Sorry for the long wait but finally here is the next chapter. Tell me what you think.

Chapter 3

Alanna's team, which included Jon, Gary and Raoul, won the hockey game. Alanna scored 7 out of the 9 goals with Jon and Raoul scoring the remaining 2. The guys on the opposing team were normally gracious losers, but today they were rather annoyed. Being thrashed by a girl was humiliating, not to mention unheard of. But despite getting beaten, the guys on both teams were oddly intrigued by this new girl. She hadn't spoken a word to anyone but she still seemed to be two steps ahead of everybody else. Even the coach seemed to be highly impressed by Alanna and he wasn't shy about complementing her on her skills when she scored a goal.

At the end of the game, while all the guys hung around talking with one another, Alanna headed off to the changing rooms. By the time they were all changed, she was long gone and well on her way to her next class. Jon was a little disappointed that he had missed her but he resigned to finding her at lunch.

The morning flew by in a blur for Alanna. Her brother was taking all advanced classes so he wasn't in any of Alanna's. For twins, the two couldn't be more different. They met up at the beginning of lunch and then made their way towards the cafeteria.

"So how has your day been so far?" asked Thom.

"Oh you know, the usual boring stuff. I did win in hockey though. Well my team won. I think it came as quite a surprise to some of those hot shot jocks." Answered Alanna smiling a little. Thom laughed at that. He knew his sister better than she even knew herself and he knew of her distaste of jocks. In all of the previous schools they had been to, the sports teams consisted of only guys. At first they would refuse to allow Alanna to join their teams, but she soon surprised them and showed them that she was just as good, if not even better, than them.

"How about your day?" asked Alanna. She pretty much knew the answer already but she thought she would ask just to be polite.

"To quote you, the usual boring stuff. I don't know why father insisted on sending the both of us here. Public schools never challenge you. They just teach you the basics and send you out the door." As expected, Thom went on and on about how he needed to actually be challenged. With a father who was a world renowned professor, it was to be anticipated that the twins would be continuously lectured on the various subjects that you would be taught in school. Alanna never had any real interest in school, except when it came to history, but Thom loved reading books and had a thirst for knowledge that never seemed to remain satisfied for long. As such, Thom never really learnt anything knew and often enough he would correct whatever teacher he had. "This place is perfect for you with all the sports stuff but it's pointless me being here." Thom finished his tirade with a heavy sigh and pouted. Alanna laughed at the sight.

"Hey, come on now. It's not pointless that you are here. You know that I'd go crazy in a place like this if I was on my own. And besides, if you weren't here, who would be around to stop me from killing the jocks." Thom smiled and for the remainder of the walk to the cafeteria they talked about what they had after lunch and betting each other on how long they think they would be there. This had become a ritual of sorts and they always did it on the first day of every new school.

As they walked through the doors to the cafeteria, the noise level dropped considerably as all eyes turned towards the new kids. Thom diverted his eyes to the ground but Alanna kept her head up and proudly walked over to an empty table with Thom following behind her. They sat down and began to eat their lunch ignoring the stares and whispers. After 10 minutes of the strained silence, things started to return to normal. Jon decided that now was the right time to introduce himself to this Alanna and maybe get to know her a little better. He didn't know why but for some reason he felt drawn to her. Like he knew her from before. But he knew that that was not possible. He had never heard of the name Alanna Trebond before now. He stood up and at Gary and Raoul's curious glances he simply nodded his head in the direction of Alanna and Thom. They started to get up but Jon shook his head and then made his way over to the pair. Alanna's back was to him so she didn't see him approach but she had a sixth sense when it came to knowing when a person was behind her and just as Jon was about to say hi, Alanna turned around stopping him in his tracks.

"You'll want to stop right there jock and turn back around." Said Alanna with a glint in her eyes that Thom knew well to be hate. Jon was taken aback by the attitude of this girl but decided to go ahead with his original plan.

"Eh…hi. My name is Jon, not jock. As student body present I just wanted to welcome you and your brother to our great school and I hope you enjoy you time hear."

"Yeah, I doubt that. You see me and my brother here, we won't be staying long. I'd give it two months tops. So you may as well just turn around and head back to your friends." With that, Alanna got up and turned to her brother. After telling him she'd meet him out front at the end of the day, she started to walk away. As she brushed past Jon, she turned towards him and looked him directly in the eye, which wasn't an easy feat considering he was at least a foot taller.

"Oh and do me a favour. Don't talk to me ever again. Are we clear? Good. I'm glad we understand each other." And with that Alanna strode off, leaving a very confused Jon standing there. Thom saw the look on his face and took pity on him as he was one of the very few people who had gone up against his sister, or as he liked to call her the lioness, and come away unharmed.

"I'm sorry about my sister. Don't take it personally, she's like that with everyone. She's not exactly one of the most social people in the world." Said Thom.

"You got that right." Replied a still confused Jon. He took in the boy who was standing in front of him and noticed that although he was tall, he wasn't the muscular type. He seemed completely different to his sister.

"Yeah well, if I was you I'd leave her be. She's not the kind of girl who will fall all over you because you play sports. If anything it will make her hate you more. She's a complicated person and if you don't want to get beaten by a girl, you'd leave her alone. But then again, you might like to take a risk every now and again. Whatever, it's your choice." Thom smiled slightly at Jon before getting up and following his sister out of the cafeteria. Jon returned to his seat beside Gary and Raoul. He ignored their questioning glances and spent the rest of lunch considering Alanna and what he had experienced of her so far. He was so deep in thought that he didn't hear the bell ring. Gary had to nudge him to get him out of his trance. Jon, being the stubborn person that he was, wasn't going to let this go. He resigned to finding out more about her when he got home. He doubted what Thom said about getting beaten by Alanna and he wasn't afraid of her in anyway and he was determined to find out what was up with her.

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