It was the first day of 8th grade at Nagel Middle School, I was alone and friendless on team 8-1, most of my friends from last year were on different teams. So during lunch I ended up sitting with Jenna Walsh a girl I knew from book club last year, her twin Alex and another girl I had gym with the previous year, Samantha Beinke.
Although it was quite sunny outside, the temperature in the cafeteria felt like it was below freezing point. I turned towards Jenna about to voice my opinion on how the school should not have the fans on when the AC was also on, when I noticed 2 girls headed toward our table. One girl had light brown hair and brownish-green eyes, she was wearing a black t-shirt with a picture of a full moon and a silhouette of a girl on it, I recognized the girl from one of my favorite animes RWBY. The other girl was wearing a loose white t-shirt and jeans and had blond with greenish-blue eyes that caught mine as I was observing her. …show more content…
“Oh, Hi! I’m Maggie!” I replied, trying to match her enthusiasm.
“Hi Maggie! I’m Grace!” the skinny blond girl replied. I smiled warmly at her and took note of the name. I turned towards the brunette and she introduced herself as Emily. It seemed that both girls were already friends with the others members of the lunch table. We ate and talked about our summer, anime, books and other random topics, suddenly I heard Jenna and Grace mention the three words that made the lunch 100x better.
“I have ‘Fourth of July’ by Fall Out Boy stuck in my head...” Jenna said to Grace.
“I don’t think I can take Independence Day seriously anymore,” I joked, butting into their conversation, “ I’ll just run around screaming ‘IT WAS THE FOURTH OF JULY, YOU AND I, YOU AND I, WERE FIRE, FIRE, FIREWORKS!’.” I watched as their faces showed shock turning to recognizing then to
Although it was quite sunny outside, the temperature in the cafeteria felt like it was below freezing point. I turned towards Jenna about to voice my opinion on how the school should not have the fans on when the AC was also on, when I noticed 2 girls headed toward our table. One girl had light brown hair and brownish-green eyes, she was wearing a black t-shirt with a picture of a full moon and a silhouette of a girl on it, I recognized the girl from one of my favorite animes RWBY. The other girl was wearing a loose white t-shirt and jeans and had blond with greenish-blue eyes that caught mine as I was observing her. …show more content…
“Oh, Hi! I’m Maggie!” I replied, trying to match her enthusiasm.
“Hi Maggie! I’m Grace!” the skinny blond girl replied. I smiled warmly at her and took note of the name. I turned towards the brunette and she introduced herself as Emily. It seemed that both girls were already friends with the others members of the lunch table. We ate and talked about our summer, anime, books and other random topics, suddenly I heard Jenna and Grace mention the three words that made the lunch 100x better.
“I have ‘Fourth of July’ by Fall Out Boy stuck in my head...” Jenna said to Grace.
“I don’t think I can take Independence Day seriously anymore,” I joked, butting into their conversation, “ I’ll just run around screaming ‘IT WAS THE FOURTH OF JULY, YOU AND I, YOU AND I, WERE FIRE, FIRE, FIREWORKS!’.” I watched as their faces showed shock turning to recognizing then to