Lemon Boy

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Lemon Boy was nervous for the rest of the day and the morning leading up to school. When he arrived, he saw Teddy right away. His smile was as big and friendly as ever and he was vigorously waving in Lemon Boy's direction.

"L.B.! I've been waiting for ages, come on let's go inside before the morning pastries run out." Teddy grabbed Lemon Boy by the arm and he began to run into the school. Once they got their pastries they sat down at a table together and started to eat.

"I was starving, luckily we got in before everyone else gobbled up the best of the food," Teddy said with a mouth full of jelly doughnut.

"Me too, Teddy. Hey, do you want to have lunch together later?" asked Lemon Boy.

"Sure! I'd really like that. Plus I brought a lunch from home today so I won't have to worry about waiting in line."

DING! DONG! DING! The morning bell rang and so the two boys decided to walk to class together. As they were walking, Lemon Boy couldn't help but notice all the kids staring at him and Teddy as they walked through the halls. They almost looked confused. Since Lemon Boy's classroom was before Teddy's he dropped him off and waved goodbye.

As he continued down the hall he was stopped by one of the other students who asked him, "Hey, Teddy, why were you walking around with that lemon guy?"

"Oh you mean L.B.? He's my friend so I was just walking with him on the way to class," Teddy responded. "We're having lunch together later if you'd like to join us."

"Uhm... no that's okay but thanks," they said as they hurried towards their classroom. Teddy decided to just shrug it off and head to class; he didn't want to be late.

As the first half of the day progressed Lemon Boy found himself unable to focus on his school work because he couldn't stop thinking about the way everyone looked at him and Teddy in the hall. And as he thought even deeper, he realized that they were looking at them funny during breakfast too. "Why were they so concerned?" he thought to himself.

Finally it was time for lunch and Lemon Boy was excited to eat— his stomach had been growling for the past hour. Teddy was patiently waiting for him to arrive at the table they had sat at at breakfast.

"Did you bring your lunch today too?" Teddy asked him curiously.

"Sure did! I don't really like to order because the wait in the line is always so long," Lemon Boy said with a smile.

The two brought their lunch pails to the table, soon realizing that they had the same one.

"No way! You have a Moomin's lunch box too," Teddy exclaimed. "I thought I was the only one who still had one."

With a giggle and a grin on his face, Lemon Boy replied, "Of course I do, it's only the best show ever." The two continued lunch while talking about the show and discussing their favorite episodes. However, what they did not realize is that this would be their last normal lunch together for a long, long while.

The next day was rainy and the sun was barely visible through all of the clouds. Lemon Boy woke up to the sound of water dripping from the roof of his home onto his bedroom window sill. "Finally some rain for my plants," he said to himself. He got out of bed, got ready for school, and finally went outside to check on his beloved garden. Once he saw that all was well, he made his way to school.

The first half of the day went on as normal. Breakfast pastries in the cafeteria, math class, english class, a 10 minute break, and then painting class. After painting was lunch. Lemon Boy was excited to see Teddy during lunch because he had missed him in the morning for breakfast. As he made his way over to their usual table he realized that there was something missing— Teddy. Lemon Boy was confused as to why Teddy hadn't arrived yet, but he figured that he was just held up talking to a teacher or using the restroom. But Teddy never came. 

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