Arden

17. Confessions of a Mad Hungry Woman

17. Confessions of a Mad Hungry Woman

W- Where's
T- The
F- Food

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We made it back to the school in time for lunch, and we were headed towards the cafeteria.

Nikki was feeling much better after ice cream and I think the whole Ali thing slipped her mind.

The three of us entered the cafeteria and sat down at our usual table. "You guys aren't hungry?" Armani asked.

"No, we just went out for ice cream." I told her with a laugh.

"Well, I'm starving. I'm going to go get lunch." She skipped to the line.

As soon as Zane got here, we were going to go to Dakota High so we can figure out if Perri is still under Hayden's influence.

"What's going on with you, Arden?" Nikki asked me with squinted eyes.

I furrowed my eyebrows. "You've been sort of anxious all day, and you keep drifting off." She said cautiously, and I just looked at her. After a while, her eyes widened. "Oh my god, you had sex with someone."

I frantically shook my head and gave her a horrified look. "No!" I told her.

"Yes, yes, you're blushing like crazy right now!" She jumped in her seat. "So, who was it? Was it Zane?"

My face flushed even more of the thought of Zane and I. I shook my head. "Who was it?" She asked.

Should I tell her? Oh god. "It was Andrew." I said quietly. Nikki just gaped at me.

"You slept with Andrew?" She asked slowly.

"No!" I shook my head again. "W-we um, just had a little moment- but I swear, I couldn't push him away. I couldn't fight the attraction."

Nikki gave me a look. "It's okay, Arden. It's not your fault, you're practically under his spell."

She's right, just forget about it. Mani came back to the table and she had a whole bunch of food on her plate.

Like a lot.

"Jeez, Mani, how hungry are you?" Nikki asked.

Armani began stuffing her face. "Really hungry." She nodded her head with her mouth full.

Nikki and I just gave her weird look.

Soon, the boys came to join us at the table. Weird how they always show up at the same time. I think we all tensed up when we saw Ali sit down...next to Nikki.

"Ladies." He greeted, as usual.

We were all quiet as Mani and I watched him cautiously. Zane and Ace looked at each other confused.

"What the hell is up with you guys?" Ace asked, looking at our faces.

Nikki sighed. "Excuse me." We watched as she stood up from the table, her bright green eyes threatened with tears as she exited the cafe.

Mani and I stared after with sadness.

"What's wrong with her?" Ali asked us with confusion. I looked at him.

"You're what's wrong with her." I snapped at him. Ali looked taken aback.

"Yeah, asshole." Armani also glared with her mouth full. Zane and Ace looked at her with weird expressions, I would've laughed if I wasn't so damn angry.

"Really, Ali, if I could kill you, I would." I shook my head and mumbled.

"I'm sorry, did I miss something?" Zane asked Ace, with confusion written all over his face.