Crayston

A FACEFUL OF SALAD

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Lisa opened her eyes in a dazed state and closed them slowly. Seconds later, she sat up with great force as her pulse increased and started to beat frantically.

What the hell had happened? she thought to herself. One minute, she had been walking to the front door of her house and the next thing, she was wide awake sitting upright in her bed.

'What the hell happened?' she said out loud. She was pretty sure she had taken no alcohol so it was definitely not a case of drunkenness. She tried thinking real hard.

School, heaven's gate, and house...dangling of keys...

Keys! Then it all came flooding back to him. He was there! In my house. Panic filled her soul as she immediately spotted the keys on the table next to her bed. Now it all came flooding back. The first thing that hit her brain were delicious looking brown eyes with an amused expression...and that voice. She tried to imagine how it sounded. She palmed her forehead but she remembered nothing.

Her eyes immediately popped wide as she realized she had no idea what the time was. She grabbed her phone by her pillow and instantly knew she was in trouble. She had 50 missed calls. It was amazing! 30 had come from her mom alone. That was crazy enough. Her mom must have been so worried, she thought to herself smiling sheepishly. That smile however disappeared when she saw the time.

'Shit' she said getting off her bed while texting Deb she was on her way over.

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7 minutes 35 seconds later.

Lisa's car came to a screech outside Deb's family house, Lisa's hair flying all over the place. Deb stood outside and the moment she felt the breeze that followed the car hit her, she knew Lisa was at it again.

'I'm so sorry I'm late. Won't happen again I promise' Lisa shouted from where she sat. Deb just shook her head as she entered the car.

'I still don't und...whoa' Deb said as she finally turned to look at Lisa. Lisa was looking like a walking disaster.

'What?' Lisa said wondering why Deb was looking at her with her mouth gaping.

'Uhmm... you got soap in both ears' Deb said swallowing nervously.

'Oh,' Lisa said laughing nervously removing it with her fingers.

'Yeah' Deb said looking straight ahead.  When they moved into their new apartment, she was going to make sure Lisa had a make-over, she thought. It was that or her sanity.

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Lisa sat down nervously in the large classroom with a bunch of people she didn't know. This was her first class and it was psychology. They had been waiting for the lecturer for over 30 minutes and Lisa was slowly getting exhausted. She glanced left and saw a slim guy sleeping with his mouth wide open and saliva drooling at the edges of his mouth. Lisa rolled her eyes.

She was about to rest her head on her desk when she felt something hit her back. She turned and looked down and saw a squeezed paper lying on the floor. She picked it up and was about opening it when she heard a yell.

'Hey, don't open that' she turned around and saw a boy about her age rushing towards her, his face looking a bit embarrassed as he made his way quickly towards her.

'Sorry about this' he said snatching the paper from her hands before she realized it.

'Rude much?' she said pretending to be offended by what he had just done when all she felt was amusement.

'I'm so sorry, my friends can really be a pain in the ass' he said scratching his head'

'Is that so?' she said bending her head to the side to look at him a bit more intently while still sporting a little smirk on her face.

'Hi, my name's Peter. Nice to meet you' he said managing to smile a bit now.

'Lisa' she said shaking his hands firmly.
'Not bad' he said nodding his head.

'What? My name's not bad?' she said frowning a bit'

'No! That's now what I meant' he said his face getting flushed over again. This time, this drew laughter from Lisa's lips.

'Loosen up now, will you? I was only joking' she said smiling. Peter's stiff shoulders visibly relaxed from their rigid position as he finally released a deep breath.

'There, that wasn't so hard now, was it?' she said smiling at him.

The whole class suddenly grew silent as the lecturer entered.

'Oops, we will continue this conversation later. At lunch maybe' Lisa said in a questioning manner.

'Yeah sure, no problem' he said turning to head back to his seat before he ran straight into one of the desks causing everyone to look at him. His face became red as crimson. Lisa closed her eyes tighter as she felt embarrassed for him herself. She opened her notes as the classes began.

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Deb chewed on her home-made sandwich thoughtfully as she slowly read the book in her hands. Today had run so fast and it was lunch time already. She sat alone in the cafeteria eating with other students surrounded by friends waiting patiently for Lisa to show up. Something strange always happens with her and Deb couldn't wait to find out what it would be this time.

'Hey' Lisa said from just behind her.

'Hey' Deb said without looking up.

'So I found a new friend!'

'Oh' Deb said finally lifting her head up and what she saw made her want to hit her head on the desk. This boy who stood next to Lisa looked scary. His hair was scattered and he obviously didn't pay much attention to his dressing. He was Lisa but only in male form. He also was looking at her in a very strange and trance-like way, like he had never seen a girl before which was weird because there were many girls in this cafeteria.

'Hi,' he said waving his hands in the air.

'Hi' Deb answered wishing she wasn't seated here right now.

'Peter, meet Deb' Lisa said before dropping into the seat next to Deb exhaustively. Peter took the seat next to Lisa.

'So how did classes go?' Lisa asked.

'Fine, normal. Left me starving' Deb chuckled at this comment.

'I can imagine' Deb said raising her head just in time to see a gigantic burger removed from Lisa's bag. Deb's eyes almost popped as she started fidgeting looking left to right.

'You can't eat that here Lisa' Deb said. 'It's too big'

'You just watch me, baby, you just watch me' Lisa said opening her mouth very wide. Peter looked scared that her lips would tear at the sides as she bit down at the burger and closed her eyes savouring every bite.

'Eww, gross' Deb said frowning. Lisa just laughed as her phone buzzed. Lisa opened the phone still smiling until she saw the picture; of herself, her mouth open like a gorilla about to pounce on its prey which was the burger with a caption that read

"Never knew that the human mouth could open that wide"

She looked at the number and it was saved on her phone with the name 'doughnut shades'. Her anger boiled up once more as she scanned the crowd looking for his annoying figure. There he was, eating like he was an innocent soul.

Lisa got up from her seat and Deb's eyes widened. She could sense that trouble was brewing.

'Where are you going?' Deb asked Lisa, a slight taint of alarm in her voice. Lisa was too far gone to answer. She walked over to where he was eating and flung his bowl of salad straight to his face.

The Doughnut shades pulled his shades off as Deb held her head in her hands with fear written all over her face.

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