(April 11, 2010) (number2)

Gustav and Georg were happy to see the twins. They gave hi-5s before the twins sat beside them.

"Bill, you survived detention!" Georg clapped. "I'm proud of you, pal!"

"Ugh! I don't want to go back there, again!" He felt irritated. "I don't know how Tom survived it all. I was dying in there!"

"Hey, Tom!" Gustav waved his hand in front of Tom's face.

"Sorry…" he smiled. "That chick caught my eye."
"That girl?" Gustav observed Lizzie. "She looks very familiar."

"Gustav, she's the one who was with us earlier." Bill said. "I don't think she's that familiar… I mean she looks like she's a new student."

"You just don't get it." Gustav thought.

"Isn't she hot?" Tom played with his lip ring.

"Let's just eat…" Georg exclaimed. "I am soooo hungry!"

The four guys began eating their morning snacks.

"Hi!" a sophomore girl with curly blonde hair greeted Lizzie. "You should sit with us." She pulled Lizzie to their usual spot which was near the window.

"Oh…hey, Julie!" Lizzie greeted back.

"I really like your accent, Newbie!" the girl with straight blonde hair said as she cleared a seat for her.

"Oh…umm… thanks." Lizzie sat.

Lizzie thought her company were too weird to be with and too girly for her to be her friends. She really hated girly-girls… it pisses her off.

"I noticed you enter the conference room with the four most popular guys in school." Julie said.

"Who?"

"Bill, Tom, Georg, and Gusti!"

"So, they're popular… I never really noticed that."

"They performed a while ago... at the assembly."

"I probably left at that time."

"The sad thing about those guys, they're still being bullied by some students and hated by some of our teachers." Rea said.

"Now, that's peculiar." Lizzie bit her apple.

"But we love those guys! They're so hot and great!" Julie sounded dreamy.

"Right…" Lizzie gave a faint smile.

"You're lucky…" Rea gave a slap on Lizzie's back.

In shock of Rea's forceful slap, Lizzie suddenly choked.

"Oh…sorry, girl!" she apologized as she handed her a bottle of water.

From a distance, Bill noticed what was happening at Lizzie's table. He suddenly felt concerned.

"Is she ok?" Bill was worried.

"She will be." Georg smiled.

Bill stood up from his seat and walked his way to the Lizzie's table. He just couldn't stop himself from being too concerned.

"Are you feeling better?" He asked.

The blonde girls were starstrucked and their eyes widened as Bill leaned closer to Lizzie. They didn't know what to do and they almost forgot to breathe.

"I'm fine thank you." Lizzie answered snobbishly.

"Here…" he handed her a handkerchief. "I think this is yours. I found it at the conference room at our row." He flashed a smile.

"That is mine." She confirmed and reached for it.

Tom approached the table, too, and grinned at Lizzie.

"Don't ever eat in a hurry." He reminded. "You'll only choke."

"She wasn't eating in a hurry." Rea's voice was shaky because of nervousness. "I slapped her back because… I was just…umm… happy for her. It was my fault."

Bill smiled. "It's better if you don't do it when someone's eating."

"Right." Rea nodded.

"I guess I'll just see you around." Bill left the table and went back to hiss seat.

"I'm Tom." He introduced himself to Lizzie. "And you are?"

"Elizabeth." She answered. "You can call me Lizzie if you like."

"It's nice knowing…" he winked and left.

The blonde girls started screaming at the top of their lungs. This made Lizzie cover her ears and close her eyes. The two just couldn't stop themselves.

"YOU ARE SUCH A LUCKY GIRL! AAAAAAAAAAAH!" they chorused.

"OMG! Tom totally likes you!" Rea exclaimed.

"Ah… well… I got to go." Lizzie got off her seat and left the two.

Lizzie sighed at the moment she stepped outside the cafeteria. She started feel headache.

"I hate this place." she thought. "I miss home. I wanna go back to London." She went to her locker. "Mom, why did you leave me?"

She got her things and went to the next class. She hummed one of her written songs to make her feel better.

Along the hallway, Tom was there and saw Nicole who was about to enter her next class. Nicole is a girl with blue eyes and red head.

"Nicole!" he called and ran towards her. he accidentally bumped Lizzie and forgot to apologize.

"Nice… he has very good manners!" she thought sarcastically.

Bill was behind him and he was the one to help Lizzie when her books fell down.

"I'm sorry about that." He looked into her eyes. "I'm really sorry." Looking into it, he felt he was floating in heaven.

"It's ok." She answered.

"Did he hurt you?" he asked.

"Not really." She smirked and stood up straight. "She turned her back."

"Wait!" he wanted to reach for her arm but he remembered what she said to his twin when he held her hand.

"Yes?" she slightly turned to him.

"I…I want to know your name."

"Lizzie…"

"I'm Bill."

Night came and Lizzie had finally finished her. she waited for her father to speak but she didn't want to hear him say that she'll be moving into her step-brother's house.

"Are your things ready?, Elizabeth?"

"I never disarranged my baggage, dad."

"Get them and I'll drive you to my ex-wife's house."

"TONIGHT?" she shouted in her suite. "N-no way! I don't even want to stay there."

"Lizzie, I'll be staying in Russia for a month. I couldn't take you with me so I have to leave you somewhere." Her father explained calmly.

"You could've left me in London!"

"No one will take care of you back there." He said. "Your mother's relatives do not live in England anymore."

"Then live me in this hotel."

"Lizzie!" he shouted. "Follow my rules or I'll never bring you back to your hometown!"

"FINE!" She threatened him, "But you will regret this."

That night, Mr. Jerome drove to his ex-wife's house and knocked on the door.

"Divina, thanks for giving me a chance to leave my daughter here."

"It's nothing." She answered. "GUSTAV!" she called. "YOUR STEP-SISTER'S HERE!"

Gustav ran down stairs from his room and went to the front door. He was excited to see her step-sister.

"YOU?" Lizzie and Gustav chorused when their eyes met.

"I knew it… you did look familiar! You're all grown up." He smiled. "Would you look at that! My sister is my schoolmate." He reached for Lizzie's things. "I'll help you with that.

"You should get along." Their dad said and left.

"This is your room, Elizabeth." Gustav opened the door for her.

"Just call me Lizzie." She said and went inside.

"Have you eaten your dinner?" Divina asked when she followed the two upstairs.

"Yes, I did." She replied.

Gustav went to the garage and cleaned his drum set before randomly beating them as part of his evening rehearsals. He suddenly stopped when he thought Lizzie might get irritated by the noise he was making. He covered his drums with a white cloth and went to his room to sleep.

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