Don't Say That (Completed)

Blake

(Edited)

The cafeteria was in the middle of the mall surrounded by Dairy Queen, Pizza Hut, and a small Chinese place. Tables were filled with guys munching on food. As soon as we turned the corner to the area Henry left with James to sit with a group of middle aged men. Steve waved bye to me and Isaac as he walked over to a table with a bunch of teens. Isaac tilted his head to one side telling me to follow him. I do as told and we enter a line filled with people waiting for there food. When we got up enough a man handed me a tray without letting his eyes leave me. Like most people in this place. They tried to hide it but you could clearly see that they were looking. Isaac stood behind me and when I looked over to him he gave a death stare to the man. That made him drift his eyes to the floor as he carried on passing out trays. We kept going down the line taking what we wanted. For me it was a bowl of soup, some Oreos, and a cup of apple juice. It felt like I was in high school. When I was done picking I waited for Isaac to tell the man with a paper his name. I guess I didn't need to do that giving I'm the only girl. When he was done he smiled at me as he brought us to a empty table in the back. I sat in the corner and Isaac sat across from me with his chicken wings and bag of chips. "This seems more peaceful than the city group", I whisper not wanting people around us to hear. He nodded and replied, "I think the speech that Troy gave the other day helped with a lot of them". I nodded at that remembering what Troy said every time I entered a room. I took a bite of an Oreo before I said, "how did Troy become top dog". He looked up from his food replying, "I really don't know yet. Not many people have been around long enough to know". "Weird", I said going back to my soup. My food went away fast and so did Isaac's so when we were done we put our trays in a dish that sat next to the kitchens. 'Penelope can you come to my office'. The intercom said making many people look over to me. I looked back at Isaac and smiled as I started to walk to where I needed to go. The voice was clearly Troy and I knew where his office was. When I entered he sat at his desk with a computer screen in front of him. "Hey", I say shutting the door behind me. Troy looked up with a blank face. "What's wrong", I say kinda worried what he was going to say. Without saying anything he points to the seat in front of him. I sit down as he stands up. He walks in front of my seat and sits on his desk. His hands run down his face before he turns his computer screen around to show a picture of me and Isaac leaving my room this morning. "Why was Blake in your room this morning after I left", I say nothing I stare at the picture. I was walking out and Isaac's hand was wrapped around my waist beside me. When I didn't say anything Troy sighed before turning the screen back around. "Is he the boy", confused I looked up at him. "What", I asked. "The boy that you talked about in the letter", he yells. I shrink down and said, "no he is not". Troy relaxed a bit before he leaned down to my level. "I'm sorry I yelled", he said to me holding my shoulders. I looked away from him not wanting to look at him. The Troy I use to know should never yell at anyone. He was always fun and loved to meet new people. But this one seemed to want everything in perfect order, and that included me. "Why are you so mad about this", I asked him only making him sigh again. "Because I don't fully trust this boy yet", I roll my eyes at that. "Blake is a good guy, he was just helping me out with jack", I tell him truthfully. He did help me clean jack. "If that was all it was", he said standing up straight. "It is", I half smiled at him. Some reason I felt uncomfortable to be around my best friend. "Then you can leave", he says kissing me on the forehead. I left and went straight to my room. Inside jack sat on the couch sleeping. I smiled and remembered the dog food I got from going out. I took out one of the cans from my bag and got a dish that was meant for keys out and placed the food on it. From the sound jack woke up and jumped to me excited to have food. I placed it on the floor petting him on the head. I sighed to myself as I walked to my room to find a note and a pile of clothes. Dresses, shorts, shirts, jumpers, jeans you name it. It was there. I smiled at it and took the note. On it said, 'because you don't need rags anymore, love troy'. I get a lecture but get clothes afterwards. Laughing I go through the clothes and place them in my drawers. I pick out and outfit and place it on the bed before I headed out to the bathroom to take a shower. Stripping out of my clothes I let the hot water warm me as I step in. It ran down my body as I cleaned myself. When I finished I wrapped my towel around myself as I walked out of the bathroom. On the bed was Isaac eating an apple. "You scared me", I say holding the towel tight around my body. He just smiled and took a bite of the fruit.