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I entered the opposite side of the cafeteria from where my friends and I usually sit. I waved to them as I walked by from a distance, but they seemed preoccupied with talking to each other. I shrugged it off and headed into the line to get my lunch. When I walked back out, my friends seemed as though they were on the lookout for me. I snickered to myself, realizing they were probably ready to poke fun at me nonstop for my kiss with Nora. I sighed happily as I approached them.

"Hey guys," I said in a merry tone. All of them were staring intensely at me as I placed my tray of food on the table.

"Don't sit down," Frank insistently said. "Just go—quick."

I looked at him in confusion, grinning and scoffing. They were most likely playing some kind of trick on me.

"What?" I asked. "What are you talking ab–"

"There you are!" a boisterous, male voice exclaimed somewhere behind me. I turned around and my jaw hung agape in shock at the sight of who was marching straight toward me, flanked by a c