Joy's POV

As I walked in the first thing I heard was:

"I can't believe no one has KT's home number" Says Chloe. Wait why would KT be at home.

"That's because this is her home. Just call her phone" Amber says

"Amber keep up. I told you she left her phone behind" Chloe groans

"So text her..." Amber says as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. I giggled slightly and sat down next to Mara. Chloe tapped the top of her head.

"Stupidity leak" She says.

"So they've already got someone else in her bed?" Asks Fabian. Chloe nods.

"Yeah, she's American and she totally obsessed with it. She's said it like 100 times" Chloe says. I'm sure that was an exaggeration. This got me thinking. Maybe it was Nina and if it was I know she wouldn't have anything to do with it.

"And KT's just gone?," Mara asks. Chloe nods her head. "That really is weird"

"Maybe KT's been abducted by aliens and the new girl is one of them" Alfie says.

"Yeah, maybe the new girl is an alien in a flesh suit" Jerome says sarcastically. Me and Fabian roll our eyes.

"We were planning a box set marathon tonight, you know KT's Rom-Com obsession. How can she of gone just like that?" Chloe says.

"Chloe you've disappeared more than enough times" Jerome says trying to reason with her.

"She would've called me though" Chloe bites back. They then start to argue and everyone starts to talk at once but is cut short when Chloe pointed to the door. It was Nina

"Nina!" I squealed. I jumped up and gave he a tight hug.

"Joy! Hi" She says back. I can tell everyone is looking at us with weird expressions. I turn and face them.

"Everyone, this is Nina Martin. She is one of my best friends from America. Nina this is Alfie, Jerome, Mara, Amber , Fabian, Patricia and I'm guessing you already know Chloe" I introduce. Nina gives a shy wave. Alfie then stands up

"Welcome space girl or blurp bleep blop as they say in your language". He says. I scowl at him and Nina gives a weak and confused laugh.

"Don't worry about Alfie. He has an obsession with Aliens" I whisper in her ear and she giggles slightly.

"Suppers ready!" Trudy calls and we all go to take our seat. Chloe sits at the head of the table with Fabian to her left and (Usually) Amber to her right. Next to Fabian was me and then Alfie. Next to Alfie was Patricia and at the bottom of the table there was an empty space. Opposite Alfie was Jerome and then Mara and then two empty spaces. Amber had gone into the kitchen to get pepper and Nina sat in her place accidentally.

"That's my seat" Amber snaps. Nina quickly stands up.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Do you want to...?" She starts but Amber cuts her off

"Where's Mick?" Amber asks. Nina looks at her confused.

"I'm sorry, I don't know who..." she starts but Amber walks off. Nina decides to sit back down.

"You heard Amber, That's her seat" Chloe spat. Oh god.

"Yeah, but she's not here right now" Nina says.

"That's your way isn't it? Someone's gone for 5 seconds and you've already moved in" Chloe says back. Before I could then go and say something mean to her. Fabian jumped in.

"Chloe is head of the welcoming committee," He says sarcastically "Take no notice, just sit wherever you like". I nod my head.

"Yeah I'm sure Amber won't mind" I say to her smiling. She smiles back. We eat in silence until Alfie starts to play up. He takes two forks and rolls spaghetti all in it and eats it all at once.

" Stop it Alfie, that's disgusting, and you're probably going to choke on it." Mara scolds.

"But ish deliciosh this way" Alfie protests.

"Alfie, don't play with your food" Jerome says. He then flicks a forkful of spaghetti at Alfie, hitting him in the middle of his face. Alfie then throw a handful back a Jerome also hitting Mara. Jerome grabs the salad and chucks it at Alfie resulting in hitting me and Fabian as well. Alfie the throws more spaghetti but instead of hitting Jerome it hit Mara and Nina. Nina quickly tied her hair into a loose ponytail. Amber walked through the door and had a faceful of food hit her. She then retreated out of the room to (I presume) wash it off and do her makeup again and probably get changed.

"Really guys? Every meal?" Fabians says.

"Have you not met Jerome and Alfie" I say to him sarcastically. He rolls his eyes. I see Chloe pick up the water jug. She then tips it all on Nina's lap. Nina shrieked and jumped up.

"Oops, sorry" She laughs.

"Classy Chloe" Fabian says to her.

"What? It was an 'accident'" Chloe laughs. I slam my hands on the table.

"There was no way that was an accident Chloe" I shout. Fabian turns to Nina.

"Are you okay" He asks. Nina nods her head.

"Yeah except I think my sweater is shrinking into my body as we speak" She says. Fabian looks at me confused.

"Cardigan" I whisper to him. He nods his head and goes into the kitchen. He brings back some napkins and helps her clean herself up.

"So Nina, When are you going to tell us what you know about KT's disappearance?" Chloe questions. I want to snap at her but Fabian gives me a look saying 'don't rise'.

"I guess when I actually know something" Nina answer quietly. Chloe stand up.

"Oh come on. One minute I'm sitting next to KT in class and the next she's disappeared and you've taken her place. Bit of a coincidence, don't you think?" Chloe says.

"I guess it is" Nina answers.

"Maybe she's snatched her and locked her in the cellar!" Alfie laughs.

"Shut up Alfie" Me and Chloe say at the same time. We then glare at each other. Chloe turns back to Nina.

"Well?" She demands. Nina shakes her head.

"Like I said. I don't know anything about KT or her disappearance" Nina says desperately.

"I'll get it out of you." Chloe says. She finally sits down. Just then Victor walks into the room.

"Nina, Phone call for you...What's going on?" He asks. Before anyone could say anything Chloe jumps in.

"Nothing. Just Nina spilt water everywhere" Chloe says innocently. Nina glares at her and walks out the room. I turn to Chloe.

"Why?" I demand. Chloe turns to me.

"It's so obvious that she has something to do with all this!" Chloe says. I scoff at her.

"How? How could she have anything to do with it?" I ask.

"Think about it KT is in class with us. Nina shows up and KT disappears." Chloe says. Fabian stands up and pours some water. He then walks out of the room. 5 minutes later he comes back with a frown on his face.

"What's up?" I ask him. He sits back down.

"Nina. I found her by the phone and she was crying" He explains. I glare at Chloe.

"Are you happy now? You've made her cry. Great job Chloe" I shout. I push my chair out and I storm out the room. I hear someone follow me. I turn and see Patricia.

"Where you off too?"She asks me. I sigh.

"I'm going to see if Nina is aright" I answer. We walk up the stairs an into the girls corridor. We stopped outside my room. Inside I heard a soft sobbing. I looked up at Patricia and she frowned at me. I softly knock on the door. I heard shuffling and doors opening and closing. After a while a small voice calls

"Come in". We walk in the room and Nina was sitting on her bed. Her hair was soaked and her eyes were bloodshot red and her cheeks were red and puffy. I ran beside her and pulled her into a hug.

"Neens, what's wrong?" I ask her softly.

"Gr-gran!" She cries into my shoulder. Patricia looks at me confused. I mouth at her 'later' and continue to support Nina.

"What happened Nina?" I ask. She shakes her head.

"The hospital called me, Gran has lung cancer." She cries. I hug her tightly.

"Oh Nina that's awful!"Patricia exclaims. I give her a thankful smile. We stayed up there just talking until Nina decided to start getting ready for bed. She got up and went to the bathroom. The next thing we know we can hear Chloe shouting at someone.

"She's wiped it off!" Patricia and I dashed out into the hall where Nina was standing with a towel next to the mirror. Chloe was fuming and Mara and Amber looked just as confused as we did.

"What did it say?" Mara asks. Chloe turn to her

"It said 'Help me KT'" Chloe insisted. I snorted. Yeah right, it was probably Alfie or Jerome.

"And she's wiped it off so now it looks like I'm going crazy!" Chloe shouts. Mara grabs her shoulders.

"Take it easy Chloe" Mara says sympathetically. I rolled my eyes.

"This is what she wanted. I'm telling you SHE'S involved!" Patricia accuses. Ok, she's going to far now. Nina c ant of done it because 1. She has been with us since dinner and 2. It's not in Nina's nature to prank someone like this.

"I didn't see anything else in the mirror except steam I swear" Nina says desperately. Suddenly Victor appears behind us.

"Why are you girls not in your rooms? You all know the rules" HE booms. I shrug.

"I don't want to share with HER" Chloe says, pointing at Nina.

"You know what? I'll move! Half my stuff is in a pile on the floor anyway. Or I can sleep on the couch" Nina says. I shake my head.

"No one is moving anywhere. Now get to your rooms." Victor orders. We shuffle along. Chloe barges past Nina and gives us a dirty look before walking into our room and slamming the door. I rub Nina's shoulders kindly. We walked into our room said our goodnights and soon I was fast asleep...