💞 HIDDEN PAIN
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( Can I be your friend?)
Chapter 59
Myra's pov;
I wasn't able to eat. I just played with the food
" Myra;are you okay?" Pecthra asked noticing I wasn't myself
" Yeah, I'm fine" I replied adjusting
" You don't look like it" Stacy joined her
" I am" I tried to convince them
" Then why aren't you eating?" Ben asked
" I don't have an appetite" I told them
" Are you sure about that, or you don't just want..."Bryan was saying when Sammie and Yvonne walked into the cafeteria
Whaaat the....???
"Oh, my gosh!! He's so.... cute" Stacy said home dreamily
" Oh! Come on Stacy; you have to get over this your likeness for him - it's gradually turning into an obsession" Pecthra chided
Oh yeah; Sammie was Stacy's crush, big time
You needed to see how happy and joyful she was when she learned that he broke up with Roselle - Pecthra's stepsister
She had went ahead to make friends with Pecthra immediately
Stacy was that crazy; and am glad she doesn't know about what happened between I and Sammie
If I had told them the full details, she would have been so sad. Good thing I didn't
" Who cares; it's not a bad thing by the way" she said rolling her eyes
" What are they even doing here?" Ben asked staring at them and Bryan replied him with the ' I have no idea' shoulder gesture
The cafeteria became so quiet; you can hear the drop of a pin
Everyone looked on anxiously
Not that they don't come to the cafeteria ; they do - bqut, it was on very rare occasions and; they always came together and were always complete - except for skyler
She's the only one that has never been to the cafeteria
So now; seeing just Sammie and his cousin - Yvonne; left an unanswered question in each and everyone of us
They walked gradually and majestically to the canteen where the food and snacks were served
" Good day ma'am" Yvonne greeted the middle aged woman she met there with a face full of smiles.
I think she should be given the nickname - smile goddess.
Even the day she came to help Jayson, she was still smiling
I had wondered how one could smile in a situation like that??
Gosh!! She's weird
The woman there was the eldest in both the kitchen and the distribution of lunch to all the students - she was the head and was in charge of seeing to the affairs of the meals on a Daily basis
Then, the rest were just mere young girls and boys. They were still way older than us, but are still young
Let's say they should be in their late twenties
" How are you doing dear?? What would you like to have?" the woman replied her also smiling
Sammie stood at the side and didn't say a word. He was busy with his phone
" Uhmm...it's actually a very special order...do you have...toast chicken" Yvonne asked her
" Full toast chicken?"
" Ermm...we don't but we will make it available for you soon...just please give us some minutes to work on it" the woman told her
" Okay" Yvonne said, and shifted away from where she had been resting her body on the canteen
Sammie without turning to look at her, started walking towards the exit
" Make it fast please!" Yvonne turned and said to the woman before she went after Sammie
They started walking, and then got to where we were; they were about to walk passed when Sammie turned and started staring at me
I could feel my heart beating very fast
Why is he staring at me that way??
It was so awkward! Everyone in there suddenly turned and was now staring at me as well
I felt so so uncomfortable
He kept his phone in his trouser pocket and was about to walk to our table
" Ohh!!! Isn't he so cute??" Stacy said gushingly
He took gentle steps, and just then Jayson appeared from the exit
I had totally forgotten that I was worried about him when I saw Sammie; but him appearing now out of the shadows
" Jayson" I called
He was already close to where we were and had to pause when he saw Sammie and Yvonne
They both stared at him also
" Hey Jayson" Yvonne waved her hands smilingly to him
Jayson had a confused Look on
Jayson's pov;
I went into the cafeteria and was dumbfounded when I found Sammie and Yvonne there. They weren't just there, they were close to the table Myra and the rest were
Did something happen? I reasoned within me
The eyes of all the students in the suddenly turned to look at me
What's the occasion??
" H...hey" I said confusingly to Yvonne
She was full of smiles and grinned from ear to ear
I walked closer to the table and stared at them
" What's happening?" I asked them in a low tone
" What do you mean?" Pecthra asked back in a low tone
I rolled my eyes
" We were just leaving...do go back to your meals" Yvonne said from where she stood. She walked up to Sammie and took his hands and then they walked out
" What was that?" Ben asked
" Why did Sammie stop at our table and started staring?" Bryan asked
" I wish I have an answer to that" Aaron said picking up his cup
" What else would it be? Its obvious he was staring at me...I mean, who wouldn't turn back to admire such beauty" Stacy said gesticulating and then laughed out loudly
" And who told you that?? What makes you think he was staring at anyone?" Ben asked her
" It could have been anything you know"
" I don't even think he stopped because he wanted to stare; I think he stopped because of something" Pecthra said
" Oh,; come on guys - it's so obvious alright" Stacy said getting up
" What are you doing?" Pecthra said to her looking round
We looked round too and all eyes were on us
Stacy saw this too and chuckled nervously before sitting down
" Gosh Stacy; what was that for?" Pecthra asked her
" What??. Am I nor allowed to stand up any longer?" she questioned with an eye roll
" Not that...but; just... just forget it" Pecthra said devastatingly
" Myra; are you okay?" I asked her when I noticed she has been quiet all this while
" Yeah!" she said and forced out a smile
" Where were you? At first, I thought you didn't want to come here because of what happened the other day ; but now you are here, so...where did you go?" Bryan asked me
" Uhmm...that?" I said nervously
What should I say now??
I suddenly became short of words
" I just went somewhere...it's nothing really" I tried to convince them
" You sure about that?" Bryan asked
" He just got back guys; y'all should allow him use the time left to have lunch instead of bombarding him with unnecessary questions; Geez!!" Aaron said as a matter of factly
" Yeah...you should eat something. you didn't eat before coming...so here" Myra said placing a pizza on my plate
She added more juice for me and other snacks
" Thanks" I smiled at her
" It's nothing...just eat. The break will soon be over" she told me..I nodded and started eating
The rest of them also resumed theirs; and also the other students had mind their business, although some of them were still talking in hush and low tones - but, I know it was about Sammie and Yvonne; not me
This singular thought made me relax even more
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" Ohh...today was so cool" Ben said as we walked to the parking lot
" Don't you guys think this time is a bit slow?" Aaron asked
* What do you mean slow?" Pecthra asked him arching her brows
" I mean...don't worry; just forget about it, I don't know how to explain" Aaron said shrugging his shoulders
" I think I understand you" Pecthra said biting her lips
" You do?" Aaron asked
" Yeah" she replied
" Thank God you do" he said to her smiling
" I do because I also think same way too" she told him
" See" Aaron said spreading out his palms widely
We were already there
Lots of students were out as well. Some were been picked by either their parents or driver, and some still hung around waiting
We happen to be in the latter group; but not for long because both Stacy and Aaron's cars drive in simultaneously
" Time to go home" Stacy twirled up in excitement
" Why do you look so happy" Myra asked her
" Because my mom will be back today; and she had promised to take me out once she's back" Stacy said excitedly
" Good for you. You have a mom to take you out " Myra said sadly
" Why do you look sad?" Pecthra asked Myra smiling
" At least you have a mom; but me I don't, but it's cool anyway; I'm already used to it" Pecthra said smiling, but the rest of us didn't find anything in it worth smiling for.
We had on a very pitiful look and this made Pecthra to stop smiling.
" Wh...what...what is the problem?" she asked as if to hear and the smile vanished off her face