Hunger

f o r t y - t w o

Final Chapter

We get to the building, and I get out of the car, not waiting for Christopher to get out. It was strange being at the school at night, and I couldn't deny the anxiety was consuming me. Never in a million year I would though I would be coming to a stupid football game. But now my boyfriend was part of the team, and I had to show some support.

Christopher went to the locker room with the rest of the team, and Nate. So, I had to man up and go to the field all alone. I didn't have a plan, I just came here alone, hoping to have a good time. To have fun, like Baize suggested to.

I get to the bleachers, and the place was crowded, making my heart beat a thousand miles per hour. There're so many people here, is it always like this?

I hear someone screaming my name, and I look up nervous, to see Amanda and Elizabeth sitting just a few bleachers up from me. I smile at them, and quickly go to them, relieve they saw me.

Now that I eat lunch with Nate, they kind of became my friends. I have Chemistry with Amanda, and she's actually really nice. Elizabeth has Spanish class with me, and I found out after we started talking one day at the lunch table. I can be really clueless most of the time, and I honestly never saw her.

As I make my way up the stairs between the huge bleachers, I see Eva and Jer sitting on the right side. I frown, noticing them and so did them. They were sitting, with what I assumed were their new friends.

I quickly got to Amanda and Elizabeth and took a sit beside them.

"Hi." Says Amanda exited, quickly hugging me.

I hugged her back, and smile, doing the same thing with Elizabeth. I could feel Jeremy's and Eva's eyes on me. If looks could kill, I would be probably be dead by now. They can make friends and move on with their life, but I can't?

I ignored them, and began to talk with the girls, since the game hadn't started yet, and it probably would take another fifteen to thirty minutes to start.

"Do you want something to eat?" Amanda asks standing up. "I'm getting popcorn and probably nachos too."

My heart sinks to the ground but I ignore my feelings. "Popcorn sounds nice."

"I want nachos too!" Elizabeth exclaims like a child, wanting to make Amanda bring her some too.

I laugh, and Amanda roll her eyes. "I hate you." She says and grabs the money from her hand, and mine.

She leaves, and I began to talk to Elizabeth about the test we had today.

"I will probably get a B." I say shrugging. "I hope to get a B." I add frowning.

She laughs and sighs. "I will probably get an F!" She sighs dramatically. "I just don't get Spanish! Is so hard. I honestly don't understand how you get it."

"It's not that bad Liz." I say smiling. "I can help you if you want."

"Really?" She asks surprise. "The essay due on Monday, I wrote it but I'm pretty sure it has tons of grammatical errors, can you help me fix it. I really need to get an A. I don't want my grades to get ruin due to just one class."

"Sure." I reply shrugging. "I haven't even started mine though." I reply, and she laughs. "At least you did yours."

Everyone began to scream, and we both look to the field to see the teams out. Our team was blue and red, and the team against us was yellow and green. I smile, when I notice Nate. He's searching through the crowd, but he clearly can't see me. I laugh, he's so stupid, and he finally sees me, a smile quickly appears on his lips. He throws me a kiss and I roll my eyes, he's so cliché, but I do the same not to make him feel bad.

Amanda appears quickly after, with another girl that was helping her bring all the food to us.

"The least you guys could have done is help me!" She sighs sitting between us. "Kat this is Karen, she takes Chemistry with us too."

I smile at her recognizing her face. "Hi." I say, and she quickly smiles, taking a sit next to me.

"I didn't know what you wanted so I got you a coke to drink." Amanda says, passing two cups of coke, one for me and the other for Karen.

I nod and pretend is not bothering me not know how many calories it has. I grab my popcorn and give Karen her nachos.

I take a sip of the coke, and truthfully it wasn't that bad, I just hated the sensation of the soda on my mouth, so I was glad that the ice was making it less strong. I proceeded to eat the popcorn and it was good too, so I continue eating it throughout the game, not thinking of the calories or carbs, just enjoying myself.

I didn't know anything about football, so I just cheered with the rest of the people every time our team got a point. Especially at the end, when we won. Everyone was cheering like crazy and I did too, it was our school that won after all, and Nate made a few points, so I was proud of him too.

The people began to leave soon after, and I went to the parking lot to wait for Nate and Chris, with the rest of the girls.

We kept talking and laughing, and it was all so strange to me. Why was I so scared of all of this? Of being normal.

Nate comes out of the building, his gym bag on one shoulder and his car keys on his hand. He smiles seeing me there and I smile back at him, glad to finally be with him.

"I'm glad you came." He whispers on my ear, while he hugs me. "Did you have fun?" He asks exited. "I told you we would win."

"And you're lucky you did." I say laughing. "But I have to admit, it would have been funnier if you lost after being so confident."

"Shut up!" He says kissing me. "We are going to eat at the diner, close to the mall, want to come?" He asks, shrugging. "It's okay if you don't feel like it, we can go home." He says smiling. "There are other ways to celebrate our victory." He whispers all cocky.

I roll my eyes and push him. "We can go to the diner." I say, and he smiles relieved. "We can also celebrate again when we get to your house." I add kissing him.

We go to his car and soon after we were there. The place felt all homie and we took a sit in one booth, Amanda and her boyfriend Kyle sit also with us. We basically filled almost all the tables and booths at the diner, since the whole team came, with their friends and girlfriends, the ones that had.

We look at the menu and I wonder what I was going to eat. There weren't any salads or healthy foods, and truthfully, I didn't want any of that. So, I chose a burger with fries and a chocolate milkshake on the side. Nate order the same thing but with a vanilla milkshake instead.

We began talking and laughing, and it felt like I was one of them. Like I was just another teenager eating food late at night, like you see on tv.

The food gets here, and we ate, saying that the food was amazing was an understatement, or maybe it was the fact that I hadn't had a burger in months.

I see Christopher staring at me occasionally, like he was worried I couldn't handle any of this, but I ignored him, eating my food and laughing with my friends. That sounds so strange to me. He was sitting with Melanie, so I was glad he was far away from us, from me.

The difference between Nate and Chris, is that Nathaniel knows not to treat me like I'm a fragile piece of glass that's going to break any moment now. He knew I was better, that I was just another girl with problems of her own.