Amber's Table: A Short Story

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Shelby goes to school and sees Betts who gives her information about Amber but she seems disappointed because it is her best skill but Shelby seems ok with the info she gets. It is time for luch and everyone is seated in the cafeteria except Amber. A few seconds later Amber shows up at the door to the cafeteria and majority of the people in the cafeteria look at Amber's movement, monitoring everything she does snd lets not forget Betts the best of them all (gossiper) also looks. Greg goes to Shelby's table and she is surprised but happy and tries to act cool because she does not want to ruin her chance with Greg maybe asking her out later on in the future. Close to the end of lunch Greg wlaks over to Amber's table and everyone is surprised

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