A/N I still seem to be on a roll with this story (although my computer typing is still awful, and having just been trying to type fast I typed 'story' as 'sotyr' XD), so I'm doing another chapter. (At this rate I might actually get it finished, which would be quite an achievement, as I don't yet have a multi-chapter story that is complete.) And today (5th June) is exactly two months since the show, so it seems like a good time to be writing (although my brain still seems to think it was last week! XD)

Thanks to Holly-leaves-in-winter for reviewing! I also have to thank you for your ideas I asked for (anyone else with any ideas I can send a list of stuff to if you want to help out), and hopefully I'll manage to get them in at some point. Thanks yet again to Linneagb for reviewing once I'd started writing! :-D (I need to stop writing so quickly, don't I? XD)

(I have also just messed up my head, as I always put 'Chapter "number": "Chapter Name"' (as it keeps all my chapters for multi-chapter stories together and easy to find), and I forgot to put the chapter number, so it just has the name. Hopefully I'll remember that and not think I've lost it when I come to upload it! XD)

Charlotte POV

Everything was good for the next month or so. We'd finished painting my room, and I now slept in there every night, not worrying as much about Mum anymore.

Tracy wasn't as sad anymore either, and so we were both happy, getting on with our lives.

Until the Burnywood lot came.

It was about 7:00 when the doorbell started ringing. I sleepily got out of bed, and made my way downstairs.

Tracy, Tee and Johnny were already there, and as I walked down the stairs Tracy opened the door.

A boy was pushed in, and Tracy asked what was going on.

Suddenly Carmen ran forward, grabbing one of the boys, and yelling at him about how he'd stolen all her stuff.

Tracy quickly pulled her away, and the others started coming down the stairs.

The man who had come in told his kids to sit on the sofa in the hall, and we all went to the kitchen.

When we got to the kitchen everyone started getting breakfast, Tracy helping me and Harry to get things out of the cupboard. We then all sat down at the table, eating bowls of cereal and talking about what had happened.

About quarter of an hour later Mike came in.

"Tracy, can I have a word please?" he said.

Tracy nodded, before following him out of the room.

I carried on eating my breakfast, listening to the others as they talked about the kids who had arrived.

"Did you recognise any of the others?" Tee asked Carmen, who was sitting next to her.

"No," said Carmen. "Only he was there when we went."

"You got sent to Burnywood?" asked Elektra.

Carmen nodded. "Yeah, when they tried to shut us down and Lily fell off the roof."

I looked at her in shock. "What?"

"Tracy went on the roof to stop them from closing us down, and then Lily followed her up," said Tee. She looked towards the door as Mike came in. "I'll tell you about it later."

"What's happening, then?" asked Johnny.

Mike sighed. "They're going to be staying here for a while. We're not sure how long for, though."

"Why not?" asked Gus.

"Because we don't know how bad the fire was," said Mike.

Liam said that he hoped Burnywood had been burnt to bits, before Carmen said she wished Tyler, probably the boy she'd been fighting earlier, had gone up in flames too.

"Carmen!" said Tee in shock.

"Well when he nicks your stuff don't blame me," said Carmen. As everyone turned to look at her she added: "If it isn't glued down, he will take it!"

Everyone paused for a moment, before they left the room, probably to go and make their things safe so no one would take them.

I didn't follow, knowing I had nothing that anyone would want to take, and neither did Harry.

We finished our breakfast, and then we went upstairs to get dressed.

A little while later I was in my room practising my dancing when Tracy came in, a girl following shyly behind her.

"Hi, Charlotte," she said, coming into the room. "Would it be OK for Kitty to share your room?"

I nodded, going over to say hello. "Hi..."

Kitty moved back away from me, putting her hands up in front of her.

"Kitty doesn't like anyone touching her," said Tracy quietly.

I nodded, understanding.

"Are you OK sharing with Charlotte?" asked Tracy.

Kitty slowly nodded.

Tracy gave her a smile. "Do you want me to stay, or are you alright with Charlotte?"

"You can go," said Kitty quietly, giving me a small smile.

I gave her one back.

Tracy smiled at the both of us, before she left the room.

I sat down on my bed, smiling at Kitty. "You can come and sit next to me if you want."

Kitty stood there for a minute, before she sat down on the bed as well.

I gave her another smile. "What would you like to do?" I looked at where I'd been dancing just now. "We can do some dancing, if you want. I'm really good."

Kitty shook her head.

I sat there for a minute, not sure what else to say. "Um... What do you like doing?"

Kitty shyly got a sewn picture out of her bag and showed it to me.

"Wow, that's great!" I said. "Do you like sewing?"

Kitty nodded.

"Tee likes sewing too," I said. "Do you want to meet her?"

Kitty nodded again, smiled at me, and we went to find Tee.

When we got to Tee's room she was sitting on her bed cutting out some material.

"Hi," I said, opening the door. "Kitty likes sewing, so we came to see you."

"Hi, Kitty," said Tee, smiling at her when she came through the door. "Do you want to see some things I've made?"

Kitty nodded, and Tee got a pile of things from the corner of her room and lay them on the bed. Kitty walked up to the bed and looked at the things Kitty had made.

"They're really good," I said. "We do sewing in school, but I'm not as good as that."

Tee smiled. "I've practised a lot," she said. "You'll get better as you get older."

I smiled, watching Kitty look through the things. She put a puppet on her hand and turned around.

"I made a puppet like this," said Kitty. She looked down at the floor. "It got burnt in the fire."

"Oh," said Tee. She went to put her arm around Kitty, and Kitty jumped away.

"Sorry," said Tee. She stepped back, and Kitty relaxed.

"I've got more puppets I've made," said Tee. She went over to the bed and picked them up, putting them on her hands. She then turned to me. "Charlotte, do you want one?"

I nodded, smiling, and Tee handed me one, and I put my hand in the puppet. I then made it clap its hands, smiling as the puppet came alive.

Tee smiled as well. "Do you want to do a puppet show?"

I nodded, and Kitty smiled, before we started acting out our story...

After a little while of playing with the puppets I got bored, and went to find somebody else to play with.

"Hi," I said as I walked into the living room. "What are you doing?"

"We're playing pool," said Rick.

"You can come and join us if you like," said Tyler.

I nodded, and then went over to the pool table. I picked up a cue (I knew what it was called because Liam and Frank had taught me how to play pool), and then I aimed it at the white ball.

"Try and hit it in," said Rick.

I hit the white ball with the cue. The white ball hit a red ball, and they both hit the side.

"Bad luck," said Rick. "You can have another go in a minute."

We carried on playing for quite a while, but I wasn't getting any better.

Just then Tracy walked in.

"Anyone want to help me with lunch?" she asked.

Everyone looked away, but I put down my cue and turned to her. "I'll help."

Tracy smiled. "Great, come on then."

I smiled too, and then followed her down to the kitchen.

When we got to the kitchen Carmen was down there, getting a drink.

"Hey, Carmen," said Tracy. "You alright?"

Carmen nodded. "Yeah."

"Do you want to help us with lunch?" I asked.

Carmen drank the last of her drink and then put the cup on the side. "Yeah, I'll help."

"Can you get the bread out?" Tracy asked her. "Charlotte, can you get the butter?"

We both nodded, going to get the things Tracy had told us to.

"Why were you so angry at Tyler earlier?" I asked Carmen as I opened the fridge. "He's really nice."

"He wasn't at Burneywood," said Carmen. "He nicked all my stuff."

"Why?" I asked, shocked.

"Ask him," said Carmen.

Just then Mike walked in.

"Are you making lunch?" he asked.

I nodded. "Yes, we're making sandwiches."

Mike smiled back. "Good, I'm starving." He then turned to Tracy. "There's a staff meeting after lunch, just to sort out the files and everything like that."

Tracy nodded. "OK."

"Oh, and have you seen Dennis?" Mike asked.

"Not for a couple of hours," said Tracy, and me and Carmen shook our heads.

"OK, thanks," said Mike, and then he went out of the back door and into the garden.

"I think you should try being nice to Tyler," I said, turning towards Carmen. "You might end up being friends."

"Can you just shut up about Tyler?!" said Carmen.

I didn't say anything else, and we made the rest of lunch in silence.

"LUNCH!"

Tracy pretended to block her ears when I called everyone for lunch, and I laughed.

Everyone then came running down the stairs and into the kitchen, sitting at the table. Tee went and sat next to Carmen, who was still upset about what I'd said.

Kitty came down last, trying to find a seat at the table. Tracy went over to her and told her to sit between me and her, so she would be happy.

We began to eat lunch, and Tyler started telling everyone about the pool game.

"Me and Frank will have to play you after lunch," said Liam. "We can't have you stealing our crown."

Rick smiled. "Game on."

"I won't play again," I said.

"No, you were a bit rubbish," said Tyler. "No offense."

I laughed, because I knew I wasn't very good, and I knew Tyler was joking.

"Can I play instead?" asked Lizanne.

"And me," said Johnny.

"We'll do three on three then," said Liam. "Straight after lunch."

"Do you want to play hide and seek with me and Jeff?" Harry asked.

"Yeah, OK," I said, smiling at him.

We all ate lunch as quick as we could, and then we went off to play.

"97, 98, 99, 100. Ready or not, here I come!"

I heard Harry shout those words as I hid. I was in one of the kitchen cupboards, which Tracy had helped me empty into others so I could squeeze in. She was cleaning the kitchen after lunch, and she kept saying funny things to make me laugh.

Just then I heard Harry come in, and Tracy carried on washing up like nothing was happening.

"Have you seen Charlotte?" asked Harry.

"Not since lunch," said Tracy. "I thought you were playing hide and seek."

"We are," said Harry.

"Well she didn't come in here," said Tracy.

"OK," said Harry. He then went out of the room.

"He's never going to find you now," Tracy whispered, laughing.

I laughed too.

Just then we heard some bangs coming from outside, and Tracy ran outside. I got out of the cupboard and followed her.

Someone's bag was in the garden, and there were fireworks coming out of it.

I stood back, scared. Tracy was yelling at Carmen and Elektra who had set fire to the stuff, and then Tyler came running out. Tracy held him back as he tried to get his things.

Mike then ran between us with a hosepipe, and the rest of the kids came to see what was happening.

I ran back inside, going to find Harry and get away from the fire.

As I ran through the back door Harry was in the kitchen.

"What's happening?" he asked.

"Carmen and Elektra set fire to Tyler's stuff," I said. "Did you hear the fireworks?"

Harry nodded.

"Where were you hiding?" he asked after a few seconds.

I opened the cupboard door, laughing with Harry when he saw the small space I'd been hiding in.

"Can we play again later?" asked Harry.

I nodded, smiling. "Yes!"

A little bit later me and Harry were sitting in his room, drawing pictures.

Just then Mike came in. "Can you two come down? We're having a house meeting."

We nodded, stood up, and followed Mike to the living room.

When we got there we sat on the sofas.

"Johnny's money has been stolen," said Mike. "£200."

Everyone looked at each other, shocked.

"Does anyone know anything?" he asked.

No one said anything.

"Nobody's going to own up?" said Mike. "OK, I get you don't want to own up in public. But if the money is not given to me or put on my desk in the next ten minutes, then we are..."

"No," said Dennis, pushing Mike out of the way. "They don't get ten minutes. We're going to search everyone's room. Now!"

Dennis came to search my room.

"I wouldn't take it, I swear!" I said, as Dennis started picking things up and looking around my room, trying to find the money. "Tee's my friend, and Johnny's her brother, and I wouldn't take anything anyway, and... NO!"

I screamed as Dennis knocked the only photo I had of Mum and me on the floor, breaking the glass of the frame.

"You broke my picture!" I said. "It's the only one I have!"

I ran out of the room, grabbing Emily, Bryony and Annabelle as I left, and ran down the corridor, trying to find Tracy.

"Tracy!" I shouted, running down the corridor. "Tra..."

I stopped calling her name when Tracy hugged me, making me stop where I was.

"Dennis broke my photo," I said, beginning to cry.

Tracy hugged me tight, calming me down. "Shh," she said. "Shh."

"Dennis was searching my room and he knocked it off and it broke," I said.

"Why was he searching your room?" asked Tracy.

"Because someone stole Johnny's money," I said.

We stayed there for a little longer, and then Tracy stood up.

"Come with me," she said. "You can sit with me and Kitty."

I nodded, and then went upstairs with Tracy.

Alexia (Charlotte's mum) POV

It was about a month ago now that I'd stepped off the plane and into New York City airport.

I missed Charlotte so, so much, but my new job was going well, and in a few months time I would hopefully have enough money to rent a house for the two of us so we could live together again.

I was pulled from my thoughts as my boss walked up to my desk.

"We need to move you to another area," he said. "They've got a desk a few floors up that's got no one on it."

I nodded, gathering my things, before I followed him to the lift. We then went up three floors and got to my new desk.

"Someone will come and tell you what needs doing in a few minutes," he said, "but most of it should be pretty similar to what you were doing."

I nodded, giving him a thank you smile, before he left.

I then sat down at my new desk, looking around. It looked pretty similar to my old desk. Then again, reception desks did all look quite similar.

I looked up as I heard someone approach, giving them a friendly, welcoming smile. "How can I help you?"

"I was told to come and tell you what we do up here," said the woman, a middle-aged woman with short brown hair. "We all write for the magazine, so each week we'll give you an outline for the coming issue, so if anyone has anything they would like to put in you have to add it, or make a note of it for the following week. The rest is mainly just the same as what you have been doing." She gave me a smile, and I gave her one back, before finishing writing down what she had said.

"Does that sound OK?" she asked.

I nodded. "Yeah, that sounds fine."

"OK, um, Alexia," she said, reading my name badge. "If you have any problems you can come and find me."

I gave her a grateful smile. "Thank you." And then, as she turned around to leave, I realised there was something I needed to asked her: "What's your name?"

"Cam," she said, turning around to face me again. "Cam Lawson."

A/N I'm going to end it here, because this was originally going to just be one chapter, but then I wrote too much for what will be the end two thirds or something like that of the next chapter (because I got bored so I didn't write this in order), so I've split this chapter into two. I should get the next part up today as well, as I don't have much to write before it, so hopefully you'll get lots to read tonight! I did a lot more of Charlotte this chapter, and I had her interacting with the others (as suggested by Holly-leaves-in-winter), so hopefully you all enjoyed that. You'll also have to let me know what you thought of the Alexia POV at the end (it was originally in the middle, but I thought it would draw more attention to that little bit of key info at the end). Hopefully you like her as a character, and maybe you've even worked out my plot twist (in which case I may have to change it so I still surprise you, but anyway XD). Anyway, really hope you liked this chapter, please review! :-D