FOURTH CHAPTER (NOVEL)

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When I reached the dining room, I saw all my friends. Monica, Claire, Charlie, Miriam, Rose, Albert, Sophia... After grabbing their food, they sat at the table on the right. I was really happy to see them. They had not changed, except for their skin, which was darker than usual after a sunny summer.

I waved at them and they invited me to the table, but first I went for my food.

The options were not really palatable, what had always been a problem at high school. Also, the nervousness had made my hunger fade away. So I put some salad and an apple on my tray and walked towards the table where they were all seated. I kissed them all and sat down. Then they began to ask questions.

“Miranda, how's your summer been? I was so excited to see you! Wow, you're taller than I remembered, but you still look pretty.” Monica couldn't stop talking and talking. It was easy to notice the enthusiasm she had with the people she loved.

“It was good, thanks. You also look awesome. Summer has been good to you, haha.”

“Yeah, and I still haven't told you the best. Guess who I'm dating.” she whispered.

“Who?” I asked whispering too, not really knowing why we were talikng like this.

Monica pointed at the other table, where Jared, Alex and some other boys were. For a moment I thought that what had just happened at the library was an hallucination, but I didn't think Monica would date Alex.

“Jared.” she said, to my relief.

“Wow, so you managed it at last, right?”

Monica had liked him since pre nursery.

“Yeah, at last. And how did you do with guys? Are you dating someone?” she HAD to ask, -.- .

“No, I'm not...”

Monica kept speaking about summer, her relationship with Jared... she wouldn't stop chating! The thruth is, I wasn't paying much attention. I was absorbed, staring at the table on the other side, where Alex was.

He looked liked an angel, perfect: his smile, his dark hair and his eyes, sparkling, made me feel as if I had butterflies in my stomach.

He didn't seem to notice, but for a split of a second our eyes stared at each other. I smiled, and he smiled back. But my moment of happiness was interrupted by Claire, who had kept quiet until now.

“So you had a good time at your village, right?” she asked. There was something on the way she looked at me which was disturbing, but I decided to ignore it and answered.

“Yeah, I had. I can see you're all really tan guys. Have you been at the beach?” I asked to begin conversation, even though I would have prefered to sink into Alex's eyes. However, that meant that Monica would notice, which wasn't a good thing.

“Yeah, every day. We've been surfing all summer. It was great. But Rose and Miriam weren't that good at surfing, right girls?” said Albert, laughing.

“It's not our fault that we're not as talented as you are, but should I remind you about the voleyball match WE won?”

“That was nothing, we were tired for all the surf.” said Charlie.

“Right, right...” said Rose sarcastically.

They all laughed. I felt that I missed them, more than I thought.