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[Elyse Kaplan]

Elyse dropped down at an empty table near the back of the cafeteria. She tugged out the brown paper bag from her backpack and wrinkled her nose. It was slightly crushed and it appeared as if the jelly had leaked out of the plastic bag and onto the paper one. She tossed it onto the table and sighed as she looked around the cafeteria. Everyone else was chattering away with friends and enjoying good food.

She was used to sitting alone, but even the hot lunch looked better than her mashed sandwich. She tugged it out of the plastic bag and when she tried to pick it up, it all but disintigrated, blobs of jelly separating from the peanut butter and dropping onto the plastic bag. She made a face before pushing it aside and reaching in for her apple. It was pretty safe looking - only bruised once - and she bit into it before settling in to people watch.

[Raven Harper]

Lunch....it was easily Raven's favorite time of the school day. Of course, it was almost everybodies favorite time of day. Mostly because it was impossible to fail lunch. There wasn't anything to worry about at lunch you got to sit with your friends and bullshit and just enjoy. Before you had to head back to class and listen to more annoying teachers try to cram information into your brain until you wanted to scream.

Raven looked around balancing her lunch tray precariously as she fixed her grip on her backpack and looked around for a place to sit. It was still the first week of school and she hadn't found a permanant place to sit yet. She glanced around looking for a place to sit seeing a table toward the back that was only occupied by one girl. She vaguely remembered seeing her around from last year and knew was rather nice. So Raven went over and sat across from her at the table. "Hey, mind if I park here?"

[Elyse Kaplan]

Elyse looked up, startled by the voice. She vaguely recognized the face underneath the dark hair as a girl named Raven. She smiled politely from behind her apple. "Go right ahead," she replied before biting into the fruit.

[Raven Harper]

"Thanks, I figured you might not mind. I remember you were in my English class last year...you sat somewhere behind me." She said with a chuckle. They'd both had Mrs. Johnson for English last year and she was a decent teacher a little on the boring side but, she hadn't been as bad as some teachers Raven had over the years.

"It sucks when you have a different lunch period from most of your friends...though I won't be surprised if Jack cuts whatever class he happens to have to visit." She says with a little smirk. "Anyway, I'm Raven...and I'm sorry but I can't remember your name." She said sheepishly smiling at the brunette across from her.

[Elyse Kaplan]

"Elyse," she replied, smiling. "And I wouldn't know about friends not having the same lunch period, but it sounds rather depressing." She leaned in slightly to investigate whatever was on Raven's tray. "Jack as in the infamous Jack Sparrow?" she questioned, smirking. "And what exactly is that?"

[Raven Harper]

"Yeah, it is rather depressing but unfortunately there isn't much to be done for it except hope that you get better luck next year." She said with a chuckle. "Elyse....I knew I knew it...." She said with a shake of her head. "Sometimes I'm terrible with names." She said apologetically. Raven nodded at the mention of Jack. "The very same." She replied with a chuckle and looked down at her tray. "I think it's a soft taco." She said with a laugh. "Though it doesn't look very yummy..."

[Elyse Kaplan]

She laughed softly, wrinkling her nose. "It looks a bit better than this," she said, pointing to the mush of bread and peanut butter and jelly. "But only slightly." She sighed and set her apple core on top of it. "Look, it's art."

[Raven Harper]

Raven chuckled as she settled the apple core unto of the pathetic remains of a once proud PB&J. "You should sell it to an art gallery....tell them it's about the hopelessness of life...they'll eat it up. Metaphorically speaking." She added with a little grin. "Bummer about your lunch." She said honestly. "I'll share mine if your brave enough to eat school food." She said with a grin.

[Elyse Kaplan]

"Thanks, but no thanks," she smiled, tucking her flyaways back behind her ear. "I try to stay away from school food. You know, just in case..." She sucked in a big breath and held it in the pockets of her cheeks for a moment before exhaling. "So you're friends with Jack, huh?" she asked, trying to make conversation.

[Raven Harper]

Raven chuckled softly at that looking down at the food before giving a little nod of her head in agreement. "Yeah, you never know which mostly innocent meal will send you running for the bathroom like you've just drank water in Mexico." Raven muttered before nodding at her other question. "Yeah, me and Jack are buddies." Raven admitted with a smile. It was true her and Jack were close and they spent a lot of time around each other both in school and out of school.