Maroon

Chapter 3: Brendon

I glance back at max and see that he is laughing at me "You're rude you know that" I say with a herumph. He Starts laughing even harder "awwww you know you love me" I smirk "how do you know I don't secretly hate you?" he grins along with me "You haven't ditched me yet" I sigh and lean back in my chair "I guess you're right." He snickers "I'm always right" I click my tongue "tch, narcissist." When our teacher walks in I sit up; "Good, morning class" she groans I can't tell if she hates her job or her students. We all groan in reply to her statement since we're all tired and don't want to be here. Another kid I've never seen before walks in waving to the class with a crooked smile on his face.

"This is Jamie; he is new here so please welcome him and help him with anything he doesn't understand." He looks at Mrs. Harrison and then back at us "Yep thanks so much!" a smile is stretched over his face. He's honestly a kinda weird looking kid; long blonde hair falling into curls over his face, really tall and thin, sky blue eyes, and bright pink lips. I turn back to Max "were we supposed to have a new kid?" I whisper; He nods "yeah, Kate texted me about it in the beginning of class" I'm about to open my mouth to speak when the new kid sits in the desk in front of Max and pokes his head into our circle "what're you guys talking about?" he smirks. Max has a stern look on his face "none of your business man" the new kid has a shocked look on his face when Max says this.

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I walk over to our table with my tray of soggy meatloaf in hand; I place my tray down next to max's and sit down next to him. Across from us Kate is talking with her friend Stella about the new kid Jamie; Kate turns to Max with sparkles in her eyes "Isn't the new kid so cute Max!?" I turn to him to see his reaction. He pokes at his pasta salad for a moment and then looks up "I honestly thought he was kinda nosy and annoying" he says with a growl. Kate tilts her head in confusion "I didn't think so; he seemed really nice" I nod my head agreeing with Max "Yea I kinda thought so too; he kept trying to but in on me and Max's conversation."

Kate grabs her chin in thought and as if she came to a conclusion to something points her finger in the air "Maybe he just is desperate to get to know you, maybe he's interested in you" she grins while Max stifles a laugh "ha! Yeah right" Kate grabs Max's forearm and squeezes "no really!" He takes another bite of his pasta salad. "Well even if he is I'm not really interested in him" he says with his mouth full. Kate brings her face close to Max's "But you can't deny he is pretty cute" his lip curls slightly as he swallows his food "Oh I wasn't denying that at all."