Disclaimer: Forgot to state the obvious in the first chapter, I do not own any of the characters from Sue Thomas F.B.Eye. If I did, Jack and Sue would be together in the show as well as in my fanfictions lol!

The rest of the day went smoothly, with Sue getting lost only twice on her way to a class. That, according to a girl in Sue's Math class, fourth period, was a record. Now, it was time to go to lunch, and the same girl - Amy - was showing Sue the way to the Lunch Hall. Taking a seat at a bench toward the back of the hall, Sue took out the Tupperware box that she'd brought lunch in. Amy had gone to buy her lunch at the canteen, so Sue was just glancing around the room, watching people's conversations. One group of kids were talking about a Debate Team tournament coming up, another group of girls discussing a netball competition. She spotted the group that had made fun of her that morning, going over tactics to sneak into a bar, and when she saw one of the boys looking at her, she blushed and turned away. Finding a crack in the ceiling particularly interesting, she didn't notice the boy approaching her.

"Hey, new girl, what's your name?"

She didn't answer him, still staring at the ceiling, and she jumped when he tapped her shoulder.

"Oh sorry! Were you saying something?"

"Didn't you hear? I was asking what your name was..."

"Um... No I didn't hear, sorry. I'm, um, deaf... My name's Sue, what's yours?"

"Sorry, didn't know you're deaf. Anyway, I'm Jack... Eh, just wanted to say sorry for how my friends treated you this morning. They have a thing for picking on the new kids."

"It's okay; I'm kinda used to it now..."

"How... um, how do you know what I'm saying if you can't hear - if-if you don't mind my asking?"

"No, I don't mind... I have a very determined mother; she made me learn to lip read."

"Wow, cool!" Jack said, glancing around the room and pointing to a group across from them, "can you tell what they're saying?"

Sue nodded, and watched the conversation. She didn't feel right, watching them talk about which students they fancied, and when she saw a particular name crop up she blushed, turning away. Jack touched her shoulder again to get her attention.

"Well, what were they saying?"

"Um... they were talking about what kids they have a crush on..."

"Why have you gone red? Does one of them have a crush on you or something?"

"No, haven't seen any of them before..."

"Well, you turned away pretty fast; whom do they like?"

"She likes someone called Gary Sinclair, he likes Amy Neill," she answered pointing to each of the group in turn, "he likes a girl called Erin Douglas, he likes Lucy Dotson and she likes Jack Hudson."

She blushed again, and found another crack in the ceiling to stare intently at. Jack, being a typical boy, didn't have a clue why she was embarrassed. He looked toward the table he'd been sitting at with his friends; relieved to see they'd left the hall so they wouldn't bug him about talking to Sue. He sat across from her on the bench and lightly touched her hand, hoping to get her attention again. At that moment, though Amy returned with a few of her friends and once Sue was looking at her, she began to introduce the small group.

"Sue, these are some of my friends, Erin Douglas, Helen Hudson, Lucy Dotson and Nicola Lowe." Amy told her, gesturing to each one of them in turn.

"Call me Nikki."

"N-nice to meet you." Sue smiled nervously.

"Yeah you too," Nikki replied, "I see you've already met Jack."

Sue's cheeks flashed a darker shade of pink. Lucy smiled knowingly and resolved to set the pair up any chance she got. She'd talk to the gang about it later.

"Eh, I better get going; Bobby will be waiting, got basketball practice next period."

"Later, Jack."

"See you in Science!"

"Yeah, bye Jack."

Once Jack was out of sight, the girls sat on the bench, all across from Sue since Amy had told them she had to see their lips if they were talking to her.