"Have we met?" Lex asked, completely oblivious to her angry expression, mostly because she looked like a cute little doll. "You seem familiar, but I don't know many people here."
"You sat next to me at the mess hall! And now you're doing it again. The entire hall is empty, why do you have to sit next to me? I like my personal space!"
Suddenly, Lex recalled the embarrassing encounter and couldn't help but laugh. He took a look around the hall and, indeed, there were many empty chairs.
"My bad, lately I've been really out of it, so I've kinda just been running on autopilot," Lex explained as he got up and moved. But, while he was no longer sitting right next to the familiar girl, he had only moved a couple of seats over.
"My name is Lex, by the way," he introduced himself. But the girl just made a 'hmph' sound and looked away dramatically, flipping her hair as she did.
One more chapter for today in a few hours...