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"Hello! You must be Nina and Eddie. I'm Trudy, the office secretary," a dark skinned woman greeted.
"Nice to meet you, Trudy," Eddie replied, flashing her one of his signature smiles. Nina on the other hand just stared at her former house mother.
Suddenly, a familiar woman with short, blonde hair stalked into the room. "Trudy, have you called the school board yet?"
"Of course I have, Vera," Trudy replied. "And these are our new students, Eddie and Nina Miller-Sweet. This is Vice Principal Devenish."
Vera glanced over at them and forced an obviously fake smile to grow on her face. "It's so nice to meet you."
And, much to Nina's relief, Vera returned to her office. Eddie leaned over and mumbled in his sister's ear, "She's not much of a people person, huh?"
Nina only snorted slightly.
"Ok, here are your schedules and locker numbers. Put your stuff in your locker, and make sure to get to your first class before the bell rings," Trudy instructed them. The twins nodded before exiting the office.
"What locker number are you?" Eddie asked, leaning over Nina's shoulder to try to look at the piece of paper in her hands.
"Personal space, please," Nina joked, gently pushing Eddie away before glancing down at the paper. "Um… 257. You?"
A cocky grin grew on Eddie's face. "258."
Nina let out a small groan, but the teasing smile remained on her face. "Oh great, I live with you, and now I have to be your locker neighbor?"
"Hey," Eddie whined, putting a hurt expression on his face. Nina only laughed softly as they stopped in front of their lockers.
A girl with long, blonde hair stood at the locker on the other side of Nina's. She had on various jewelry items and she was currently talking on her pink jeweled phone. "But, daddy, my allowance is only one hundred-fifteen pounds! Doesn't 150 sound like a much better number?"
Nina and Eddie shared an amused glance as the girl groaned and hung up the phone. When the blonde girl turned towards them, Nina's heart stopped.
"New locker neighbors! Welcome to the home of the fashion guru!" Amber squealed, pulling them both into a huge hug. Eddie just stared at Amber just she was crazy, but Nina hugged Amber her tightly.
"I'm Amber Millington, daughter of Simon Cowell's agent. You are?"
Of course Amber's dad had a high-paying job. That was the same in both realities.
"I'm Nina Miller-Sweet, and this is my brother, Eddie," Nina introduced them.
Amber grinned and snatched Nina's schedule from her hands. "I have first hour with you! Let's go!"
The blonde grabbed Nina's arm and began to drag her towards the classroom. Nina shot Eddie and apologetic look.
"It's ok!" Eddie shouted back. "I'll just go find Jerome and Alfie!"
"We have math first; which I think is great because I could just sleep in and skip it if I wanted to…" Amber blabbed on about the many things she hated about school, but Nina tuned out instinctively. She was use to the Amber she knew back at Anubis talking non-stop.
When the two entered their first hour class, Amber immediately pulled Nina down into one of the front seats and sat down beside her. They talked for a few minutes before a familiar voice reached her ears.
"Nina?"
Nina blinked in confusion before turning around. "Mara!"
"You two know each other?" Amber asked in a surprised voice, glancing between her two classmates.
"She dropped by the library I work at yesterday," Mara piped up as she slid into the seat next to Nina.
Amber gave Nina a half shocked, half disgusted look. "Please tell me you're not another bookworm."
Nina let out a short laugh. "Guilty!"
"Hey, loving books isn't that bad," Mara protested, a smile growing on her face.
Amber snorted. "Yeah, like when you forced me to try to read the first Harry Potter book? That was pure torture."
"How well do you two know each other?" Nina asked curiously.
They shared a glance before Mara spoke up, "We were best friends when we were younger; we just haven't talked since then."
"Yeah, we haven't," Amber added. "I guess you're just bringing old friends back together, huh, Nina?"
Nina allowed a small smile to graze her lips. If she could make Mara and Amber friends again within minutes, she should have no problem getting all the other Anubis residents back together.
And for the first time since Patricia went back into a coma, Nina felt truly at home.
Nina, Mara, and Amber were all deep within conversation as they sat down at a random lunch table. Seconds later, Eddie came walking up.
"Hey, guys!"
The three girls all greeted Nina's twin as two other boys came up behind him.
"Oh, no!" Amber exclaimed. "There is no way I am letting Jerome Clarke sit at the same lunch table as me!"
"Why not, Princess Millington?" Jerome asked with a cocky grin.
Nina glanced at Mara for an explanation. The black haired girl sighed and whispered, "Jerome likes to play pranks on Amber. Alfie helps, of course, but Amber doesn't seem to mind him as much…"
"Aw, come on, Amber. We just want to sit with Eddie. We don't even have to talk to you," Alfie piped up.
Amber narrowed her eyes at Alfie before exhaling deeply. "Fine. We can stay."
Jerome opened his mouth to let out another snarky remark, but Alfie slapped him in the arm to get him to shut up.
The three boys joined Amber, Mara, and Nina, and despite Alfie's promise, all six of them engaged in conversation.
All of a sudden, Eddie spoke up. "Hey, guys, I met another friend in History. Mind if he sits with us?"
The others glanced between each other before shrugging. They were already a table of misfits who didn't even know each other that well, how could adding one more person make a difference?
Eddie thanked them both calling the other guy over.
Nina lost interest and began talking to Mara about the Egyptian books she had checked out at the library. She was too busy to care that the new guy sat down between her and Eddie.
"You like Egyptian mythology, too?"
The voice echoed through Nina's ears, making her freeze. Could her ears be deceiving her? The dirty blonde slowly turned around to see the one person she missed more than anything in the world sitting next to her.
Fabian.
So there's chapter seven! A big thanks to everyone who reviewed last chapter! And also, please review for this chapter too. I fell like a lot happened in this chapter, and I want to know what you thought about it.
Also, this is the last time I can update before I go to camp for a week. I promise to update the day I get back! In the mean time, check out my story Odd One.
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