Chapter Twenty

*IMPORTANT A/N BELOW*

"I love you too, cupcake."

Cringe.

Blake and Belle were sitting at the lunch table, being way too lovey dovey for anyone to stomach. Jordan and I watched with confusion and disgust as they fed each other spoons of chocolate pudding, which wasn't very good anyway.

Even Ethan and Xavier were in disbelief of the scene that was unfolding before them. I shook my head and got up, looking around the cafeteria. I spotted Amber walking in, and sitting at a table alone. I walked over to her, saying a quick goodbye to the guys, and sat down. She didn't have any food, and she was just sitting alone. She gave me a small smile as I walked over.

"Hey," I greeted, sitting down in the seat next to her. I offered her some of my tasteless chocolate pudding. "Hungry?"

"Not really, but thanks," she replied. We chatted for the remainder of lunch, talking about subjects and sports that we liked. I noticed Ethan, Xavier and Jordan leave the table due to Blake and Belle's... I don't even know what to call it honestly.

"When do we find out about the soccer team again?" Amber asked. I recalled it in my memory.

"Today or tomorrow, I think. We can check the sports board, it will have the list up on there," I said, throwing the remainder of my gross pudding away and discarding the tray. We walked through the halls to just outside the office of the P.E teachers, right next to the gym entry.

"It's not up yet," I said. "It will probably be there tomorrow."

She nodded, agreeing. "Yeah."

Just then, the bell rang which signalled the end of lunch. We parted ways and I went to my locker before making my way to class.

Exams are starting very soon, I realised. Crap.

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Back to Calculus the next day, Jordan and Blake behind me. Thankfully, Belle wasn't in this class so we could actually speak to Blake now without him being interrupted by his lovely girlfriend. Sarcasm alert.

And then, Xavier walked in. He wasn't in this class. He sat down in the only spare seat next to me, and I raised an eyebrow.

"Miss me that much?"

He rolled his eyes, flashing a small grin. "You wish."

"Not really. The opposite in fact," I retorted, my lips curling upwards at the corners.

Our small bickering war was interrupted by Jordan and Blake's bickering war, behind us.

"If you put a chicken nugget in a blender, would it taste the same?"

"Yes!"

"But how do you know?"

"I..I.." Jordan couldn't think of an answer.

Xavier groaned. "I can't believe I got put in a class with those idiots," he stated.

"Same here," I said, causing Blake and Jordan to simultaneously narrow their eyes at us.

"Hey! That's not nice," Blake pouted.

"Go complain to your girlfriend," Xavier replied.

"I will!" Blake crossed his arms. We all rolled our eyes at that.

The teacher started talking, and we all had to shut up from that moment. Eventually, when the lecture was over, we were left to do our work while the teacher read the newspaper. I started scribbling down the answers, as Xavier also did.

However, the bickering behind us started up again. Xavier and I groaned in sync this time, turning around to see what the new problem was.

"What now?" I asked, looking at them expectantly.

"He stole my pencil," Jordan said, pointing to Blake who now held two pencils. Despite us seeing this, he tried to hide one behind his back.

"No I didn't."

"Yes you did!"

"No I didn't!"

"Shut up!" I said, interrupting their war.

"What she said," Xavier interjected, inclining his head towards me.

"Just give Jordan back his pencil, Blake," I told him, which he did by throwing it across the room, narrowly missing the bin.

I sighed. "Children. My friends are children."

"You got that right," Xavier agreed, going back to writing down the answers to the questions that we had to complete. At the end of the lesson, I had successfully finished my work despite Jordan and Blake arguing like two year olds over a piece of chocolate.

I met with Amber after class was over, saying goodbye to the boys. I couldn't help but notice that Xavier and I had been talking and having an actual conversation. He almost smiled as well. Interesting.

"Let's go to the gym, we can see if we made it," she said, leading me to the sports board that we had visited yesterday. Thankfully, we saw the sheet of paper that was clearly titled 'Girls Soccer Team'.

Our eyes went down the list, searching for our names. Amber spotted hers, pumping her fist in the air and hollering. The students around us gave her a look but she didn't care.

I kept looking until I spotted my name on the list, and I grinned widely, terrifyingly close to doing a victory dance. Unfortunately, I didn't bless the people around me with that dance today.

Amber and I high fived. "There is a meeting at lunch today at the field, I'll see you there," she said as the bell rang, signalling the start of our next classes. We said goodbye to each other and walked in opposite directions.

I walked with a smile on my face to my next class, excited about the next couple of weeks.

I bumped into Jordan in the hallway, and he noticed my now creepy smile. "What's going on? Why are you looking so happy, yet terrifying?"

"Is that a nice way of telling me that I have a creepy smile?" I deadpanned.

He laughed. "No, seriously. What happened?"

My smile was back now. "I made the soccer team!"

He grinned. "That's great!" he said, giving me a small hug. We both then realised that we were going to be late for class, so we bid our goodbyes and rushed to our next class. I swear to god, I better not be late.

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