Sibuna asked Dillan questions about home, his friends, and his reason for coming to the school. He seemed to relax, these were friendly people, and hoped they could be his friends. He had always wanted to study abroad somewhere, and when he found this school, he applied. Dillan was like the perfect student, perfect attendance, never got in trouble at his previous school, amazing grades. Yet he was still shocked he got the scholarship.

"So, you're a geek and a goody two-shoes, then?" Patricia mocked, amused that there was another one in the house.

"Patricia!" Eddie warned, she just had to do this….

"Don't worry, Dillan, she's always commenting about me. I'm sort of a 'geek' as well," Fabian gave Patricia a look. In response, she looked down at her almost empty bowl. "I think it might be a compliment…."

"It's fine, I know I am. I chose to be one. But actually, I'm really into sports too. It's always seemed to balance it out."

"What subjects do you like to study?" Fabian asked, leaning just a big closer to the end of the table where Dillan was.

"Math and History, I'm particularly good at Algebra. History, I know a bit about most countries history. Chinese, American, British, Egyptian, German…." The group exchanged glances when they heard "Egyptian".

"We'll have to discuss Egyptian History then sometime," Fabian suggested. "I'm really into that myself."

"Yeah, definitely," Dillan nodded in agreement, "It's pretty interesting how this house is named after Anubis."

"This school loves the whole Egyptian theme," Willow spoke.

Victor trudged down the stairs; the boy had yet to come. There was a slight knock on the door when Victor was already starting down the hall. He spun around, rubbing his hands together. He opened the door, and a figure stepped in the house.

"Welcome!" Victor said enthusiastically, holding one of his arms out. "Right this way…" The boy stepped in, and set his bags on the ground.

"Hello, Victor," the boy shook his hand. He had strawberry blonde hair, some of it falling down his face. He was of average height, pale skin, and grey eyes. He was the British boy everyone was expecting.

"Why don't you go grab some supper, the students are in the dining room eating," Victor suggested.

"Yes, I think I will," said the boy.

He walked into the dining room, and sat down in the empty chair, not even bothering to greet the people at the table.

"You must be the other new guy, I'm Dillan," he said warmly, holding out his hand for a handshake.

"I'm Skylar Thompson," he replied back coldly, without shaking Dillan's hand.

"What brings you here, Skylar?" Alfie asked him.

"I came in here to eat, not to answer your stupid questions," Skylar snapped.

"Sorry dude…" everyone looked at each other in astonishment as Skylar continued to eat his meal. He ate only a few bites more before excusing himself from the table. When he was gone, the tense atmosphere had lifted.

"Okay, what is with that guy?" Jerome said.

"He needs and attitude adjustment, that slimeball…," Patricia commented.

"Sorry Dillan, none of us are like that," Fabian tried to reassure him that those at the table were indeed good people.

"That may be, but he's the guy I'll be sharing a room with," Dillan said grimly.

Well, I guess everything can't be all good, this is after all still high school, he thought.

"Hey Dillan, the guys and I are going to be playing some football in a bit, want to join?" Eddie offered.

"Football as in American Football, or football as in soccer?" Dillan questioned, knowing the different terminology.

"American Football. The guys haven't played it before, and I thought it'd be some nice bonding time."

"Sure, I'm in," Dillan was surprised, he had only been here an hour, and he's made some new friends. All except that Skylar guy….

"Are you girls going to watch?" Eddie asked.

"Why not," said Patricia.

"Of course! I love football!" KT gushed, "I'm an Eagles fan," she stated proudly.

"Eagles? Psh, Seahawks," Dillan said, grinning.

"Eagles!"

"Seahawks!"

Nina and Eddie laughed, American things were generally not discussed here at the table.

"I'll help you guys set up," Nina offered.

"Me too," KT volunteered. "Eddie, Nina, what team do you root for?"

"Giants," he replied confidently.

"I don't watch it often, but the Dolphins is the team where I'm from, so Dolphin's games are what I usually watch," Nina shrugged.

The American's left the room, talking about their football teams and players.

The remaining members of Sibuna looked as if they were surprised at what just happened.

"I think that was cute, I mean, they're in a different country after all. And with so many of them here, it must be refreshing for all of them," Joy said. "Especially Dillan."

"Yeah, and can you imagine what it was like for Nina when she first came here? Surrounded by a bunch of foreigners, and everyone disliking her right off because of Joy's disappearance…." Fabian felt a bit of guilt stir in him, as did the others.

They cleared their throats and shifted in their seats.

"I'm glad Dillan doesn't have to go through that, he seems just as friendly as Nina and KT when they got here," said Amber. "And he's beyond cute." Alfie clenched his teeth, his entire frame tensing up. He hated the thought of her with someone else.

"Alfie, are you okay? You aura's changed color," Willow said, concern in her tone.

"Yeah, I'm fine," he answered through his teeth, looking down at the table. "You know what, I'm going to go get ready to play. See you outside in a bit, yeah?" Alfie stood up and walked out of the room.

"I should go get ready, too," Jerome added, and kissed Joy on the head on his way out the door behind Alfie.

"How about later we get all the girls together and hang out?" Joy asked the girls.

"Oooo sounds great!" Willow said enthusiastically. She loved spending time with the girls.

"We definitely should, I'll tell Nina and KT," Amber said.

"Are you going to play with the guys, too, Fabian?" Patricia asked him.

"Yeah, I thought I'd give it a go," said Fabian, getting up from the table. "I'll see you guys later."

"What do you think we should do?" Joy said excitedly.

"Is everything alright, Alfie? You seemed a bit off earlier," Jerome asked when he opened the door.

"No, everything is not fine," Alfie said angrily. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but... I like two girls." Alfie was lying on his bed, with his hands up to his head. "The one thing I thought I would never do, and here I am," he was disgusted.

"Well, at least you're not cheating on them both," Jerome said, trying to make him feel better.

"Might as well be, I'm still hurting people."

"Look," Jerome began, sitting on the side of Alfie's bed. You're confused. Amber is back, and you're still feeling feelings for her. But that doesn't mean she's the one you should be with. You'll just have to find out," Jerome changed into some sweats and a T-Shirt while Alfie thought about what he said.

"You're right. Amber and I are friends, we'll just hang out as friends, and then maybe, eventually, I won't feel anything for her anymore." Alfie looked more hopeful, even though he knew he was kidding himself. He got up and changed as well for the game.