Thanks to jo and numnums for the names of the characters. :) It was hard looking for names. :D
“So now you’re telling me that I should laze about and not get better?” said Gregory, slowly making his way through the crowd.
“Exactly!” replied Raphael, putting his arm over Gregory’s shoulder, “I’m just saying, wouldn’t failing the pre-test and acing the post-test mean that we learned so much?”
Near convinced, Gregory smiled back at his friend and shrugged it off. He always had this weird twist in seeing life and when it comes to Raphael, it was always about passing barely and relax. Gregory knew he can achieve more and impress his parents but Raphael keeps him so occupied that he has troubles with acing his tests.
The two walked around the cafeteria looking for what to eat. Lines were starting to pile up, and it was getting harder and harder to choose where to eat. they reached their table. The whole crew was there, most of them already eating.
The group of students sharing the table had this bond; Everyone felt comfortable and respected and committed to each other. Most days, the group would spend their lunches passing the time making jokes or just hanging out, sometimes even being rowdy and occupying the whole corridor with their number.
"Why didn't you guys buy food?" asked Cole, scooping his next spoonful of food.
"The lines were too long. Our damn teacher dismissed us too late," said Gregory, leaning on the table, watching everyone else have their meals.
"Who was it?" asked Mitchell, laughing a bit, finding their misery to be pretty funny.
"Sir Earnest. You know how he is." Raphael answered, sitting beside Scott who had a bag of chips and smiling mischievously.
"Yeah. He wasted most of the hour preparing his multimedia and when it was time, he kept us in the room. I don't get that teacher, seriously." said Gregory, his face full of frustration and a hint of hunger.
"Aww, you can go cry on the corner over there. Tell us when you're done," joked Christopher, smirking as he skipped away and teased him even more.
"Ass." answered Gregory, while the group was laughing along.
A few minutes past, the crowd lining up for meals diminished until the corridor seemed to have enough space to breath. Raphael asked his best bud to come with him go buy a drink to pass the time and the hunger.
The two reached the generic cafeteria's soda fountain and they lined up. Gregory was telling Raphael about something but he was too busy looking. There were children playing around the line, most of them all sweaty and messy. They seemed to center on this young girl in the line, just in front of Raphael.
Puppy love, I guess. They were fussing about teasing this girl, the three boys trying to get her attention by teasing, and such. The girl was oblivious to these signals he could see though, All she knew was that the guys were trying to tease her and at one point, she seemed to have thought that they wanted to piss her off.
"Hey, can I get in line in front of you?" whispered the tallest of the three, "Come on please?"
"Yeah, me too."
"I'm thirsty, buy me something please,"
"RAPHAEL."
Shocked back to reality, he returned to his friend who was disappointed at first at being ignored.
"I was talking to you but it seems you're too busy concentrating on buying your drink."
"No, i'm watching these kids."
"Psh. Kids. Just ignore them."
Raphael ignored the kids and conversed with Gregory until he glanced back at the line. The three kids were in front of the young girl who is frowning now. The three students who were still rowdy completely ignored the lady they just cut.
"Greg, wait for a moment," Raphael cut, turning to the four children.
"and then he actually..." Gregory paused, "uh okay."
"Hey. You three just cut in line right in front of this girl. You're not just cutting in front of this girl, you're making us wait for too long too."
The three boys' eyes widened at shock; they were used to being talked to older batches at an intimidating tone, and luckily, Raphael wasn't using it yet. They knew deep down that it would be better to stay away from a fight than to wait for that tone to be used, and then get remembered AND bullied.
Two of the kids ran off, while this proud kid came up to Raphael. Gregory leaned closer to hear clearly and to see a better view.
"I'm not scared of you." said the kid, standing tall and his head held high. Raphael was pretty tall, in fact.
Gregory was near tears in laughing at this moment; a kid was standing up to Raphael. He was passive though, and not the bullying kind of type but this kid might tick him off.
Gregory came closer beside the kid and while repressing his laughter he said:
"Think you can take him?"
The kid looked at Gregory, and turned to Raphael, who was now cracking his knuckles and warming his neck up, slowly walking towards the kid.
The kid ran.
"You left your balls here, kid!" Gregory said, laughing even more.
"Wow." said the little girl, in awe of Raphael who was laughing too. Raphael returned to the line, where the girl was still stuck, impressed.
"Come on now little girl, you're next in line." Raphael said as politely as he can, he was starting to get really thirsty now.
Raphael returned to Gregory, but Gregory was still looking at the girl. She was still stunned by awe and she blushed. She blushed. A little kid was having this infatuation over Raphael over this thing.
Gregory kept laughing and laughing and Raphael was completely unsure why. He bought his drink and went back to Gregory, who was now sitting down, exhausted from laughing.
"What's so funny?"
"Nothing man. Your appeal on children, seriously."
"The kids were fucking irritating. I couldn't help it."
"I'm talking about the girl. I think she likes you."
"Oh yeah? Why so?"
"Well, one because she just blushed and second," said Gregory, pausing for a while, his eyes looking somewhere else.
Raphael was staring at Gregory, waiting for him to finish but he stopped for so long it seemed like he wasn't going to say anything. "Blushed? Yeah right, man."
"Yes. Blushed." He said, taking a sip from his drink and continued, "And now she's telling her friends about you." Gregory added, putting Raphael's half-empty glass back on the table while pointing at a giggle of girls a few tables away from them.
“So now you’re telling me that I should laze about and not get better?” said Gregory, slowly making his way through the crowd.
“Exactly!” replied Raphael, putting his arm over Gregory’s shoulder, “I’m just saying, wouldn’t failing the pre-test and acing the post-test mean that we learned so much?”
Near convinced, Gregory smiled back at his friend and shrugged it off. He always had this weird twist in seeing life and when it comes to Raphael, it was always about passing barely and relax. Gregory knew he can achieve more and impress his parents but Raphael keeps him so occupied that he has troubles with acing his tests.
The two walked around the cafeteria looking for what to eat. Lines were starting to pile up, and it was getting harder and harder to choose where to eat. they reached their table. The whole crew was there, most of them already eating.
The group of students sharing the table had this bond; Everyone felt comfortable and respected and committed to each other. Most days, the group would spend their lunches passing the time making jokes or just hanging out, sometimes even being rowdy and occupying the whole corridor with their number.
"Why didn't you guys buy food?" asked Cole, scooping his next spoonful of food.
"The lines were too long. Our damn teacher dismissed us too late," said Gregory, leaning on the table, watching everyone else have their meals.
"Who was it?" asked Mitchell, laughing a bit, finding their misery to be pretty funny.
"Sir Earnest. You know how he is." Raphael answered, sitting beside Scott who had a bag of chips and smiling mischievously.
"Yeah. He wasted most of the hour preparing his multimedia and when it was time, he kept us in the room. I don't get that teacher, seriously." said Gregory, his face full of frustration and a hint of hunger.
"Aww, you can go cry on the corner over there. Tell us when you're done," joked Christopher, smirking as he skipped away and teased him even more.
"Ass." answered Gregory, while the group was laughing along.
A few minutes past, the crowd lining up for meals diminished until the corridor seemed to have enough space to breath. Raphael asked his best bud to come with him go buy a drink to pass the time and the hunger.
The two reached the generic cafeteria's soda fountain and they lined up. Gregory was telling Raphael about something but he was too busy looking. There were children playing around the line, most of them all sweaty and messy. They seemed to center on this young girl in the line, just in front of Raphael.
Puppy love, I guess. They were fussing about teasing this girl, the three boys trying to get her attention by teasing, and such. The girl was oblivious to these signals he could see though, All she knew was that the guys were trying to tease her and at one point, she seemed to have thought that they wanted to piss her off.
"Hey, can I get in line in front of you?" whispered the tallest of the three, "Come on please?"
"Yeah, me too."
"I'm thirsty, buy me something please,"
"RAPHAEL."
Shocked back to reality, he returned to his friend who was disappointed at first at being ignored.
"I was talking to you but it seems you're too busy concentrating on buying your drink."
"No, i'm watching these kids."
"Psh. Kids. Just ignore them."
Raphael ignored the kids and conversed with Gregory until he glanced back at the line. The three kids were in front of the young girl who is frowning now. The three students who were still rowdy completely ignored the lady they just cut.
"Greg, wait for a moment," Raphael cut, turning to the four children.
"and then he actually..." Gregory paused, "uh okay."
"Hey. You three just cut in line right in front of this girl. You're not just cutting in front of this girl, you're making us wait for too long too."
The three boys' eyes widened at shock; they were used to being talked to older batches at an intimidating tone, and luckily, Raphael wasn't using it yet. They knew deep down that it would be better to stay away from a fight than to wait for that tone to be used, and then get remembered AND bullied.
Two of the kids ran off, while this proud kid came up to Raphael. Gregory leaned closer to hear clearly and to see a better view.
"I'm not scared of you." said the kid, standing tall and his head held high. Raphael was pretty tall, in fact.
Gregory was near tears in laughing at this moment; a kid was standing up to Raphael. He was passive though, and not the bullying kind of type but this kid might tick him off.
Gregory came closer beside the kid and while repressing his laughter he said:
"Think you can take him?"
The kid looked at Gregory, and turned to Raphael, who was now cracking his knuckles and warming his neck up, slowly walking towards the kid.
The kid ran.
"You left your balls here, kid!" Gregory said, laughing even more.
"Wow." said the little girl, in awe of Raphael who was laughing too. Raphael returned to the line, where the girl was still stuck, impressed.
"Come on now little girl, you're next in line." Raphael said as politely as he can, he was starting to get really thirsty now.
Raphael returned to Gregory, but Gregory was still looking at the girl. She was still stunned by awe and she blushed. She blushed. A little kid was having this infatuation over Raphael over this thing.
Gregory kept laughing and laughing and Raphael was completely unsure why. He bought his drink and went back to Gregory, who was now sitting down, exhausted from laughing.
"What's so funny?"
"Nothing man. Your appeal on children, seriously."
"The kids were fucking irritating. I couldn't help it."
"I'm talking about the girl. I think she likes you."
"Oh yeah? Why so?"
"Well, one because she just blushed and second," said Gregory, pausing for a while, his eyes looking somewhere else.
Raphael was staring at Gregory, waiting for him to finish but he stopped for so long it seemed like he wasn't going to say anything. "Blushed? Yeah right, man."
"Yes. Blushed." He said, taking a sip from his drink and continued, "And now she's telling her friends about you." Gregory added, putting Raphael's half-empty glass back on the table while pointing at a giggle of girls a few tables away from them.
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