1x9. Lunch: The Chase for the Cheese
After first period, second, break, third, and fourth period fly by, lunchtime arrives at the school! Two particular students though are overly-excited for today's lunch...
Rickard and Hampus excitedly rush down the quad, over to the entrance of the cafeteria. They are both are wearing matching ponchos and massive sombreros over their formal uniforms. Right behind them is Max, who does not take part in their festive attire.
"Are you ready for Taco Tuesday, Maxi?" Rickard asks enthusiastically as him and Hampus approach the doorway of the cafeteria.
The two attempt to go through the doorway at the same time, but with their humungous sombreros, they get stuck and bounce back outside.
"Oh no, no more tacos!" Hampus wails, making the conclusion quite quickly.
"Wait." Max steps up to them, grabs Rickard by the shoulders, and drags him out of the entrance's way.
Hampus waltzes into the cafeteria easily. "Yay, tacos!" He claps happily.
Rickard bounces into the cafeteria. "Yay!" He swings his arm over Hampus's shoulder and the two skip deeper into the building, passing by...
"More...more...more...," Vlad states as he watches Mrs. Cramarossa load up the yellow and white sprinkle Mexican cheese onto his already cheese-stuffed taco. Next to Mrs. Cramarossa behind the counter is her oldest son. Next to Vlad on the other side of the counter is of course Evelyna.
"More...more...more—"
"Alright, that's enough!" Joseph slams his fists against the edge of the counter and glares at Vlad. "My mom doesn't have time for you and your cheese habits!"
Mrs. Cramarossa sharply turns to face her son; she gasps. "Joseph!"
Evelyna wraps her arms around Vlad from behind as he frowns. "It's okay, Vladdy, my sweet, sweet innocent baby," she coos at him.
Joseph rolls his eyes. "Someone call health department: this is not safe to be around the food."
Evelyna snaps her eyes at him with lowered eyebrows. "You're in a bad mood."
Nick lumbers up to Evelyna and Vlad from behind. "What's new?" he says. "His bed only has one side."
"What? I'm hungry," Joseph murmurs.
"Well, you can go join your friends to eat," Mrs. Cramarossa tells her son.
"No, I want to stay here and keep you safe from these...crazy students."
Nick, which his height is useful for him at this moment, reaches over Vlad's and Evelyna's heads, holding his empty plate out toward the lunch lady. "I want fifths."
Brandon comes up to Nick and taps him. "Ritch, end of the line is over there." He points to the end of the line with his thumb.
Nick slowly turns to him with a sleepy look. "But I want fifths."
Evelyna whispers to Vlad: "Hey, I got this, Vladdy." She then swiftly turns to Nick and yells, "Don't cut in line! The poor child likes cheese, who doesn't like a little something too much—Kuch and cookies— Come on!"
Nick gradually turns and looms down at her, towering over her. "I want my fifths," he answers gently. He then turns back to Mrs. Cramarossa with his plate back out to her. "Please?"
"Nooooo!" Evelyna yammers, stomping her foot. "Don't cut him!"
From the tables nearby, Beau hears the commotion and of course has to put in his input: "Don't worry, Evelyna, we have glue to put him back together!" He shakes a bottle of glue stick in the air.
Mrs. Cramarossa looks at Nick sincerely. "Sorry, Nicholas, end of the line is over there." She points toward the end of the line.
"That's what I was trying to tell him," Brandon huffs out. He then takes Nick by the arm and leads him to the end of the line.
Vlad gazes back at the mounds of cheese laid out before him in the metallic tray. "More..." He looks back up at the lunch lady with big, hopeful eyes. "More...?"
"You can get more if you have seconds," Mrs. Cramarossa informs him. "Now go eat your food." She makes the motion of shooing him out.
Full of dismay, Vlad trudges out of the line and toward a lunch table.
But Evelyna is not going to let it go so easily: With one quick motion, she snatches the tray of cheese from the counter and sprints over to Vlad.
Joseph abruptly straightens up. "Hey!" he barks at her. "That's my mom's cheese!"
"Vladdy, run!" Evelyna yelps at Vlad. She then bolts out of the cafeteria. Vlad immediately follows after her for the cheese.
"Hey, get back here—!" Joseph swings himself over the counter and zooms out of the cafeteria, taking on the hot pursuit to get his mother's cheese back.
Evelyna and Vlad rush down the quad, heading to the classrooms on the other side. They then make a sharp turn into the walkway that are before the classrooms, disappearing out of view.
Joseph makes the turn and suddenly halts when he stumbles upon the empty walkway. He breathes hard, leaning over to have his hands on his lap. With sharp eyes, he scans the vacant area, hoping to sense some motion, red hair, or the smell of cheese. But it is like as if they never entered the walkway.
Joseph straightens up. "Hm. They'll turn up soon." He turns around and storms out of the walkway.
From behind the plants that dot the sides of the walkway, Evelyna's and Vlad's heads pop out. Then in sync, they look to the right, then to the left, then at each other.
"He's gone!" Evelyna whispers gleefully. She then hops up with the tray of cheese in her hands and steps back onto the walkway.
Vlad gets up as well with his cheese taco and follows her down the walkway and to the auditorium.
They make a right turn and go down the ramp to access the side doors of the building.
With her hand on the knob, Evelyna turns to Vlad and says, "We'll eat in here, just you and I and no one else...especially that Anti-Kuch guy." She says the last part with disgust. She then swings the door open and enters the building; Vlad follows her in, eyeing the tray.
They tip-toe through the passageway and enter the massive room to find Niall sitting on the edge of the stage, strumming on his guitar and singing.
"When I'm fat and old... And my kids think I'm a joke—" Niall immediately spots Evelyna and Vlad. He put down his guitar, jumps down from the stage, and begins walking up to them. "I didn't know they have catering!" He takes the tray from her. "Tanks!"
Niall then walks into the passageway with the tray, exiting the auditorium.
Niall arrives at the cafeteria with the tray of cheese safely in his arms. The three other principals have joined the students in the cafeteria. "Look what I found, boys!" he exclaims to them he enters the cafeteria. "Delivered to the auditorium!"
Joseph is now back in his position beside his mother. He extends his arms out at Niall. "I'll take that."
Niall spins around to face him. "For your mum?"
"Yes." Joseph snatches tray and storms off into the kitchen.
Niall follows him quickly. "Oh, your mum makes the best food! Y'know, I had me five sandwiches this morning, seven for break, and I'm gonna have four tacos for lunch..." His voice fades off as he enters the kitchen.
Mrs. Cramarossa has an exhilarated look on her face as she mixes the new batch of cheese in a new tray. "I'm cooking for 1D...whoo...!"
Rickard and Hampus hop in front of her, holding out their plates to her.
"TACOS!!!" they yell in unison.
"Tacos!" Mrs. Cramarossa exclaims back as she begins serving them.
After they get their tacos, they step out of line and halt.
"Tacos!" Rickard shouts.
"Tacos!" Hampus shouts back.
They look at each other's tacos. "Tacos!" They then high five each other and proceed to their table. "Tacos, tacos!"
At another table, Jasmine is on her phone, stalking all of her favourite guys through the camera app.
Her phone is showing Bryce taking a massive bite from his taco as salsa, lettuce, and meat spill from it. "And there's Bryce," she starts in a low voice, "taking a bite of his taco—" She immediately swings her phone to the right, landing on Brenden, who is pouring salsa onto his taco. "—but there's a Gally pouring salsa—" She swings her phone to the left, which settles on Tyler, who is blabbering to Jamie while settling down at a table. "—And there's Tyler sitting down!"
She straightens up and squeals: "OMG!!!!"
Two other students join her table: Emily and Hilary.
Emily is of course the first one to talk to Jasmine: "Hey, do you like the tacos?" She peers at the screen of her phone. "What are you looking at?" She sees Tyler and Jamie eating each other's tacos through the phone. "They have tacos too!"
Jasmine puts down her phone and turns to the two. "Sooo, who's your fav?" she sing-songs.
Hilary throws her hands out in front of her. "Oh, whoa, we don't do that, they're just our teammates."
Jasmine flickers her hair. "Well, I'm a hockey player, too."
Emily eyes her oddly. "You got lots to learn..."
The doors of the cafeteria swing open as Evelyna and Vlad enter the building once again.
Louis quickly strolls up to them before they can do anything else. He particularly looks at Evelyna. "Well, well, well. You like the principal's office, eh? Follow me." He nods his head behind them toward the doorway, then breezes past them.
Evelyna and Vlad resentfully follow him.
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