At lunch I scanned the cafeteria looking for the group I had sat with yesterday, spotting them again secluded against the wall. I graced them with my presence, again none of them acknowledged I existed. It was similar to yesterday, Christina and a petite girl with mousy brown hair and shocking pink highlights, I assumed was Meredith Grey, were engulfed in books. Addison was in a tight lip-locked embrace with Mark and had no intention of stopping because I was now sitting at the table. A tanned boy with a muscular frame was there eating the cafeteria’s special of spaghetti bolognese, when I sat down he slid down the bench until he was sitting next to me.

”You must be Arizona. Jackson Avery. Pleasure.” He had a deep voice, very sexy to the female admirer, however I am a lady lover, that I know, despite his intimately attractive piercing blue eyes contrasting with his darker complexion. Seriously, what is with guys and their beautiful jaw bones around here! He was a very obviously good looking guy and I spotted a few girls giggling and twirling their hair staring straight at us.
”Yeah. Nice to meet you too.” I paused. ”Do they do that often?” I asked, pointing at the couple opposite who were mauling each others faces. It was a little off-putting to say the least.

He sighed and nodded, continuing to shovel his lunch into his mouth at lightning speed. When he had all but inhaled it, he stood up, squeezed my shoulder, told me he would ’Catch me later’ and left. A little stunned at his departure I ate my lunch in silence, the two friends ignoring anyone and Addison and Mark all but dry humping each other, I wondered where Teddy was. I realized that sitting with this group, although deemed ’socially popular’ because of their cliques, they were a commodity in the school. Mark was a jock, naturally kissing a cheerleader – that hadn’t changed – but why weren’t they sitting with the other jocks, instead they sat with two odd girls reading highly intellectual philosophical books, and the new kid. It was strange. I wondered if I should get up and leave, but I thought that would make me look even weirder and more of an outsider, so I stayed put and waited for Teddy.