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I bite my lip because I don’t want to answer this guy. He is easy on the eyes and is about Kalum’s height, but I cannot forget that he is not here to be nice to me. He probably would laugh because I need to buy the one that is the cheaper option. How do you tell a guy that lives in wealth you are worried about the price of a can of iced tea or a bottle of water?
“Take both,” he says, grabbing the can of iced tea and the bottle of water.
He places them on my tray. I look up and his eyes soften, caressing my face.
“That’s not necessary. I’ll just take the water. I’m gonna need it to hydrate for my walk home,” I say, placing the iced tea back.
He frowns. “Kalum didn’t drive you?”
“Do you really need me to answer that? I’m the hired help and the maid. I don’t get free rides to school.”
“I’m Ca—”
I quickly walk away, not letting him tell me his name. What’s the point? He is just like the rest. Let him laugh it up with Kalum and his friends later. I don’t care.
When I reach the register, the lady in a Spencer Academy staff uniform begins to ring me up.
“That’ll be $11.75.”
Jesus, that’s about two hundred and thirty-five a month if I eat the same thing every day. I reach for my little wallet, my long hair sliding forward. A large arm towers over me and hands her a black credit card. My eyes widen and my head tilts up when I see it’s the guy with the brown eyes I was so rude to earlier not letting him tell me his name.
“Can you please charge five hundred and put it on her account, please?”
My head whips to the lunch lady as she begins to place the card in the card reader.
“What is your name and student account number?”
“No. I-I can’t take it.”
He sighs behind me, handing her the iced tea. “If you could, please add this and swipe my card,” he commands.
The lunch lady’s eyes widen, and then she looks at me, giving me a grin.
My head tilts up looking at the him. “I can’t pay you back.”
“I don’t want you to pay me back. It’s nothing.”
“It’s five hundred dollars,” I deadpan.
He chuckles and shrugs. “So.”
Knowing I have no choice, I rattle my information to the lunch lady.
He places the iced tea I wanted on my tray and grins.
“Like I was saying, my name is Cason.”
“Nice to meet you, Cason. You didn’t have to do that. I’m sorry I was rude to you earlier. It’s just that not everyone has been very nice to me here.”
“I know. I want to be the first. If you let me?”
I bite my bottom lip nervously, standing by the empty table I was sitting at earlier.
His gaze softens and he smiles. Taking the time to get a good look at him. I notice he has straight teeth when he smiles and a very nice face. He’s nice to look at and seems harmless. He is tall and fills out his uniform in all the right places, but I don’t trust him. I don’t trust anyone here and right on cue.
“Yo, Cason.” We both turn and one of his friends is waving at him. “Stop slumming it with the help and come over here. We have to go over plays for our next game.”
I stiffen at his remark. And that right there, is why I don’t trust or fit in anywhere in this school.
