Snippet #1290325

"Why don't you just bring your lunch?" Winter asked Andy, noticing the dreadful look on his face as she sat down at the table. "I gave up hope of this cafeteria serving us edible food a long time ago."

She put her large blue book bag on the table and unzipped it. Inside it was a mess. Papers were just crammed into it, pencils and pens laid toppled all over the place. Inside she had an extra pair of shoes as well. Over the summer, and now into the school year due to delays, she had been helping the gardening club with one of their projects, planting and landscaping a new garden for the front of the school. Her mother had been complaining when she’d just waltz into the house afterward, tracking mud and dirt all over the floors. Not that Winter really cared how clean the floors were or anything, but she just figured she’s save her mother the yelling and put on some clean ones when she was done. “Ah,” she said, as she grabbed onto her paper lunch bag. “Yum.” She opened up the sack and pulled out a plastic bag, filled with a chopped up apple, a container of peanut butter for dipping the slices into, a packet of cheddar cheese crackers, and a ham and Swiss sandwich, but of course, Winter attacked the apples and peanut butter first. She loved peanut butter. “You want some?” She asked Andy, holding the bag and container out to him... As she looked at the hand in front of her she frowned. "Dang it!" She twisted it around, revealing the large blot of ink on the side of her palm. "Wonder which pen busted this time..."