There is a new girl at school who catches Malcolm's eye, Dewey is convinced there is a monster living under his bed and Hal tries to help him conquer his fears and Lois suspects that Reese had taken up smoking.

Author's Note: This is my first M.I.T.M fanfic so go easy on me please. It is set when Malcolm and Reese are both at 'Junior High,' and I'm trying to do that thing were you do a couple of different stories at once- let's hope it works and doesn't get confusing- if it does just tell me.

Sometimes I'm going to do it from Malcolm's point of view- that'll be in italics though so readers won't get confused.
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Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters from Malcolm in the middle.

Chapter One

Malcolm's P.O.V

Right now, I'm sitting here eating my lunch, pretending to listen to Dabney as he drabbles on about…well…whatever he's talking about.

I'm not purposely ignoring him. Normally I half listen when he's talking, it's just that I'm too distracted to actually care about what he is saying.

See, I'm watching the new girl. God, she is cute! She is sitting across the playground from me, talking to this girl called Kimmy, eating her lunch as well. She is really, really cute with her long blonde hair and really bright, blue eyes. She has a really nice smile too. She smiled at me today. I know I don't have a chance with her but I honestly swear she did smile at me. It was for no apparent reason though. She just looked at me and smiled. Stevie said she was probably smiling at someone behind me but I swear she was smiling at me. She was looking directly at me!

I don't think I'd ever get the chance to talk to her though. She'd never like a Krelboyne, especially since she's been here only a day and everyone likes her already.

I was wrong about the not ever talking to her. I did talk to her a minute ago. All thanks to Reese, although he probably doesn't realise it. Reese had made some paint bombs at home and he had brought them in to school to chuck them at random people. He doesn't get called 'School bully,' for nothing y'know. He was about to chuck one at her and I had this sudden surge of bravery- if you could call it that. Maybe it was stupidity…I don't know. I leapt forwards and shoved her out of the way.

Unfortunately I got myself covered in bright red paint and I also knocked her onto the ground and she wasn't looking too happy.

Reese just yelled, "What do you think you are doing!" at me.

The girl got up and looked at me. She looked very surprised. She looked at Reece and then back at me and said, "Thanks for stopping that paint bomb from hitting me,"

I tried to wipe some of the paint off me but it only smeared more, "No problem," I said, blushing slightly as I realised what a fool I must look with paint splattered all over my front.

"My name's Eve by the way, I'm new here," she said as she hitched her bag up onto her shoulder.

"My name's Malcolm," I said, still looking at my feet. Why can't I be confident enough, why!

"Whose that," she asked, looking over at Reece who was taking another paint bomb out of his bag.

"Oh, that's just my brother Reece, he's a right jerk," I said.

She nodded slightly, continuing to watch him as he spotted another group of girls to terrorise. She then looked back at me and shrugged, "Well, I better be off then, see ya around Matthew,"

Okay…Matthew! Well, at least she got the first letter right. Plus she said see ya around. That means she WANTS to see me again, doesn't it?

I was walking behind Eve and some other girls she was with just a moment ago. I was straining to hear what they were saying coz I could hear a lot of whispering and giggling and it just made me curious I guess.

I managed to hear that Kimmy girl say, "Ew! Why do you have a crush on him? No one likes him!" to Eve.

So, she likes someone no one else likes. Maybe it's me. Er… I know that sounds like, really bad to say about myself but… ah well. It means I actually have a chance with her!

No-ones P.O.V:

Reese had just got back home from school. He had made his way into the bedroom which he shares with his two brothers. He noticed that the room was already occupied by his little brother, Dewey. Dewey was sitting on top of his bed playing with an action hero figurine.

"Where did you get that? I've broken all your action hero toys, haven't I?" Reese said grumpily, throwing his school bag onto his bed.

Dewey just shrugged and carried on humming away to himself, making the action hero attack one of his fluffy toys.

"Gimme that," Reese snatched the toy out of Dewey's hand.

"Hey! Give me it back. Don't break it!" Dewey said in a whiney tone, trying to grab the toy back but Reese was holding it too high.

"Oh Dewey, when will you ever learn, I am taller and older than you, therefore there is no way you can tell me what to do," Reese said giving Dewy a spiteful grin as he still held the toy up high.

"Just you wait until I'm the president of Idaho, I'd feed you to the wolves like everyone else taller than me," Dewey mumbled under his breath.

"What are you saying? Stop mumbling!" Reese demanded.

Dewey grinned up at Reese.

"Stop grinning at me like that," Reese said, starting to get a bit unnerved, "You shouldn't be grinning, you should be begging me for your toy back. I'd understand if you were crying but not grinning,"

"If you brake my toy I'll show mum these," Dewey said as he got a packet of fags out from underneath his pillow, "I was going to save them to bribe you to do my set of chores, but this seems more convenient,"

"There not mine!" Reese said, glaring at his brother.

"Really Reese, who do you think mum would believe, me…or you?"

Reese started to get a bit worried, "Erm… don't tell mum… look here's your toy,"

He chucked the toy underneath Dewey's bed and quickly walked out the room. Dewey rolled his eyes and sighed in deeply. He decided to put the packet of cigarettes into Reese's jacket pocket so their would probably find them there when she does the washing.

Dewey had found the cigarettes and Action hero figurine outside the front yard, just lying on the pavement. He had felt sorry for the Action Hero and had decided to take him home along with cigarettes to use for bribery. After tucking the cigarettes away into the front pocket of Reese's jacket, Dewey went to retrieve his toy that Reese had thrown under the bed.

Dewey lay on the floor so he could get a better view. It was daytime but underneath the bed it was already gloomy. Dewey had to squint to see properly. Amongst all the forgotten toys, items of clothing and rotting food, Dewey could just manage to see his toy. Dewey wasn't all too keen on looking under the bed. Ever since Malcolm and Reese had told him that a monster lived there he had always been reluctant to get any of his toys which had fallen under there. He would normally just leave them lying there… forgotten.

'Malcolm and Reese were just trying to scare me, that's all. There's no such things as monsters… they were just teasing me…trying to frighten me… it may of worked when I was like, 5 but not now!' Dewey thought, trying to work up the courage to reach under the bed and grab his toy.

He took a deep breath and was about to do it when he something shiny and sinister- looking caught his eye. …A pair of yellow, evil- looking eyes glared back at Dewey.

Dewey started screaming and he ran out of the room.

Lois walked into the boys bedroom carrying a basket full of washing. She began to pick some of the boys dirty clothes off the floor and putting it in the basket. She picked up Reece's jacket off the bed to see if it needed washing.

The front was smeared with mud and flecks of paint. Lois sighed in deeply and began to empty the pockets which were normally filled with an assortment of gross things. Her hands closed around a small rectangular box. She pulled it out and gasped in shock as she saw what it was- a packet of cigarettes. Her eyes narrowed as she clutched the cigarettes in her hand, "REESE!"

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Next chapter: Malcolm finds out who the New girl called Eve love interest is.

Dewey can't get to sleep knowing that there is a terrifying creature living under his bed.

Lois confronts Reese about the cigarettes.