Yay, chapter 2! The kids are back at school folks. I'm Scottish so if I get something wrong about the American education system then review and let me know. Also, Commonwealth Games! I live about a half hour away from Glasgow and I'm still going to watch it all on TV. Review if you live in the Commonwealth! :)

Tabby's POV

I was honestly really excited to be back at school. I know that sounds really weird but I honestly loved school. It was great to just get away from our parents and brothers for a few months.

So we were at the welcome back dinner and I was sitting at the sophomore table with Sophia and our roommates Emily and Megan. Grandma Rachel (or Headmistress Rachel as I should call her) was standing at the podium ready to begin her annual welcome back speech.

"Welcome back girls of the Gallagher Academy. I trust you all had a wonderful holiday. And welcome to our knew 5th graders. I know you will all have an amazing time here. Now that that's out of the way, I have a special announcement to make."

Everybody leaned a little closer to Grandma as she said this because she never makes special announcements. She just rambles on about school policies and values.

"Many of you will have noticed that there are empty seats at some of your tables." I actually had noticed it but that wasn't unusual for our table because the sophomores and juniors were lumped together because there wasn't that many of us.

"This is because this year, the Gallagher Academy will be playing host to students from the Blackthorne Institute."

The doors opened at the back of the hall and in came 10 BOYS. Grandpa Joe led them in.

"I will allow these ten students to come up and briefly introduce themselves."

They all filed up to the front platform and, one at a time, they introduced themselves into the microphone.

"I'm Callum and I'm a senior."

"My name is Shaun and I'm also a senior."

"I'm Mark and I'm the only other senior."

I couldn't really care less as the first group of three walked off the platform and sat down at the senior's table. Then I started to care as Jon, Sammy, Charlie and another boy I didn't know walked up to the microphone.

"My name is Jon and I'm in the 8th grade." My little annoying little brother introduced himself confidently.

Then it was the boy I didn't know. "I'm Jake and I'm in the 8th grade too."

Then it was my poor little cousin Sammy's turn. "I-I-I'm Sammy and I'm in th-the 8th g-grade." It's a shame that he takes after his parents. Aunty Liz and Uncle Jonas aren't that great at public speaking either.

"I'm Charlie and I'm also in the 8th grade." Sophia wasn't best pleased that her little brother was now going to her school. The *th graders moved off the stage and three boys were left. I knew for a fact that they were juniors because one of them just so happened to be my big brother.

"Hey, I'm Matt Goode and I'm a junior." Typical of him to drop our last name. I know he did it because he wanted to see peoples reaction because our parents are quite famous in the spy world plus our grandmother is the headmistress.

The next boy I knew because Matt had invited him over to stay a couple of Christmases ago. "Hi, I'm Luke and I'm a junior."

The last boy I didn't know but as soon as I looked at him, I couldn't stop looking. He was tall, taller than Matt but smaller than Luke. I'd guess he was about 6'2". He had gorgeous hazel coloured eyes and unruly light brown hair. "My name is Ethan. I'm a junior." So his name was Ethan. I liked it and it suited him.

I managed to wrench my eyes away from him as they walked down to our table. Unfortunately, one of the empty seats was next to me. I hoped to god Matt didn't sit there just to annoy me.

But, to my surprise, Matt sat next to Sophia who, if you can believe it, blushed! I mean Sophia Newman, daughter of Bex and Grant Newman, actually blushed. That never happens. Something must be going on between them. I was a little bit hurt she hadn't told me.

Then with even more of my bad luck, Luke sat down next to MJ and Ethan was left to sit next to me. I hurriedly looked down at my plate, trying not to look at him. I didn't hear another word of my grandma's speech other then, "Let's eat!"

I suffered the entire way through dinner, trying not to look at Ethan and failing miserably. I was only save when Emily grabbed my arm and Megan grabbed Sophia's and they hauled us out of the hall and up the stairs to our room. Thank God for my friends.

And that was Chapter 2. I know I'm early with this and it wasn't supposed to be up until Thursday but I wrote it and I couldn't leave it sitting. Chapter 3 will be up at the weekend :)

Your faithful servant SelarahMorgan