Lunch Rooms-Personal Narrative

Her first month at her new high school was finally almost over and all Lauren wanted to do was go home and sleep. The past month had been a rapid mix of cheer practice, school, homework, and socializing with little time for sleep. Now thinking of how she wouldn't be able to sleep until after a long night of flips, spins, tosses, and cheering is over, she continued down the hallway towards the roar of students chattering at the lunch tables. Approaching the mass of petite girls wearing the required blue and gold uniform, Lauren was surprised by the dull throbbing that was developing directly above her right eyebrow. As she got closer the pressure had built so that by the time she finally arrived and sat between Nikki and Sammy, the dull throbbing had grown tremendously. With numerous greetings from her teammates, she became …show more content…
Lauren's eye roamed the sea of lunch tables until she spotted something that befuddled her. The group, a mix of eleven individuals, was a strange sight to see. Watching the peculiar group, as a wave of genuine laughter rolled throughout the large group of friends then dissipates into to broad smiles, she was confused as to how such different people could form such a happy bunch. The girls outweighed the boys eight to three, one was lanky with a head of flamboyant red hair that was only emphasized by the plain black crew neck t-shirt he was wearing, one was baby-faced and shy looking with wire-framed glasses, and the remaining one was lean with black thick-rimmed glasses and a maroon beanie on top of his head. The girls were all diverse in looks but nonetheless looked happy. Lauren wanted to leave her current table to sit with them, yet she knew she would feel the burning eyes of the cheerleaders so she stayed put. By the time she was done unconsciously observing them, lunch had