Forever Changed

chapter 14



Lunch was always different. I did sit with other people or rather they sat with me. I actually sat maybe two seats away. They never looked my way and never attempted to talk to me. I didn’t mind though, I would sometimes listen to their conversations and sometimes I escaped into my own little world.



Today, I was escaping to my own little world. The hallway incident long forgotten, I thought about Landon and let it sink in that he was a demon.



For some reason I was attracted to him and had no idea why. I was thinking that the reason is because other than my mother, father, Julie, and clients of my father’s, I have never had anyone to talk to. I have never had a friend. Just because he was a demon didn’t mean that he couldn’t be my friend. I was excited and I wanted to see and talk to him again.



I was so lost in thought over Landon that I hadn’t noticed that Lucas walked up to my table. He wore a big smile on his baby face, making his crystal blue eyes radiate back at me.



I sat there looking at him with a straight face. “Hey Elizabeth,” he said sweetly.



I could see behind him his group of friends giggling, some holding their breath, others appeared to be nervous, but all of them anxious. The whole cafeteria had become quiet, when they noticed the most popular kid in school was talking to me.

I just looked at him, I really had nothing to say and he pissed me off by swaying my thoughts away from Landon.



“Well, ok, I just wanted to apologize for running into you earlier in the hallway. I didn’t mean it at all really. The guys and I were messing around and one of them pushed me into you.” He stopped talking waiting for a response from me and I just sat there looking at him. He continued as his smile slowly faded from his face, “I am sorry as well that I didn’t help you pick up your books. I mean I should have, but I was afraid…”



“Afraid of what?” I asked him, which startled him and I heard gasps all around the cafeteria.



Everyone at the school thought I was a mute. I never talked to anyone, not even in class. So of course they would think that. I was graduating at the end of this year

and after four years of going to school with all these kids and them not hearing me talk. I couldn’t blame them.

“That I might bite you? That I might scream at you? What were you so afraid of Lucas?” I asked him with a scowl.



Lucas was wide eyed and quiet for a minute with no signs of a smile looking everywhere else now, but at me. Amazing how I could intimidate the captain of the football team. I giggled to myself, but still kept a straight face. I watched him a bit annoyed while I waited for him to reply.



“I am not sure really. I mean your different you never talk to anyone and actually you have never talked at all, for that matter. So I was afraid.” Lucas said innocently.



I looked at him while choosing my words wisely before I spoke them out loud. First off four years and no one ever wanted to talk to me until now. Second now I will be just a joke. Third I can blow all this off and finally make a few friends. Hmmmm….decisions, decisions, decisions.



Finally I looked at Lucas and said very annoyed, “Why start now? I have things to do and you are bothering me. Go on somewhere and waste someone else’s time!”

Lucas went to open his mouth, shut it and turned around walking towards his table. The other kids in the cafeteria started talking rather loudly and no doubt about the confrontation between Lucas and me. I watched as Lucas threw high-fives at some of the other guys, laughing hysterically. I watched as a few of his friends were annoyed when they started passing money around.



I was just the big joke for him and his group of friends. I have no idea if he ever looked back at me or not, I had lowered my head looking in a school book that I was pretending to read.



Why should I really make friends now? I was almost eighteen, graduating school early in a couple of months, and now they wanted to be nice and be friends, forget it.

Besides I have a demon that I could be friends with. I giggled and got up to head out the door to my car. I was skipping school for the rest of the day, I needed to get home.



I skip school all the time. I make great grades and my father is or rather was paying off the board of education to count me as present in school, even though I was never there.



I did what I wanted and when I wanted. I answered to no one and as far as Lucas Sheath is concerned he is not a part of my agenda and I have no time for games. He better tread lightly or he will be sorry!