A/N A possibility.

Bart was used to starting afresh.

New homes, new schools, new terms. New friends he'd hoped.

Contrary to popular belief, practice did not make perfect.

Each time, the first day of the rest of his life came around, it produced that familiar dread-in-the-pit-of-his-stomach feeling that he should've been used to by now.

With his shoulder-bag pinching and his laces trailing, he mounted the steps to the Sixth Form Common Room and surveyed the scene.

Just my luck he thought as he spotted Maddie and Sinead,with Jason just a little behind .

"Ex-girlfriend,ex-girlfriend,ex-girl".

This is going to be the longest term of my life!