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Tommy was sitting on the weathered wooden bench by the entrance of his school. Kicking pebbles and watching them roll across the pavement path absentmindedly. His mind started to wander back to elementary school when he'd sit on this very bench, albeit a cleaner version, and his feet couldn't even touch the ground. A frown formed on his freckled face.
"Hello!" A voice unfamiliar to Tommy spoke up.
"Hello?" Tommy answered the voice. It came from behind him but before he could turn around the person had jumped over the bench with his feet on the seat area. It was a short guy, almost looking a grade below Tommy and acting a bit like it too.
"Are you going to eat the cake?" The boy pointed towards a discarded paper plate with a single slice of vanilla cake on it.
"You can have it." Tommy answered. He began to grab his bag but was cut off.
"My name is Toby and I like bees! what's your name?" Toby reached over Tommy to grab the plate and beamed down at him. Tommy supposed he could stay a while longer. It was lonely with just himself and the bench sometimes.
"I'm Tommy."