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Maybe she’d let this get to her too badly, or maybe she was being overly sensitive? Either way if she didn’t leave she would have started shit with all of them, and a scene was not what she wanted.
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“Fuck,”Rebel said, staring down at his food.
“Man, she got upset fast,” Max said, and Rebel lifted his gaze to look at the other guy.
“Yeah, because you know people have been shitty to her before, and me turning away the new kid probably triggered that for her.”
Max didn’t respond, and maybe it was the glare Rebel cast in his direction.
“She’ll get over it, man. Give her some time. Rosie’s a tough girl,” Rowley said.
All Rebel did was look at his closest friend. He was in love with Rosie, was a chicken shit for not telling her, but the last thing he wanted to do was make her feel uncomfortable or upset. But that new guy, yeah, he did rub Rebel the wrong way.
He always went with his gut, and for some reason the cocky air that surrounded that kid had Rebel on alert.
“I need to find out more about that kid and see why just looking at him pisses me off.”
“It’s not just you, man,” Rowley said in between shoveling fires in his mouth. “He seems arrogant as hell. I noticed that right off the bat.”
Rebel’s appetite was gone, and he pushed his tray away.
Max eyed it. “You not eating that?”
“Nah, have at it.”
Max grabbed the tray and pulled it closer to him. Rebel looked around the cafeteria to see if Rosie had stayed, but he knew she hadn’t. Rebecca was staring at him, and he curled his lip and looked away.
“Dude, she eye fucks you constantly,” Rowley was the one to say. “Be glad you didn’t stick your dick in that psycho. She seems certifiable.”
Yeah, Rebel saw that. “I’ll never be drunk enough to go anywhere near that.” If he could just have some balls and talk to Rosie, tell her how she made him feel, and let her in, his life would be a hell of a lot better. He knew that without a fucking doubt.
But he also knew he was a pussy for not manning up and doing what was right by her.
ChapterFive
Rosie sat outside, the sun bright, the air humid but warm. She closed her eyes for a second and just absorbed the light and heat.
Hey, maybe she’d even get a tan sitting out here?
She was pale as it was, even pushing the pasty side, but going tanning, or even just hanging outside wasn’t what she did. She stayed in a lot, preferred it, and didn’t care that she was a homebody.
She looked back down at the book she was reading, hating that she couldn’t even control her emotions, and let them get the best of her. It was kind of a silly thing to get upset about, but then again it wasn’t.
She looked over to the windows that lined one side of the cafeteria. More times than not she stayed in when a lot of the seniors headed off school grounds to eat lunch. With not that much time, what was the point? She’d be tagging along with Rebel and his friends, and that wasn’t really what she wanted.
No, she could sit and eat, and then she was done come out here and read.
Looking back at her book, she started to get lost in the plot, but a big shadow was cast across the table and pages, and she exhaled, knowing it was Rebel.
“I’m sorry I just left like that. I guess I just needed some fresh air.” Looking up, she shielded her eyes with her arm, and sat up straighter when she saw it wasn’t Rebel, but the new guy.
“Hi,” he said and smirked. “This seat taken?” He gestured to the bench across from her.
She shook her head. “No, it’s free.” Rosie closed her book and stared at him as he set his backpack on the table and sat down across from her.
“I’m Charleston, by the way.” He held his hand out for her to shake.
