It was Brianna's first day of lessons. She woke up by being shaken by Lana. She looked around groggily at her unfamiliar surroundings, until she gained control of her senses and remembered where she was.

"What time is it?" asked Brianna.

"You have a watch" said Lana.

"I do? Oh, yeah. It's… 8:10." She looked at Lana and Dekka, who were both nearly dressed. "How long have you been up?"

"About 15 minutes," replied Dekka. "You should probably start getting ready."

"Yeah."

By the time Brianna was ready, it was 8:25. According to Lana, Brianna took too long in the shower, to which Brianna protested. They walked to breakfast together. As they walked down the stretch of floor in between the tables from the door to the food, Lana pointed out certain things.

"Don't spill or drop your food, you'll get laughed at. Like that kid. Don't trip over. Don't walk into Drake. Do not throw up. Don't-"

"Okay, I get it! You can stop now. These were the kind of things I didn't do at my old school."

"What was your old school like?" asked Dekka. Brianna looked confused, turned around, then spotted Dekka and looked startled, as if she forgot that Dekka was there.

"Oh, just like any other school."

"This isn't 'any other school' here," Lana reminded her.

"Well, my school was rough. People didn't bother me because no one wanted to pick a fight with me. But other people, well, they had a bad time. There were lots of bullies there."

No one could think of anything to say to that, so they went to get their food, being careful not to drop it, and walked to a table.

"What's your first lesson?" asked Lana.

"Ummmm, let me check." Brianna got out her new schedule. "Geography."

"Who's your teacher?"

"Miss Edwardson."

"Okay. Whatever you do, don't get caught talking. Miss Edwardson, well, let's just say, she doesn't like people talking."

While Lana gave Brianna the basic details about every teacher, Dekka saw Drake walk past their table.

"Hello Dekka. I was wondering, if you'd do some of my homework for me?"

"Oh, piss off, Drake. Why would you even think of asking me that?" replied Dekka.

"Because I happen to know Caine very well, and I also know that if some… information, were to be…. leaked, then Caine would blame you."

Dekka went pale. Drake could now blackmail if he wanted, and she could do nothing. She glared at Drake.

"Good. I'll take that as a yes, then." Drake fake smiled at her, and stalked off. It was all Dekka could do not to attack him.

"Dekka? Come on, we'll be late!" Lana was speaking to her, however, because she'd been fantasizing over what she'd do to Drake, she didn't hear.

"Yeah, I'm coming."

Dekka saw Brianna and Lana chatting happily away. She now felt doubly miserable. Lana and her never particularly got on, and now Brianna was Lana's new best friend, Dekka knew she would be ignored.

She wished Brianna would be her friend. Brianna was one of the happiest people she knew. She was entertaining, fun, bubbly and interesting. But Dekka knew that she was too quiet for Brianna to ever like her. Shame, she thought.