Wow. It's been a while! Well, hopefully I'm back. I'm going to try to update every weekend but you guys know how I get. Hopefully I haven't lost any of my faithful followers. You guys know I love you. Anyway, here's Chapter 2. Please review!

Chapter 2-

Cooking eggs the next morning Lucy couldn't help but wonder why she was so upset about Peter and Sophie's engagement. It wasn't like she didn't like Sophie. Sophie was already like a second mom to her. She loved her. But something inside Lucy couldn't stop her from feeling uneasy about her father and Sophie.

Lucy was lost in thought so when she heard a voice behind her say, "Are you Lucy?" she jumped what felt like a mile high, accidentally throwing scrambled eggs all over the oven and counters.

Lucy caught her breath, turned around only to see the new girl, and asked, "Wh . . . what did you say?"

"I asked if you were Lucy." Samantha asked with attitude.

Lucy was half tempted to roll her eyes and the typical newbie disgruntled-ness of the whole situation. "Yeah, I am." She said it very abruptly using the same attitude Samantha was. She turned back to the eggs and added, "What do you want?"

Samantha said, even more angrily, "Peter told me to find you. You're supposed to show me around and shit."

"I should have known." Lucy muttered. "Fine but if you're going to have to follow me around like a puppy you have to know two rules."

"So now I take direction from you? I don't think so." Samantha started to walk away.

Lucy wanted to just let her go but she knew her dad would have a fit if she did. Sighing, Lucy called out to Samantha. "Wait. They're not my rules. They're the school rules, okay? If my dad or Sophie or Roger or anyone hears you talking like that you'll be in trouble."

"Yeah, thanks. I didn't get that before." Samantha rolled her eyes and walked away again.

Lucy turned once again to face the eggs, taking them off the burner and putting them in a container. The first students were arriving to eat. "The second rule," Lucy continued, ignoring Samantha's persistence to leave while she was working, "is forget the attitude. It's not going to get you anywhere here except trouble."

Later that day Lucy was sitting in the recreation room waiting for the rest of her cabin to join her from group. She was working on some last minute Human Development homework. Samantha had been following her around all day but now she was in a meeting with Sophie to get her ready for her one-on-one counseling. Lucy was glad to be away from her. Samantha had a way of making everyone around her get uptight. Jess, Daisy, and Shelby came in from the dining room and sat with her.

"So, how's life treating you?" Daisy asked.

Lucy smiled half heartedly, "A lot better now that Samantha is gone."

"I saw her following you around all day." Shelby said.

Jess added, "What's she like?"

"You know in the Harry Potter books the Death Eaters? How they suck your soul out and you feel like you'll never be happy again?" They all nodded their heads smiling. "Yeah, worse then that."

The guys, Augusto Ciceros, Ezra Friedken, and Scott Barringer walked in then and Auggie asked, "Yo, have you guys met the new girl?"

"Don't even start." Lucy said, holding up her hand to make Auggie stop.

Scott dropped into a chair across from Lucy and asked, "Why? What'd she do to you?"

Lucy knew Scott and Shelby were together, that they told each other they loved each other the night of the Morp. And she was happy for them. Scott and Shelby were two of her best friends. But the way Scott talked and looked. . .it made her heart beat faster. She had to tear her eyes away from his gorgeous blue eyes before she could even think about replying.

"N. . . nothing. She's just been following me around all day. I'm sick of her."

Ezra smiled at her as he said, "Ah, the first week buddy syndrome. I've had it myself before."

"Luce, I thought I told you to be nice to Samantha." Peter was once again hovering over her.

"Jeez, Dad, make a noise." Lucy was started to get sick of Peter's ever-present existence. "I am being nice to her. She's just . . . a lot to handle, is all."

Peter patted her shoulder. "I know. But it's not much longer. For group today why don't we go around in a circle and say what you remember most about first starting at Horizon and how you've changed since then. Anyone want to go first?" Peter walked to the middle of the room and spun around, "Lucy? Since you seem so talkative tonight?"

Lucy took a deep breathe and said, "Sure. Why not?" The students who were missing before Lucy's mini rant about Samantha joined them. Dragging her feet behind them was Samantha herself. Peter quickly explained what was happening to her. Lucy looked up at Charli, who seemed upset, and pulled her arm so she would sit next to Lucy. "What's up?"

"I'll tell you later?" Charlie replied.

Peter looked at Lucy and motioned for her to start. "Okay, well, I suppose what I remember most about starting at Horizon is finding out Peter- you," she looked at Peter, "are my dad. It was scary, too, because I didn't know anyone and I though everyone was some drugged up juvy drop out. I know you can't drop out of juvy but you know what I mean."

"Anyway, I guess my attitude has changed the most. I think that's one of the only things that have to change to make you "better"." Lucy used air quotes as she said better.

Daisy spoke up quickly before the moment passed and said, "Apparently she's become wise, too."

Lucy laughed and threw a pillow at Daisy. They continued around the room saying what changed most about them since arriving until Peter realized something was wrong.