal," he countered.

"It's not," I smiled mysteriously.

"What is it then?" he asked.

"Nothing," I said airily and side stepped him to walk to my class.

"No, you're planning something. You have something up your sleeve," he said, following me.

"Right or left?" I asked.

"You're right handed. So left," he replied.

I turned over my left sleeve.

"Come on, Mary. Tell me," he whined.

"It's not up this sleeve either," I said, turning over my right sleeve.

"Mary, stop being ridiculous and tell me," Harvey said, getting impatient.

"Sorry, I can't," I said.

"So there is something," he said.

"Maybe," I shrugged, taking my seat at my desk.

"I'm not leaving until you tell me," he crossed his arms over his chest and stood by my desk, towering over me.

I pursed up my lips and looked the other way.

"You're happy and you're not sharing it with me? You even shared stuff when I was your 'enemy'," he used air quotes.

"Oh look, there's Miss David," I said.

Harvey turned to look at the door. And sure enough, Miss David was walking in.

He threw me a look that said, 'this conversation isn't over yet.'

I mentally face palmed myself for looking happy.

***

I peeked into the cafeteria and saw that Harvey and Jamie were eating their lunches, and probably waiting for me to come so that they could interrogate me.

I suppressed my stomach's grumbles of hunger and went back to the empty classroom I was hiding in, waiting for the recess to be over.

After five more peeks and ten more minutes, I finally gave up and decided to just go into the cafeteria and risk being seen by Harvey or Jamie.

Somehow, I managed to get to the line without being spotted by either of my waiting friends. Lucky for me, they both had their backs to the lunch counter.

"Hey, Mary," said Sophie, the girl standing in front of me.

"Hey, Sophie," I replied.

"Harvey was looking for you," she said.

"I know," I replied, and turned away from her, ending the conversation. I did not like her much. She gossiped too much.

I tapped my foot impatiently as Sophie took her time choosing what to eat.

When it was finally my turn, I quickly pointed towards the first thing I saw (a grilled cheese sandwich with onion rings) and grabbed my lunch tray before manoeuvring my way between the tables and the students standing in my path.