Snow White And The Seven Dorks

The New Girl In The Cafeteria

                                                             CHAPTER-2

                                             The New Girl In The Cafeteria

I told the cabbie, "Apten street."

"Two pounds."

"Alright."

I hopped in.

As we were passing , I saw a large grey building with a board with colours so bright that it seemed to be screaming, 'St. Mark's High School.'

My school. Yukiko's school.

And then I saw the hill ... the hill beside our school. The only place which meant to me somewhat what Yukiko did. Everything.

I remember how I met Yukiko the first time. By the way,she met the mysterious me, not the shy me.

I was sitting in the cafeteria with my friends-the school bully,Mike; the school nerd,Harry and every girl's dream,Ethan.

And that's when my Yuki girl walked in. New girl.

With her pale complexion and blood red lips, she reminded me of snow white. Her natural pout and her beauty was bound to grab everyone's attention. She looked like an artist's masterpiece. Basically,she set every boy in the canteen drooling.

And that set off a chain reaction of impossible things.

Mike swore he would give up bullying if he could be her 'friend'; Harry put down hisphysics book to stare at a girl and Ethan , the same oh-my-God-Ethan who couldn't care less about girls (since the most popular girl,Amber, was already his girlfriend),fell off his chair.

I wouldn't be surprised if the news bulletin would say that pigs had been spotted flying that day.

"Man-oh-man-oh-man," I said.

Ethan said ,"Watch me."

He walked upto her and with the same smile that girls would swoon over, said , "Now,now,isthe A.C. not working or is it you,miss ...?"

"You're feeling hot?" she said, moving closer to him.

"Mm-hmm,"he said, breathing faster.

"Maybe this makes you feel better."  And she grabbed a glass of cold coffee and threw it at him.

She started with his brown hair,the same hair he would run his fingers through and make sure that he got every girl he wanted. Then on his brown t-shirt,everybody's and his favourite . And then...we watched her lower her hand until she reached his belt.We held our breaths. So did Ethan.Funny,how he wasn't reacting.  It seemed like he was under a spell. 

Then she stopped.

"Enough for today."

We all groaned.It would be nice to see some coffee being poured down his pants.

So...a new girl had walked into the cafeteria and thrown cold coffee at Ethan.

At Ethan.Oh.

AT ETHAN !OH MY GOD!

"This school is full of frickin' wannabes,"she muttered,pulling her ebony black hair back into a pony tail.

Ethan looked at us and gave us the I-am-breaking-up-with-Amber-and-SO-going-after-her look.

I was shocked.I thought he loved Amber. But now,I could see it in his eyes. He wanted Yukiko.

I rolled my eyes and turned to look at my friends to pass an offending comment about Ethan. And then I realised it.

They were all having the same look. The same desparation. The same admiration in their eyes.

All of them wanted her.

'Desperate idiots,'I thought.

If only I had taken time to understand the feelings that were churning inside me, I would have known that I was one of them. Just another one of them.

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Amber burst into the corridor . She entered the girls' common room with the look of a murderer.

It was strange seeing Amber so angry. All the boys in the corridor scuttled to the door to make out what was going on. We managed to hear only fragments.

"What on earth do you think of yourself... spilling cold coffee on him on your first day...walking around like you're the boss ... steal him... knew all along that all was not well between us..you're gonna pay...Wanna know whose the real boss?It's me, and better keep it in mind... "

"You're the boss? Really? I did not know that bosses date students in school and end up having the students dump them."

A roar of laughter. 

"You're gonna pay , what's-your-name.Just wait and watch."

"Whatever.By the way,the name's Yukiko."

And Amber barged out of the room.

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Weeks passed by, and nothing had changed except Amber, who would no more enter with the one-look-and-you're-gone smile but the most popular- turned -second most popular frown.

As for me,Yukiko barely seemed to notice me. 

I'd managed to say three words to her.

It happened when I saw her coming out from the chemistry lab, looking her best.

I walked upto her very confidently.

And clashed with her. 

"I am sorry," I said.Three words.

She scanned me with her black eyes, like I was her prey.

"Get lost,"she said.

And after looking into her eyes, I realised I didn't like her.

I loved her.

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A few days later,I was moving hurriedly through the hallway as I was getting late for my geography class when I saw Mike and Ethan . Ethan was holding his mobile in his hand and showing something to Mike. They were both giggling.

"What's up guys ?" I asked out of sheer curiosity.

"Check this out,"Ethan said, smirking at me.

And when I saw it I was both shocked and disgusted.Yukiko's pictures. What kind ,you may have guessed.

" I can't take my eyes off her b-"said Mike.

"You guys disgust me.Stop it."

"What's with your bad mood, big guy? " asked Ethan.

"Look at you guys.You were like...drooling all over Yukiko on her first day ,claiming to love her. And now,what the hell do you think you're doing?"

"Dude,she's hot. It's hard not to look at these pictures. And if she does not have any problem,why do you?"

"Whoa-whoa-whoa.Rewind and freeze.She does not have any problem?What do you mean?"

"This was on her facebook profile,man."

"You mean the whole school has seen this?"

"Yeah."

"I don't trust you guys," I muttered,simultaneously taking a step back in disgust. "Yukiko would never do that. I'm sure someone's framing her.And-"

I had clashed with someone. I turned .

It was Yukiko.

Her eyes were puffy and her nose was red. She had been crying.

She had heard our conversation too. Sweet.

"Sorry," she mumbled and scuttled away.

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