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nancy always sat with barb during lunch. that was something that would never change... the brunette scanned the cafeteria. not once did her eyes stop when she saw barb. that was because she wasn't there...
from not so far, however, she saw steve's table. he was sitting with tommy, carol, and amelia, which was not really a surprise. after last night, the three have been consistent with keeping her in their circle—as everyone wants her in theirs.
"no, i swear. look at this. it's totally frostbite." carol told tommy as she put her elbow on the table. there was a dark–red smudge on her skin.
"that's so cool." amelia chuckled as she took a closer look at it. "those colors..."
"oh, thanks man. it's a heated pool." tommy said with a muffled mouth, full of food.
"well, if it's not frostbite, then what is it?" carol argued to the two boys. amelia wanted to make a guess for herself, but her thinking stopped when she saw nancy approach them and later sit her lunch tray next to steve's.
"ugh, i don't care what it is, it's disgusting! get it off the table. we're eating here." steve grumbled. carol put her arm down.
"hey tommy," nancy called for. "when you left... did you see barb?" she asked. although she didn't want to, amelia's eyes shot up to the question. if someone saw her instinctive impression, she looked as if she was the one that was asked the question. for obvious reasons, she couldn't answer it.
"what?" tommy muttered.
"barbara. she's not here today." nancy sighed. amelia furrowed her brows as she looked down at her own lunch tray. last night with jonathan, they did see her just disappear. not leave.
"i seriously have no idea who you're talking about." tommy joked.
amelia rolled her eyes softly and chuckled, "come on, man, don't be an ass." she threw a clean napkin towards him to wipe his mouth, and leaned her back on her chair. "did you see her leave or not?" amelia asked for nancy. the brunette appreciated the small act of support. nancy also shortly asked herself if maybe her distress was noticeable, which is why amelia asked...
tommy sighed and grabbed the napkin amelia gave him. "no." he answered flatly. "she was gone when we left." nancy slowly nodded. her eyes shuffled down to the table. amelia's brows twitched in a wrinkle as she thought of the same worry nancy was feeling.
"probably couldn't stand listening to all that moaning last night." carol snarked. tommy laughed too as his girlfriend began moaning exaggeratedly—apparently like how nancy did. "oh, steve!"
