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"I am getting used to it, I think. Slowly." Gene replies to Rae once he swallows his mouthful. Rae was shocking and loud, but that was not so bad. Did he really need any friends as quiet as himself? Rae could be his friend, Gene thought with a small smile. Why not? She seemed to be every bit as eager to meet new people as Richard had suggested.

"About myself?" Gene repeats a bit nervously and stalls by having a mouthful of tea. What was there to really say about himself? He was not a very interesting person. "There is not much to tell, really. This is the first school I have attended. Before I was home schooled. So... it is still a little strange here for me." Gene held tightly to the thermos lid and stared into the liquid as he spoke. He did not speak much, so knowing what to say at a time like this just escaped him. "My parents are just much too busy now. So it has to be done. But today was good. I have friends now... Richard and you?"

I threw my hands up in the air. "YES! OF COURSE!" I laughed, lowering my voice. "You are SOOO sweet, Gene! I know how you feel though," I said with a blush. "I didn't have many friends. People don't seem to like me." I don't really blame them. I was a walking circus show. I smiled, glad to have Richard and Gene by my side.

Liz made her way down to the cafeteria her hands were shoved into her pockets and she watched the floor as she walked. Her room had just been pranked again and she was in no mood. neon green paint stained half of her face, neck and shoulders on the left side, it had been washed but not come off of the skin as much as she thought it would. "Lovely." She said threw clenched teeth. It was not uncommon for her to be a target of such tomfoolery, her refusal to fight back or tattle made her an easily mark for any new freshy wishing to prove themselves. She entered the cafeteria and walked threw the line. She bought herself a mug of vegetable soup, and a cookie. After she paid she found a seat at an empty table near the back wall of the large room. She kept her eyes low but the smallest of smiles fluttered across her lips.

An eyebrow rose as the girl covered in neon green paint entered the cafeteria. Swallowing what was left of his pizza, he couldn't bring his eyebrow down. She looks like she's had a bad day. His broad shoulders rose and fell in a shrugging motion, and he tossed his tray into the nearby trashcan. Not before grabbing the apple in his right hand and the tea in his left though, of course. Without hesitance, he made his way to the table the girl was sat at.

A smile flitted across his face as he pulled out a chair and took a seat next to the girl. "Bad day?" A truly curious and sincere expression was present upon his face as he idly munched at his apple.

Liz glanced up to see that a boy had taken a seat beside her. She raised her head to look his in the eyes. "Could be worse." She said a joking smile on her face. She was not one for sulking so she leapt easily out of dower moods. "you?" She asked in response her eyes bright and intelligent. She would not let her misfortune captain her relationship with her new friend. She took the lid off of her soup and stirred it with out even looking. Her eyes were still on his.

I blushed, reaching my hand over to place it on Gene's hand. "You're very sweet. Thank you." I leaned on Richard, who was drawing in that wonderous sketchbook of his. I couldn't wait to see my picture in it. Had I been so distracted I didn't hear him say I was great? I should pay more attention. I smiled back at Gene. "Rich is a great artist, isn't he?"