Haruhi walked down the empty halls of the school towards her home ec classroom to retrieve her pie. Mr. Hedrick didn't even look up from his work as she entered and walked over to the counter where she had placed her desert. She didn't speak a word as she took it and left the room without a single glance at her teacher. As she walked down the empty halls, she began to think about how the school year would turn out here. As she thought, she wasn't looking where she was going. Apparently, neither was the person she ran into. Just as she was about to fall to the ground, the person grabbed her wrist and pulled her towards them. With one arm wrapped around her, they caught the pie as it came down from the air on his fingertips. Haruhi blinked before looking up at the person. "I'm sorry! I wasn't looking where I was going!" said a boy with brown hair and long bangs. She pulled away from his grip and brushed off her blazer before looking at him again. "It's fine. I wasn't paying attention either." She said as she took her pie from him. "Hey! You're one of those Japanese students! I'm Derek!" he said as he held out a hand. "Uh, I'm Haruhi." She said as she took his hand and shook it with her free hand. "Haruhi! Let's go! What's taking you so long?" asked the twins as they rounded the corner. When they saw Derek they walked over to her side with curios eyes. "Haruhi, who's he?" they asked in their natural language. "He says his name is Derek. We ran into each other." She answered in Japanese also. Derek, hearing his name, looked at them with questioning eyes. Haruhi smiled at him before waving good-bye and walking away with the twins as they questioned her about him.
Tamaki watched as Haruhi and the twins walked towards the limousine. The twins seemed to be questioning Haruhi about something but, as usual, she wouldn't talk about it. "Just drop the subject!" she said before the three got in." The twins shrugged and let the subject drop. Tamaki looked at them with suspicious eyes. "What did everyone think about their first American school day?" Tamaki asked as energetic as usual. "I made lots of new friends! So did bun-bun! Everyone was nice to us!" Hunny said as he hugged bun-bun tightly to his chest as Mori stayed silent. "I found it rather low class but then again, I didn't really expect much from America." Kyoya said he looked over the assignments he had been given for homework. "What about you Haruhi? Anything new?" Tamaki asked. "Not really. The teachers were a little different than what I thought they would be like." She answered. "What about meeting that guy? What's his name? Oh yeah, Derek! What about him?" the twins asked making sure Tamaki heard what they said. "What guy?" Tamaki asked as he slid closer to the three. "He's no one to worry about. We just ran into each other in the hall. I wasn't looking where I was going. That's all. So you don't need to get all worked up about it senpai." She said with a carefree voice. Tamaki didn't say anything else about the matter but he would be sure to find out all he could about this Derek guy.
Haruhi walked into the kitchen and looked around. The kitchen was so huge she wasn't sure if they actually used all the space inside of it or just used most of it for placing the supplies need for the meals there. Some one entered behind her and tapped her on the shoulder. She turned on her heel quickly to face who it was. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you." Said one of the cooks. "No, I shouldn't be in here. Sorry, I'll leave right away." She said as she began to walk towards the door. "Oh, it's fine. You can use the kitchen if you want. It's only used when one of the students request for their dinner. You can use it if you want. To tell you the truth, it would be helpful a bit. That way it's one less student to cook for." He said as he looked at her. "Yeah, I can imagine it must be a hassle to cook for so many people at some random time. And with so many different orders too." She said as she rubbed the back of her neck. "You don't know the half of it." He said as he showed Haruhi where the supplies were. "Have you ever cooked before?" he asked her as he gathered the supplies he need for one student's dinner. "Yes, I cook for my father and I." she answered. "Don't you have a cook to do that for you?" he asked as he looked over at her. "No, I'm just the scholarship student. I'm not rich like everyone else who came on the trip. I'm only here because Tamaki-senpai refused to leave one of the club's members behind." She said. The man only smiled at this. "So, who's this Tamaki-senpai guy?" he asked as he started to fry the meat. "He's the president of the club." She said as she started to make her own meal. He didn't say much after that.
Finally, Haruhi was finished and was walking back to her room. Tamaki snuck behind her and wrapped his arms around her. Haruhi immediately slipped from his grasp and whipped around to see who it was. "Oh, senpai, it's only you. You scared me for a minute there." She said as she looked at him. "Haruhi, who's Derek?" he asked as he shuffled closer, ready for an explanation. "Just a guy I bumped into today. Tamaki-senpai, I thought we agreed to drop the subject. He's not anyone important." She said before continuing to walk down the hall to her room. "Are you sure?" he asked as he caught up with her, determined to make sure she wasn't lying. "Of course senpai. Besides, as long as he thinks I'm a guy then we have nothing to worry about." She said before going in her room and closing the door after her leaving Tamaki in the hall. "She's right. As long as he thinks she's a guy I-I mean we have nothing to worry about." He said. Yet he was unsure of himself as he said this.
So, do you like it? Sorry GoGothGirl, I forgot to make the paragraphs smaller and then I remebered half way through. I thought it would be kind of wierd to start in the middle so I didn't do it. Sorry. Anyways...hope everyone is enjoying it.