Ryder & Ryder |on hold|

Chapter 3|'We did?'|

‹Picture of Roman Hall to the side›

Chapter 3|'We did?'|

  Ryder stood there silently. I was about to say somHall to the ething when Taylor and Sadie came hurrying forward. "Ryder!" They shouted at the same time. The two looked at each other then back at me.

  Sadie stepped forward. "Did you get the table?" She asked. Sadie knew how important the 'Lucky Charm' was to me.

  I froze. What was I supposed to say? That a douche by the name of Ryder Mathews got to it before me? I could tell they were getting more worried about my answer, especially Taylor. 

  Right when I was about to break the news to them, Roman jumped in. "Yep," he said, eating a potato chip. "Actually, Ryder and – well, Ryder – both got here at the same time!"

  Ryder and I both glanced at one another. "We did?" We both said in unison.

  "They did?" Sadie and Taylor said in disbelief.

  Roman nodded repeatedly, munching on an apple. "Yep." he stated. He then looked at Ryder pointedly.

  It looked like they were having some kind of stare – down. Roman rose an eyebrow and picked up his juice box, sucking it down without looking away from Ryder. Ryder narrowed his eyes for a second then gave up entirely and looked over at my best friend and my twin.

  The boy with the same name as me huffed. "Yeah we did," he said so brightly, you could tell it was fake. "I totally got here five minutes early so that I could take up four minutes in line. And then, take another while minute to walk to the table –" he let out a humorous laugh. "Just so happening to get here at the same time as your sister."

  Sadie and Taylor either didn't notice it or chose to ignore the obvious sarcasm laced in Ryder's tone. They both visibly sighed. "Great." Sadie said happily. Roman gestured to the empty spots and the two took no time in making themselves comfortable, easily jumping into conversation with Roman.

  Ryder and I just awkwardly stood there. I had my hands in my pockets, studying the room before me with a tight lipped smile on my lips. Ryder had his arms crossed nodding his head slowly. "So..." he said unsurely.

  I didn't say anything, too distracted watching his muscles. It was like there was muscles that had a mind of their own. They kept bulging and ....it was pretty hot. I licked my dry lips.

  I was too busy staring at his very attractive biceps, that I didn't see him watch me watch him. Ryder cleared his throat. My eyes shot up to his face, which was shining in amusement as he stared at me unblinking. "What." I said quickly.

  Ryder shrugged. "I was waiting for you to stop eye raping me." he replied nonchalantly.

  I blushed hard. "W – what?" He didn't respond, but winked instead.

  I scratched my head. "So, uh, thanks for that. I mean, thanks for going along with Roman. It really means a lot to me. And I don't really say that much." he turned his head towards me questioningly. "I – I mean that I don't really say that and mean it." Ryder raised his eyebrows, hiding a smile. Oh, he probably thinks I'm some kind of two – faced airhead. "Crap – I don't mean it like that. I just don't really have people who do that. I know that you didn't want us to sit at the table, but you still let us sit with you... so thanks." Yes, killed it.

  Ryder uncrossed his arms before walking past me to get to the lunch table. His shoulder brushed mine as he passed me. I hung my head. Great. Way to embarrass yourself Ry.

  I went to turn when Ryder somehow moved to my side. He leaned towards me and whispered while staring out into the sea of students, "And what makes you think I didn't want you to sit here."

A/N

Aloha!! So this chapter is short and kinda sucks. It's a filler though. Okay, so who watched Teen Wolf on Monday? *Spoiler, if you haven't seen 'Perishable' yet don't read* I can't believe Meredith is the Benefactor! Sorry, I just had to get that out. Thanks for reading and voting! Tell me what you think!

~Nickole