My Bad Boy Best Friend

Chapter 14: Redemption?

Some days were special. They stood out in your mind. There was a recognition that you'd never quite forget them. They'd always be there. Lingering in the back of your mind. Bringing a sweet smile to your lips every time their memory surfaced again.

Today was not one of those days.

Today felt like one of the forgettable ones.

Right from the unremarkable morning that consisted of me scrubbing my room because Tytan and his soon-to-be-dead friend egged my room.

Breakfast was pretty standard. Cereal with cold milk.

I hadn't seen anyone I didn't want to see.

Okay, maybe I was just overall avoiding human beings because I didn't feel like being a part of too many unnecessary conversations but it still counts as uneventful.

"Hey, Lex, do you think you need a shower?" Francesca asked, dipping her finger in the frosting on her cupcake.

"Franny, I'm trying to eat healthy!" Mae groaned, the plain, desperate hopelessness in her voice convinced me of the fact that her healthy eating was going to come to an end soon.

Fran licked the frosting off her finger and grinned at Mae.

"Oh, please do." She said.

"Lex, make her stop!" Mae pleaded.

"Oh fine!" Fran groaned and scarfed the cupcake down hurriedly.

"That singlehandedly killed my appetite." Mae said dropping her fork.

"So let me get this right, you have no problem with Hunter's table manners but the one time I decide to behave like a little goblin, it kills your appetite?"

"Where is he today anyway?" I asked.

"That's because Hunter would never do that." Mae said, ignoring me, and pointing at Fran.

"Mae he's gross." Fran said, curling her nose.

"You're worse."

"Ouch." I snorted.

"I thought you're on my side." Fran frowned.

"I haven't quite decided yet."

"And you're not eating." Mae said waving a fork at my tray.

"I am eating."

"No, you're not. You're pretending to eat. What's wrong Lex?"

"N--Nothing?" I didn't really know myself.

"Really?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. I just don't feel like cafeteria food." I think I deserved better today? For no particular reason?

"So what do you want?"

"Just something that's not boiled or looks two days old."

"You're being weird." Mae snorted.

"Yeah, this really isn't working." I sighed and got up to get rid of my tray.

"Lexi." I noticed a presence behind me.

"I--I think we need to talk." I heard him say.

I spun around to face him. "Yeah, we do."

His face twisted into what I would classify as confusion. I ignored the look of confusion on his face and took his hand. Dragging him out of there.

"Hey, w--where are we going?" He managed to stutter out.

I took him to the bathroom farthest from the cafeteria, on the sixth floor. As expected it was deserted.