Chapter One: Announcements

A/N: I had to do it. I just had to. If Bone's had a dance, what would it be like? I'm going to do the disclaimer here, cause I always forget. I don't own Charlie Bone or any of the characters. There. Now that that painful little detail is over with, I can start writing.

The Purple bus pulled up to the school at the same time as the blue bus. Olivia bounced off the purple bus and waited at the steps of the blue bus, impatient, as always.

The second the boys appeared Olivia lunged. She dragged them down the stairs and started to spout random information.

" Whoa, Liv, calm down." The second Fidelio said this Olivia stopped talking, something she only did for Fidelio.

" Now, tell us again, in some intelligible language." Olivia glared, and then started speaking in fluent French, a language that she had learned while she had been on filming set with her mother.

The Charlie, Billy, and Gabriel looked at each other in dismay, none of them able to speak French. Fidelio, however, was rapt with attention. Charlie looked at him in bewilderment.

" You speak Japanese?" Fidelio waved off the question, attentive on deciphering Olivia's babble, which had increased when she saw that she had an understanding audience.

When Olivia's monologue finally ended, all of the boys looked to Fidelio for translation.

" She says that Billy said that his friend said that HIS friend said that had an important announcement today." The boys were disappointed. Now that Bloors had been vanquished, they were actually quite board.

Fidelio however, was intrigued. He and Olivia started walking towards the entrance speaking in French. Charlie looked at Gabriel, shrugged and then walked on.

They were instructed to go to the main hall. They went to a table and sat down. Now that Dr. Saltweather had the run of the place, they could all sit wherever they wanted. This meant that the group could sit together. The final lineup went as follows : Olivia was sitting at the front with Fidelio to her right. To the right of Fidelio was Lysander, then Tancred, Emma, Charlie, Gabriel, and finally Billy, who was surrounded by a couple of his friends.

Fidelio and Olivia were still talking in French, much to the annoyance of everyone around them. Tancred and Emma were holding hands and talking about art. Lysander sat next to them, joining the conversation but not the hand holding. Gabriel and Charlie were talking about a soccer game that had happened on Friday and Billy was talking to his friends about pets.

At the head table stood up. He cleared his throat and the hall fell silent. All eyes focused on him.

" Good Morning children. Well, I'm just going to get straight to the point. We of the staff thought that you kids needed an event to go to, to get to know each other. So, Bone's will be hosting a dance. It will be here in the main hall on next Friday. You can come with a partner or alone. I guess that's it then. Back to breakfast."

The talk after the announcement was deafening. Girls were giggling and talking about what they were going to wear, and guys were grumbling about having to dig up dates. Despite their grumbling, the guys were excited. For many of them this would be their first date.

Many of the guys started formulating ideas about who they would go with. Most of the girls were worrying about the budget they would have on their dresses. Charlie was wondering how he could find someone to go with him, though his mind slipped to a far off place in a painting, and a girl who was supposed to be married when she was sixteen. Tancred, well, he was picturing a garden of roses, and Emma saying of course.

A/N: OOOOHHHHH! Major pairig. Anyway, I had fun with this. I can't wait to see how you guys respond. All ya need to do is click the little review button. Thanx!