Love Me

Chapter 3: Part 2

Walking away, I looked around the lunchroom for another place to sit.

“Hey, Kristin!” a voice rang out. I turned towards it and saw Jake waving his arms at me. I had learned a lot about him during classes. His favorite color was green, he absolutely hated Mrs. Henderson for treating us like little kids, and he loved baseball. We had all these things in common, except for the fact that he liked the White Sox and I liked the Cubs. I walked over to the table he was sitting at and looked at him expectantly. “Do you want to sit by us?” he asked, gesturing to the other two kids sitting there.

“Sure,” I replied, trying not to sound too excited. I sat down between Jake and another girl who was busy reading a book. I took out my lunch and took a big bite out of my tomato and turkey sandwich. I listened to the conversation Jake and a guy sitting across from me were having, and found out that he was also in band which I had next period. Why is he in so many classes with me? I thought.

“So Kristin,” Jake started, looking at me. “Why don't you tell us a little about yourself?”

“Okay..” I said, thinking. “I really love music and art, I live with my step-mother, I'm an only child, and...” I thought. “I love baseball!”

Jake smiled. “Me too! Baseball is like, my life.” I laughed. We spent the rest of the lunch time all just getting to know each other. The girl who was reading was Jessica. She was really quiet and barely said anything while I was there. The guy across from me was Bryan, and he was the complete opposite of Jessica. He was blabbing away the whole time, talking about various things. The bell rang, and me and Jake walked to band class together. At the end of the day, I went to my locker smiling. I really liked Jake, and I was happy that we were friends. During band he had told me we should hang out sometime and he gave me his number. I took the slip of paper and shoved it into my backpack, along with tonight's homework. I ran outside to find Jen, but having no luck, I ended up just sitting on one of the benches in front of the school. Where was she? As I was waiting, I saw Jake walking out of the school, and he must of noticed me too because he started running towards me, smiling. I had a feeling we were going to be great friends.