Chapter Seven: Dinner

As me and Lidia walked in the door Luke stopped and gave me a glare, Brad bumping into him when he stood so suddenly. Lidia smiled and waved. "Hey you two!" She beamed. Luke rolled his eyes and walked into the kitchen with Brad following him again.

Lidia and I took off our shoes and headed into the kitchen as well. Jane had the table set up so nicely and everything smelt amazing, I couldn't wait to dig in.

Brad and Luke sat on one side of the table while Lidia and I sat on the other and Jane had the head of the table. The four of us sat down as Jane put the food on the table. Lidia was eying her favourite dish and was ready to devour it all. Luke and Brad sat there looking emotionless and totally out of it. The silence was awkward and I wanted to say something...but couldn't think of anything to say that would make this less awkward.

As Jane served the drinks and sat down everyone served themselves and quietly started to eat. Jane gave a frown. "Oh come on, I know for a fact that the three of you used to be best friends! There's no way that it can be this awkward now." She sighed.

I sat back in my seat, obviously not included in the group of three, so therefore not involved in the conversation.

"Not my fault we grew apart." Luke stated, a glare smeared across his face.

Jane let out a frustrated sigh and then the silence came back, much worse this time.

"Should I...leave?" Lidia asked, feeling extremely unwanted. Everyone at the table looked up at her. "I mean...I'm the only one here making things awkward for everyone..." She muttered and poked at her food.

Jane frowned and looked to Luke. "Luke, what do you have to say to that?" She raised an eyebrow, curious.
"None of my business who Vincent wants to sleep with." Luke stated casually.

This time everyone stared at me, who was sitting there looking like an idiot with my jaw dropped. I couldn't believe he actually said that! "Wh-what!? Th-that—that's not..!" I stumbled over my words, not sure at all how to respond to that.

"Luke!" Jane slammed her fist down on the table, getting fed up with his attitude.

Lidia sat there quietly, blushing. I had to wonder if she liked what Luke said because it didn't seem to bother her like it did me.

Brad sat there in silence and continued to eat. I guess he's not the type to get right into an argument, which is a little surprising for something that's with Luke.

"What? Who would spend that much time with Lidia without having ulterior motives? From what I've heard she's pretty easy." Luke stated.

Lidia's face grew angry. "Oh yeah!? What about you and Brad?! I heard it didn't take too long for him to get in your pants!" She yelled.

Jane's jaw was the one to drop this time. Her eyes were wide as she stared at Luke who looked as if he was about to kill Lidia. Brad was in the middle of choking on his food.

"Oh yeah?! Well I heard that James got in your pants within an hour of your first date!" Luke yelled back.

"Oh yeah?! Well I heard that Brad gave you a blow job in the janitors closet during lunch!" Lidia yelled out in frustration, forgetting that Jane was even at the table anymore.
"Oh yeah!? Well! I heard you slept with Mr. Gates so that you could pass the class!" Luke argued.

"OH YEAH?!" Lidia almost screamed at the top of her lungs...but Jane cut her off.
"Enough!" She yelled, tears in her eyes as she looked around the table. Everyone fell into a deadly silence. "I...I don't even know what to say to you three. I can't believe what I'm hearing right now. Luke...we need to talk. Everyone else, it's up to you what you do." Jane took in a deep calming breath.

Lidia and Brad left at the first moment possible and I decided to clean up the kitchen for Jane.

Luke followed Jane into the basement and within moments there was yelling from both of them. I tried to listen into the argument, but it was too muffled to understand so I simply continued my cleaning, snacking as I did so.

After about an hour the yelling died down but the two of them were still talking. Not knowing what else to do I went upstairs and took a shower before getting under the blankets on my cot and trying to fall asleep, which was impossible. All that was on my mind was the argument. I wanted to know if it was all true or if parts of it were just rumors. But what stuck in my mind the most was the fact that Brad and Luke had supposedly had sex. It was making me angry, but I didn't understand why it was.

I got lost in thought and before I knew it Luke was walking into the room. He stopped and glared at me. "You..." He said through clenched teeth. "You are so dead!" His fists were clenched and he took a step towards me.

My eyes went wide and I sat up quickly, wondering if he did anything to Jane, but most of all being scared for my life. "M-me? But! I didn't do anything!" I tried arguing.
"Didn't do anything?! Ha! You're the one that brought Lidia over who blabbed my biggest secret to my mom!" Luke hissed.

I looked from Luke to the door and thought of my chances of escape or survival...and guessed both of them to be very very low. So, I took in a deep breath, clenched my teeth and shut my eyes, readying myself for the beating.

((More exciting, yes? Better than the last chapter I'm hoping!))