Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters etc.

Note: This whole chapter is in Flashback Time. Lucy's Perspective. The next time it changes to Present Time I'll tell you whose perspective it's in.

Chapter 2: FLASHBACK

The hallway between all the girl dorms was packed with girls, ranging from twelve years old, to seventeen years old. I walked with Diana, Dekka, and Brianna down the grand staircase, to the entrance for the mess hall. Dekka and Brianna had friends in other dorms, and they headed off.

"Lucy, I think you should meet Caine." Diana told me.

"But you said I would have to have mental therapy." I replied. Diana confused me.

"I lied. You'll only need that once you meet Drake." She said with a giggle.

We waited in the line for our food, but it was worth the wait. The pancakes that were served looked absolutely marvelous, and the bacon looked delicious. I grabbed a bottle of juice, and followed Diana to a table that consisted mainly of guys.

"Hey Diana, who's this lovely lady?" one of the guys joked.

"This is Lucy Dalton. I'd just like to inform you, Caine, that she has all her classes with you." Diana retorted.

"Well I'm honored!" Caine exclaimed in a mocking tone. He held out his hand to me.

"Caine. Caine Soren."

"Lucy Dalton." I said. Caine smiled.

"You're from England, aren't you?" he asked me. I nodded, and he smiled…again.

"Caine, stop smiling and introduce her to everyone." Diana snapped.

"Alright…jeez…" the boy muttered. "This here," he pointed to Diana, "is Diana." I laughed. Diana raised her hand to slap him, but refrained from doing so.

"This here is Bug," he said as he pointed to a younger boy with freckles and big ears and smiled. "And this is Drake." He finished while pointing to a boy with shaggy blonde hair, who somewhat resembled a shark. Drake didn't smile.

"Nice to meet you all." I said quietly. Diana sat down, and I sat down next to her.

"So, where in England did you live?" the boy named Bug asked.

"I lived in London, with my aunt. I lived there from when I was three until I was nine."

"Where were your parents?" Caine asked.

"They were filming in Australia." I replied.

"Why'd they send you here?" Drake asked in a low voice. Everyone at our table looked at me.

"They didn't send me here, Drake. They died two months ago in a car crash. Mrs. Temple offered to have me go to school here." I replied. Drake nodded slowly. "What about you?" I asked him. Diana looked like she was going to burst out in laughter, along with Caine and Bug. Drake looked like he wanted to kill someone.

"They sent me here for a reason. Let's leave it at that." He replied harshly. He got up from the table, and left quickly. Once he did, Caine, Diana, and Bug burst out laughing.

"That was so perfect!" Diana exclaimed.

"What was?" I asked her.

"Did you see his face?" Caine laughed.

"What about it?" I asked him.

"You…you…made him look scared!" Bug said with a high pitched laugh.

"I did?" I asked them. The three of them nodded. I finished the rest of my breakfast quickly, and took my juice with me. The others just kept talking as I headed off.

I walked up the grand staircase to my dorm. Once I got there, I found that Brianna and Dekka were already there.

"How was breakfast? Wasn't it delicious? I always love the bacon. Don't you?" Brianna said.

"It was great." I said. I grabbed my blue card, and sat down on my bed.

"Something wrong, Lucy?" Dekka asked. I looked up at her.

"I hurt someone's feelings at breakfast this morning. Diana and Caine were laughing because I made him look scared." I said.

"Who?" Brianna asked me with eager eyes.

"A kid named Drake." I replied. Brianna and Dekka looked at each other.

"You made Drake look scared?" Dekka asked. I nodded. She smiled. "Caine and Diana were laughing because Drake is usually the one to make everyone else scared of him."

"Really?"

"Really." Brianna piped up.

"Now, you might want to get your backpack, or bag." Dekka told me. I reached inside my suitcase and pulled out my black Jansport backpack.

"Great, now let's see what classes we have together." Dekka said as she looked at my card. "Awesome! We have four classes together!" she exclaimed. Dekka pointed out the classes we had in common. I saw Brianna pull out a copy of Seventeen Magazine from Diana's bag, and hold her finger up to her lips as if to say, "Shhhh." I laughed a little bit, and Dekka turned around, took the magazine right out of Brianna's hands and dragged her towards the door.

"Brianna is getting antsy, we're gonna go to the library. Wanna come?"

"Sure!" I exclaimed. I put my backpack on, grabbed my black knitted beret/beanie, and followed them.

We walked halfway down the stairs to where the two sides merged together, and looked at the wall. Dekka pushed a ceramic grape that was part of the statue above us. A door in the wall opened, and we headed inside.

"We have to keep our library and classrooms safe from any possible burglars. That's why we have the secret door."Brianna told me. We walked down the hallway until we came in front of two wooden doors. A sign above the door said, "Library" in fancy lettering.

The three of us walked in, and it was like the library scene in Beauty and the Beast. The library had a very high ceiling, with books from your toe to an inch away from the ceiling. The door was the only place without bookshelves in the whole room. There were a couple shelves that circled around a desk. These shelves consisted of the textbooks that might be needed for different classes. The desk in the center was the checkout desk.

"It's wonderful." I whispered to Dekka. She nodded, and brought me to the desk. There was an old lady sitting at the desk, but she did not look like a very strict person. She smiled, and her blue eyes glittered behind her glasses.

"What can I help you with, Miss Dekka?" She asked.

"This is Lucy Dalton. She's new here." Dekka answered sweetly.

"Oh, well Miss Dalton, you will probably need a library card and your textbooks, correct?" the lady said.

"I think that's correct." I said.

"You have a very fine accent, Miss Dalton. Now, may I see your schedule?" the lady asked me. I handed her my blue card, and followed her to one of the surrounding shelves. She handed me two textbooks, one for Biology, and one for Trigonometry. We headed to another shelf, where she handed me a textbook for English, a textbook for History, and a textbook called "A History of the Drama World". I was taking a drama class with six other students. My other two subjects were Physical Education, and Free period. I had lunch after Trigonometry and before my free period. The lady led me back to the desk and handed me a card. It said the words "Temporary Library Card" on it, and did not have my picture.

"These are your books for the rest of the semester, and this is your card until we have picture day."

"Thank you." I said as I headed towards the door of the library. I waved at Dekka and Brianna, and headed down the hall.

It was easy to find my first classroom. I had Biology first, then History, then English, then Trigonometry, then lunch. I would worry about the rest of my classes later. I looked at my watch, which read 7:39 am. I looked into the window of the classroom, and saw that there were a couple of students already in there. I walked into the room and spotted the teacher. He wore the same uniform that I saw the other boys wearing, but he had his name on his blazer. "Z. M. Karston."

"Why hello there!" He shouted from the whiteboard. I looked behind me to make sure he was talking to me, and then walked towards him.

"Hello, Mr. Karston." I said with a smile.

"How do you do, Miss…?"

"Dalton. Lucy Dalton." I finished. He nodded enthusiastically.

"Well Miss Dalton, I see you already have your textbook. But I have a notebook here for you. Vice Principal Watkins informed me you were coming." Mr. Karston said as he handed me a blue notebook. I heard a bell ring, which either signaled class beginning, or five minutes until class started.

"That means we have five minutes until class. Feel free to roam around, but come back here once the second bell rings so we can find a seat for you." He said. I smiled, and walked towards the other side of the room. This room must've been where we did worksheets and the writing in our notebooks, because it had a multitude of tables for two students each. There was a desk for Mr. Karston, a whiteboard, a digital projector, and lots of books and equipment. There was a door in the corner that led to a science lab. I could see microscopes, scales, and other science-y things. I looked at the kids who were already here, and smiled at them if they looked at me. I heard the door open, and Caine walked in. He looked around the room, and then walked over to me.

"Hey Lucy, you have all your classes with me right?" Caine asked.

"Yeah, I got my textbooks already, but I need to follow you to know where I'm going." I replied.

"That's fine with me, but Drake has six classes with us out of seven. I'm not sure if he got over what you said at breakfast." Caine said.

"I'm really sorry about that, actually, I'll apologize later, between classes." I suggested.

"Apologize? How brave are you?" Caine laughed. I looked at him blankly. Caine stepped closer to me.

"Drake was sent here because while he was on a hunting trip with his Dad, he tried to shoot another man. He wasn't scared to kill the man either." Caine whispered in my ear. I covered my wide open mouth in fear. Drake was a killer? Or at least, he wanted to be one? I realized how much more I had hurt his feelings than I meant to.

"That's so sad, Caine. Now I really feel bad." I whined. Caine stared at me.

"You feel bad for him? For an almost-killer?" Caine asked with a surprised tone.

"Think about it Caine. Maybe he had an awful childhood or a terrible experience with someone that made him want to kill that person in the forest. Maybe Drake isn't all that bad."

"You know, other than the fact that Drake is sadistic, I think you may be right." Caine replied mockingly. I heard the second bell ring, Caine smiled (again…), and headed to his seat. I walked to the front of the room, where Mr. Karston was waiting for me. I looked at the tables. Caine already had a partner, and so did Diana. Caine looked around the room for the empty seat, and cringed.

The only empty seat was next to Drake.

"Well class, we have a new student starting here today. Her name is Lucy Dalton, and I hope you will kindly accept her here at Coates." Mr. Karston announced. He pointed at the seat next to Drake, and I slowly walked over to my partner.

I took my backpack off, and put it on the floor next to me. I looked over at Drake, who glared at me.

"Drake, correct?" I asked him quietly as Mr. Karston grabbed a pile of papers from his desk.

"Yeah." He muttered. He started taking out his notebook, which was red. I followed suit and took mine out as well. He had drawn all sorts of weapons on the cover of his notebook in black pen, which made an interesting silhouette.

"Nice notebook. I didn't know you could draw." I said. He was good at drawing weapons.

"Am I supposed to say thanks?" he asked me mockingly. I laughed quietly.

Mr. Karston had started passing out worksheets to the class.

"So, what are we doing?" I asked Drake. He barely smiled.

"I don't know yet. I think we're just finishing and discussing this worksheet…hopefully." He replied.

"Don't like school much?" I questioned him. He nodded.

"Drake?" he looked up.

"I'm sorry about this morning. I didn't mean to offend you in any way, honestly." I said quickly. Drake didn't respond.

"Miss Dalton, we are currently working on evolution of living things. You and Drake will be working on the evolution of the chimpanzee." Mr. Karston explained. He handed us each a worksheet, and headed on to the next table.

"Great. More work to do." Drake sighed.

"It can't be that hard, Drake. After all, humans evolved from monkeys, so we just go backwards from there, right?"

"I guess so." Drake said slowly. He sat up straighter in his chair.

We worked on the worksheet for a good half hour before Mr. Karston stopped us. He told the class to put the partner names at the top of the paper, and turn it in. Luckily, we had finished.

I looked over to where Caine was sitting with his partner. He looked at me, and mouthed the words, "Has he killed you yet?" I smiled and replied, "He's really nice. I don't know how you can think he's mean!" Caine raised one of his eyebrows, and turned back to his partner. I looked at Drake. He was drawing another weapon on his notebook with a Sharpie. His face was very angular, and his smile looked like a shark's. He had blonde surfer hair, which fell over his eyes sometimes, but only when he was looking down. His uniform was wrinkled, but at least it didn't smell.

I looked at the clock. 8:24. We had 16 more minutes of class. I didn't hate this class, but so far, I didn't love it. Drake wasn't that bad a partner, and the work wasn't that hard. Mr. Karston had started passing out another load of papers.

"These are the tests you took last Friday. Most of you did remarkably well on this test. A few of you could strive to do better." Mr. Karston said.

"Are you one of the few?" I asked Drake. He shrugged.

"Probably. Science isn't really my thing. Neither is English, History, or Math. But I'm the king of PE. I think you're in my class." He said. I nodded.

Mr. Karston came over to our table with Drake's test in hand.

"You need to actually study, Mr. Merwin." He said.

"Sorry, won't happen again Mr. Karston." Drake muttered.

"Maybe this young lady could help you study. She did have a very high GPA at her last school." Mr. Karston said as he smiled at us.

"I'd be delighted to help, if Drake accepts the offer." I stated. Mr. Karston and I looked to Drake.

"Uh, sure. She can help me study." He said with a low voice.

"Great. That will be an excellent way for the both of you to study. Your test, Drake." Mr. Karston said as he gave the test to Drake.

"Thanks." Drake muttered. His score was 54 out of 100. I sighed.

"You really don't like work very much." I pointed out. Drake nodded.

"You're gonna make me actually study, aren't you?" Drake said. I grinned. "Great. Now my parents will blame me for doing so well."

And with that, bell rang.