LIE

Chapter 45

I sat down nervously at the table in between Indra and Jason. For my meal I chose a steak and a hot dog, along with green beans and broccoli.

I was always sipping on my water so no one would try and speak to me. Of course that failed.

"So Luc, where'd you go?" Mark asked. "Moving from place to place for six months, that's pretty interesting."

"Yeah...well, first I travelled throughout the country. Went to New Orleans, New York City, Virginia." I said.

"What'd you do in New Orleans?" Jonah asked.

"Studied the voodoo-ness of the place. Ghost walks, stuff like that." I answered.

"Then I left the country." I don't even have a passport. "I went to a whole bunch of places."

"Alone? Or were you with someone?" Martha asked.

"I was with my boyfriend."

Indra leaned into me, "that's me." He leaned back.

"Aw." Margo pouted. I smiled cockily at her.

"So where did you guys go?" Trace asked. They were all curious but Margo.

"Um..." I started.

"Romania." Indra said. "It's very tiny."

I guess he'd know. I nodded in agreement.

"What's it like there?" Trace asked.

"Eh. Home is home." Indra said. His eyes widened for a second. Guess that was a slip.

"You're from Romania, Indra?" Brian asked. Indra nodded stiffly.

"Ha! Cool." Trace said.

As dinner progressed there was more conversation.

"So, what happened to Alexandria's eye?" Margo asked me condescendingly.

"A dog bit her." I answered.

"Guess we know not to leave her in your care." Margo said.

"Excuse me?" I said.

"Five minutes with you and she needs to go to the hospital."

"That was just a freak accident. Has nothing to do with my capability to take care of her."

"If you were taking care of her it wouldn't have happened."

I rolled my eye and scoffed.

Indra came to my rescue, "what happened that day is over. Leave it in the past."

"Fine." Margo said.

She looked at me skeptically.

"Were you really travelling?" I guess she saw through my bs.

"What? You jealous?" I asked.

"No. Just kinda sounds unbelievable if you ask me." She said.

"Then I guess it's a good thing I didn't ask."

"Wouldn't someone who's travelled be a tad more excited about it?" She asked.

"I'm not that passionate." I said.

The adults and everyone else looked at us.

"What's up with you two? Why are you going back and forth?" Martha asked.

Indra looked at me curiously, cause I didn't tell him about my little argument with Margo.

"Not a damn thang." I said.