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The mind is a cruel, cruel thing. This was one of many thoughts that came up in Lilac's mind during classes. Why was it that the mind stretched out boring and unlikable jobs, but shortened the more fun events, like boxing? All of her classes had been affected by the first part of this phenomenon. First it was the childish tasks of the homeroom teacher, then the lack of activity in the old English teacher's class, and finally, the science teacher's overenthusiasm. They all made the classes seem so much longer, which, in turn, made Lilac all the more bored.

But, unfortunately for the friendless girl, the bell for lunch offered little relief. It would just be another period of shrinking into her seat and trying not to get noticed, only this time she had food. She was more sluggish than most other students, who rushed to get in line for food first. This was because Lilac did not plan on getting food from the school. When she arrived at the cafeteria, she dodged out of the way of the line, keeping her head down as she made her way to one of the small, empty tables to the side.

Once there, she shrugged off her backpack and placed it on the chair next to her. She unzipped the small pocket on the front, taking a paper bag from it. She then opened the paper bag and pulled out a Tupperware box full of salad and a ziplock bag with a ham and cheese croissant sandwich in it. She ate her food in silence, glaring down anyone who so much as looked at her table. While much of the time it was a slight disadvantage when it came making friends and such, her always angry eyes were useful at times.

This is being generous.

Real Lunches

Nachos AND fries with two peach slices

Chicken nuggets (not always chicken mind you) AND tatter tots (which are usually moist to the point of falling apart or incredibly hard)

Warning: Square cheese pizza actually has squared chunks of pepperoni in it's sauce, and for some reason it's ridiculously spicy. Also the corn is bland and sometimes hard and for the most part you wont digest it.

Careful around corndogs. Some contain odd white "meat".

That's a beef potpie. Is it really beef and not just unknown meat gravy? Who knows. That white scoop of something is actually thick instant mash potatoes. You may have to use salt to cover up the dry flaky spud taste and texture.

I always hated salsbury steaks because they tasted like bland-gravy covered mush and have the texture of wet cardboard. Served with peach cobbler (if you can call tht lumpy syrup that) caramelized onions, and a very dry sofa-stuffing roll.

Welcome to the american cafeteria kiddies.

RICE