The Nerd's Best Friend

•NINE•

"Rae!! Raelynn!!!" I heard Naomi whispering into my ear. I moaned, rolling over, pulling my covers over my head. I smiled a little to myself, proud of getting her away.

"Rae. I warned you." She sighed, as an air horn blew. I threw my blanket, jumping nearly a foot in the air. I glared at her, making sure I looked absolutely terrifying, but she was hunched over laughing. I rolled my eyes, getting up.

"What do you want??" I groaned, plopping down into the couch, which I somehow rolled off of last night.

"Marc wants to meet for breakfast in thirty minutes. You need to start getting ready." She smirked at me. I moaned, getting to my feet. She already had her makeup and hair done, while she was in her pajamas. I went to her bathroom, and applied a thin amount of makeup consisting of powder, blush, mascara, and chapstick. I brushed my hair and decided to straighten it because of the fact that I didn't wash it last night, it was extremely curly and hard to handle. Once straightened, i French braided it to the left, and put hairspray in. I went back to my bag, and pulled out my outfit, which was a red and white striped crop top t-shirt with high waisted black denim jeans. I put on my converse and glasses, leaving her room.

Naomi was now dressed in a cute denim dress, with some ankle boots, and her hair was curled. She had rolled up my sleeping bag and her own, and was sipping some coffee at the bar.

"Ready?" She asked me, looking over the rim of her cup. I nodded, tucking my phone into my back pocket and grabbing my backpack from last night. She grinned, twirling her keys on her index finger as she headed tot he door.

We drove to a little cafe a little less than five minutes from our houses, called, Mama Ruby's Coffee House. We pulled into a parking spot, along side Marcus' Ford F-150.

Considering Baley, Marcus' mom, was a lawyer, and Nick, his dad, owned a construction company, they had a pretty good amount of money.

"Lynnie!" Marcus shouted as he came from the cafe. He wrapped me in a hug, and his scent of after shave and mint swarmed around me.

"Hey Marc." I grinned, pulling away from the hug. Luke appeared behind him a second later, and I had to do a double take. "Luke?" I questioned, confusion lacing my words. He chuckled, nodding.

"In the flesh." She smirked. I rolled my eyes, as a high pitched scream filled the air. I turned around and saw Haley racing towards us in her designer outfit. I internally groaned, as Marcus smiled at her.

"I thought she cheated." I whispered to Marcus. He nodded, glancing at me, before Haley attacked him with a hug and a kiss. I wanted to gag.

"She apologized." He whispered to me. I rolled my eyes, joining Naomi by her side.

Eventually, we all went inside and got a table. It was a large booth, with me and Naomi on one side and Marcus, Haley, and Luke on the other. The young waitress, which didn't seem to be any older than 16, came up to us with a fake grin plastered to her face.

"Hello. My name is Allie, and I'll be taking care of y'all today. What can I get y'all to drink?" She said in a highly over exaggerated happy voice, looking at me.

"Uh. Yeah, I'll have the classic espresso." I said with a small grin. She nodded, writing it down on her notepad.

"Just water please." Naomi said beside me.

"Water for the her as well as me." Marcus said, grinning at the girl, who seemed to give a somewhat real smile his direction.

"Espresso Al." Luke muttered. Her smile went sour, turning into a straight line, writing it down.