Grim by Jessica Sorensen

Author:Jessica Sorensen [Sorensen, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jessica Sorensen

Peanut Butter Might Just Be My Nemesis

Our school has a closed campus lunch policy. Not that it really matters to me, since I can’t eat lunch. But I’m not a fan of sitting in the noisy cafeteria, surrounded by humans stuffing their mouths with food that smells like toilet water. Not that cafeteria food smelled that great when I was human, but the stench didn’t make me dry heave back then… Well, except for on meatloaf surprise days.

And being crammed into a room with that many souls makes me super hungry. The first few weeks I sat in there, I spent the entire half an hour lunch break daydreaming about going wild and feeding off everyone’s souls. Then I’d use my breath of forget so no one would remember.

Finally, after spending a handful of lunch periods drooling all over the table, I decided it might be better if I spent lunch outside near the trees. Only a few people go out there for lunch, and the space is big enough that I usually can’t smell anyone’s soul unless there’s a windstorm.

After fourth period ends and lunch break begins, I toss my bag and books into my locker and make my way out to my tree. It’s the farthest one out, right before the forest that lines the back of the school property.

It’s late fall, so most of the leaves have fallen from the trees and the grass is brown and crunchy, just how I like it. Once I reach my tree, I lie down beneath the branches and stare up at the clouds and the sunlight that slips through every so often. The air is a bit chilly and almost matches my body temperature. Between that and the gloomy sky, I feel very relaxed at the moment. Enough that I might just take a nap.

“Hey, Remi.” A heavy object falls beside my head as a shadow casts across my face.

I blink and find Revenna leaning over me with a warm smile on her face. Her backpack is beside my head, and she has a brown paper lunch bag in her hands.

“Um … Hey …” I watch in confusion as she plops down on the grass beside me. Then, as she starts taking food out of the bag, I sit up and stare at her. “What’re you doing?”

She sets a bagged sandwich onto her lap and a juice box onto the grass in front of her before setting the brown paper bag aside. “I thought, since you’re always out here alone, I’d eat lunch with you today.” She opens the bag and takes out the sandwich. “It’s not like I need to sit at a table anyway. It’s just a waste of space since no one ever wants to sit by me, and everyone usually moves when I sit down.” She picks the crust of her sandwich. “Well, except for Thorn.”

I almost feel bad for her, but I’m finding that sandwich she’s about to eat a bit offensive at the moment, with its breadcrumbs and peanut butter oozing out of the sides.

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