“I like that idea,” Matt finally says. “It sounds cool - I can eat mostly what I want, most of the time, only eating healthy to avoid being put on a diet.”
“Hurrah!” goes up a shout from Mr. Pots, followed a moment later by “Hurrah” from all the boys. Matt looks stunned.
“That’s the right choice, newbie!” grins Mr. Pots happily. “Boys, we’ve got another foodie on our hands. You boys on the ‘diet’ side can come up and get the rest of your lunches. Newbie, what’s your name? You can come take as much as you want for lunch.”
“No diets?” says Matt, in a stunned tone. “I’m Matt, by the way.”
“No diets!” replies Mr. Pots.
“C’mon, Matt, go get some chow and join us,” says Albie with a grin. “Since you’re a lightweight like us, we’ll probably be in the same dorm area. How old are you?”
“14"
“Oh ho, a year behind me,” says Pete. “In that case, you’d better chow down - there’s some big 14 year olds around here, you don’t want to be left behind.”
“Big 14 year olds? Thanks for the intro, Pete,” says a big boy from the other table, as he approaches Matt. “You must be talking about me. Hi Matt, I’m Rick, and I’m ...
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