Joy's POV

Patricia was quiet. She was just staring off over my shoulder into the dark. "Patricia?" I asked, waiting for something. Since she told me at the beginning of the year, I'd imagined a lot of things most of which included fireworks and screaming. Maybe a girl on the side or another boy. So the words that fell off of her lips next shocked me.

"He told me he loved me." She answered without looking at me after quite a while of that dreadful silence.

My mouth fell agape, heart thudding loudly in my chest. "Did you just-"

"Yes." She cut me off, shaking her head.

I frowned. "What did you say?"

Patricia went silent again.

"You didn't-"

"No." She cut me off yet again, glaring at me.

"Do you-" I cut myself off, expecting her to interject, but she didn't. She stayed quiet and I gaped. "You love him." It was a statement, but she didn't contradict me.

Suddenly, it was all clear.

Eddie's bitterness?

Patricia's jealousy?

The awkwardness they'd all felt but not known what was about?

Eddie'd told Patricia he loved her and Patricia just left, breaking up with him because she was stubborn and didn't know how she felt or was scared of her feelings or something like that. Then when Eddie and KT grew closer, she grew jealous.

Great.

The next morning before breakfast, I grabbed Fabian's arm and drug him back into his room. Luckily Eddie'd gone on to breakfast.

"Joy, what's going on?" He asked, frowning down at me.

I sighed. "Did Eddie tell you why he and Patricia broke up?" He wasn't expecting this.

"No. He never told me." He answered simply, confused.

I glanced at the door before looking at him again. "Eddie told Patricia he loved her."

He looked down at the ground, processing my words slowly before exhaling. "Oh."

I nodded. "Suddenly it all makes sense." I said for him with a sigh.

"You got that right, Joy." He answered, walking to the door. "Come on, we'll work on it later."

Breakfast was tense.

Patricia was completely silent, knowing I knew, and knowing I probably didn't keep it to myself.

Alfie was on edge, thinking dooms day was upon us.

Fabian was nervous and fidgety which wasn't particularly uncharacteristic, but still.

Eddie was worried about everything.

KT was just staring out the window, nervously twitching her fork up and down.

On the other hand, Mara, Jerome and Willow were oblivious, talking excitedly about nothing in particular.

I was actually glad when it was time to go to school. I hurried up to the school, backpack slung over my shoulder and slammed through the front doors and smack into a tall, red haired boy with glasses and freckles. "Oh! I'm sorry." I insisted, dropping to my knees to pick up my things.

He chuckled, kneeling down beside me. "It's fine. I'm Matthew." He greeted, smiling at me.

"Joy. Nice to meet you." I agreed, smiling back.

He grinned. "Joy? That's a nice name."

"Thanks." I answered with a little smile. "Are you new?"

He nodded. "Yeah, today's my first day. I live in Isis house."

"Oh, I live in Anubis House."

"Oh brilliant."

Suddenly the door slammed into me, throwing me off balance and into Matthew. I blushed, looking up to find Fabian and Eddie in the doorway. "Oh, Joy!" Fabian said, frowning and offering me a hand. "Sorry!"

I laughed despite myself, taking his hand and standing. "It's fine." I turned to smile at Matthew. "Matthew, this is Fabian and that's Eddie. They live in Anubis house too."

Matthew nodded, shaking their hands. "Nice to meet you both." He told them before looking over his shoulder. "I've got to go see Mr. Sweet but I'll see you later." He told me before going off toward his office.

I looked at Eddie who was smirking. "Oh, shut up." I told them before walking off to class with a shake of my head. "Boys."

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