Right. I promised Duncan, and Bailey can't wait to see him. Thanks for reviewing Chapter 2, Bloodylilcorpse and Starburst278 – sorry I didn't mention this last chapter, but I didn't check reviews until after I uploaded Chapter 3. Onto reviewers for the last chapter – thanks to Bloodylilcorpse again (well, Chris is looks-obsessed, so he'd recognize a girl he'd already met...and yeah. At least her strap-on and voice modifier might fool him for a little while), Starburst278, and worthless brat.

I trudged through the normal routine. It wasn't that much different to the old place I was in, except that people mostly ran wild instead of going to classes. Most people didn't give me a second glance, and I didn't see Mal, which was a relief to me. I didn't want to have to deal with him on my first day, even without being his focus.

Pretending to be a guy had its advantages. Some of the boys looked like creeps, and I had a feeling that they'd start in on me if my true identity came out soon enough.

I only found Duncan when I was finally told what cell Chris had assigned me to. It was on a lower-level offence level, and...well, when I first got in, Duncan was already there, and he didn't look up.

I pulled out my voice modifier and said into it "Hey, dude, what's with the moody look."

Duncan's eyes flickered up just for a moment, and then muttered "Shut up."

I gave a sigh and said in my real voice. "Telling me to shut up isn't worth the hell I give you when you do it."

Duncan's blue eyes immediately went wide as he took a second look at me, scrutinizing my face.

"Take a picture, it'll last longer." I laughed. "You're not dreaming. I needed somewhere to crash and I figured seeing you could be a bonus."

That was it. Duncan checked to see no one looking through the bars and then pulled me into the most passionate kiss he'd ever given me. "If there's one thing I've missed, it was those lips." he whispered in a teasing tone. He paused. "Wait a second...you wanted a place to crash?"

"My job wasn't cutting it – I'd get kicked out of the apartment in the next month anyway." I explained. "I didn't really have anywhere to go, and I missed you tons. Plus, even if Mal is here, he's not after me any more."

"He's not here right now, anyway." Duncan said.

I nodded. "Yeah. Zoey texted me, so I know he's in hospital. But I'm guessing he'll be back tomorrow."

"Probably."

I shrugged. "So. What level is that Roxanne girl on?"

"The other one. Mal was on it too." Duncan explained. "Might explain how she got stuck with him. Speaking of Mal...how do you plan to cover up in the showers?"

I grinned, and showed him the strap-on. Then I shrugged. "Chris figured me out." I confessed. "He said he'd let me share your cell as long as I managed to keep up the disguise for a week. So you're the only one who knows I'm a girl right now."

"For the best." Duncan admitted. "Roxanne got a lot of crap from the other guys. Mal's not the only juvie king around here. There's this gang led by this dude called Steve, and he's been chasing her since she got here."

I shuddered. "Is he worse?"

"I wouldn't say worse, or even as evil." Duncan answered. "He's just an egomaniac as well as a creep with a lot of power around here. He's pretty much the closest Mal's got to competition here – Roxanne's being watched by some of Mal's guys...you know, they do whatever he tells them...and it's probably because Steve's guys have been after her without Mal himself around."

"What does Roxanne do?" I asked.

"Insists she can take care of herself." Duncan answered. "She's wild, I can say that much. Wait until you see her in action!"

I saw her the very next day. I was wearing a hoodie, leaving it to cover my face, and then on the stairway of our floor, I recognized Roxanne on the stairway, tailed by a guy. Another guy was carrying some food up, and Roxanne just picked up some of the stuff he was carrying and smashed it into the face of the one following her.

It turned into a full-on fight as a few more guys came in. Duncan gave her the thumbs-up sign when she glanced our way.

Guess who won that one?

OK, so Roxanne had a taser, but it was still pretty impressive. Finally, she apologized to the guy with the food and rode his tray down the stairs.

"Who was that guy she tasered?" I whispered to Duncan as she did so.

"One of Mal's guys." Duncan explained. "Like I said, she's not happy having them watching her every move."

"I can't believe she just decked that guy with a tray and then tasered him." I said in awe. "Nice moves." I pulled the hoodie further over my face.

"You should've seen what she did to Steve on her first day here." Duncan told me, launching into another story, and explaining how Chris made her share a cell with Mal. Now that made me shudder.

"How has she survived this long here? And with Mal as a roommate? That's a nightmare in itself." I mean, Chris knew what Mal had done to me. So he made the only girl in this whole facility share a room with a known rapist and creep?

"Well...Chris did get a complaint call and was forced to put her in a room by herself a few days later, but from what I've heard, Mal keeps pulling her back into his. How he's gotten away with that is beyond me."

I didn't say any more, but I really wasn't that surprised. Mal got away with far too much as it was. I wondered if he tried to "drug" as he called it, Roxanne. I wondered if he tried to make her fall for those sensations, the way I had. Maybe she was stronger than I was at the time, since she definitely had a lot more spirit at this age then I had at fourteen.

I heard someone else calling Roxanne's name, and Duncan and I followed the guy chasing her. Well, gotta say, the girl seemed like a lot of fun, too. She got on okay with the guy who was ahead of us, although Duncan explained that he was another one of Mal's goons.

Like I said, this place let everyone run wild. Duncan pointed Steve out to me when he appeared, also getting creepy on Roxanne. Although, she looked like she could handle him with a little help, too. Finally, she ran off, saying something about meeting some friends at the entrance.

So, yeah. My first day in a facility run by McLean. No wonder everyone ran wild, to be honest. But before the day was out, I wanted to get a proper introduction to this girl.

It's hard, manouvering everything to fit two worlds, but gotta try right? I started writing this before the last chapter of "Mal Meets The Rebel" came out, and there was a lot to do. Hope it was okay anyhow!