Veronica is just a regular girl. A girl with big dreams for a perfect future. A girl who craved finding true love and not just the idea of it. A girl with friends who were family to her. A girl who had nothing special to tell you about her life, unt...
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At lunch, I was sitting with all my friends along with Sam, and one of her best friends, Zoe, at our usual table in the cafeteria and chatting away when I saw Ryan come in through the door followed by Tyler and Jace.
I turned back to my friends and asked "Hey! Do you guys mind if I call Tyler and his friends over to sit with us?"
"Sure." Ash nodded.
"That would be great." Zoe gave a wide smile. I always knew she had a crush on Jace but I don't know why Jace was so ignorant about it. She was beautiful, with her tan skin, long dark hair, and hourglass figure. A person you could hardly go without noticing, especially when she was batting her eyes at you flirtatiously every time she spoke to you.
I waved at the three boys and motioned for them to come over. They joined another table to ours and sat down with us.
"What's up, guys?" Jace asked.
"Nothing, we were just talking about how Ash got detention for falling asleep in math class today," Neil said, laughing.
"Shut up, Neil," Ash muttered.
"That's not all, when Prof Sharma woke her up from her slumber it took her a minute or so to actually process what's happening and mumble an apology." Neil chuckled, "The whole class was looking at her when she just stared at him half asleep." Neil mimicked her and we burst out laughing.
"I'd have paid to see that." Avi chuckled.
"It was priceless," I giggled.
"And the best part..." Neil started again but Ash interrupted him by yelling, "Sam make your boyfriend shut up before I beat him up with my shoe!"
"You wouldn't, you're too sweet for that." Neil teased.
"You really are testing her though, maybe she will make an exception today," Sam said, swatting his shoulder.
"Maybe, maybe not, but I'll sure as hell bribe V into whooping your ass. And you know she will." Ash smirked.
Neil looked at me for a second and I gave him a sickly sweet smile. He shook his head and sighed. "Yeah, I know she will."
As the conversation lulled on around the table, I noticed that Tyler looked unusually quiet, he wasn't even paying any attention to us.
As if he could feel my eyes on him, he suddenly looked up and caught my gaze. I gave him a questioning look and mouthed, "All okay?"
He just nodded giving me a small smile that didn't quite reach his eyes and looked down at his phone again.
Definitely not okay.
Tyler had always been a distant guy. Friendly but distant. It never really bothered me before, but after witnessing his breakdown last week near the woods, I couldn't ignore it anymore.
