Sorry for the long wait. School took time from me, I got sidetracked and I also had writer's block. Okay, this chapter takes place during the last one, but it will be from Fanny's POV. I own nothing except Houdini, Mrs. Johnson, Mr. Kurt, Adam Jefferson, Sonya and Lee's last names and the plot. The rest belongs to Mr. W.

New Friendships at Lunch. Fanny Makes Friends With Boys

After Paddy and Fanny went their own ways, Fanny and her new teacher arrived to the math classroom. They entered the room and Fanny stood next to Mr. Kurt as he spoke to the kids.

"May I have your attention, children?" Once everyone turned to him, he continued. "Thank you. Now I would like to introduce you to Francine Fulbright, who will be your new classmate. Now I want everyone to be nice to her and make her feel welcome. Is that clear?"

"Yes, Mr. Kurt." All the kids said.

"Good," Turning to Fanny, he said to her. "Now Miss Fulbright, you may sit down." He motioned to an empty desk.

Fanny sat down and looked at the kids sitting near her; on her right was a sort of cute black-haired boy with dark eyes; on her left was a girl with shoulder-length blond hair and brown eyes, who was smiling at her with sympathy; and behind her was another boy with dirty blond hair and hazel eyes.

As Mr. Kurt started the lesson, Fanny couldn't help to wonder how Paddy was doing. She hoped that he had found friends and that nobody would pick on him. She also hoped that no one discovered Houdini. Both of them could really get into trouble if the teachers, or worse their parents, find out.

But then she pushed those worries to the back of her mind, and tried to think positively. Of course Paddy will be fine. After all, he was very charismatic and surely he could make friends. As for Houdini, the hamster would probably be smart and stay in Paddy's pocket. Fanny decided to concentrate on the lesson and not worry about anything.

A few hours later at lunch

Fanny got out of the line in the cafeteria and looked for a table to sit down. She couldn't believe how quickly the day had passed. After math class, she had English, then Science and then History, where a chubby kid called Hoagie Gilligan Jr kept saying horrible jokes. After that, it was lunch time and she was glad because she was starving.

As she looked for an empty seat, she heard someone call her name. "Hey Francine!"

She turned around and saw the owner of that voice. It was the blond-haired girl from her math class. She was sitting in a table with two boys. Fanny reconized the two boys as the black haired one and the dirty blond haired one that were also on her math class. The blond girl called her again. "Come sit with us!"

Fanny hesitated for a second, before walking up to them. She took the seat next to the girl and set her food tray on the table.

There were a few moments of silence, before the she decided to talk. "Ummm… hi, Eye'm Fanny."

"Nice to meet you, Fanny." Said the blond girl, shaking her hand. "My name is Rachel McKenzie.

"I'm Bartie Stork." Said the dirty blond one, making a salute.

And finally the black haired one said his name. "Patton Drilovsky." Fanny noticed that he had a slight Polish accent. He had dark eyes that were filled with mischief and he was sort of handsome.

"Well, is nice ta meet ya all." She said smiling, and then she added. "And ye guys can call me Fanny."

"Ok, Fanny." nodded Rachel. "Say, are you Scottish or something?" She asked with curiosity in her voice.

Fanny shook her head. "No, Irish. But people do get confuse. Eye moved here with my family after me dad created a company here." After the others nodded, she turned to Patton. "You sound like ye are from Poland, with that accent, Patton."

"Well, not exactly. My parents are, but my little sister and I were born here."

"Hey Fanny, do you have siblings? I have a little brother called Harvey, who is in kindergarten."

"Yeah, Eye have two brothers. Paddy, who is 4-years-old and also in kindergarten, and Shaunie, who is 3."

"Is Paddy on Mrs. Johnson's class?" Rachel then asked. When Fanny nodded, she said. "Then he's with my brother and his friends. They're a pretty good bunch, and I'm sure they'll be friends."

"I hope so," responded Fanny, worry evident in her voice. "Most people aren't exactly friendly to him."

"Why's that?" asked Bartie.

"Well, umm…" She scratched the back of her head. "He has this weird interest is supernatural stuff and back home he was bullied alot."

"Supernatural stuff?" Rachel raised a brow. "You mean ghosts and stuff like that?"

The redhead lass nodded.

"Well I don't really believe in that, neither does Harvey." She stated. "But don't worry, he doesn't pick on people because of their interests, so I'm sure Paddy will be fine."

Fanny sighted. "I hope so."

"Hey Fanny," asked Patton, "is Shaunie going to Gallagher Daycare?" She nodded. "Well then he might meet my little sister, Wendy. She goes there along with Rachel's cousin, Ellie. Both are really nice, and they might get along."

"Yeah, Ellie is very friendly."

"Oh, that's good ta know."

The four kids stopped talking for a while and ate their food. After they finished and threw the remains in the trash, they continued talking.

"So Fanny, how about we told you about the other kids?" asked Rachel.

"Sure, go ahead."

Rachel motioned to a table close to theirs, where five kids sat. They were three boys and two girls; a bald kid with sunglasses, a chubby boy with a pilot attire (who Fanny reconized as Hoagie Gilligan Jr), an Asian girl with dark hair, a short blond boy and an African-American girl with a red hat.

"The African-American girl," said Rachel, "is Abigail Lincoln or Abby for short; she is one of the smartest girls in the school and a cool one indeed. She talks alot in third person and has the habit of hitting annoying people with her hat."

"That short boy is Wallabee Beatles, but you better call him Wally or else." warned Bartie.

"But don't worry," reassured Patton. "He really is a nice guy once you get to know him. I should know, 'cause I know him pretty well."

"Hmp." scoffed Rachel. "Only because you spent alot of time in detention with him."

Patton glared at the blond with annoyance.

"Anyway, the Asian girl is Kuki Sanban. She is sort of an airhead, very bubbly and has an obsession with Rainbow Monkeys."

"Yeah, she always seems to want to talk about those things. He I don't know how Wally can have a crush on her with him being totally boyish. He he he." Chuckled Patton.

Bartie and Rachel looked at him with wide eyes. "No way!" Exclaimed Bartie. "Wally has a crush on Kuki!?"

Patton looked at his friends in disbelief that they didn't know that. "Yeah! It's, like, so obvious!"

"Well, now that I think about it, they do seem to like-like each other, although Wally didn't admitted it." Said Rachel, pondering on what her black-haired friend said.

"Yeah, I guess you're right." Admitted Bartie. Shaking his head, he turned back to Fanny. "Well, anyway… back to introductions! That chubby kid with them is…"

"Hoagie Gilligan Jr." she interrupted him. "Yeah, I know him. He is on my History class."

"Oh so you must've heard his 'jokes' already?" asked Patton, putting quotation marks on jokes, thought he already knew the answer.

"Yeah, and the most annoying part is that he actually thinks they're funny."

"Well, Hoagie does tell horrible jokes, but he is a really good inventor. Probably runs in his family, because his younger brother Tommy is like that too." said Bartie.

"Including the bad joke part?" asked Fanny with a raised eyebrow.

She got a nod from Rachel. "Yes, but Tommy is a bit better at telling them that Hoagie, though they are still bad. But he and Hoagie are nice people and I should know 'cause Tommy is one of Harvey's friends."

"Ok then. Now, who is that bald kid?" she asked while looking at the bald boy.

Rachel looked at him and smiled. "That is Nigel Uno." Fanny noticed that she had a weird emotion on her eyes that she couldn't place. "His family is from England and the leader of that group. A good one indeed but very cocky and reckless."

Fanny frowned at that comment. She always thought that girls where smarter and superior than boys. In her opinion, most boys where jerks and she disliked them, especially cocky ones. The only boys she didn't really hate where her dad and younger brothers. And Bartie and Patton. Yeah, from day on, they're on my list of "Not really stupid boys".

Well, that's the end of this chapter. Again sorry for taking so long in writing and posting. I do this as a hobby not a living so I'll not update very often.

Anyway, hope you liked this chapter and I apologize if it's not very good. Next we will have a chapter starring Shaunie Fulbright.

SHAUNIE: Yay!

Also, I'll introduce two new OCs into the story that I think I mentioned in this chapter. Guess who they are!

Anyway, Read and Review or Fanny will get ya!

KND Operative Numbuh 227 over and out!