((Author's note--This next scene takes place at the HJ school. It's just BEFORE Thomas went over to the dark side...))

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"So--did you enjoy your 'walk' with Serena? Because I'm so sure all it was was walking, right?" Peter teased, although a little sarcastically.

"Shove it Pete. Nothing happened. But..." I trailed off to add a little suspense.

"But what?"

"I'm meeting her tommorow."

Peter shrugged. "Sounds good. She was pretty enough."

"Pretty enough? The girl's a goddess." I sighed.

Peter stopped, eyeing me warily. I gave him a look and he glanced down, pretending to fix his the books in his hands.

"What's wrong with you?" I asked, a little annoyed.

"Oh, nothing," He still didn't look up, "It's just that one minute, you're all business and making fun of the HJs, then you're falling all over some blue eyes."

"Oh, so now it's wrong for me to like a girl?" I asked sarcastically.

"Like a girl!? Ever since seven o'clock last night, you've been a lovesick puppy. You haven't even known her 24 hours! All you know is that her name's Serena, age seventeen, loves swing and has pale blue eyes-"

"Deep blue-" I interrupted.

Peter threw up his hands "My point exactly. You. Are. Obsessed."

I shrugged, and kept walking. Peter soon caught up.

"Does she know?"

"Know what?" I asked cooly, not turning to look at him. I wasn't obsessed...exactly...

"That you-we're..HJs?" Peter asked softly. That stupid swatstika.

"I'll just tell her the truth. That it's just a cover. Serena'll believe me..."

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As the classroom lights dimmed, the newsreel began to play. It showed our Fuhrer speaking. Man, that guy really knew how to hold an audience. And what he was saying made sense...Whoa. I smacked my head slightly. "Being an HJ is just a cover, remember Thomas?" I said silently to myself, "Don't get involved. Don't watch. Don't listen..." I closed my eyes and tried to block out the sound. But the Fuhrer's voice echoed in my mind anyway

"Do this for the Fatherland... All German peoples must unite... the Aryans will be the superior race...Germany will again rise, but this time, with world domination!"