Lunchtime.

The time everyone has been waiting for since breakfast.

They were serving pizza and mystery soup.

What is mystery soup, you ask?

That's the mystery of it.

After Kayden and I bought our food we found an empty booth, but it was beside Maddie's table. I hope she doesn't notice me, I'm not in the mood for her crap right now.

As we're passing by her table someone sticks their foot in my path at the last second which causes me to lose my balance and drop my tray of food. I'm able to stop myself from falling on my face, but I'm unable to save my food.

Great, I'm starving.

"Oops, I'm sorry Aspen. I didn't see you there, it was almost like you were invisible" Maddie says with a smirk which causes the people at her table to snicker and laugh

I huff as I quickly walk towards the booth where Kayden is sitting. As soon as I sit down he gives me a sad smile.

"I saw what they did t

I've looked in the library, gymnasium, locker room, and auditorium.

She wasn't in any of those places.

Where the heck is she?

I decide to look in the last place that I can think of...

The music room.

I jog down the hall towards the music room since it's my last hope at finding her before the bell rings for third period.

I walk into the music room only to see her playing a sad tune while sitting at the piano.

I lean against the doorframe and watch her play since her eyes are closed and I don't want to startle her.

"You know that you can join me, right?" She asks before she opens her eyes and turns her head in my direction

I walk towards the bench which causes her to slide over so that she can make room for me. When I sit down on the bench we both remain quiet, it was so quiet that you could hear our ragged breaths.

"Not that I hate it, but why is you hair down?" She asks in conf

It's currently second period, which I do not have with Charlotte.

I'm currently reading one of my favorite books but I can't enjoy it as much as I want to since I feel a bunch of eyes watching me. I look up and, no surprise here, I see a group of girls glaring at me.

I look down at my book and resume my reading until I'm interrupted by a guy clearing his throat beside me. I look up to meet a pair of brown eyes.

Is he new? Usually no one speaks to me besides Charlotte.

"Hi, I'm Kayden" he says as he offers me his hand. I look down at his hand with an unreadable expression.

Is this a joke?

"Um, okay..." he says awkwardly as he brings his hand back to rub the side of his neck nervously

"I'm new here and I thought that you looked the least intimidating in this class," he says nervously which makes me release a small laugh

"You can sit down, if you want. I don't bite" I say with a smile so he doesn't think that I'm stuck up. He gives me an appreciative smile before sitting in the seat towards my right.

"My name is Aspen" I say "Since you're new, would you like it if I showed you around?" I ask him since I know how difficult it is to find your way around on your first day at a new school

"Yes, that would be so helpful. Would you like to see my schedule?" He asks as he points towards his backpack. I nod which makes him smile as he reaches into his backpack and pulls out a green paper.

I grab the paper from his hands which causes him to laugh as I open the folded piece of paper. I quickly scan over the paper and smile as I hand it back.

"Lucky for you we have all the same classes," I say which causes his smile to widen. If he smiles any wider I'm pretty sure that his face will break.

"And since we have lunch next, you can meet my best friend. If it seems like she hates you, she doesn't" I say with a reassuring smile. He gently grips my hand as he speaks.

"As long as you don't hate me, I'm okay" he says before he presses a feather light kiss onto my knuckles. I laugh awkwardly before I remove my hand and look at my book.

Okay, that was kind of weird.


Lunchtime.

The time everyone has been waiting for since breakfast.

They were serving pizza and mystery soup.

What is mystery soup, you ask?

That's the mystery of it.

After Kayden and I bought our food we found an empty booth, but it was beside Maddie's table. I hope she doesn't notice me, I'm not in the mood for her crap right now.

As we're passing by her table someone sticks their foot in my path at the last second which causes me to lose my balance and drop my tray of food. I'm able to stop myself from falling on my face, but I'm unable to save my food.

Great, I'm starving.

"Oops, I'm sorry Aspen. I didn't see you there, it was almost like you were invisible" Maddie says with a smirk which causes the people at her table to snicker and laugh

I huff as I quickly walk towards the booth where Kayden is sitting. As soon as I sit down he gives me a sad smile.

"I saw what they did to you, you shouldn't let them bully you" he says which causes me to take a deep breath in and out so

Chapter 5