Her hand pressed against her cheek Tina poked at the spaghetti on her lunch plate before swirling her fork around to get a decent amount of the noodle. Mindlessly she ate away being careful to chew before swallowing. A list of the 400 meter run times went through her mind, and she considered how much she needed to practice to make regionals.<br/><br/>Before she could go as far as what her schedule would be like, she felt someone poke her between the eyebrows. Hard.<br/><br/>To make matters worse, was that Tina was still in mid-swallow. She muffled an exclamation of surprise as she fought the food down her throat. Getting the food down finally gave her a chance to gasp for breath and regain enough energy to raise her honey colored eyes and glare at the culprit who was laughing and sitting before her.<br/><br/>“Are you crazy?” Tina demanded as she grabbed a napkin to wipe her mouth. “Jeez Suzanne, you choose the worst timing.”<br/><br/>Her cousin Suzanne who sat across from her only smiled smugly as she leaned forward. As cousins, their hair color was black but Suzanne grew out her hair styling it up in a side ponytail. Sky blue colored eyes and thick lashes also made guys fall easily for her. “I keep telling you, that you’ll get wrinkles on your forehead if you scowl like that.” Suzanne lectured pointing her fork at Tina which only earned a colder glare.<br/><br/>Letting out an exasperated breath she only shook her head before she asked, “Were you asking me a question?”<br/><br/>This time her cousin’s perfect smile turned into a full on pout as her cheeks grew a bit puffed. “Yes, I was asking you about your thoughts on Xavier. Isn’t he your type?” Suzanne asked revealing her most sweet smile and sparkling its overpowering brightness at Tina.<br/><br/>Used to this daily exercise Tina just raised her hand against the beams and said, “My thoughts on Xavier is that he’s mature, but also not my type. Stop trying to lug me with other guys. I don’t have time.”<br/><br/>Smile gone Suzanne glowered before she started to shake and growl in rage. “But Tina! I want you to go on double dates with me. How can I do that if you don’t have a date? Let alone give any guy in this school a chance to be your date?”<br/><br/>Groaning Tina slumped her face into the table a safe distance from her spaghetti. Her voice was muffled against the cold surface as she told her cousin, “I don’t want to go on dates Suzanne, I need to focus.”<br/><br/>“On what?” Suzanne cut in. “Track and Field season isn’t till next semester.” Taking a breath she said a little more gently, “I just think that you should really take these last few years to just have fun.”<br/><br/>Tina refused to raise her head and refused the idea of having fun. Fun was something she couldn’t allow herself to have. Fun meant having people around and that meant witnesses. If anything like last time were to happen again, she would end up moving and that meant no running for the track and field team. Tina knew that if she wanted things to be easy for her, she can’t let anyone in.