Chapter Twenty-Eight: Lunch
"Gwen, let's be honest, did you go on a date with Joey on the weekend?"
Betty pushed the frame, and the look of truth was very similar to that of a schoolboy.
It's Monday, the students are back to school after a happy vacation, and Gwen's gossip with the transfer students has become an old calendar, no longer in the spotlight, except for a few people close to him.
For example, Betty, and Peter, who secretly pokes his brain outside the classroom.
"What nonsense, I'm studying at home on the weekend, if you don't believe me, you can ask George and Helen."
Gwen's hand holding the pen trembled slightly, and she flicked the hair that had fallen from her forehead, hiding her somewhat flustered heart.
"Did I let you explain?"
Betty said lightly: "I only know that since the morning, you have peeked at Joey seven times. ”
"You're full, have nothing to do!"
Gwen's ears were hot, and she pinched her best friend in annoyance.
In the face of a friend who knows the roots, Gwen really can't hide it, as Betty said, she can't help but pay attention to Joey today, as for what reason, she can't say it herself.
Yesterday, she got her wish and went on a chivalrous journey with Joey, the process was easy and pleasant, and the two worked together to solve more than a dozen crimes.
Gwen was lonely on the hero's path, and yesterday was the first time she experienced the feeling of being accompanied, without ambiguity, but that faint warmth touched her heart more than any intimate act.
Thinking of this, Gwen couldn't help but peek at Joey for another night, looking forward to tonight's heroic action.
"The eighth."
Betty silently crossed a line in her notebook.
“......”
Peter stood outside the door, a little disheartened, Gwen's occasional little look the same as he peeked.
Damn, it's three days!
What really happened over the weekend?
Peter couldn't even figure out why Gwen had changed so dramatically in just one weekend, and before that, she clearly hated Joey!
"Peter, are you here for Gwen?"
"No, no, I'm just passing by."
Peter quickly denied it, hiding his love for Gwen as always.
"I've got my birthday this weekend, will you come?" The girl who spoke was Mary Jane, another of Gwen's best friends and a friend of Peter's.
"Of course, it will."
"That's a deal."
Mary Jane smiled and waved her hand as she walked into the classroom.
Then he stayed on Joey's face for a few seconds before he sat down in the empty seat next to Gwen, leaned in and whispered, "Peter was outside just now, and it seems that he has something to say to you." Gwen, let's be honest with me, you're really in love with the new transfer student? ”
Gwen wasn't an idiot, she knew Peter had a crush on her, but she didn't break it out because of her friendship, but she really didn't have an interest in Peter.
Peter is a good man, there is no doubt about that, but he is a cowardly character and loves to get into the horns, which is not her type of person.
At that moment, he said with some concern: "Did Peter say anything to you?" ”
Love is selfish and blind, especially a sensitive little boy like Peter, if the relationship between the two is estranged because of this, she will regret it, after all, it is an old neighbor and old classmate for many years.
"Not really, but my face is a little ugly."
Mary Jane's eyes flickered, and she whispered, "Actually, I admire Peter, he is very smart and kind, Gwen, do you really stop thinking about it?" ”
"Actually, even without Joey, Peter and I wouldn't have been possible."
Gwen seemed to understand something, and teased, "Peter is indeed a very good person, Jane, if you have any ideas, I will raise my hands and feet in agreement." ”
"Now, that's what you said." Mary Jane generously admitted: "Compared to Peter, my current boyfriend is a piece of shit, and I invited Peter for my birthday party on the weekend, and I will kick him in front of Peter." ”
"If you have such determination, I am sure you will succeed......"
Gwen couldn't understand this kind of sassy operation, but it didn't prevent her from cheering her best friend.
"By the way, I invited Joey too, and he agreed." Mary Jane said suddenly.
"Why did you invite him, do you know him well?" Gwen said vigilantly.
"Look at what makes you nervous, I just want Peter to recognize the reality, and you and Joey will have to behave well then."
"Nervous? Me? Please, Jane, you're mistaken, Joey and I don't know each other at all! ”
"The ninth."
Betty's faint voice came.
“...... Betty, I've put up with you for a long time. ”
Happy times always go by quickly, and it's lunchtime in a blink of an eye.
The cafeteria at Midtown High School is notoriously simple, and the student meal is a standard two-course meal and one soup, plus a dessert less than half the size of a palm.
Mashed potatoes? Blanching broccoli? Damn, is this what people eat?
This obviously didn't meet Joey's request, so he used his money ability to ask for two premium packages for school leaders.
Steaks, salads, crepes, and fragrant soups.
Then he graciously brought the meal to Gwen's empty seat and glanced at Betty, who received the signal and immediately reversed the direction.
"Gwen, you're too thin, you need more nutrition."
"I don't need you to care." Gwen glanced hard at Betty the Betrayer, and said angrily, "It has nothing to do with you whether I'm thin or not." ”
"Eat some, you smell it, it tastes good."
Joey didn't know anything advanced about steak levels either, but it was better than that slimy mashed potato.
"If you don't eat it, take it."
Gwen didn't appreciate it at all, picked up the rice spoon with a cold face, launched an attack on the mashed potatoes, and repelled Joey with facts.
"If you don't eat it, I'll eat it!"
Joey's temper came up, and he snatched the spoon from Gwen's mouth, divided it by two, and dried up the whole bowl of mashed potatoes in three bites.
"What are you doing!"
Gwen watched dumbfounded as her spoon went in and out of Joey's mouth.
Then he shouted like a thief: "Can you move smaller, what if someone else sees it......"
After finishing speaking, Gwen was stunned, his reaction seemed to be a little wrong, shouldn't he throw the dinner plate in his face, scold shamelessness and turn his head away?
"Let's haw~"
I don't know if I don't eat it, but after eating it, I found that the mashed potatoes were not bad, fragrant and delicious, Joey licked the rice spoon in the aftertaste, and the sound of snorting made Gwen on the other side blush.
"Shameless!"
Gwen scolded, looking at what little broccoli she had left.
She is not a vegetarian, and her stomach has long been grunted by the aroma of the steak, and after glancing at Joey, who was smiling evilly, she simply broke the jar, picked up a knife and fork, and poked the steak in a puff.
"Oh Mom, it's so fragrant."
For the first time, Gwen felt that the privilege was so delicious, and it was no wonder that the school leaders ate fat heads and big ears.