"Long Awaited" Chapter 7: "Lunchtime"

Virginia's POV:

The two other kids are looking at me like a foreign object. I know they had no clue their friends were going to bring the new kid to lunch. I hope they aren't conceited, they don't look like it. The taller boy's face becomes much softer than when I first saw him to right before he spoke his first words in front of me.

Cody: "James, how about you introduce Kevin and I to your new friend?"

James: "Oh right!" Acting like he completely forgot they didn't know me. "Maybe he did forget," I think quietly to myself.

Jessica: "Cody and Kevin, Virginia...Virginia, this is Kevin and Cody."

Me: "Wait., which one's which?"

Veronica: "The taller one is Cody, the shorter one is Kevin."

Me: "Ahh okay. Gosh, I have to learn so many new names!!!" I put on an exasperated accent and laugh.

Kevin: "Well, I think we should get to know you."

Me: "Alright."

Cody: "Where are you from?"

Me: "New York."

Jessica: "Oh wow, that far away?? It must've taken forever for you to drive here!"

Me: "Well actually, we flew here."

Veronica: "Cool. I didn't know that. How long are you staying?"

Me: "Well, we only have a little over a week left."

Kevin: "Ahhh man!!" He said out loud, but the way he looked after kind of made me think he didn't want to say it out loud. He looked terrified. I look around very confused like "What just happened?" as the others laugh.

Cody: "That's my Kevin! Random and unintentionally that way at the same time!"

Me: "Gosh, I know what that feels like!!! Anyway, any more questions?"

James, Cody, and Veronica burst out with 6 more at the same time. I rub my head and say "Gosh! This feels like a test!!! Worse than a test!!" And they laugh really hard.

Throughout the lunch period, I get to know James, Veronica, Jessica, Cody, and Kevin. They ask my questions like a train flying through a station, one right after the other. Boom, boom, boom! Kevin randomly bursts out with a question I was waiting to answer.

Kevin: "Virginia, why did you say you can here again" staring at something on me.

Me: "What do you mean?"

Kevin purses his lips, grins at me, and shakes his head a little. "That necklace!"

Me: "Uh-oh, you got me!"

Cody: "What necklace?"

Kevin: "She's wearing it!!"

Jessica, Veronica, and James look at me like "I didn't see anything" and then look at the necklace and laugh so hard they might have wet their pants...

Veronica: "David Archuleta?!? Are you SERIOUS?!?"

Me: "You don't like him?"

Jessica: "Oh course we like him! What person here doesn't??"

James begins looking around, trying to come up with something to say, but doesn't.

Kevin: "You like David Archuleta?"

Me: "Do I LIKE HIM?! I love him!"

Cody: "Well that's another thing we all have in common."

Another girl comes over to the table when they hear Kevin yell "David Archuleta" and see the new girl sitting nearby. She was very pretty. She had brownish, curly hair and brown eyes. She had a beautiful smile too.

Casey: "David Archuleta, you say?"

Kevin: "Yeah, we're just talking to the new girl."

Casey: "Aww, well that's really sweet! Isn't he just amazing?"

Me: "Oh yeah! He is just spectacular!"

Casey sneaks into the table and sits down. She's a sweet girl, who loves to talk. I really learn to like her. Now, from this lovely experience in Utah, I don't want to leave.

Until nearing the end of lunch, James excuses himself. He says he'll be right back. I think "He drank a lot of water, probably has to go the bathroom..." and I giggle slightly.

James's POV:

Me: "Excuse me, I'll be right back."

Casey: "You're excused"

Before I get up from leaving the table, I make sure I have my phone in my book bag. I start going over the entire conversation I had with Virginia and the rest of the gang at lunch.

Me: "Gosh, she's perfect!" I whisper to myself, musing deep in thought, as I enter the bathroom. "Just not for me... But I know who she'd be perfect for." I go to the bathroom, wash my hands and get ready for what I'm about to do. I can't believe I'm going to do this, but she's perfect for him. I take out my cell phone after I know nobody is coming in the bathroom. I want to lock the door, but there's no lock. I scroll to contacts down to the guy I must speak with at the moment.

* to be continued *