Tomboy Tanya

Sudden Moves

Even though the boys seemed to be tensed about it for one moment, they completely forgot about it the next.

I went ahead with my classes and soon enough it was lunch period. I kept my books inside the locker and headed to the canteen accompanied by Sam and Seb. They usually did not have class the previous hour but due to exams closing in, they had a special class which happened to be in mine.

When I entered the canteen, surprisingly my place had a food plate on it. At first I looked quizzically at Seb to which he shrugged. But then I looked around the table and saw that there were two guys missing. I realized that it was for them and sat at the table while the boys went to buy lunch.

I sat in a different chair than the usual, because for known reasons, which happened to be next to Dasher boy. I waved at him waiting for my food. I was tempted to take a few fries from his plate.

"Why aren't you eating your lunch?", he asked looking up at me flicking his blond fringes.

"Seb has gone to buy it.", I said with my elbows on the table with my chin resting on it.

"You are going to eat two lunches?", he asked baffled. My head slipped out of its hold at his question.

"What do you mean?", I asked straightening myself.

"Hasn't someone already bought you lunch?", he asked.

The same moment Seb came with our lunch.

"Yeah, we have bought it for her.", he said placing the food in front of me.

"No, you idiot, I meant the one already bought and placed in her seat.", he said pointing to the plate in my original place.

"You mean to say it was bought for me and not for one of the guys?", I said pointing to myself.

"That's what I said.", he said continuing to eat.

"But who bought it?", Sam asked from opposite him.

"I did.", a voice said from next to me.

I looked up to see Liam sitting down in the seat next to me.

"What do you mean you did? And why are you sitting here? Isn't your place over there?", I said pointing to the seat he usually sits at.

"Why, is this place reserved or something? And I saw that it was Seb buying you lunch every time, so I decided to do it once.", he said shrugging as if it wasn't big deal.

"What do you mean 'Seb did so I did'? Seb is my friend so he buys me food. Why are YOU buying ME food?", I said pointing between us.

"Am I not your friend?", he said with a hurt expression before coming next to my ear and saying, "Or am I more than that?"

After saying that, he lifted his head smirking at me. I badly wanted to wipe that smirk off.

Dasher chuckled at that while Seb and Sam chocked on their food, meaning everyone heard it. I stared blankly at him, thinking how audacious he was to have said something like that and that loud enough for others to hear it.

"I don't know what has gotten into you, but don't bother me", I said before reaching for the food Seb bought.

"So you are not going to eat it?", he asked while I continued to eat from my plate.

"Ok then, I will throw it away.", he said taking the tray. I felt a little bad but then I had to be resolute so I turned to my food without giving him any attention.

"Stubborn, are we? Let's see to it sweetheart.", he said one final time before going away.

"Someone seems to be having an assignment coming their way.", Seb snickered wiggling his eyebrows.

"Shut up"

"I did not say anything.", Seb said pressing his lips into a straight line.

Rest of the lunch period went by with me thinking of ways to kill Liam and later Seb.

If I had thought that his antics had stopped with the lunch period, I was proven to be so wrong.

He somehow managed to be on the same team as me during the PT period. And to add on to my misery, we were to play volleyball. He made sure to dodge every ball that came my way and stayed too close for my liking.

I was thankful that the day ended and I rushed to my room with my bag the moment bell rang. I was tempted to punch him many a times, but I didn't want to face my parents wrath and that the school year was about to end.

I asked the boys to bring me dinner while I stayed back in my room. I had enough of his antics for the day making me think twice before heading out of my room.

A knock on the door brought me reality. It was mostly the boys bringing my food but why would they knock?

I opened the door to face the guy of all my frustration.

"Hi."

"What do you want?"

"Oh I don't need anything. I brought something that you might need.", he said lifting his hands to show the food in them.

"We tried stopping him but he grabbed it from us. But don't worry we were the ones who bought the food not him.", Seb said raising his hands before going back to his room followed by Sam who sent a wave my side before going.

"Why are you doing this?", I said crossing my hands over my chest.

"What? Is giving you food wrong?", he said innocently. Of course it was just an act.

"I can very well take care of myself. So stop with whatever you are trying to do."

"I am just giving you food as a friend. Why, do you have other ideas going through your mind?", he asked arching his left eyebrow while leaning on the door frame next to me.

Here he goes again with the same thing.

I grabbed the food from his hand and shoved him a little.

"Happy? Now leave."

"Liam – 1, Tanya – 0. Goodnight sweetheart.", he said winking before going his way.

I closed the door with a loud bang before settling down on the floor. The noise gave me some peace. I ate the food before throwing away the wrappers.

Next day was no better than the previous day, if anything it was worse. While yesterday it started only from the lunch, today it started from the first hour. I had to keep my anger and frustration in check all those times he purposefully bumped my shoulders and when he scooted in his chair and sat too close to me in the pretense of asking doubt.

Like yesterday, today also there was lunch placed on my seat which without doubt was his doing. I sat down opened the wrapper of it while the boys went to buy their food. I told them not to buy for me and that I was eating this one only.

"Getting it with the assignment, huh?", Seb joked wiggling his eyebrows.

"Shut up, I am just saving you money.", I said, which indeed was true and that I didn't want the food to go waste.

"Excuses, Ms Walter, excuses.", Sam retorted.

Right when I was about to retort, I felt a presence behind me.

"Liam – 2, Tanya – 0. Wait and watch sweetheart, I am going to win.", he said before next to my ear before placing a quick kiss on my cheek and leaving.

"What was that?", Seb asked.

I shrugged at him before continuing to eat. I don't know what he meant but I had wild guess as to what it might be. And it definitely was not something I was happy about.