Teach me Right, and I’ll Do you Wrong

Her Friend

I’m standing near on the table inside the cafeteria while waiting for the line to end so I can just order my food quickly. I didn’t know that you have to went through a long line to finally order your food, I mean, back in town, it’s either we have our own food to bring for lunch, or we would go back home and eat, and go back to school again before your class begins. I am still trying to learn what it’s like to live in Manchester, I mean, having a life in another country without someone guiding you, is kinda hard.

No one is there to teach you what to do and to tell you what is wrong and what is right.

While waiting for my turn, a man walked passed the hallway… I stare at him, and I could see that he is staring right back at me.

I know he can’t forget.

“Do you two know each other?” I was frightened by the sudden appearance of Nick behind my back. He is smiling at me and he had his friends with him who is waving and smiling at me. “Mr. Joshua? No… I mean, we saw each other once in a grocery store, I just didn’t expect for him to be my professor.” I lied and he just nodded after. He look to his friends and he introduces them to me.

One is a girl, name Terry, she’s blonde, sexy, and I am kinda getting vibes of an Elle woods to her. I mean, she is very light and kinda set the mood to positive, she’s smiling and wave her hands at me. And there we’re two boys, Kole, and Harry. One is an Asian guy, Kole, I could compare his look to that guy in the series called The summer I turned Pretty, I just forgot his name since I haven’t really watched that series, I just saw the trailer… I am not that girl who likes to roam around romance, movie or in real life… While Harry, he is taller that Nick and just by the look of his clothes, I could tell that he is part of their sports team, I just don’t care which one, football, basketball? I don’t know. Also, he is black… Like me.

“We don’t actually waste our time standing here, waiting for our turn. So, since you are new here, we would like to invite you to eat with us…” Nick said to me. “Actually girl, we don’t eat here.” Terry said to me and laughed at her own words. “Okay… So where do you all guys eat?”

“Somewhere that will satisfy our cravings.” Kole said.

“So…? You’re coming?”

“Yeah sure... I hate waiting too.”

We all walk together out and away from the campus, and just after like 6 minutes to 10 maximum, we arrived at this fancy restaurant called ‘Delicious’ Really? For a name of a restaurant? Delicious? I mean, maybe that name work after all after seeing how many costumers are inside this resto. “Right? Delicious? That’s also my reaction when I first came here. But… I accepted it wholeheartedly, since the owner of this is just good.” Terry said. I look at her while still walking, looking for an empty table. “You know the owner of this restaurant?” I asks her and she nodded and pointed out Nick as the owner of this restaurant. I almost choked on my own saliva after learning the truth. “Really? So… What? Nickerson’s family is rich?”

She smiled at me and agree by lifting her eyebrows at me. “Not just rich… They like own half of the restaurant here… His mother really love cooking and his father took business so they could make her mother dream come true… If I have that family, maybe I would be rich too.” She said to me like she is very proud to her friend Nick… I mean, If I have that kind of friend, I would be proud of them too.

“Hey Naomi. Can I use your phone for picture?” Kole said and I smiled at him. “Sure…” I gave him my phone and he smiled. “This is my first time holding an iPhone 15 pro… I am just going to take a selfies for my fans.” he wink at me and we both chuckled.

Back in my town, I am the one my friends considered as the rich one in our circle. Since I am the only one who have a business… But even though we have a business, an agriculture one, it is still not good enough to support like 12 children… I am one the 12 children… We maybe rich but we just started our business like 3 years ago… So our income is not that huge enough for us to be accepted in a prestigious school, like the Manchester University. That is why I applied for scholarship, because I do not want my family to be that cautious about my tuition. I do not want them to worry about me, I want them to think freely and just focused on more important thing… I do not want my family to suffer that much that is why I’ll do everything, anything I can to help them.

While we we’re eating, I am slowly catching up with their life. Even though the school just started,, it feels like it started a long time ago. I mean Harry have their game two weeks from now, and I learned what sports he is playing, football, while Nick is a sports guy too, but him is basketball. Kole has a gig on this bar, I don’t know what’s called but they are all going this Saturday to support him, while Terry, she seems like she is not doing much except for being the president of the Student government, and she says that what she do, is a secret, as a rule for her organization.

I’ve learned that they we’re friends since last year but it does not look like they become friends last year, I felt like their bond lasts for like more than a year, but you don’t know how friendship works nowadays, once we become friends, we become family.

While we were all talking and having conversation, someone texted me.

It is from an unknown number. But I have this feeling inside, who owns this number.

‘Meet me after class.’

It’s from Mr. Joshua Wheeler….