A/N: Hey there, guys! I'm back! (In black! XD) with a new chapter! Nothing much going on, I know, but tomorrow we'll finally begin the fun part of Volume 1! For now, we'll have to wait a bit more.

The next chapter - as I said - will be posted later this day!

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Chapter 3

- Great News -

The sun rose and illuminated the bedroom, the cream walls giving a warm and peaceful feeling. Dark brown furniture decorated the room, a big double-door wardrobe close to the door, on it's left side, while on the right side was a hard sturdy desk along with a chair and a few shelves above. The 2-person bed was between the wardrobe and the wall opposite the door, stuck to the wall and a night-table next to it. Above the bed was a small window and next to the night-table were the glass doors of the balcony, covered by snow-white curtains.

The bed, being right next to the window, was the first to be touched by the pale yellow light of the morning, and so was the figure in the bed. The Ioana sat up and stretched, yawning. She, then looked at her phone that rested on the night table. It read 08:00 AM. She yawned again, rose from the bed and searched through her luggage for some clean clothes. She found some and two towels and just as she was about to go to the bathroom, she heard loud thud from the room in front of hers.

She frowned and left her things on the bed and went to check what the sound came from. The girl exited the room and heard the door of the master bedroom open.

"Mornin'." Tamara greeted. "What was that?" she asked, curious.

"I don't know. I was just going to check." Ioana answered.

She put her hand on the door knob and let it down slowly. Inside... Ale, who fell from the bed, and still slept as if nothing had happened.

"Pfff, this girl..." Tamy tried to contain her giggles with difficulty.

"She's incredible... And it's not the first time it happens, either." Ioana was used to this, having shared the same house with the short haired girl for years.

Tamy only now noticed that Ioana wasn't dressed for the day yet and said:

"How about you go change and I go prepare something for us to eat?" She had woken up earlier than Ioana and already changed. She was wearing a sleeveless orange shirt, with long, black sport pants.

"Okay, then. I'll wake her up and let her change too." she suggested.

"Perfect!" and with that Tamy went downstairs.

Ioana turned and faced the still sleeping girl on the floor.

"Ale...Ale! Wake up!" she sighed and tried something else: she lifted her foot and started pocking the short haired girl in the ribs. At first carefully, then with more force.

When she got no reaction - other than Ale turning her back to her - she sighed. She felt her temper rise slowly, but she kept it in check. There was no need to begin the day with a bad start.

"Okay, if that's how you want it..." she put the girl down on the floor and took a deep breath. She put her hands on her hips and she bent down. "Ale~... the food is waiting~."

The only warning Ioana got was the girl opening her eyes. Then Ale sat up as if burned and Ioana rose immediately, avoiding being hit only by millimeters. Such a rapid movement would have made her dizzy, but she lifted herself with such ease, you could see that she had a lot of practice. She will never forget how much her head hurt after being hit by the stone-hard skull of her best friend. Plus, all of her 'teachers' would have been disappointed in her.

"Food?! Where, where?!" Ale looked around her, scanning the room. "Aww, there's no food! How cruel!" she began to fake cry.

Ioana pursed her lips, and she looked pointedly at her friend.

"There will be if you take a shower and change into something better than pajamas. Like I will be doing right now." she reassured her and turned towards the door. "Come on, Tamara's making breakfast." she said as she placed her hand on the door handle.

At the news that there would be food, Ale hurried to search through her bags with a shout of "Okay!".

With a half-annoyed, half-amused sigh, Ioana left the room and went to the bathroom to prepare for the day.

- With Tamy -

She took what she knew she would need from the fridge and began making breakfast, though she made more then usual, courtesy of her two friends.

Tamy was watching the eggs in the pan closely, ready to put them on the plate next to her, listening for any sounds from above. She was afraid she made a mistake in leaving Ioana wake up Alex, but she was the only one fully ready for the day at the moment.

She still shuddered when she thought of that time, when she called Ioana early in the morning, at 07:10 or so, desperate for her help with homework. She knew that her Math's teacher would be calling her with the homework and then in front of the whiteboard, in order to give her a mark - be it good or bad -, and the girl went all volcano on her, promising to give her a piece of her mind at school, but did help, none the less. At school, though, she had gotten the scare of her life, and not only hers, the others were just as scared, because, damn, that girl had a way with words, and everyone stayed at least five meters away from the grumpy girl, and even the teachers felt the bad mood she was in. And that was years ago. Yes, indeed... years ago... But everything changed since that fateful day and her friend became more serious and that meant... she was even scarier than back then.

Only Ale and Mary were missing a very useful part of their brain, named Survival Instinct, and still continued to dig their own grave.

- Alexandra -

When she came out of the bathroom, dressed and feeling so much better after a shower, an amazing smell filled her nose and left her mouthwatering. "The essence of life! The reason - well, other than my friends - for which I live! Food~! Here I come!"

So, she rushed out of her room, were she placed her pajamas, practically jumped down the stairs only to land with a big boom, didn't even glance at Ioana in the living room who was coming to get her and ran to the kitchen.

"Mâncare!" (1)

- Back to Tamara -

As Tamara finished with the eggs and everything else, and put back the ingredients in the fridge, she heard a loud sound, realizing that it didn't come from upstairs, and a very familiar loud shout of "Mâncare!"(1). She sweatdropped, sighed and facepalmed, not even flinching as the girl put a sudden brake, almost sending her flying. Luckily she stopped just in time and there was no tragedy.

Ale then arranged her clothes, and dusted them off. She wore a dark-green short sleeved T-shirt, and short black sport pants.

"Yummy!" exclaimed Ale after looking at the food laid out on the table. "It looks so delicious! Come on, Ioana!" she called back to the girl, only to find that she was leaning against the frame of the door.

She had on a long sleeved purple shirt, and short black reaching-to-her-knees pants, and of course, her favourite long black armbands.

"Ale, I think that you should apologize to Tamara, first." Ioana's face was hard, but her eyes warm with amusement, and she nodded to the other girl, who stood with her arms crossed. She was tapping her right foot too.

"Ehh, sorry Tamy..." Ale laughed nervously.

The girl sighed once again.

"It's okay." turning to Ioana, "Does this happen a lot?" she required.

Ioana lifted herself from the door frame and answered.

"So much you wouldn't believe it." she shrugged good-natured then took the seat at the head of the table.

Then, Tamara took a better look at all of them and grinned.

"Pfff, what's with us today? Have you noticed that we all wear our favourite colours up, and our pants are all black?" Tamara laughed when she realized, just as she took her place on Ioana's left.

Alexandra sat on Ioana's right and her eyes widened.

"Woah! You're right! But, my favourite color is black, not green" she pouted, clutching in her hands the cloth article.

"Yes, but it's dark green. Isn't it your second favourite color?" teased Tamy.

"Well, yes, it is..." Ale looked at her shirt.

"Okay, okay, let's eat." said Ioana fondly, waiting for the other two to start, before she too began, rolling her eyes at the two's antics.

- Later -

After they finished and cleaned everything, they went in the living room.

"So, I'm curious, when are Mary and Estera coming?" Tamara asked once they settled in the comfortable sofas.

"Well..." Alexandra looked at Ioana nervously, like she was about to say some big secret, but the girl nodded, as if to say that it was alright, so she continued with more confidence. "They are supposed to arrive here next week or so. They might even come 2 weeks from now."

Had Tamara been drinking something in that moment, she would have spilled everything out.

"Two weeks?! Are you kidding me? Don't you have school or somethin'? I mean, I'm very happy to see you guys, and really, it's not a bother that you are staying this much, but... I'm worried, that's all. After all, school here already begun." Tamara said looking at both of them concerned.

Alexandra smiled nervous and scratched her arm, while Ioana remained stone-faced. Then:

"We already spoke of this with Maria and Estera. And we have already prepared everything for now, we just have to register and we're done. There is something, though..." Ioana looked at Tamara closely and with an almost pleading expression.

"Wait, hold on! What do you mean? 'Prepared everything'?" Tamara asked confused. She didn't understand, what did the girls mean?

Ioana sighed, then glanced at Alexandra.

"We would like to move here, if you're okay with this. And by moving here, I mean staying and going to school here, well, the last high school year we have, and, I don't know, we'll think of what happens later." Ioana answered, preparing for the worst. She slowly reached for the small clip in her hair and pulled it down to hold it tightly.

Silence followed. Tamara was trying to process her friend's words, while the other two waited anxious.

"You're serious, aren't you?" she asked, her expression hard and suspicious, looking at Ioana's face, searching for any kind of clues that would reveal the real meaning of the answer she received. But what she found was only seriousness and determination. She got no response, but she already knew it.

"Well, there's a saying," she began leaning back in her seat, her face giving no clues as to what she was going to say, "that I really like to use."

Poor Alexandra didn't let anything show on the surface, but inside she was nervously waiting Tamara's answer. While her face didn't betray anything either, Ioana was worried inside too, and she hoped she didn't cross the limits of Tamara's patience and kindness. She gripped at the hair clip in her hand.

"And it goes like this:" She got up on her two feet, her expression hard, and arms wide open. "'The more, the merrier'!" she smiled and Ale let out one big relieved sigh, happy, and jumped up to hug her friend tightly.

Ioana was more controlled, but just as relieved, if not more. She had been afraid that her friend would refuse them, and send them back, back to the hell they've just escaped. Her shoulders relaxed, and she looked with big, grateful eyes at her friend, thanking her silently. Ale, though...

"Thank you so, so much! I'm so happy that we'll be staying here from now on!" the girl shouted and did a short victory dance.

"Heh, I'm happy too! But, I still have some questions. You said that Marry and Estera would be coming sometime in the next weeks, right? That means they'll be coming with the rest of the luggage. But, while there's enough space up in the attic for it, I don't know where one of the girls will stay, 'cause there's only one other room left." Tamy asked concerned.

Ioana answered her:

"It's easy. Estera will have the free room and Maria will be sharing my room along with Blue. Good enough, no?"

Tamy looked skeptical.

"You sure it's a good idea to let Blue and Mary stay with you?"

"Yes. What, are there any problems?"

"No... It's just that... eh... I'd like for my guest room to be still a part of the house's construction after the first few nights with you and her sharing it..." Tamy looked at Ale, who stood nervous, but was ready to hold Ioana back if she jumped on Tamy. "It would be really nice if it wasn't demolished." she ended, a little scared.

To the surprise of both girls, Ioana only nodded and said:

"Indeed. I'll have to tell Maria to be more careful. She can be really destructive, even if she tries not to be. Also to be more careful with Blue, God knows what a temper that kit has." Ioana nodded seriously, while she placed her hair clip back where it belonged.

Tamy sweatdropped, and whispered to Ale while Ioana was distracted:

"She speaks as if Mary and Blue are the only ones that destroy things." then she turned to Ioana fast, so the other girl wouldn't become suspicious.

"Yes... You must be careful with them..." she agreed, still a bit skeptical.

"I will." Ioana promised, still holding on to the idea that only her sister and cat were chaos makers. "Now, you said that you had more questions." she reminded, placing her hands in her lap.

"Ah, yes. What did you mean when you said 'we just have to register'?" Tamy asked curious.

"Ioana did say that we were going to finish school here, no? Well, surprise! We will be going to your school! We already spoke to the principal on the phone, before we left home, and we just have to go and register there, by proving that we are the ones that called. And, it had been really easy too! With our good grades, they were really happy to welcome us here." Ale pipped up, feeling a bit left out.

"Really?! How nice!" Tamy exclaimed happily. "What are we waiting for?! Let's go!" and just as she was about to send the girls upstairs to change she remembered. "But, you do know that school started like, a few weeks ago, right?"

"Yes, we know." Ale smiled, not caring about that.

Tamara just shrugged, then shooed the girls upstairs to change, and went to do that too.

- Later -

"Nice school." commented Ale, admiring the not that big but-not-that-small-either building. They were outside, in the parking lot.

"Thanks. Come, let's go to the principal's office." Tamara climbed the few stairs that led to the double-door entrance. She wore her favourite orange heels, that matched with the orange leather jacket she loved to wear. Her jeans where black and she wore a crimson sleeveless shirt underneath the jacket.

Alexandra followed her. The girl was wearing a black T-shirt with a collar around her neck, and black jeans. She also wore her most beloved Converse, the Batman ones.

Ioana was slower, looking at the light cream walls and hallways, and brown wood doors in all of them. She was the only one that looked somewhat formal, with her down-to-the-elbows-sleeved purple shirt. The sleeves ended in cute short waves while the shirt had a V-neck that ended in a small circle above her sternum. The black leather pants matched her black high-heeled boots.

The girls stopped in front of the office, and knocked. A female voice told them to come in and they entered. The principal's secretary was typing on her laptop, clearly busy.

"Yes?" came from her, but she didn't stop from her work nor look up.

"Ah, we're here to see the principal, for my friends to register and be accepted in the school." Tamara answered.

"The school already begun weeks ago, and the documents and everything else for the students that wanted to transfer were completed in summer, when the registrations where possible. What took you so long?" she finally looked up, with a scolding face. Not the one the teachers would give, but rather a motherly one. That's what Tamara loved about the principal's secretary. She was so kind even to the worst students in the school.

"Miss Caron, they are the ones that called Principal Millard and informed him about the transfer. Surely they must have spoken to you too?"

"Hmm, I don't know..." Miss Caron murmured to herself as she looked in a shelf filled with what seemed to be files of the students. "What are your names, please?"

"Canace Ioana-Verena and Audrey Alexandra." Ioana answered, smiling pleasantly.

"Ah! Yes, I remember. The girls from Romania, right? Like Tamy, here?" she asked smiling.

"Yes! That's us!" Ale jumped, waving her hand.

"Then, here you are. Okay, the principal can see you now. Oh, before you go, take this." she handed the two girls two uncompleted files, one for each. "It needs to be completed by both you and Principal Millard." the secretary informed them.

The girls only nodded as they took the registration forms. Then they went to the joined door of the principal's office.

When they entered, they were greeted by the sight of a big tall man, behind a sturdy looking desk covered with papers. The principal lifted his head from the paper he was viewing and looked at them with a hard expression.

Ale gulped, Ioana just glared back, and Tamy smiled in a weird way, half nervous, half excited. "It is going to be a long day." she thought.

- End of the Chapter -

(1) = Food!