18. Have lunch with us.

TASHA

Morning classes wheeze by in a blur, and to my deepest relief, Mr Richard ended up not giving our class any impromptu test. God knows I would have fucked up big time on that test because I was not given a little bit of time to revise this morning, thanks to Claire and Samantha.

I close my exercise book and head out of class at the sound of the bell ringing for lunch break. Many students are scattered around the hallway, some busy with their lockers, the others already heading towards the cafeteria. I follow the crowd walking towards the cafeteria, making up my mind to just grab my snacks from the cafeteria and just zoom off to a place quieter to get a little peace of mind. I am not sure I can handle eating alone at the cafeteria today in front of every jeering stare from everyone. It sucks now that the only people I ever truly and only hanged out with were Diane and Jason. We ate and did everything together, but now that they both stabbed me in the back and are gone, it is diffi