They Changed My Life, chapter 6

A brunette sat next to Billie Joe, who had resumed his seat at the table. Seeing me look at him, she snakily slid her arm around his waist possessively.
"Hey Estelle-Uh...I guess you know Mike and Tre' already, this is Jason," he said pointing to a guy with brightly colored hair. The guy smiled at me and nodded.
"This is Mark, he's pretty much a loser," Billie Joe joked, pointing at a guy with an earring dangling from his ear. The guy flipped Billie Joe off and said hi to me.
"Yeah...this is Erin," Billie Joe said pointing to a girl with purple streaks in her hair. "Her twin is missing today.
The girl laughed and said, "Yeah-we usually have one more." Then she looked at the chick sitting next to Billie Joe. "Even though someone else has decided to take her place today, I suppose. Anyway! Welcome to Pinole!"
I smiled at her. I hoped that we would become friends.
"And this," Billie Joe said somewhat uncomfortably. "Is Laurie. Tarren's the one that's missing. She and Erin aren't really twins; they just like to think they are." Billie Joe then stuck his tongue out at Erin, who in turn, stuck her tongue out back at him. You could tell they were pretty good friends.
I sat in between Mike and Erin and took out my soda because I wasn't very hungry. Not that I would've been able to eat anyway, with all of the things that happened at lunch. With all the laughing, joking and throwing of food, it would have been hard to eat. Mark kept trying to tell me about these little gnomes that lived in the toilets, and Billie Joe backed him up on it.
"It's totally true dude," Mark exclaimed. "They tried to steal my boxers one time!"
Everyone laughed except Laurie. She fixed her eyes on Mark and said, "Ugh-that's disgusting and immature," which only made everyone laugh harder. Stalking away to dump her trash, she glared at me. As I drank a little of my soda, Tre' leaned over Mike and told me that he thought Laurie smelt like fishsticks. I snorted, spraying root beer out of my nose, and everyone started laughing hysterically again. I gasped, wiping at my nose, trying to breathe in between laughter. Jason actually fell off his seat he was laughing so hard. I stood up, and Erin offered to help me to the bathroom. Some people were looking at us weird, but we were still laughing about it. We pushed the door to go into the bathroom, and I ran for a stall. I walked out, blowing my nose, and Erin started laughing all over again.
"How stupid did I look back there?" I asked almost fearfully.
"Not too stupid, just a bit funny," she answered.
We grinned at each other and headed back for the cafeteria. As we were going out, Laurie was coming in. I was still in the process of wiping soda off my face.
She smirked, and said, "Good job looking like an idiot back there. You should hear the guys-especially Billie Joe-making fun of you. Or, maybe you shouldn't. They aren't exactly saying anything nice."
And they say nice things about you? I wondered. Strutting past me, she leaned over the sinks to apply eyeliner. Erin looked at me and made a disgusted face like, 'Can you believe this slut?' I smiled, and headed toward the paper towel dispenser, which was on the other side of Laurie. I grabbed a few, and as I walked past Laurie, I bumped into her. HARD.