"The injustice!" He cried as he compared our lunches . "Look how different our lunches are!"
I looked . We both had a sandwich, chips, a banana, apple slices and a granola bar . The only difference was that I had a bag of cookies and he had a bag of carrot sticks .
I offered him my cookie bag . He opened it and took half . "Thanks, Jake . "
"Put it back . " A stern voice made us jump . Zeke walked up to our bench and snatched the cookies out of Noah's hand and put it back with mine . "Mom and Dad said no . Don't be bending the rules . " He looked down at me . "Jake, don't just go with whatever Noah says . You're supposed to follow the rules . "
I quickly nodded and stuffed my cookies back in my bag to make sure Zeke wouldn't take them .
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Noah made a sad face at my lunch bag holding the cookies . He quickly turned to Zeke and glared . "What are you doing here anyways? Shouldn't you be sticking to routine and eating in the cafeteria with the team?"
"Dad said to watch out for Jake . I'm doing what I was told . " He took a seat next to Noah . "The twins should be here in a few . I sent them a text of where we were . " He pulled out his lunch and started to eat .
Noah rolled his eyes . He moved away from Zeke and took a seat next to me, moving his food over too .
"What are you doing?" Zeke asked .
"Jake won't want to sit next to the twins . " Noah looked at me, and I nodded my confirmation . "They scare him . Besides, they behave better when you sit between them . "
Zeke looked at me . "You know you'll have to be with them for pre-calculus, right? Better get use to it . "
"Stop being so no-nonsense, Zeke . " Noah opened his bag of chips and started to eat . "Jake is still adjusting . If you don't be more encouraging, I'm going to tell Mom . " Wow . How childish . Would that even work on Zeke?
To my surprise, it did . Zeke looked me dead in the eye and said, "The twins aren't scary at all . " I gulped . Even though that was supposed to be comfort, it sounded more like a threat . And it certainly felt true .
"Hey fam-bam . " Dave plopped on one side of Zeke, and Kyle sat down on the other side . "What's up, kiddos?"
"Nothing . Just Zeke being Zeke . " Noah sighed .
The twins shared a look, then grinned at Zeke . "You gonna take that captain?" Kyle raised an eyebrow .
"Make him run laps!" Dave suggested as he pulled out his lunch . "100! No less . "
"Why don't you run laps, fatty . " Noah grumbled as he watch Dave pull out his cookies .
Dave waved his cookies in front of him . "Ehh? Is that the sound of jealousy? That's unbecoming on a freshman like you . "
"Don't antagonize him . " Zeke slapped Dave in the back of the head .
They're resorting to violence . I quickly focused on my food and ate as fast as I could . I really didn't want to be next .
"Jake, slow down . " Kyle commented on my eating . "Your food isn't going anywhere . You're going to give yourself the hiccups . "
I refused to make eye contact . Don't look, and it won't hurt . Maybe they'll go back on focusing on one another .
"You guys scared him . " I heard Noah declared . "I'm telling Mom when we get home . Hopefully you guys lose cookie privileges too . "
I cracked a smile . All Noah ever thinks about is blackmailing and threatening . It's like he was raised my the mob and not some perfect family living in a pink house .
Chapter end
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