A few moments of silence passed as the guys walked in and then everyone in the cafeteria started murmuring and making a fuss. What's the ruckus all about I asked Elizabeth loudly and everyone went silent again, their eyes turning on me. Still confused, I shrugged and walked towards an empty seat with my tray of milkshakes and peperoni pasta and Elizabeth following closely behind me when a squealing blonde collided with me making my pasta land on her short white dress, and on my sneakers.
Horror filled her face as she raised her hand to slap me but I caught her hand mid Air preventing the slap. "You fool you've ruined my dress and you'll pay for this" she screamed as she snatched her hand away from mine.
"Are you blind? you didn't watch where you were going" I replied upset that she poured my milkshake and my food.
"How dare you talk to me like that" she said violently as she made an attempt to grab my hair but I was faster and I caught her hair before she could and pulled it hard.
"is this what you were trying to do eh? Never touch a woman's hair" I said to her ears before pushing her hard on the floor. And the whole hall gasped. A small circle formed around us already.
"Matthew come and save me. That bitch that lunatic just attacked me" she cried as she threw herself on a very handsome young man that just showed up in front of us followed by his three goons. Her friends were obviously shocked and just stood there with their mouths opened.
Matthew held her and looked at me sternly. his eyes were blazing with anger but for a moment I could swear that I saw a look of admiration and wonder in his eyes. Something snapped in me. He had my brother's eyes, and hair. He had that same shade of ocean blue eyes that looked like the stream on a peaceful day and that same shade of brown hair. He even styled it exactly as my brother did. I pulled out of my thoughts and ran to the bathroom, Elizabeth following closely behind me. I looked a mess and I didn't want to hear whatever he had to say to me. I had milkshake all over my dress and pasta on my shoes so I tried to clean myself up as fast as possible but Elizabeth came in.
"Mirabel are you alright? She asked concerned.
"I'm fine thank you" I replied. "Who are they?"
"Well those are the fantastic four. Matthew is the most intelligent and talented guy in school. He's very handsome and he's the star of the basketball team while the three other guys that follow him are his goons but I'm not going to lie they're very handsome too. They're the school's bad boys, Just big bullies and basketball players. We have Jake, Travis and Jason please stay away from them. The girl is the principal's daughter, a proud and spoiled rich girl that prides herself on dating Mathew and feels she can get away with anything. The ones behind her are her friends they're the leaders of the cheerleading team and practically rule the school" she replied.
"Hmmmm spoilt indeed... I can tell" i said and we laughed.
"You're all clean now let's get something in your stomach. Lunch break will be over soon" Lizzy suggested but I had other things in mind. I just couldn't get over how similar he looked to my brother. Lots of thought was going through my mind and I really needed to clear my head.
"Do you think Matthew looks like my brother?" I asked suddenly, surprising Elizabeth and myself. I stared at the mirror and saw my brother's face staring back at me.
"What do you mean?" she replied
"Nevermind dear. You go first. I just want to take a quick walk and clear my head I'll join you soon" I said as she nodded and left. After ensuring that my clothes were dry and my shoe was clean enough I left the bathroom through another door and just kept roaming the grounds, mindlessly.
I was still trying to understand why Mathew would look so much like my brother, or maybe I was just being paranoid. I came out from the back and walked through the woods till I got to the top of a hill. Below the hill was a very beautiful lake in its natural habitat. It was surrounded by rocks and beautiful stones and the water was so clear that I could see my reflection in it. By this time I had forgotten all about school and was fascinated by the lake so I went down the hill and sat at the mouth of the lake. Just taking it in. A few animals came by to drink but I just stared into the nothingness, thinking of my brother And smiling at his memories. I didn't even notice when someone sat beside me and I was shocked when he touched me.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to startle you"
I didn't reply. I just realized that I've been crying and I cleaned the tears off my face.
"what's the matter?" he asked but I sniffed. I wasn't in the mood to be disturbed and I didn't like the fact that I had company but there was nothing I could do
"I am Mathew and you are?"
"Mira" I replied
"oh Mira. we had French class together" he said but I didn't reply and silence fell between us