Lost Then Found

Lost Then Found (14)

*My phone rings*

"Where are you guys, we're in the parking lot."

"We're at an outside table. I see you, just walk up."

*He hangs up*

"Hey guys!" Marcus and I got up to greet them. I gave a hug to Bennie, Marcus hugged Alysha, Bennie and Marcus nodded at each other. Then stared at me. This retarded girl is now just looking around like she has better things to do than be here with me. So I'm just going to be the bigger person.

"Hello, Alysha." I finally broke the silence.

"Hello."

I gave Marcus that 'I wanna punch her' look and he changed the subject.

"Let's sit. So Ben, you ready for the football game on Saturday?"

"Yep." I kicked him under the table and then shot him a look. That look that your mother gives you when you do something wrong but you guys are in public so she can't yell at you.

"You ready for the basketball game on Thursday? Coach said I should clean up my 3-pointers."

That's better. Wait a second, are my eyes deceiving me or is this girl seriously sitting there on her phone?! Now I'm starting to get ANNOYED.

"Alysha can I talk to you in private for a second?"

"Mhm." Still on her frighten phone?! Calm down Sam. Just breathe.

When we get far enough that the boys can't hear us, I turn around so my back is facing them. That way, they won't be able to see my face expressions.

"Listen, I know you don't want to be here, but get this straight. I don't like you, you don't have to like me." She finally put her phone in her pocket and started to listen to me. "I'm not sorry for the way I acted towards you the other day or ever, to be honest. In fact, I can't stand you. You really make me sick. But for the sake of my BEST FRIEND Bennie, I have decided to tolerate you and not let your idiotic, slutty ways get under my skin. But keep up how you were acting over there and pretty soon you'll be holding your teeth in your hands. I'm trying to be nice here and you're making it so difficult. So let's not let it go too far. Oh, and if you hurt my best friend again, so help me God you won't like what will happen to you. NO ONE will be able to hold me back then. Kay?"

Her face went so pale, she just nodded.

"Good. Now let's go back."

We went back to the table. Bennie and Marcus were looking at us suspiciously.

"So what'd you guys talk about?" Bennie asked. Marcus nodded and stared at me. Looked at Alysha who was in turn looking at me and then began to talk.

"Well we were talking about the next time we could go on one of these lunch dates. Right Sam?"

Sam?! Who told her that we were so cool, that she was allowed to call me Sam?... Ohhh Yeahh Great Acting Skills..

"Yeah Lysh. We HAVE to do this another time."

"Sam?!" Bennie asked her.

"Lysh?!" Marcus asked me.

"Since when were you guys... FRIENDS?!" They screeched in unison. You know, I'm starting to see that these guys are more alike than they think they are.

"We worked out our differences and decided to leave our past in the past." She explained.

"Yep. So we're cool now." I put on the fakest most believable and convincing smile I could. Bennie was very suspicious and I was kind of worried because he KNOWS me. He can tell when I'm sad, mad, lying, crying, happy.. He KNOWS me. Like an author knows their own book. He knows things about me that I don't even know about myself. I don't know how but he probably does. We have literally been best friends since we were in the wound. Weird but beautiful.

"Well.." He started while looking at me then her, then me, then her, then back to me. "Alright. When is our next date then?" I have this in the bag. We could have it after the game on Saturday. So thats what I said. When I said it, I looked at Alysha and she nodded about to take a bite into her burger.

The rest of the date became really... fun. Annoying at times, but fun. We actually exchanged numbers! Convincing reasons of course. But I'm not calling her!