64 Hanging Out 2 (1/2)
The second floor of the cafeteria was special. Only a few people were staying there. The reason for that was, they would have to pay for their food and from what Max had gathered, it was quite expensive too.
As no one wanted to pay so much for their food, especially if they can have it for free, a lot of vacant tables were displayed in front of them.
This was Max's first time going in there. With one look, he can see that the atmosphere in this place was different. It was like he wasn't in school.
”This place is great!”
Those were the only words that Max was able to mutter as he's body softened, enjoying the calming music while lying down on his comfortable sofa.
When someone compared the two different floors, the difference would be quite obvious, this place was like a premium environment made for specific people.
Make no mistake, this floor wasn't built to take advantage of students by earning money from them if they were tempted to be here.
This place came to be when the Student Council proposed the idea to the board members and the backers of the school.
For the reasons that some people would rather choose to eat outside the school than to actually fall in line and wait.
In addition to that, the cafeteria, whether it was in this building or the others were always crowded. Arguing that it wasn't made for everyone, giving examples like what if some students wanted better meals or specific dishes.
Rather than letting them go to other places outside school, why not just make one in here. They would save time and the school would earn more money.
The Student Council was quite powerful in this school as they also have their own backers. Most of its members have some connection to the board members or they came from a very influential family.
Alice was a good example of that but not every one of their members was as successful as their family.
They treat it as training, training themselves to manage things so that in the future, they won't be clueless and for the most part, the Student Council was doing an extremely great job at their work.
As most of the board members and backers understood it, with enough funding, they were able to build the entire place.
No one made a fuss about it as it was built from donations than using the school's assets to fund it.
”You have never been here before?”
”Huh? You already tried this place?”
Max responded with a question as his sister asked him like it was surprising to know that he had never been here before.
Now Max was filled with confusion, asking himself whether he was supposed to be here for some reason.
”Well, except some time when I have to do something, I go here all the time!”
”Seriously?”
”Yeah! It's cozy in here and there's not a lot of people. Why wouldn't I be here?”
”We also go here every time you know!”
Layla and Lydia joined in their conversation. Now Max understood why they were asking him to join them.
Turns out that they go to this place every time, the only different thing they did was going together at the same time.
But even if they didn't go together, they would still see each other here. So it was only him that has never been here that was why he felt like he was the only one feeling weird coming here.
After knowing that they always come to this place, Max decided in his mind to go here every time as this was such a good place to hangout, better than sitting in his classroom doing nothing.
And right now, he can pay for any food he likes as he wasn't lacking money so the expensive prices wasn't a problem for him at all.
Looking around, there were only a few random students in there around them. Most of them seemed like they came from a well off family with how they look and their manners.
Their seats were overseeing the whole cafeteria below. It was a good view as Max can see every single situation that was happening.
”This was a good place right?”
Max absentmindedly nodded as he continued watching people below. It was like he was a bystander in a VIP room with special seats.