A/N: Boo! Made you jump didn't I? I didn't… oh, oh well. Here is the second chapter of Stolen, hope you enjoy. Just making sure you know, I don't own Thief Lord at all, which means I don't own Scipio Massimo, which is a shame.

Eva

"Master Massimo, come up to the board and show us how to balance this equation," Mahoney grumbled as he held out the chalk.

Scipio looked up from his drawing and frowned for a moment. He glanced across at me and shrugged, I shook my head and he sighed. He stood up slowly and weaved his way to the front of the dark little room. He took the chalk from Mahoney and began scraping it against the blackboard, the chalk leaving behind Scipio's answer.

Mahoney sighed and shook his head, "No Master Massimo, that isn't anywhere near the answer, get back to your seat and see me after." He turned back to the board and wrote the correct answer in his scribbly handwriting, quite the contrast to the beautiful flowing equation Scipio had written.

Scipio rolled his eyes as he wandered back to his seat; he came past my desk and knocked my textbook on the floor. "Sorry, sorry, I'll get it!" he said loudly, bobbing down beside me to pick it up. He glanced up at me and smiled; I watched carefully as he slipped a piece of paper into the book and put it on my desk. He walked away to his own desk and I gently pulled the paper out, on it Scipio had written:

'Meet at midnight where the shade lives.'

I smiled and glanced across at him, and suddenly his eyes locked with mine, and I melted. My dear Scipio, such a hopeless romantic, it had been three months since we had mutually agreed we should go out, and already we were meeting in secret. I spent the rest of the lesson stealing glances at Scipio, who spent most of his time doodling on his book.

As the bell rang, loudly telling us that the lesson was finally over, Scipio looked up and grinned. He shoved his books and pens into his bag and headed over to my desk. 'Hey beautiful!' he smiled and wrapped his arm around my waist.

'Hey,' I smiled back, unable to stop myself.

'Master Scipio, a word please,' Mahoney called from the front of the room, Scipio sighed and rolled his eyes at me.

'I'll meet you in the cafeteria,' I whispered in his ear, I gave him a quick kiss and hopped off the desk and out of the room.

Alexi was waiting for us outside, 'Erm, hi Eva, where's Scipio?' he asked nervously.

'Mahoney wanted to talk to him. I reckon we should head up to the cafeteria and get a seat before they're all taken,' I laughed and hitched my bag further on to my shoulder.

Alexi nodded, 'Yeah ok. I'll go grab a table, you wait here for Scipio. He'll probably want to have a rant before we meet up.' He smiled, 'No, he will want a rant.'

'Ok, we'll meet you up there,' I waved as he ran up the steps two at a time and out of sight.

A few seconds later Scipio stormed out of the classroom and almost straight into me. 'Hey babe, calm down!' I soothed as he rested his head on my shoulder. He was slightly taller than me, but not so tall that I had to go up on tiptoes to kiss him.

'Right, let's get out of here,' Scipio sighed, and with a last, venomous look in the direction of Mahoney's classroom we skipped up the stairs and came out in the heaving corridor. 'I hate this place,' Scipio muttered as we weaved through the crowds towards the cafeteria.

'I know right?' I grinned and pulled on Scipio's tailored blazer, dragging him through the crowd. 'Hey guys, move!' I cried, and as hoped people moved out of our way. I smiled at one of the younger guys who moved as I bounced past him.

'You're a strange girl do you know that?' Scipio laughed as I climbed on to a nearby table to find Alexi; I spotted him in the nearest corner.

'Thank you dear,' I stuck my tongue out at him and ran across to Alexi. 'Boo! Did I scare you?' I asked him breathlessly as I collapsed into my seat.

'Not really,' Alexi frowned, his nose stuck in his text book.

'Spoil sport,' I laughed, watching Scipio settle into his seat across from mine and pushing his gorgeous black hair out of his dark chocolate eyes.

'Give up,' Scipio laughed, shaking his head to release his hair from my grip. He was about to say something when there was a loud bang. I whirled around and saw a man in a black mask at the main door, a quick glance around the room and I could see more men in black masks scattered around the room. Someone screamed as the men moved in closer.

The guy at the main door stood for a moment, 'Scipio Massimo, show yourself!'

A/N: Yeah, I hate cliffhangers. Oh well, I know that this is on the whole a very mushy chapter, but I thought it needed some. There aren't many Fanfics with Scipio being happy from the start. I like happy Scipio, and I think he likes it too.

Scipio: yeah I do.

A/N: There you go then. Please R&R. :)