AN: I feel so bad, it's been almost a year since I updated. So, since I need to update my other stories as well, I figured I'd update this one too. But I have a legitimate excuse for why this chapter is very (very, very) late. It's called a life and college and jobs and stuff. But its summer and I'm free to do as I please. So here you go the next chapter. Oh, and encase you didn't know, it's no longer Title Pending but it actually has a title. And if you're interested you should go and read my other stories newly updated. Cat and Mouse, Forever Invisible, and of course, this one. Yay!

"Watch it, pip-squeak!" A voice above my head said, grabbing my arm. The person let go once I righted myself and I was able to see who it was. A girl my age with short dark hair was looking at me disdainfully. I glared at her.

"Hi!" A perky voice said. I turned to look and saw the room was full of people. Five total including Miss Priss. I immediately located the owner of the voice and saw it belonged to a kind looking blonde haired girl. "I'm Liz." She said approaching me with her hand extended.

I shook it. "It's nice to meet you, I'm Chloe."

She smiled at me. "Well, Chloe. This is Rae. "She pointed to a girl with dark skin and copper hair. She gave me the s'up nod, so I gave her one back.

"Simon!" I exclaimed before Liz could introduce him.

"You've met?" She asked.

"Yeah, Der and I were in the office when Chloe arrived. This," he said elbowing the tall dark haired boy who he had referred to as 'bro,' "is Derek."

The boy glanced, or rather glared at me. His long dark hair had fallen in his face obscuring one eye. His eyes were an intense emerald green. He wasn't by definition attractive but there was something about him they made him so.

"And last but not least," she turned the girl with the bad attitude, "your room mate Tori."

"It's actually Victoria," she sneered, "but call me that and you can kiss that precious hair good bye." Her eyes sparked dangerously.

"Come on guys," Tori said motioning the all to the door, "we can finish our conversation in the courtyard."

Liz and Simon bade me good bye. The others ignored me as they walked out.

Tori was about to leave when she stopped and turned around. "Don't touch my stuff." With that, she shut the door behind her.

I felt tears welling in my eyes. I sat down on my bed and cried for what felt like hours but had only been twenty minutes. I felt so alone. My roommate seemed to hate me and we don't even know each other. My dad left me and I don't have any friends. I sighed and got up. A mirror hung on a wall next to the closet. My blonde hair had started escaping its pony tail, and my blue eyes were red and swollen. I grabbed my make-up bag from my suitcase that must have been taking up here when I was talking to the head-mistress. I checked the time and saw it was almost 6 which meant it was almost dinner time. I vaguely remember the headmistress telling me about a uniform. I checked my closet and was surprised to find several skirts blouses, sweaters, blazers, and ties hung up in my size. I pulled on one of the blue and gold plaid skirts and a blue sweater with the Silver Valley logo crest stitched on it. A pair of plain black Mary Janes and knee socks lay in the bottom of the closet. Making sure my tie was straight and my hair was decent, I left to find the dining hall. After getting turned around twice, I managed to find the library and walking out of it, Derek.

Being tall as he was, his normal strides were like sprints for my short legs.

"Derek, wait up." I yelled, as I ran to catch up.

He stopped and waited until I reached him to speak.

"Yes?" His voice was deep and rumbly, and slightly irritated.

"Umm, I-I-I don't know wh-wh-where the dining hall is." I silently cursed my stutter.

He nodded his head. "Follow me." And he took off not slowing his pace in the least so by the time we reached it I was gasping for air. We walked inside and headed to the long line by the food. He didn't offer any conversation so it gave me the perfect chance to study him. He was taller than me by at least a foot, if not more. And he was broad and muscular. His sweater was a little snug and clung tightly to every single one of his muscle. What I wouldn't give to see what he was hiding under that sweater. I blushed at the thought. I shook my head to clear my thoughts and was surprised to find Derek staring at me. He blushed and looked away when I caught him.

I cleared my throat to break the awkward tension. "So, how long have you and Simon been brothers?"

He shifted his feet and scanned the hall. I didn't think he was going to answer at first. "Since we were very little. His dad adopted me."

"What happened to your family?"

He scowled at me. "Do you always ask personal question to people you don't know?"

I blushed in embarrassment. "I'm sorry, but if you didn't want to answer you could have just said so."

"I don't know what happened to my family."

We were silent for a minute. "I'm sorry," I said again, but for a different reason this time. "My mother died when I was young. It's been me and my dad since then. He tries to run away from it. We're always moving because of his job."

Derek didn't say anything. We just enjoyed a companionable silence. I let my eyes drift over the dining hall. There were a lot of students all dressed in the same blue and gold uniform. I tried to see if I could spot Connor but there were just too many people. I saw a girl sitting by herself at a table, which wasn't out of the ordinary. What was strange about it was that she didn't appear to be eating anything and her uniform looked different. Her sweater was grey and looked older and out of place against the modern ones and her hair was brown hair was in two long braids.

"Hey, Derek. Who's that girl over there?" I nodded with my head in her direction.

"Which one?" He grunted.

"The one over there at the table, by herself. The one by the window."

Derek looked over there and frowned. "There's no one there."

"What are you talking about, she's sitting right there."

"Chloe, there's no one there."

AN: I hope you liked it. And I left you with a little cliffy. I probably say this a lot but I will try to update soon . Please review and tell me what you think.