Enigma

I sat down on the empty seat beside Lucas. Hudson was still grinning like a fool.

“Hi! We didn’t get to introduce ourselves properly before. I am Hudson.” I opened my mouth to reply but he cut me off. “I know you are Arabella. This one here is Archer.” This time I just nodded knowing full well that he would just keep talking. “Your name is too long. Can I call you Bella?”

I scrunched my nose at that.

“Aria will be fine.”

“Okay.” Hudson said laughing.

“So how are you liking Greycoast so far? It must be a great change from Australia to here.”

“The weather is really nice here.” Lucas replied.

I nodded.

“Lucas said you used to go to Redwood high. Why did you change? You must have left a lot of friends behind.” Hudson enquired.

I scoffed at the word friends and took a bite out of my pizza slice.

“My siblings actually. They still go there. I just needed a change I guess.”

“Siblings?” Archer asked.

That’s the first word he said since the lunch started.

“Yeah. Five of them actually. Three of them are in high school. Two are in middle school and one is just five. My mom home schools him.”

I don’t know why but I felt free talking to them.

“Wow. You have quite a big family.”

Hudson’s eyes flashed with sadness. I wonder what happened to him.

“Oh yeah. That’s just my immediate family. My family is way bigger than that. There are so many uncles and aunts. Eros couldn’t even remember their names at times.” I told him grinning.

“You seem to love them a lot.”

Hudson’s face fell and so did Archer and Lucas’s.

them

“Are you alright?”

Just remembered a few things.” Hudson gave me a fake smile.

that. The lunch went by pretty quietly after that. No one talked. The

our trays

I asked in attempts to get their attention away from their sad

“Biology.” Lucas said.

Journalism.” Hudson said.

jolly mood was starting to come back a little but I can see the

“Philosophy.” Archer muttered.

have biology too. See

we separated our ways

we took a

but didn’t say

I had only one more class after this. None of the three were in my last class. I didn’t even see them in the

left early I

and parked my car in the garage but what distressed me

gang seems

tumbling over as Eros as usual

“Ari.” He squealed grinning.

“Hi E.”

grinned at

Aria? Did you like that school?” Valentina’s voice

bad. I liked it there.” I told her

dining table. I didn’t pay any attention to the living room side as

you like high school?” I

the same except those two buffoons on my as… butt.” She

do?” I

to stay away from me.” She gritted out. “How the hell am I supposed

said coming in the kitchen

and stomped

too much of a hard time you two.” I

mate out there somewhere.

does have a