Alex laughed, feeling less nervous. "Hey, you're pretty funny," she said to Fiona, still chuckling, "And no, to answer your question there's nothing wrong with your face....I guess I just haven't met a new person in awhile. I hope you don’t mind me eating with you,” she said relaxing against the back of the chair. “I’m mad at my friends for being jerks,” Alex stated pointedly. She opened her Cheshire Cat metal lunch box, not waiting for an answer from Fiona. She pulled out her matching metal thermos full of water, a sandwich on two slices of whole grain bread, a  banana and some veggie stir fry with brown rice.<br/><br/>She bit into her sandwich, groaning with delight at the taste. They both chewed in silence for a minute, seeming to really be into their food. ‘This is nice,’ Alex thought. Usually the chatter in the cafeteria made it hard for her to hear her own thoughts, let alone what her friends were talking about. Normally it was about something nonsensical and seemingly irrelevant to her every day life, like hair, fashion or makeup.<br/><br/>The only time she really paid attention was when they talked about sex. She didn’t participate in the conversation, not really having anything to say. She was pretty inexperienced on that particular subject. Although, she never told anyone that. People always just assumed things about her and she didn’t always feel like correcting them. Kids could be cruel if they knew you were different.<br/><br/>She took a sip of water. Alex looked over at Fiona eating her sandwich and was suddenly curious what she was eating. She couldn’t really tell just by looking at it, it wasn’t the usual sort of sandwich, of course neither was hers.  “What are you eating there?” she asked Fiona, politely, taking another bite of her sandwich.